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             The great necessity and advantage of preserving our own manufacturies being an answer to a pamphlet intitul'd The honour and advantage of the East-India trade, &c. / by N.C., a weaver of London.
             N. C., weaver of London.
             Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699. Great honor and advantage of the East-India trade.
          
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           THE
           GREAT
           
             Necessity
             and
             Advantage
          
           of
           PRESERVING
           OUR
           OWN
           Manufacturies
           ;
           BEING
           An
           ANSWER
           TO
           A
           PAMPHLET
           ,
           INTITUL'D
           ,
           The
           Honour
           and
           Advantage
           of
           the
           East-India
           Trade
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           By
           
             N.
             C.
          
           a
           Weaver
           of
           London
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             T.
             Newborough
          
           at
           the
           Golden-Ball
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1697.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             To
             the
             HONOURABLE
             The
             Commons
             of
          
           England
           
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             Assembled
          
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           please
           Your
           Honours
           ,
        
         
           THE
           reason
           that
           hath
           emboldened
           me
           to
           address
           the
           following
           Discourse
           to
           this
           Honourable
           House
           ,
           is
           because
           of
           a
           Bill
           now
           depending
           ,
           to
           restrain
           the
           wearing
           of
           East-Indian
           and
           Persian
           wrought
           Silks
           ,
           Bengalls
           ,
           
           &c.
           
           I
           having
           met
           with
           a
           Book
           ,
           (
           newly
           come
           forth
           )
           that
           seems
           purposely
           designed
           to
           elude
           the
           necessity
           of
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           because
           I
           think
           it
           answer'd
           here
           with
           that
           Accuracy
           that
           it
           might
           have
           been
           ,
           nor
           do
           I
           pretend
           to
           be
           able
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           but
           because
           I
           conceive
           that
           Truth
           ought
           to
           be
           Vindicated
           ,
           and
           Error
           Detected
           ,
           rather
           meanly
           ,
           than
           not
           at
           all
           ;
           but
           what
           is
           wanting
           in
           my
           Ability
           ,
           is
           abundantly
           supply'd
           in
           the
           Justness
           
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           and
           the
           Plainness
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           here
           pretended
           to
           be
           Vindicated
           .
        
         
           That
           Manufacture
           is
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           procuring
           Causes
           of
           Riches
           ,
           and
           of
           improving
           the
           Land
           where
           it
           is
           ,
           is
           so
           plain
           a
           Truth
           ,
           that
           I
           think
           can
           scarce
           be
           deny'd
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           be
           promoted
           by
           us
           rather
           in
           England
           than
           in
           India
           .
        
         
           That
           there
           are
           many
           Towns
           in
           England
           and
           Wales
           that
           may
           be
           improved
           ,
           by
           having
           Manufactories
           
           set
           up
           in
           them
           ,
           besides
           what
           have
           already
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           question
           ;
           and
           the
           Advance
           that
           it
           gives
           to
           Land
           that
           lies
           near
           them
           ,
           is
           visible
           .
        
         
           The
           extreme
           and
           pressing
           Necessities
           of
           the
           poorer
           sort
           of
           People
           that
           uses
           to
           be
           employ'd
           in
           those
           Manufactories
           ,
           cannot
           but
           afflict
           them
           that
           hear
           their
           daily
           Complaints
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           a
           great
           Motive
           to
           induce
           me
           to
           this
           Undertaking
           .
        
         
           That
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           Almighty
           to
           preserve
           our
           
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Parliamentary
           Constitutions
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           is
           a
           mercy
           that
           every
           Englishman
           ought
           to
           acknowledge
           with
           Thankfulness
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           frequent
           rise
           of
           Grievances
           of
           one
           kind
           or
           another
           ,
           make
           a
           Necessity
           of
           frequent
           Parliaments
           is
           evident
           to
           Experience
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           do
           not
           only
           need
           ,
           but
           enjoy
           them
           is
           our
           Comfort
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           God
           of
           infinite
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           may
           continually
           direct
           and
           bless
           
           your
           Councels
           and
           Endeavours
           to
           his
           Glory
           ;
           to
           the
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           of
           the
           King's
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Welfare
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           is
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           the
           Prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             Honours
             most
             Humble
             ,
             And
             truly
             Devoted
             Servant
             ,
             N.
             C.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           GREAT
           Necessity
           and
           Advantage
           Of
           Preserving
           
             Our
             own
          
           Manufactories
           .
        
         
           THAT
           there
           is
           a
           Controversie
           between
           the
           Manufacturers
           of
           England
           and
           the
           East-India
           Traders
           ,
           I
           conceive
           to
           be
           generally
           well
           known
           ,
           but
           the
           true
           State
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           well
           understood
           :
           the
           Author
           of
           a
           Pamphlet
           very
           lately
           come
           forth
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             The
             great
             Honour
          
           
           
             and
             Advantage
             of
             the
          
           East-India
           Trade
           ,
           &c.
           applies
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           difference
           wholly
           to
           the
           mistaken
           Prejudices
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           being
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           ,
           no
           Philosophers
           ,
           don't
           know
           where
           to
           fix
           the
           reason
           of
           their
           misery
           by
           the
           Decrease
           of
           their
           Trade
           ,
           but
           have
           blindly
           stumbled
           upon
           this
           as
           the
           next
           in
           their
           way
           ;
           I
           shall
           therefore
           endeavour
           to
           set
           this
           case
           in
           its
           true
           light
           ,
           thereby
           to
           discover
           whether
           it
           be
           a
           meer
           chymerical
           Fancy
           ,
           or
           a
           real
           Evil
           ,
           that
           they
           complain
           of
           ;
           and
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           appear
           more
           clear
           ,
           I
           shall
           lay
           down
           both
           negatively
           and
           positively
           ;
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           What
           it
           is
           that
           they
           do
           not
           complain
           of
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           What
           it
           is
           that
           they
           conceive
           they
           have
           just
           reason
           to
           complain
           of
           and
           desire
           Relief
           ?
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           desire
           to
           hinder
           the
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           but
           are
           so
           far
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           desire
           the
           Encrease
           of
           all
           our
           own
           Manufactures
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           the
           best
           means
           of
           Increase
           in
           it
           ;
           nor
           do
           they
           desire
           the
           hinderance
           of
           any
           Merchandise
           that
           tends
           to
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Nation
           (
           as
           he
           seems
           to
           suggest
           )
           but
           if
           that
           men
           will
           say
           ,
           That
           their
           trading
           Genius
           is
           discouraged
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           hindered
           from
           freely
           
           exporting
           the
           Native
           Product
           of
           the
           Land
           to
           be
           manufactured
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Owlers
           ,
           or
           because
           they
           are
           hinder'd
           from
           bringing
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           Provision
           to
           serve
           instead
           of
           the
           Product
           of
           our
           own
           Land
           ,
           or
           because
           they
           are
           hinder'd
           from
           sending
           out
           the
           Treasure
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           bring
           n
           Lieu
           thereof
           such
           manufactured
           Goods
           ,
           as
           shall
           serve
           instead
           of
           our
           own
           greatest
           Manufactures
           ,
           which
           used
           to
           employ
           the
           largest
           numbers
           of
           our
           Poor
           :
           in
           all
           these
           cases
           ,
           and
           and
           other
           such
           like
           ,
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           whatever
           cry
           such
           men
           make
           of
           the
           great
           loss
           and
           damage
           it
           is
           to
           the
           Nation
           to
           hinder
           
           their
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           ;
           yet
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           at
           the
           bottom
           of
           their
           design
           ,
           than
           their
           own
           private
           Gain
           ,
           to
           enrich
           themselves
           in
           particular
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           to
           the
           extremest
           Damage
           and
           Prejudice
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           general
           ;
           for
           as
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           the
           Nation
           to
           get
           by
           that
           Trade
           the
           Merchant
           loseth
           by
           ,
           as
           the
           afore-mention'd
           Author
           relates
           and
           exemplifies
           ;
           so
           it
           was
           not
           for
           want
           of
           Wit
           (
           he
           is
           so
           much
           a
           Philosopher
           )
           that
           he
           did
           not
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           as
           possible
           for
           a
           Merchant
           to
           get
           much
           ,
           and
           grow
           very
           rich
           by
           that
           Trade
           which
           the
           Nation
           loses
           and
           is
           impoverished
           by
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ,
           Suppose
           a
           Merchant
           
           send
           10000
           l.
           to
           India
           ,
           and
           bring
           over
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           much
           wrought
           Silks
           and
           painted
           Callicoes
           ,
           as
           yield
           him
           here
           70000
           l.
           if
           they
           be
           all
           worn
           here
           in
           the
           room
           of
           our
           own
           Silk
           and
           Woollen
           Manufactures
           ,
           the
           Nation
           loses
           and
           is
           the
           poorer
           10000
           l.
           notwithstanding
           the
           Merchant
           has
           made
           a
           very
           profitable
           Adventure
           ,
           and
           so
           proportionably
           the
           more
           and
           oftner
           he
           sends
           ,
           the
           faster
           he
           grows
           rich
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           the
           Nation
           is
           impoverished
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           any
           suppression
           of
           the
           East-India
           Trade
           in
           general
           that
           they
           desire
           ,
           it
           is
           possible
           that
           a
           very
           considerable
           Trade
           may
           be
           carried
           on
           ,
           in
           
           such
           Commodities
           ,
           as
           may
           make
           that
           Trade
           very
           profitable
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           private
           Men
           but
           to
           the
           Nation
           .
           There
           are
           many
           very
           usefull
           Commodities
           brought
           from
           thence
           ,
           as
           Pepper
           ,
           Salt
           Petre
           ,
           raw
           Silk
           ,
           several
           Drugs
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           things
           that
           do
           not
           interfere
           with
           or
           hinder
           the
           Growth
           or
           Manufacture
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           such
           was
           the
           Indian
           Trade
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           till
           within
           thirty
           Years
           last
           past
           ,
           since
           which
           time
           they
           have
           laboured
           to
           encrease
           their
           Trade
           to
           their
           utmost
           power
           in
           those
           Manufactures
           ,
           and
           finding
           the
           Advantage
           they
           had
           of
           having
           their
           Goods
           cheap
           wrought
           by
           the
           wretched
           Poverty
           of
           that
           
           numerous
           People
           ,
           have
           used
           sinister
           Practices
           to
           betray
           the
           Arts
           used
           in
           their
           Native
           Country
           ,
           such
           as
           sending
           over
           Artificers
           and
           Patterns
           to
           instruct
           them
           in
           the
           way
           of
           making
           Goods
           ,
           and
           Mercers
           to
           direct
           them
           in
           the
           Humour
           and
           Fancy
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           fit
           our
           Markets
           ,
           a
           Practice
           so
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Love
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           interest
           of
           their
           Native
           Country
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           reckoned
           in
           some
           Countries
           a
           capital
           Crime
           ,
           and
           this
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           second
           general
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           What
           it
           is
           that
           they
           conceive
           they
           have
           just
           reason
           to
           complain
           of
           ,
           and
           desire
           relief
           against
           .
        
         
         
           And
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           great
           Import
           of
           Foreign
           Manufactures
           that
           are
           spent
           here
           in
           the
           room
           and
           stead
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           such
           vast
           quantities
           ,
           as
           seems
           very
           likely
           to
           extinguish
           the
           English
           Manufactury
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           it
           were
           quite
           born
           down
           by
           that
           mighty
           Torrent
           and
           Inundation
           of
           Forreign
           Manufacturies
           ;
           and
           this
           sending
           out
           of
           our
           Treasure
           to
           bring
           in
           this
           abundance
           of
           wrought
           Goods
           ,
           is
           like
           drawing
           out
           the
           pure
           and
           spirituous
           Blood
           of
           a
           Man's
           Veins
           ,
           and
           filling
           them
           with
           Hydropick
           Humours
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Pamphlet
           says
           ,
           
             That
             this
             Foreign
             Commerce
             is
             the
             only
             way
             to
             procure
             us
             Treasure
             :
          
           If
           he
           means
           
           so
           much
           of
           it
           as
           is
           spent
           here
           (
           and
           that
           is
           all
           we
           contest
           about
           )
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           great
           mistake
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           so
           far
           from
           supplying
           us
           with
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           more
           like
           a
           Quick-sand
           to
           devour
           that
           we
           have
           already
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           his
           Comparison
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Worsted
             Weavers
             of
          
           Norwich
           
             may
             as
             well
             complain
             against
             the
             Silk
             Weavers
             of
          
           London
           ,
           it
           is
           altogether
           false
           and
           illusive
           ;
           for
           London
           and
           Norwich
           are
           Members
           of
           the
           same
           Body
           ,
           and
           therefore
           what
           is
           laid
           out
           with
           One
           or
           Other
           is
           still
           within
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           will
           circulate
           like
           Blood
           in
           the
           Veins
           ;
           but
           all
           the
           Treasure
           laid
           out
           with
           the
           Indians
           for
           
           their
           Manufactures
           to
           wear
           here
           ,
           is
           as
           intirely
           lost
           for
           ever
           to
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           the
           Blood
           ,
           that
           by
           cutting
           the
           Veins
           ,
           being
           shed
           upon
           the
           Ground
           ,
           is
           to
           the
           Body
           :
           But
           since
           he
           says
           we
           have
           no
           Mines
           of
           Gold
           or
           Silver
           ,
           we
           can
           tell
           him
           of
           something
           else
           to
           supply
           that
           ;
           our
           vast
           quantity
           of
           Sheeps
           Wool
           ,
           which
           is
           improv'd
           from
           6
           or
           7
           Pence
           per
           pound
           by
           the
           Labour
           of
           our
           own
           People
           to
           6
           or
           7
           Shillings
           per
           pound
           ;
           this
           thus
           improv'd
           by
           Manufacture
           ,
           if
           worn
           at
           home
           ,
           is
           Money
           sav'd
           to
           the
           Nation
           from
           Foreign
           Expence
           ,
           because
           it
           costs
           the
           Nation
           nothing
           ;
           but
           if
           sent
           abroad
           ,
           the
           Product
           is
           all
           clear
           gain
           to
           the
           Nation
           (
           provided
           
           it
           be
           by
           English
           Shipping
           )
           and
           if
           the
           Produce
           be
           manufacturable
           Commodities
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Turky
           Trade
           Raw
           Silk
           ,
           Hair
           ,
           &c.
           then
           they
           are
           improv'd
           again
           by
           the
           labour
           of
           our
           own
           People
           to
           double
           or
           treble
           the
           value
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           may
           justly
           be
           compar'd
           to
           Mines
           for
           the
           encrease
           of
           our
           Treasure
           ,
           then
           the
           sending
           out
           of
           our
           Silver
           or
           Gold
           to
           India
           to
           bring
           over
           wrought
           Silks
           ,
           Bengalls
           ,
           &c.
           to
           be
           worn
           here
           ,
           may
           as
           justly
           be
           called
           Quick-sands
           to
           decrease
           our
           Treasure
           by
           devouring
           or
           swallowing
           it
           up
           .
           What
           he
           starts
           and
           pretends
           to
           answer
           ,
           That
           the
           made
           goods
           seem
           particularly
           to
           injure
           the
           Broad
           
           Silk
           Weavers
           ,
           by
           putting
           them
           by
           or
           beside
           their
           trade
           and
           way
           of
           living
           ,
           is
           illusive
           ,
           false
           and
           foolish
           ;
           for
           he
           cannot
           but
           know
           (
           if
           he
           know
           any
           thing
           of
           this
           matter
           )
           That
           the
           Norwich
           and
           other
           Worsted
           Weavers
           were
           as
           much
           and
           as
           early
           in
           their
           Sence
           of
           and
           Complaints
           against
           the
           great
           damage
           they
           receiv'd
           by
           these
           made
           Goods
           ;
           and
           I
           cannot
           well
           tell
           ,
           whether
           the
           Folly
           or
           Dishonesty
           be
           greater
           of
           comparing
           against
           both
           these
           numerous
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           vast
           Multitudes
           that
           are
           Dependents
           on
           both
           ,
           a
           few
           People
           employ'd
           about
           the
           Indian
           made
           Goods
           ;
           and
           to
           say
           that
           the
           latter
           is
           much
           more
           to
           the
           benefit
           
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           general
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           boldest
           stroke
           lies
           behind
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           not
           true
           in
           fact
           
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           (
           that
           the
           made
           Goods
           injure
           the
           Weavers
           )
           and
           this
           is
           indeed
           the
           true
           Paradox
           .
           Now
           matter
           of
           fact
           we
           conceive
           must
           be
           made
           good
           by
           Evidence
           ,
           we
           are
           willing
           to
           hear
           it
           ;
           then
           't
           is
           his
           Experience
           ,
           testifies
           ,
           that
           the
           scarcity
           of
           Indian
           Goods
           doth
           them
           no
           kindness
           ,
           but
           that
           rather
           the
           plentiful
           Importation
           of
           these
           made
           Goods
           sets
           them
           at
           work
           :
           now
           in
           opposition
           to
           his
           Experience
           ,
           we
           can
           bring
           in
           the
           Testimony
           of
           many
           thousands
           that
           have
           experienced
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           and
           the
           sence
           of
           it
           is
           too
           fresh
           upon
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           
           easily
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           but
           a
           Dream
           ,
           and
           therefore
           such
           lame
           proof
           of
           fact
           is
           of
           no
           value
           ;
           he
           might
           as
           well
           have
           said
           ,
           That
           when
           a
           Man
           hath
           eat
           his
           Belly
           full
           of
           Westphaliaham
           ,
           it
           fits
           him
           presently
           with
           a
           better
           Stomach
           for
           English
           Bacon
           ;
           or
           when
           a
           Gentlewoman
           hath
           just
           bought
           French
           Alamode
           or
           Flanders
           Lace
           ,
           it
           makes
           her
           the
           more
           earnest
           presently
           to
           furnish
           her self
           with
           English
           Lace
           and
           Alamode
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           an
           easie
           matter
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           't
           is
           Prejudice
           hinders
           ,
           when
           People
           will
           not
           assent
           to
           such
           Contradictions
           :
           But
           he
           says
           ,
           
             The
             bringing
             in
             of
             these
             made
             Goods
             will
             make
             Silk
             cheap
             ,
             and
             that
             sets
             them
             to
             work
          
           ;
           
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           they
           will
           bring
           in
           more
           raw
           Silk
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           make
           Silk
           cheap
           ,
           and
           set
           them
           to
           work
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           to
           the
           purpose
           ;
           but
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           the
           made
           Goods
           ,
           takes
           off
           the
           great
           occasion
           of
           their
           working
           ,
           viz.
           (
           the
           supplying
           the
           Market
           )
           and
           so
           sets
           them
           to
           play
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           plain
           and
           visible
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           I
           may
           not
           suspected
           of
           Partiality
           ,
           or
           be
           said
           to
           abound
           in
           mine
           own
           Sense
           ,
           I
           shall
           bring
           in
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Judicious
           Sir
           
             Josiah
             Child
          
           ,
           who
           lays
           down
           these
           solid
           Principles
           of
           Truth
           and
           Reason
           in
           the
           43d
           Page
           of
           his
           Discourse
           of
           Trade
           ,
           That
        
         
         
           Whatever
           doth
           
             
               1
               
                 Advance
                 the
                 Value
                 of
                 Land
                 in
                 Purchase
                 ,
              
            
             
               2
               
                 Improve
                 the
                 Rent
                 of
                 Farmes
              
               ,
            
             
               3
               
                 Encrease
                 the
                 Bulk
                 of
                 Foreign
                 Trade
                 ,
              
            
             
               4
               
                 Multiply
                 Domestick
                 Artificers
              
               ,
            
             
               5
               
                 Encline
                 the
                 Nation
                 to
                 Thriftiness
              
               ,
            
             
               6
               
                 Employ
                 the
                 Poor
              
               ,
            
             
               7
               
                 Encrease
                 the
                 Stock
                 of
                 People
              
               ,
            
          
           must
           be
           a
           procuring
           Cause
           of
           Riches
           .
        
         
           I
           conceive
           that
           it
           is
           self-evident
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           one
           thing
           more
           adapted
           to
           all
           these
           ends
           ,
           than
           the
           Use
           and
           Encouragement
           of
           our
           own
           Manufactories
           ;
           
           nor
           any
           thing
           more
           contrary
           ,
           than
           the
           Use
           and
           Expence
           of
           foreign
           Manufactures
           ,
           as
           that
           judicious
           Author
           observes
           ,
           That
           the
           Expence
           of
           foreign
           Commodities
           ,
           especially
           foreign
           Manufactures
           ,
           is
           the
           worst
           Expence
           a
           Nation
           can
           be
           inclinable
           to
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           prevented
           as
           much
           as
           possible
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           the
           pernicious
           Effects
           of
           the
           use
           and
           wear
           of
           foreign
           Manufactures
           ,
           doth
           first
           reach
           those
           concerned
           in
           Manufactory
           here
           ,
           yet
           its
           ill
           Influences
           will
           as
           sure
           reach
           the
           Gentry
           and
           Proprietors
           of
           Land
           ,
           (
           if
           not
           timely
           prevented
           )
           for
           as
           the
           said
           judicious
           Author
           says
           ,
           Land
           and
           Trade
           are
           Twins
           ,
           and
           
           have
           always
           ,
           and
           ever
           will
           wax
           and
           wain
           together
           ;
           it
           cannot
           be
           ill
           with
           Trade
           ,
           but
           Land
           will
           fall
           ;
           nor
           ill
           with
           Lands
           ,
           but
           Trade
           will
           feel
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           ,
           that
           the
           promoting
           the
           use
           and
           wear
           of
           Indian
           Manufactures
           here
           ,
           tend
           to
           the
           sinking
           of
           the
           Value
           of
           Land
           in
           England
           ,
           after
           the
           Pattern
           of
           India
           ,
           for
           there
           must
           be
           always
           a
           Symmetry
           and
           Proportion
           between
           the
           price
           of
           Labour
           and
           the
           value
           of
           Land
           ,
           for
           he
           that
           works
           for
           2
           Pence
           a
           day
           ,
           cannot
           give
           50
           Shillings
           
             per
             ann
          
           .
           Rent
           ,
           nor
           can
           he
           give
           3
           or
           4
           Pence
           
             per
             l.
          
           for
           Meat
           ,
           nor
           for
           any
           other
           Provision
           sutable
           :
           
           and
           't
           is
           as
           sure
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Husbandman
           must
           sell
           his
           Provision
           for
           a
           quarter
           part
           of
           what
           he
           now
           sells
           it
           ,
           he
           cannot
           pay
           his
           Landlord
           much
           more
           than
           a
           quarter
           part
           of
           what
           he
           now
           pays
           ,
           but
           these
           are
           so
           plain
           Truths
           ,
           that
           it
           seems
           ,
           as
           needless
           to
           spend
           many
           words
           about
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           bring
           Arguments
           to
           prove
           that
           two
           is
           more
           than
           one
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           whole
           is
           more
           than
           a
           part
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           most
           certain
           Maxim.
           
        
         
           But
           ere
           I
           conclude
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           necessary
           once
           more
           to
           look
           back
           to
           the
           fore-mention'd
           Pamphlet
           ,
           stiled
           ,
           
             The
             Great
             Honour
             and
             Advantage
          
           ,
           &c.
           where
           that
           Author
           brings
           in
           the
           profit
           the
           
           Dutch
           make
           ,
           and
           the
           Scotch
           promise
           themselves
           by
           the
           East-India
           Trade
           ,
           as
           a
           sure
           token
           of
           its
           Goodness
           ,
           because
           no
           man
           courts
           a
           Mischief
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           true
           nor
           pertinent
           :
           't
           is
           not
           true
           in
           the
           sense
           we
           are
           treating
           of
           ,
           for
           too
           many
           men
           court
           that
           which
           is
           a
           publick
           Mischief
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           private
           Gain
           ,
           as
           I
           suppose
           will
           be
           generally
           own'd
           in
           the
           case
           of
           those
           that
           bring
           in
           Alamodes
           and
           other
           French
           Commodities
           against
           Law
           ,
           now
           we
           are
           engaged
           in
           a
           Waragainst
           them
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           cases
           were
           easie
           to
           name
           ,
           wherein
           men
           do
           court
           that
           which
           is
           a
           Mischief
           to
           the
           Publick
           for
           their
           own
           private
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Nor
           is
           it
           pertinent
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           not
           the
           
             East
             India
          
           Trade
           in
           general
           that
           is
           complain'd
           of
           ,
           nor
           that
           we
           seek
           Relief
           against
           ;
           but
           only
           such
           of
           the
           made
           Goods
           as
           interfere
           with
           our
           own
           Manufactures
           ;
           and
           yet
           but
           so
           much
           of
           them
           neither
           ,
           as
           only
           are
           worn
           here
           :
           and
           as
           to
           this
           ,
           't
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           That
           though
           the
           Dutch
           Trade
           to
           the
           
             E.
             Indies
          
           be
           so
           much
           superior
           to
           ours
           ,
           yet
           as
           to
           these
           Goods
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           mischievous
           part
           of
           that
           Trade
           ,
           two
           of
           our
           last
           Ships
           ,
           brought
           over
           much
           more
           than
           their
           twelve
           Ships
           brought
           ;
           and
           yet
           that
           Trade
           would
           not
           be
           so
           pernicious
           to
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           as
           to
           us
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           not
           so
           large
           
           a
           tract
           of
           Land
           ,
           no
           such
           Fund
           as
           our
           Sheeps-wooll
           ,
           nor
           such
           vast
           numbers
           of
           People
           employ'd
           in
           Manufactories
           ;
           but
           as
           they
           have
           a
           smaller
           spot
           of
           Ground
           ,
           so
           their
           People
           are
           mostly
           employ'd
           about
           Merchandise
           and
           Shipping
           .
        
         
           He
           might
           have
           told
           us
           ,
           what
           reception
           the
           French
           ,
           that
           have
           a
           large
           tract
           of
           Land
           ,
           and
           many
           Manufactorers
           ,
           do
           give
           to
           Foreign
           wrought
           Goods
           ,
           especially
           Indian
           (
           if
           he
           had
           thought
           it
           his
           interest
           :
           )
           Some
           are
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           reason
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           French
           King
           had
           suffered
           his
           People
           to
           export
           the
           Treasure
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           foreign
           made
           Goods
           ,
           
           as
           freely
           as
           our
           Indian
           Traders
           now
           do
           ,
           his
           own
           Merchants
           would
           have
           helpt
           so
           effectually
           to
           humble
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           been
           brought
           to
           Reason
           before
           now
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           Author
           hath
           a
           special
           knack
           of
           confounding
           one
           thing
           with
           another
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           make
           one
           thing
           pass
           for
           another
           ,
           (
           a
           trick
           very
           necessary
           for
           those
           that
           do
           not
           intend
           to
           clear
           up
           Truth
           ,
           but
           stifle
           it
           .
           )
           Thus
           he
           would
           make
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           
             E.
             India
          
           Trade
           ,
           to
           be
           understood
           for
           this
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           we
           only
           oppose
           ,
           (
           and
           some
           of
           themselves
           have
           counted
           a
           small
           part
           formerly
           .
           )
           
           Thus
           he
           would
           have
           the
           particular
           gain
           of
           that
           Company
           ,
           in
           advancing
           their
           Actions
           treble
           ,
           pass
           for
           a
           sign
           of
           the
           Profit
           it
           was
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           Book
           ,
           upon
           strict
           examination
           ,
           will
           fall
           under
           this
           Head.
           
        
         
           As
           for
           our
           Scotch
           Friends
           ,
           whatever
           they
           promise
           themselves
           from
           this
           Trade
           ,
           that
           we
           contest
           about
           ,
           (
           and
           if
           that
           Bill
           now
           depending
           before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           for
           restraining
           the
           wear
           of
           Indian
           Silks
           ,
           &c.
           )
           do
           pass
           into
           a
           Law
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           little
           the
           better
           for
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           come
           to
           bring
           in
           their
           Callico's
           in
           any
           considerable
           quantities
           to
           be
           worn
           in
           
           Scotland
           ,
           in
           lieu
           of
           their
           own
           Linen
           Manufacture
           ;
           a
           few
           years
           will
           teach
           them
           (
           whatever
           some
           private
           persons
           may
           get
           by
           it
           )
           that
           they
           have
           made
           but
           an
           ill
           bargain
           of
           it
           for
           their
           Countrey
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           should
           not
           pass
           into
           a
           Law
           ,
           no
           doubt
           but
           they
           will
           be
           peddling
           them
           all
           over
           England
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           may
           well
           promise
           themselves
           to
           be
           great
           gainers
           ,
           but
           poor
           England
           must
           pay
           for
           all
           ,
           and
           suffer
           the
           fate
           of
           Issachar
           ,
           to
           couch
           under
           two
           Burdens
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           now
           done
           for
           the
           present
           with
           the
           aforesaid
           Author
           and
           the
           Trade
           he
           pleads
           for
           ;
           if
           any
           desire
           to
           inform
           themselves
           ,
           both
           in
           our
           East
           
           Indian
           and
           other
           Foreign
           Trades
           ,
           what
           benefit
           each
           is
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           they
           may
           please
           to
           read
           a
           Book
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             An
             Essay
             on
             the
             State
             of
          
           England
           
             in
             relation
             to
             its
             Trade
          
           ,
           &c.
           written
           about
           a
           Year
           since
           ,
           by
           the
           Ingenious
           Mr.
           
             John
             Cary
          
           ,
           Merchant
           of
           Bristol
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           state
           briefly
           ,
           Whether
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           their
           Employ
           ,
           (
           for
           whose
           sake
           I
           have
           made
           these
           faint
           Essays
           )
           be
           a
           real
           benefit
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           general
           ,
           or
           only
           to
           some
           few
           persons
           in
           particular
           ,
           under
           the
           severe
           Administration
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           ,
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           :
           Many
           Families
           came
           over
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           brought
           
           over
           with
           them
           this
           Trade
           of
           weaving
           broad
           Silks
           and
           Stuffs
           made
           of
           Wooll
           and
           Silk
           and
           Wooll
           mix'd
           :
           These
           were
           graciously
           received
           ,
           by
           that
           great
           and
           wise
           Princess
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           of
           blessed
           Memory
           ;
           and
           were
           so
           encouraged
           ,
           that
           through
           the
           succeeding
           Reigns
           ,
           they
           came
           to
           more
           thousands
           than
           they
           were
           Families
           :
           that
           this
           hath
           been
           one
           of
           those
           means
           ,
           that
           hath
           advanced
           Land
           both
           in
           Rent
           and
           Purchase
           so
           considerably
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           were
           easie
           to
           demonstrate
           ,
           not
           only
           from
           Experience
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           as
           a
           Cause
           that
           must
           naturally
           produce
           such
           an
           Effect
           ;
           and
           when
           
           all
           is
           said
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           enrich'd
           by
           an
           
             Ignis
             fatuus
          
           ,
           but
           by
           such
           Trades
           as
           have
           a
           natural
           tendency
           thereunto
           .
           To
           conclude
           ,
           Solomon
           faith
           ,
           
             The
             honour
             of
             a
             King
             is
             the
             multitude
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             want
             of
             People
             is
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Prince
             .
          
           Now
           this
           Trade
           hath
           not
           only
           brought
           a
           Livelihood
           to
           such
           great
           Multitudes
           of
           our
           own
           People
           ,
           but
           entertain'd
           also
           many
           thousands
           of
           French
           Protestants
           fled
           hither
           for
           Refuge
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           much
           to
           the
           Honour
           and
           Advantage
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           if
           our
           Manufactures
           be
           so
           incouraged
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           be
           a
           sufficient
           employ
           
           flor
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           our
           Poor
           (
           whom
           God
           and
           Nature
           requires
           us
           to
           take
           care
           of
           )
           be
           so
           employ'd
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           an
           useful
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           Much
           more
           might
           be
           said
           ;
           but
           I
           shall
           only
           add
           ,
           That
           no
           one
           thing
           under
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           and
           the
           Care
           of
           our
           Governours
           ,
           contributes
           more
           to
           the
           Riches
           and
           Safety
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           than
           incouraging
           our
           own
           Manufactures
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

