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Thefe branches of manufacture work 

 both for exportation and home confump- 

 tion : Many low priced goods they make 

 for North America, and many fine ones for 

 the Weft Indies. The whole bufinefs was 

 exceedingly brifk during the war, and very 

 bad after the peace; but now are pretty good 

 sgain, though not equal to what they were 

 during the war. All the revolutions of late 

 in the North American affairs are felt feverely 

 by t&is branch. It was never known in it 

 that poor people applied for work and could 

 not get it, except in the flagjiation caufed 

 by the ftamp act. 



I enquired .he effects of high or low 

 prices of provisions, and found, that in the 

 former the manufacturers were induftnous, 

 and their families eafy and happy; but that 

 in times of 1 )W prices the latter ftarved; for 

 hail the time of the father was fpent at the 

 ale-houfe. That both for the good of the 

 mailers, and the working people, high prices 

 were far more advantageous tha low ones : 

 And the higheft that were ever known much 

 better than the low eft:. 



All in general r ay constantly have work 

 that will : And tl e employment is very re- 

 gular : The mafttr manufacturers not flay- 

 ing lor orders befcre the people are fet to 

 work, but keep, on the contrary, a great 

 many hands in pay, in expectation or the 

 fpring orders. 



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