The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-07 00:00:00

SA TURDAY, MARCH 7, Bc.—A

At a MEETING of the MANUFACTURERS-and
COTTON SPINNERS in GLASGOW and its VI-
CINITY, held in . the Tontine Tavern,-in Glasgow,
on the a7th Day of February, iSot, called by Public
Advertisement, for, taking into consideration the best
Means of co-operating with the Calico-Printers, for
preventing the proposed'Additional Tax upon Printed
Goods.being passed into a Law ;
Mr. DALE in the Chair;
RESOLVED,: That to enable ally Mandan_
ture to be carried to such extent as to become an -ob-
jed of National I mporiance , it is requisite that whatever
part of its Produce may exceed the aindunt of Home-con-
sumption, should be in circumstances-to maintain a six,
cessful competition with similar- Produ&s at Foreign
Markets ; • that, therefore, neither the Raw Materials for
such Manufadures, nor theie Manufactures before leav-
ing the hands 'of the Mantifadurer, ran be.fit objects, of
Taxation ; for although the Tax should l?e drawn back
again at Exportation, it will have occasioned an unprofit-
able and unnecessary intermediate Advatee of Capital, .
and will have given rise to a harraSSing interference of fis-
cal insp.edion, calculated to create disgust at the prosecu-.
tion at industry so circumstanced.
Resolved, That the prosperity of the Cotton Mann-
factures of this Country is tntiinately conneded with, the
'prosperity of tho Printing ti.r:rade, the various. Fabrics pre-
pared for which furnishing Employment for a very nu-
merous- C lass. of Manufadurers.
Resolvers!, .That the attention of the different Govern-
ments of Europe being now particularly direded to the
introduCtion of Maim faCtureS among their Subjcas, it ap-
pears to this Meeting, that to Maintain a successful com-
petition with the less burdened and cheaper labour or.
these Countries, it is absolutely necessary that all
Taxes tfpon Mannfadures, or the Materials of these Ma-
nithetures, should be abandoned,: and that every Legisla-',
tine Encouragement and Accommodation should be al-
forded ; enabling them, thus freed, to be pissed upon the
easiest possible temis to a Foreign Market.
Resolved therefore, That we will most heartily co
operate with other Bodies in the Measures to be taken fOr
preventing the proposed Tax upon Printed Goods being
passed into a Law:
Resolved Also, That asp great proportion of the Raw
Materials used in the Cotton Manufacture is now the pro-
duce of Foreign Countries, and as a Tax has been imposed
upon this Raw Material at Importation., the Cotten Ma-
nuradairers of this Country are not left in a situation to
maintain a air competition in a Foreign Market : we will
therefore join in .any general application that may be
brought forward by theManufadurers of the Kingdom at
large, prayini. the Legislature to repeal this and any other
direct faX affeaing more immediately our common In-
dustry
Resolved, That in order to conduct the Measures neces-
sary to be pursued in the present Business, an Open Corn-
mittee be appointed, consisting of the following-Gentle-
men :—Messrs. David Dale, Dugald Bannatine, lames
Monteith, john 1111.Ilwham, Kirkman Finlay, obert
Owen, John Pattison, Henry Monteith, Nicol Brown,
Joan Mair, John Bartholomew, Thomas-111iller, and Da-
niel M‘ Fun—Mr. Dale to be-Convener; and that Messrs.
Andrew Stirling, John Mair, jun. Richard. Borradale,
James Smith, and John Baunatine, be reqUested to ad as
DelegateS in London, to meet and co-operate with the De-
legates that may be sent from the other Parts of the King-
dom, and to correspond upon the Business with the Com-
mittee here.
Resolved, That a SubsCription should iritmediately be
raised for defraying Eipenees. •
-Resolved, That the Committee be instructed to publish
these Resolutions;n such of the English and Scots News-
papers a 4 may by them be thought proper. _
By Appointmebt of the Meeting,
(Signed) DAVID DALE.