Four tracts, together with two sermons, on political and commercial subjects

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[ 24 1 [ 25 ] Bar to its Rife and Advancement: And this Country being always endowed with the attractive uality of the Loadl‘tone, and the poor one with the repelling: And therefore, feeing that the poorer Country muft neceliarily be the lead Circuml'tance deferves the more Regard as it is very a known Fact and trite Obfervation, that few great and extenfive Projects were ever brought to beat at fir-[t fetting out; and that a vaf't deal of Money m'ui't be funk, and many Years be elapled, before they are capable of making any Returns. In fhort the Inhabitants of a poor Country, who, according to the vulgar Phrafe, generally live from Hand to Mouth, dare mt make fuch coltly Experiments, or en‘- bark in fuch eXpenfive and long-winded Under-takings, as the Inhabitants of a rich Country can attempt, and execute with Eafe. athly. Tm: higher Wages of the rich Country, and the greater Scope and Encouragement peopled (if there is a free lntercourfe between them) the Confequence would be, that in feveral Dif'triéts, and in many lnftances, it would be impoliible for certain Trades even to fubfifi; becauie the Scarcity and Poverty of the Inhabitants would not afi'ord a fiifficient Number of Cuftomers to frequent the Shop, or to take ofl" the Goods of the Manufacturer. 5thly. IN the richer Country, where the Demands are great and confiant, every Manufac- ture that requires various l'rocefies, and is compoted of diEereiit Parts, is accordingly divided given for the Exertion of Ge iius, lndultry, and and fubdivrded into feparate and and dillinct Ambition, will naturally determine a great many l‘den of Spirit and Enterprize to forfake their Branches -, whereby each Perfon becomes more expert, and alto more expeditious in the parti- own poor Country, and icttle in the richer; {0 cular Part afiigned him. Whereas in a poor Country, the fame Perfon is obliged by Necef» that the one will always drain the other of the Flower of its Inhabitants: Whereas there are not the fame Temptations for the bell Hands and Artifis of a rich County to forfake the belt Pay, and fettle in a poor one.- Though for Argument's Sake, it was al- lowed at the Beginning, that the Numbers of People in thefe two adjoining States were jutt equal, yet certain it is, that the Thing itfelf could never have f0 happened,---the richer Country fity, and for the Sake of getting a bare Subfil‘tence, to undertake fuch different Branches, as prevent him from excelling, or being expeditious in any. In fuch a Cafe, , ls it: not much cheaper to give 2-3. 6d. a Day in the rich Country to the nimble and adroit Artif'c, than it is to give only ed. in the poor one, to the tedious, aukward Bungler 5' D 6thly.