Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-07-19

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this year done it, not hav ny received any
orders or any encouragement for 1t.
Do you happ,n 20 know whether-siie ma
nufacturers Of whom you spe k. have not
wi hstanding the dirainnt,on O. their labor
ers, stock in hand accommodating! Very
considerably.
Dnyou happen TO know. from your know
ledge OF the west riding OF Yorkshire, how
m NY hands are supposed to be employed
in tie IN .nutactores there? canuot speak
correctly TO that question.
Then l am to understand you, that since
the beginning of the month of November
last, aud at any rate before the end of Jam
uary, before the knowledge of the Aueri-
can emb rgo, the mtnufactory IN the dis
trict of Yorkshire was entirely or. almost
entirely at an end! No, not exae;ly So |;
there's a certain description who will ma.
nufacture whether there is prospect of
sale or not; as long as they can get credit
from the dealers in the staple, they will
keep their hands employed two days out of
the six.
And those persons, with that diminished
number of hands have an accumulating
stock? Certainly because there is no sale.
Do YOU remember a similar embarrass
men'? Never in my life time.
Nor heard of such No; have heard
people twice in my age remark, that they
never experienced similar $ agnation.
Do yop think that If the intercourse be.
ween this country and America remained
uninterrupted, it would gave a sufficient en-.
9 ur cement To the manufacturers of that
unt'y, even if our intercourse with tn
ont'nen OF Europe was totally stopped
: hive no r5l OF it, because America i
fl rent frnm AM part of the continent ];
Il t4kes from he coarsest articl, produced
rim he sheep'sb ok, to The finest, which no
oihsr country does
lttakes every species and variety of the
wooilen Manufacture ? II does.
You conceive that tho5e manufacture
winch employed fifty hands, have now re
daced them, tn ughout the west riding, to
SIX or eight? Yes, I believe could 20 still.
further, that / know some houses, which
used to employ forty or fifty hands, when
are no employing any at all
What proportion doyou conceive the ex-
port OF woollens to America to bear TO the
whole manufactured in the west riding Of
Yorkshire! ! have understood, but can
net speak from my own knowledge, nearly
eha'f
Then surprising it to be even one half, to
what cause do you attribute The diminu.iop
III the number of men from fifty, to six or
eight; what other causes have contributed
to that stagnation! The Russian war, the
loss of Portugal, and the being shut entirely
on OF the contineu
Jasics Palmer.
In what line Of business are YOU engaged !?
A manufacturer of hosiery.
To whom do you chiefly sell the hosiery
you manufacture Three fourtns for ex-
portation to America.
ihree"tnnrths OF the extensive manufac
tory in which you are engaged, is for. the
American market? Yes.
Have you any objection TO state how ma
ny persons you usually employ in your man
ufactory? Three hundred.
How many do You employ now One
fourth of that
When did you cease to employ your usu-
al number of hands In November last.
Was this in consequence of any diminu
tion IN the demand for tire article Yes.
Which commenGrdIn November? Yes
At what time doyou receive YOU orders
Tor the American markets? Usually in
December and nu ny.
For tile spring shipment? Yes.
Therefore last year you ought TO have
received such orders i'll the month of Janu-
-ry and February? Yes.
How many orders have you received
Not one.
Have you discharged your workmen graz
dual'y or all at once! Gradually.
III We you lessened The work ofthe O hers
have given the usual employment, but to
"a smaller number.
Have you larger quantity of your arti
Gle on hand, than usual? have "A stock on
hand, win ch should not have had bu, for
the interruption of trade with America.
Mr.. Robe Kinde.
Do not you suppose that If the Anne
rcan commerce is considerably educe d
t would turn considerable prop Ition 81
capual a. we'll as 'ab0r 20 manuf ,ctures9
| III ak there can be no danbl Of lhc
emisraions from the eas,ero s,a es wouI
a'mos' certainly be stopped BY the wan
'i exports and hey will apply immedi
ately To manufaclures. which are dread,
established in that part of The uniry.
Do you nos thhk that if manufacture.
were once es ablisb-d in Am. ;ca they
would call on their government for pro eel
''g duties, so as TO prevent slmus entirely
foreign goods being exported afterwards I?
dot ! hlpk il would be aim,s. nnp ,ssi.
Die 10 eradicate them again.
Do not you k ow thnt he population
OF America can employ itself GORE sue
ce,siuly in agriculture than IN ,nsnuE,c.
t'F' {! Not under the G. constance before
s,a,ed.