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in general of every part of the machinery belonging to 

 the establishment. 



In forming the establishment and providing the 

 various machinery, care should be taken to employ 

 the most ingenious and most respectable tradesmen ; 

 and if the name of the maker and the place of his 

 abode were to be engraved or written on each article, 

 this no doubt would tend to excite emulation among 

 the artisans, and induce them to furnish goods of the 

 best quality, and at as low a price as possible. It is 

 even possible that in a great and opulent city like .Lon- 

 don, and where public spirit and zeal for improvement 

 pervade all ranks of society, many respectable tradesmen 

 in easy circumstances might be found, who would have 

 real pleasure in furnishing gratis such of the articles 

 wanted as are in their line of business ; and the advan- 

 tages which might with proper management be derived 

 from this source would most probably be very con- 

 siderable. 



With regard to the management of the poor who 

 might be collected together for the purpose of being 

 fed and furnished with employment in a public estab- 

 lishment like that here recommended, I cannot do better 

 than refer my reader to the account already published 

 (in my first Essay) of the manner in which the poor 

 at Munich were treated in the House of Industry estab- 

 lished in that city, and of the means that were used 

 to render them comfortable, happy, and industrious. 



As soon as the scheme here recommended is carried 

 into execution, and measures are effectually taken for 

 feeding the poor at a cheap rate, and giving them useful 

 employment, no further difficulties will then remain, at 

 least none certainly that are insurmountable, to prevent 



