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         Company of Merchant Adventurers of England.
      
       
         
           1695
        
      
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             Reasons humbly offered for encouraging His Majesties natural born subjects to export the woollen manufactures of this realm to Germany
             Company of Merchant Adventurers of England.
             England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.).
           
             s.n.,
             [S.l. :
             1695?]
          
           
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           Company of Merchant Adventurers of England.
           Wool industry -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- Commerce -- Germany -- Early works to 1800.
           Germany -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
           Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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           REASONS
           Humbly
           Offered
           for
           Encouraging
           his
           MAJESTIES
           Natural
           Born
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           Export
           the
           Woollen
           Manufactures
           of
           this
           Realm
           to
           GERMANY
           .
        
         
           THE
           Securing
           and
           Promoting
           of
           the
           Trade
           of
           Exporting
           the
           Woollen
           Manufactures
           to
           Germany
           ,
           so
           as
           may
           be
           most
           Beneficial
           for
           the
           Nation
           ,
           is
           a
           Matter
           of
           such
           Importance
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           hoped
           it
           may
           not
           be
           unworthy
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           ,
           to
           whom
           it
           is
           Humbly
           Represented
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Supporting
           the
           Ancient
           Company
           of
           Merchant-Adventurers
           of
           England
           in
           the
           said
           Trade
           ,
           will
           be
           the
           most
           Effectual
           Means
           to
           Conduce
           thereunto
           .
           For
           this
           Company
           having
           First
           Introduced
           the
           Woollen
           Manufactures
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           been
           the
           sole
           Exporters
           thereof
           ,
           the
           same
           did
           Flourish
           ,
           under
           their
           Government
           and
           Conduct
           ,
           in
           a
           Regulated
           Way
           of
           Trade
           ,
           for
           above
           
             Two
             Hundred
             and
             Fifty
          
           Years
           ,
           until
           Foreigners
           ,
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           CHARLES
           the
           II.
           were
           indulged
           ,
           and
           admitted
           to
           become
           Principals
           in
           Exporting
           thereof
           ;
           since
           which
           ,
           few
           or
           no
           English
           are
           concerned
           as
           Principals
           in
           the
           Trade
           for
           Holland
           ,
           but
           only
           employed
           as
           Factors
           for
           the
           Dutch.
           Whereby
           the
           Woollen
           Manufactures
           have
           been
           Falsified
           and
           Debased
           ,
           the
           Clothiers
           Marks
           altered
           and
           English
           Merchants
           Seals
           counterfeited
           .
        
         
           That
           Foreigners
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           can
           be
           Accommodated
           ,
           Prefer
           their
           own
           Natives
           ,
           to
           be
           their
           Factors
           ,
           who
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           ,
           live
           obscurely
           ,
           and
           bear
           no
           Charge
           to
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Clothiers
           have
           had
           Great
           Losses
           by
           the
           Foreigners
           becoming
           insolvent
           to
           a
           very
           considerable
           Summe
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           laying
           open
           the
           said
           Trade
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           His
           present
           MAJESTY
           ,
           and
           the
           late
           Queen
           of
           blessed
           Memory
           ,
           hath
           not
           had
           its
           designed
           Effect
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           the
           general
           Complaint
           of
           the
           Clothiers
           .
        
         
           That
           by
           the
           Preserving
           and
           Supporting
           of
           this
           Company
           in
           their
           Trade
           to
           Germany
           ,
           the
           following
           Benefits
           will
           accrue
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           The
           Merchants
           Profit
           will
           be
           Secured
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           which
           will
           otherwise
           go
           to
           Foreigners
           .
        
         
           The
           Younger
           Sons
           of
           the
           Gentry
           may
           be
           Employed
           in
           this
           Trade
           abroad
           ,
           whereas
           now
           the
           Sons
           and
           Servants
           of
           Foreigners
           are
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           Employed
           here
           .
        
         
           The
           Reputation
           of
           the
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           will
           be
           kept
           up
           ,
           and
           the
           Goods
           not
           suffered
           to
           be
           Debased
           ,
           or
           go
           out
           altogether
           Unmanufactured
           ,
           whereby
           a
           very
           great
           Number
           of
           Handicrafts
           Men
           have
           of
           late
           been
           Impoverished
           .
        
         
           The
           Market
           abroad
           will
           be
           plentifully
           furnished
           with
           great
           Quantities
           and
           choice
           of
           Goods
           ,
           as
           was
           formerly
           done
           .
           Whereas
           by
           the
           laying
           open
           that
           Trade
           ,
           English
           Men
           have
           been
           discouraged
           from
           keeping
           their
           Magazines
           abroad
           so
           fully
           stored
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Market
           hath
           not
           been
           sufficiently
           supplied
           .
        
         
           The
           Company
           's
           Priviledges
           at
           Hamburgh
           ,
           which
           are
           very
           Honourable
           as
           well
           as
           Advantageous
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           will
           be
           thereby
           preserved
           ,
           which
           if
           once
           lost
           ,
           will
           be
           irrecoverable
           .
        
         
           The
           Customs
           at
           Hamburgh
           ,
           Inwards
           and
           Outwards
           ,
           will
           ,
           by
           the
           Stipulations
           made
           with
           that
           City
           ,
           be
           prevented
           from
           being
           Raised
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Members
           of
           this
           Company
           have
           greater
           Priviledge
           ,
           and
           pay
           much
           Less
           then
           their
           own
           Burgers
           ;
           but
           if
           the
           Company
           is
           not
           Supported
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           the
           Customs
           there
           on
           English
           Commodities
           will
           be
           advanced
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           Consumption
           thereof
           will
           be
           lessened
           .
        
         
           The
           English
           Navigation
           to
           those
           Parts
           will
           be
           Restored
           .
           Whereas
           of
           late
           few
           or
           no
           English
           Ships
           have
           been
           Employed
           .
        
         
           Foreigners
           will
           be
           Prevented
           from
           becoming
           the
           sole
           Masters
           of
           this
           Trade
           ,
           and
           having
           the
           absolute
           Command
           of
           our
           Markets
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           And
           many
           other
           Advantages
           will
           Accrue
           to
           the
           Nation
           thereby
           .
        
         
           There
           can
           be
           no
           Restraint
           of
           Trade
           ,
           or
           Want
           of
           Buyers
           ,
           by
           passing
           the
           Bill
           now
           depending
           ,
           since
           thereby
           all
           his
           Majesties
           Natural
           Born
           Subjects
           will
           be
           intituled
           to
           the
           Freedom
           of
           this
           Society
           ,
           for
           as
           small
           a
           Fine
           as
           the
           
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           shall
           think
           fit
           ;
           and
           every
           Member
           ,
           so
           coming
           in
           ,
           may
           Buy
           and
           Sell
           as
           much
           as
           he
           pleases
           ,
           every
           one
           Trading
           for
           his
           own
           Account
           .
           And
           many
           Eminent
           Merchants
           have
           declared
           their
           Resolutions
           of
           coming
           into
           the
           Company
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           Established
           ;
           and
           the
           present
           Members
           thereof
           have
           very
           considerable
           Stocks
           ready
           to
           be
           imployed
           in
           this
           Trade
           ,
           when
           the
           Bill
           is
           passed
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           ,
           It
           is
           Humbly
           Hoped
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Company
           may
           be
           Supported
           in
           their
           Trade
           directly
           to
           Germany
           .
           And
           that
           a
           Foreign
           Interest
           may
           not
           be
           preferr'd
           in
           Opposition
           to
           the
           True
           Interest
           of
           England
           .
        
      
    
     
  

