The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-06-10 00:00:00

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....t of from between 5,000 L and GAOL &week,
,+t DOW pay 51. When this conk place, was it possible
,Agiliat very great dieters* must be felt by the labouviog
par** the trade? The main question to be considered
was, Whether the present Acis tended to increase the milk'
mmorfeeture in Leadon. He maintained they did not:
TIM losishaseen branch - bad materially suff;ved from
thothend all the Spared work Was now entirely trans.
• *geed to the country. He deprecated the farther post.
Vof a measure width was sostegently called for-',
IatIGHT said this me it uOmillesoal my great ire-
-Lorleace. them beim to less that 50.000 persons both In
'melba and Cambay latereseed lo .it. He was surprised
•; the Reese shook! teem impiry on the scbject. h 1
woos inmetrems atetsini to legislate wittiest it—es well
illivtatipirerlialWietbeplab of
the
mercantiletpass Itt:trotef itat:,
nth illemUL: dem wen mostant quarrel* battings the
inailass Ala joulsoYma boli in London and Coventry, '
Illibillsperty le tits ;moist 4 from 1001. to 2001. a niglitl
into tommestly destroyed. Fem the time, hsirever. that ,
*PM was mooed, the greatest traimalUke prevailed. and ,
*seism was, below It gem to the !abeam, a fair price,
fee their labour. He contended that the arm! Wahl ,
litilpthathethe ins sot to be found so meek mom the]
Immo% se tumour ether working Artisans: but slimed the
Ail be.= the inevitable marequeoes suet. be the,
, and misery. He insisted that a Wicket 1
• .. ' tar *gel was made out. before tbey promeded to re-
•_*C . he
• •'";' them, alma would go farther and say that a strong
. was mode out why they ought to be maintained. • This
mesa question between London. Macclesfield. and Coventry.
]tide Acts were repealed. Macclesfield and Coventry most
lose their trade, which would all centre In London ; whereas
ilthey were allowed to 000tinut all the tee work would be
mmented ii London, and all toe other in the country. He
WWI would they run the consequences of throwing such a
• . pct of moons out of employmeat? This was not a
of political economy, nor oughtit lobe considered in
• • political menwy was a good thing. bat it ought
imitate Ntenibiolgbt of bNore these Acts were passed. He
trnajmed the Hoes. to beware bow they tampered with laws
, • '-.. , • wilWut silent inquiry. One mistake in altering the distil-
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- . •:. - . levy laws of scetlaed had ceased their distillation teespread
-..,--r ..-.1 --; ra to as extent fee +MA *ere was now le
'ea' *..ii, I. ''• An Hen. IMEMBILL idiom& some we oo=lotiyont, et-
, . - • 'preload himself Moidedly biome of loquley. 4
Me. RICARDO lbeopht inquiry milts oiessolOOly. AU I
Ss ilmila were already known, and -me WOW thhoomtlen ,
ivasad. The mamas mod by the Soo. Member
fee ..(Ile•Helobt) afforded the best argument why
the poithato be extended to every branch of tht
Isedie. the leis. Member maintained that under the ope-,
to tot nettle's* us iteow stood, things were going on well,
TlMbe.(llr: Ihardo) denied, for the law was inject to its•
spatulas as it regarded the master manufacturer. The
N. Member called upon the Honse to consider the emotoe
time' of throwing a great part of the-population ot
" tellields out of work. But it could not happen that a pleat
many heeds would be thrown out of work, when there weal
be still the same demand for the commodity. There winl4ll,
be e treater ;has of employment If the Acts were-moo
yowled, than there was it present. But then it was argued.
that the rite of wages would not he the same. That was
very possible, for now the wages were kept up by the lotto;
&rem of the Maglstrates, against which he (Hr. Ricardo)
would always raise his voice. He contended that no maw
• had a eight to come hetweed the manufacturer end the
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. Jallostrar is order to put sa artifkial Fries on labe dt
se. ,Wi
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, . rapt** the poor rates. it had always been found that
very little money could be raised in Bpitalields. and.
.' • thtrefocs. applications for aid were frequently made to Go-
vorutitent. In his opinion, the Honourable Member for
Besets* (Colonel Wood) bad taken an erroneous view of the
opeholon of the law with respect to the working weavers.
• Calomel WOOD, in ciplanation, said that all be
meant to contend for was that the law, as it now stood,
• secured a fair price to labour,- and that it afforded to the
matters the only prartirable means of extending their
capital tinder alkeirnuntstances, by occasionally giving
ball-work instead of whole, when the demand was slack.
• Mr:RICARDO said it was for this very reason be
*Omit to see the Aets repealed. Was it not a greet
Mischief, If the master maoufacuuren could not get a re-
sonnersting price for their commodity, in consequence of
i d I demand. '
that the Magistrate should lotto-
fete, saw, b• though you sell at saw price, thou qii,*,
itot• thi Aare sr to your label/yrs." Wiqf MOl%
Jade a. cruelty ? ' Some labourers Wight certainly • 1611
thread opt of employment by the proposed measti*
bat thmeremined would have fell work. It was Wens-.
tem with Many Oen:lanes in that Hem to make use of
the words I'l_ political economy," as i substitute far Itt-
gillwritt--cHear. bear!) The Hon. Member for Way.
Mouth (Hr. F. Bestow) bad told the House that Adam
Smith and otheis differed in their opinions respecting
politicalecomeny. He (Mr. Ricardo) admitted the fat;
loot if the hammy drawn from it by his Hollocroble
Friend wer appeared we should serer change any law,
it all.' It that the rote of wages In the silk
trade had not altered since the time that bread was at
tr. the clearhern loaf. Was this a state of things that
should be alF.weit to continue ? It bad been stated chit
there wire 1/00,000 persons engaged in the rrade ; bet
that was impossible. He could say, from authority,
that there were only 9,000 men employed as operativd
treaters. Foe his ono part, be sbooll certainly opptitio
my fort delay in the progress of the'eneasure:
lir. LLIPS supported the motion, and stated that
the pea *rates of Middlesex were more than double
those In Loticashire, though the population was nearly
eqoal in both places. He should be sorry if OendeMen
-'--, , op his side of the House would liPpose tioveriment,
ee,•, *her they bid the utanliems to *La; forward measures
M ptiblicntility like Chid.";,.ii"
' Mr.' °BOUGH At said, he could not be silent on the
present occasion, lest it might be considered that be
was inclined to offer any opposition to a anoints of
Which he ,highly approvedk a; it wept to teal Acts
which were in themselves .imoolitic, founded on no
mood principles, and from which no good could result
either to the manufacturers or labourers. Ile thought
. that the feral of the Acts would certainly be productive
'• of advantage to both parties. But the question now to
•he considered was, whether, after baying supported a bad
spina for a length of time, they could now retrace their
sopa. withoutheseing the parties interested in it. now
• that they nods* before the House and called for inquiry.
Ile would say that, on the pound of good !whey, it
would be desirable that the measure should be carried
;pp the way that it would prove the least repulsive to the
feello Fe of the community. He was quite sure they
could net adopt a better method than to carry it with
the cement of as large a number of the people as
possible.' Aa Hon. Friend of his Lad said that. while
be admitted. all the facts stated at the bar to be true,
Ile maid sot still alter his opinion; But whin a large
class came forward to complain. was it nothing that
they should shut the door agmest. the evidence they of-
fered, tad refuse the inquiry which they sought. In
doing so,. be maintained that they would turn them
from the bar discontented. It was for that reasou, cod
as a hived to the principle of the measure, that be wish-
ed to ieee the further progress delayed for .s few days,
it by such delay it could he ultimately carried with ge-
ieral satisfactioe. If the House would but consent to
best the evidence which those persons said they had
against the Bill, they would be tent home contented, and
at ;east convinced' that nothing was done hastily to
their prejudice. If the object of getting a Select Cm.
isgtee one to delay the Bill beyond the present Sex-,
alin. be would be far from appearing in favour of it ; I
bit it was on the understanding that there was no vex-,
reboundely that he would' ascent. It was On there
grounds that be would giro his vote for that kind of
hearing In •the Sels•et Lommittee up .stairs what was
Pilled- f°t*
r. WM: SMITH expcensod,bis concurrence in that
opinion, hot declared himsOlf entirely in favour of the
principle of the BILL
IddprumoßßlDOSS mi.:ollentood to approve

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