The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-29 00:00:00

LETTER raom AR, FRANKLIN TO BENJAMIN

VAUGHAN. ESQ.

(Concluded from oar Paper of Thialetcy lad

"'Clue buying up quantities of wool tui4• flax,
with the design to employ rcioners, weaver., AC.
turd farm great establishments, prorlueing gnarl-
tiiies of linen and woollen goods for sale, h.:a bees.
several tomes sittempted in dikerent provinces;
but those projects have generally failed, goo.lit
of equal value being Uncoiled cheaper. And
when the Gevernmeilts have hewn rarkaird to sup-
port such schemes by encouragement's in money,
or by imporiug ditties on iniirortaton rutin
goods, it has heel' ;.leilerally tufo-ed. on this princi-
ple—that if the country IS rive fur the in. ttttt facture,
it may be carried oil with advantage by private
persons; and if not, it is a folly to think of forcing
nature. (.I'es7.. establishments of nositonfactoie re-
quire great numbers of poor to do the wink for
sissall rages; these poor are to he found in Europe,
hoot will not he found in Americas till the lands are
all taken sup and cultivated, and the excess of peo-
ple who cannot get land want employment. The
snanufacture of silk, they ray, is natural in riance,
us that of cloth in England, because each coun-
try produces in plenty the first tn 'terial ; brit if
England trill have a manufactory of silk as well as
that of cloth, and France one of cloth as well as
that of silk, these unnatural operations must be
supported by mutual prohibitions, or higher dutiea
on the Unpin talons of each other', goods, by whicir
means the wan kitten tire enabled to trot the home
cotoutner by greater priers, while the lit;ther wages
they receive makes them neither happier nor richer,
sinew that only drink more arid work less. There-
fore the Government,. in America do nothing to en-
courage such projects. The people, by this means,
are riot imposed 4/0 either by the' merchant or me-
chanic; if the merchant demands too touch profit
on ioriporterf shoed, they buy of the shoemaker ; and.
Übe risks too high a price, they take them Of the
merchant. Titus the two professions are checks on
each other. 'fine shoemaker, however, has, on
the a considerable profit out his labour
'lutes ica„ In-v 1 rshat lie hail in Europe, as lie
ern tom re iris profit a sum rear:y equal to all the
expense or freight maid commiosinti, risk or inset-
-11111:I., &v. necessarily charged by the merchant :
and the case is the twille with the st orkineii iii every
other mechanic alt. Hence it iv, that hi
werir r.rl 1:1..e better and more easily in A onerlca
than in Europe, mini sucli.aa are good ectonomosta
utalte'a consfootable provision for age and their
children ; such may therefore remove with advan-
tage to Ameripa.

" 111 the oid long-4ettled countries of Futt.i e.
ell arty. tradet, professions, Cirtn4, &c. are so full,
that it ill difficu9 for a poor mail who hag children
to I hee them where they may gain, or learn to gaits.
fleLrilt !Ivt.l.liood. The airmail', who Gal cr.st;..
nit< future rienla in business, refuse to teike priory's.
hut ulion enliihtiona of money,
e„,, Tl,, hose, which the pa-eats ate iurible to coni-
ii; Heves the yulttb are ',might yji iu