The daily critic., 1890-08-20
- INEANr MLNrrAcrrREs


dc.r,l and fashioned the Coloui ] q 1y.
eumtats 20 suit themselves
The following excerpts from the Jour
mails ot the British Parliament and the
British statutes will show the sort of
nurture and protection these American
infants received at the hands Of that
power long before The Declaration OF
Independence liberated them from It's
motherly embrace The journal Of the
House Of Commons for The year 17l7.
ll3 years ego, shows that the following
petition had been presented to that boly
A petition OF the iroumastcrs. iron
moncCrs, cutters frgpholders. nailers
smiths and griidctrs In the from manu-
tactme, living In the town Of Birming
ham, 10 the County Of Warwick, was
presented 10 The House and read. setting
forth that should there be encourlgs-
ment given TO the making and manu-.
facture Of iron in any plantation be
longing 20 his Maiesty's dJminious, it
will certainly tend 10 the ruin of the
iron trade Of ihis Kingdom which om.
pl9yes great numbers of people. The
greatest consumption Of our iron maui.
iaCtUres Is now sent abroad 10 the
plsniations which, if they have encour.
ageWCnt will have no occasion for our
assistance. and the iron works OF the
nation will be totally ruined for want Of
employment for the Door
This period ot l7l' was probably not
long after the birth of the iron infant
Ian, No had t,sc,tp q, Lict ,,J r,,t,,,
- -, ,i.,..,-,,,. .,''N0 .
'''sv "N,'u u','N',''u n'3 s,'nltp tp''net
on Tue olhtr side OF the Atlantic. He
seems not To be asking or expecting
iayofa ot her, however.
The next extract from The to"na1's
J'NI"dt is of the date III 1880 lt isa
petition To Parliament seti1g forth
mat,
No. ~ ,,,i.. LaiI,.nuls ,t,l gL ,g" L2a'ani
s..yersl f1r".s ari sii,,jn, ,.i. IN s,'i'II ~
annually make "a grea, deal of bar jr5n
aud manufacture the said irlu into
aNes nails and suudiy other species,
..I .-.,, '" now t', on'S supply themselves
rrs, h,, @ .,., ,.,, -, ,, .u'', NV, anu
manv other of ma Mair.iy's nisnt,'
,j.ce a., ibe gr,'t I..a-. ~ -.,i.-.,I.. ,,-,',
OF he iron trade ~ this kingdom
which az This time EMPLOYS nlre rgJpie.
ysrCClally of the moor. labcfi1us SORT
than any other trade. hat OF The wooden
Manufacture only tNrgp,ed. aud that
HUir1s Ntir INh2g mls IRE 7r,fyapsl
aud also some stop uut 20 their manu-.
iGCuIing our iraLr must soon be
utterly uilel and great numbers of
people employed iu the making a1i
Manufacture of irou be- deprived of the
means Of subsistence
l'appears from This petition that the m
iant. now 20 more years old was quite
sialwsrt fellow, and not only capable
Of taking care of himself without the
protection Of suyb0dy, but capable Of
driving The British manufacturers out
of the American market And # IS the
Britishtr who cries as..trs apd sn,a,ls
20 Parliament for pr,leffigp ag,ipst bis
colonial ,-y,p.tItor
a.,, -
n."'i'e' pe,'''"" oi lhe same date
h''ol 10 Farliamenli ifom the iron
masters and iron mongers sfter making
similar complaints concludes az
follows
And that tbafr trs5s has ,t,y,ysf,
creased ari fltlrfsbed nm istsit, ~ 80 30
porfian to tb. Awe5{.,, ,JsIa,,,,{p5as -
I'M poV Greatly Iseiines H. s-sn,
its usuaI demaT5s srJ tb{s ~ 80 =,
ascrila 10 notbiuT bIt the nstj55, '@f ~
iron and iropware In thai mart M he
world mi nm rt,1, ~ ,,,. - .'-si, 80 ~
g19 l-,yF,,sa bavs ~ Ists .,l,s',g 80
have removed fbepsaives tI,i1be- ,s 4,
Is 10 h. feared D
rb.ss ,4lT,,,,,- y-s.,-,
F1''''eN7 lIS D'lu7u
iiiaL Vi ae'uIeis were attehhFeiy heard /
ly Parliament and the protection asked /
iOT was granted, as the following ev.
tracts will show. But the tirst art baars
tate t7s9 ne y.s, 60, az -
49,. -. 49,, -,
Tbs rrs,-,si. 80
follows
Where's The an ana mystery gf |
making bats IN Great Britain has ar /
iiEsd 81 great perfection and consider
aois ,tJs I tlL ',iss @ 3l mas ui1saiar'irsd 10
nGiteJ t5 ~ ,gi.sfvt 1io,s,f,n '-,'.,,e ,li -
col0uies in Amtric5. who nave beea
solely supulied with has from Great /
britain aud
sy.. M I-ts 80 ss' l---,,,5 ~ uts ~
n 3.IIg, i-..-s,s;r,.t,. ,i-, ny
R,trisb 1i-r,.1i..--s 4, s-I--iI.s - 'G1
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.gtfrt ~. bg-.t.-g,.r'. -lf'--i r-r--,
T,-g.f Rritsi7
E-.t ..[-t-., ... ..rt.-gft.-fI,.. sg,t.
~ g.rtg,-.7..- 1-e3 80. i,...5 .-.-,,r
AVA 5-isE.,G ~ .--,5--..5.' ~, ,lI -,
m IN I1r-i ..-.i ~ - ~ -,, 4 ~
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