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our country. The piece contains 62 yards — and this is White 

 Amerian Silk, made from cocoons, and ivoven in a hand-loom! — by 

 this lady. Not long since, we sent to France and to India for the 

 same quality of goods. It is congenial to our climate and soil, and 

 should be one of the staples of the country. It needs encourage- 

 ment. 



Such is the ability of our country, which ought to be cherished 

 till its production supplies our demand. 



Go to yonder table, and you will find elegant CIcihs, abundant 

 specimens of which are here — and they evidence our ability to man- 

 ufacture the best Broadcloths, and to grow the VN'ool to do it. 

 Connected with this subject it is proper to state, it had become a 

 matter of desire to unite cotton loith wool, in its manufacture. It 

 has been attended with difficulties, especially in its unequal shrink- 

 ing, and receiving different shades of color from the sj'.me dye. 



Here is a machine to accomplish the object, and remedy all diffi- 

 culties. It consists of an addition, to the common wool spinning 

 machine, of spools of cotton thread and so united that the wool runs 

 out and is twisted on the cotton thread as a coating ; leaving the cot- 

 ton invisible, and yet, as is alleged, of increased strength, and mak- 

 ing an improved iabric. The Institute points to it now, only as ev- 

 idence of the power of Americaa Genius, for the ready adaptation 

 of machinery to accomplish any object. 



In Lotion^ our manufactures already supply demand, for domes- 

 tic use and foreign exportation, and of such superior quality that 

 England counterfeits our labels to find a market for her own second- 

 rate productions ! 



It is then evident that we are fully able to compete with any nation 

 on the habitable globe, and when occasion calls, we can not onlj 

 hold Fairs for domestic competition, but (even noio)compete loith 

 Eurojte herself in the production of that class of articles which 

 have heretofore been cherished by our Government. 



With regard to Linen, however, it has never been protected. Du- 

 rinf the War of 1812, several different factories commenced its 

 manufacture, each of which was supplanted and ruined by the for- 

 eign importations that followed Peace. It is not now manufactured 

 in our country. England gave a bounty on its export, and in 1816 



