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shews that imported leather yields a good 

 profit. 



A hatter's is reckoned a good business ; 

 but I do not think so ; for, to my own know- 

 ledge, a hat, bought at five shillings and six 

 pence wholesale in Liverpool, sells in Balti- 

 more at five dollars, which is twenty-five 

 shillings sterling at the price of the dollar at 

 the present : and I have heard say in Ame- 

 rica, that hats could be imported from Eng- 

 land, and sold by retail at a greater profit, 

 than is gained by those made in America. 



