436 Mr. Wimgcy on the Impropriety of allowing 
But it has been faid—If the French would give 
us a double price for our wool, and fupply us 
with cloth equally good, at two thirds of what 
we give for it now, that is, as good fuperfine 
cloth for twelve {hillings a yard as what we pay 
eighteen {hillings for now, and fo for other forts 
in -proportion, is it not evident we Ihould be 
very great gainers by the bargain ? 1 anfwer : 
labour and toil are generally the effedfs of 
necefiity, and not of choice. Few men would 
be at the pains of doing any difagreeable labour 
for themfelves and families, if they had any 
fure means of doing as well, or better, without 
it: but what mud the man do, who is deditute 
of fuch means ? If he fhould fell his pound 
of wool to T. for a {hilling, which E. would 
only give him fix-pence for, would that enable 
him to give twelve {hillings, or fix (hillings, to 
T. for a yard of their cloth \ This is the true 
quedionj for at leafb nine-tenths of the people, 
perhaps ninety-nine out of a hundred, mud 
earn their bread, and cloaths too, by their 
labour. It is not the cafe of the woollen 
manufactures only, but of almod all manufac¬ 
turers and artificers whatever. It has been faid, 
if that branch fail, let them betake themfelves 
to fome other! I fhould be happy to fee the 
man, who could point out the means of employ¬ 
ing a million of people beneficially, in any other 
branch whatever. 
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