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Thefe branches of manufadure worfc 

 both for exportation and home confump- 

 tion : Many low priced goods they make 

 for North Afnerica, and many fine ones for 

 the Weft Indies. The whole bufinefs v/as 

 exceedingly brifk during the war, and very 

 bad after the peace ; but now are pretty 

 good again, though not equal to what they 

 were during the war. All the revolutions 

 of late in the North America?! affairs are 

 felt feverely by this branch. It was never 

 known in this branch that poor people ap- 

 plied for work but could not gtt it, except 

 in the ftagnation caufed by the ftamp adt, 



I enquired the effeds of high or low 

 prices of provifions, and found that in the 

 former the manufadurers were induftrious^ 

 and their families eafy and happy 3 but that 

 in times of low prices the latter ftarved -, 

 for half the time of the father was fpent at 

 the ale-houfe. That both for the good of 

 the mafters, and the working people, high 

 prices were far more advantageous than 

 low ones: And the highefl: that were ever 

 known much better than theloweft. 



All in general may conftantly have work 

 that will : And the em.ployment is very re- 

 gular : The mailer manufacturers not flay- 



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