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Show (62> (63) Dference between a fubl'tantial Yeoman, and a lav where more Flax is raifltd and more~ Vfi'tbflnitlj Journeyman W'eaver, So long therefore as the Americans can get Land at an eafy Rate, they will apply to the Cultivation of it in preference Weavers are fettled, than in any other Province, common Labour is fo clear, that if a Farmer cannot {pin his own Flax in his own Houfe, to all other Employments : and it is the Glory and by his own Family, he will not find his Ac- of the kill l'eacea that it has ftirnilhed them with Territory fuflit‘ient to ltiblill their People in all their Increafe to very dil‘tant Generations. count in putting it out to be l'punz if that Ex- Stilt liOWeVer it may be laid all Minufirélttres in the Colonies are not carried on by Foreigners only -, including ewn thole that g.) from thtl'e pence falls Upon him, he Can lupply himfelf cheaper with Linen from England: So very {mall is the Advantage of Manufacluring for themfelves, and to Very COnfined is inch :1 lVlanufaé‘tory: Materials will never be puipofely King-Jonas, who to far may be confit‘leretl as railed to liipply it, it cannot bear the Expence Foreigners there: Many Natives- of ,/.,_.r;n‘rfrcz it may be urge. are among); them; and it is true; accidental Circttmtlances engage them, and the of all its feveral Branches, it. thofe employed Nt'ct‘fhtles of the Cttzntry require them; for there is a certain Degree or l\lanul‘h(‘lt.1re atten- Merchandize, as to become an Article of Com- merce; yet limited as it is in its Nature, it will clant upon Cultivation, in order to convert to probably rather diminilh than increale, now that: its proper U11: the whole of every Produ€tion, the Parliament has granted a Bounty as above- 'forne Parts of which might otherwile be left a worthlef‘s Relnfe on the Hands of the Planter. rnentioned on the importation of Flax: The in the Article of Plan, {or lnllance, which has hitherto been railed in Arterial principally to fupply the Demand of Flax Seed for lowing, and other l'nrpoles here, the Stalks mutt be thrown away, if there is no Opportunity to ex~ ~port or to 1pm them. Hitherto the lixportation has not been found to winter; and there: fore the Farmers employ their Families in lpim in them are to apply themfelves to no other, nor will it ever produce fuch a Quantity of Amrriam Planter will no longer complain that: his Flax Stalks mull be walled it he does not lVlanulaéture them: but a Vent being opened for them into Great Britain, "hither he could not allbrd to lend them before, this Wlll proba- bly be found to be the molt advantageous Manner of difpofing of them. But there are. more cogent Reafons flill of a ublic Confidet‘ntion agnmt the Attempt to ex- ning, when the Rigour or Inclemency of the Seafon confine them within doors: This is tho tend ftich a h'lanuixicloiy; tor tho' the Inhabi- ' real Foundation of their Linen Manufaélory; ' Zrhey have hitherto proceeded no further than. this has carried them; nor is it likely they lhoult‘l qually Subjet‘ts ot Great jfriz‘tzix', yetthey lerve teen make a greater Progrels; for even in P672» '[y/tnniaa tants 0t thele Kingdoms and of flmwrim are e» the State in clitlerent Camcities; and it to make unwarrantable Dillinclions between them would ' ,r: |