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Show l 44 l t 45 Tl the 1inhabitants of the poorer Country feel them~ thtiy can be fabricated in either of thofc Countries. But neverthelefs, both Scotland and [re- loml are richer than England in refpee‘t to one particular Point; for both thefe Countries have {elves ozzolled, there is no Doubt to be made, but that they will alto become proportronably wrllineO to purchale fome of the more commodious or more funiptuous Furniture, ant. elegant Ma- got the Start of England in relpecrt to the Limo nufactures, of thoie Ferfons, who are aftually their belt Cui‘tomers, as well as richer Neigh‘ bours. Indeed, to lay the Truth, thefe Things in Confequence thereof, their Capitals are larger, their lVlachinery is better, and their Correfpon- are no other than the ulnal Conl‘equences, and dences are become more extenfive; to that in ahnoftneceliary lilti'hrfts of natural Cuties : And ihort, almoft every thing relative to the Linen Manufafiure in thofe Countries is conducted furely that Man muft have been a very great Stranger to what puller, in the World, who can- iot difcern thefe daily Rotations of Commercial lnduitry. BUT there is one Circuml'tance more, relative to this Subjeet, which being not to obvious to common Obiervers, leems therefore to require a particular L): lanation. The Circumfiance is [Mozart/failure, by more than Half a Century ; and with more Adroitnefs, and managed to greater Advantage, than in Eagle/fl 7. Hence there- fore it is eafily to be accounted for, how it comes to pals that the Scott/"z and [Fl/[21 can fell their Linens, and more eipecially their fine Linens, confiderably cheaper than the Eng/2]}; Linen Manufacturer is able to do. Nay, by the very fame Time, if confidered in different Way of {trengthening the general Argum *nt, I would obferve further, that tho' the Modes of Living are more expenlive, tho' the daily \Vages, Points of V iew; and conieqtlentiy, that all the oppofite and leetitiligly contradictory Aliertions and Rents of Houfes and Lands, and the Prices of Provifions, are at leatt donlzlad, if not trolled, concerning both the Cheapnefs and the Dearnels in the manufacturing Parts of Scotland and Ireland, to what they were about 60 or 70 Years agO,---yet the prefent Linens are both better and cheaper than the former, in a very confiderable Degree; to that THE San/moi and feel/mil of the Yeari773, if compared with THE Scotland or Ii'l‘lfllld of 1700, are as 1110th an Inl‘tance, and as this,---That the very fame Country may be re- latively both richer and poorer than another at of Manufactures, may be found to correfpond with Ti" ' i? an i Matters of Fact. Thus, for EXample, e».- loml is undoubtedly richer either than Scotland or Ireland, in regard to molt Branches of Trade and Manufacture; and therefore it tells thofe Mann aftures much cheaper than they |