The cheapness of provisions had al ways, to a certain extent, counterbalanced the high price of manual labour ; and this is now, in many important branches, nearly superseded by the introduction of machinery .
438 TRAVELS IN ofthe obstacles which impeded the progress of manufactures have been removed or lessened.  The cheapness of provisions had al ways, to a certain extent, counterbalanced the high price of manual labour ; and this is now, in many important branches, nearly superseded by the introduction of machinery .  A great A merican capital has been acquired during the last 20 years; and the injurious violation of the neutral commerce of the United States, by forcing industry and capital into other channels, have broken inveterate habits, and given a general impulse, to which must be ascribed the great increase of manufactures during the last two years."