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A34886	Carter, W. (William)	The proverb crossed, or, A new paradox maintained (viz.) that it is not at all times true, that interest cannot lye being a full, clear and distinct answer to a paper of an English gentleman, who endeavours to demonstrate that it is for the interest of England that the laws against transportation of wooll should be repealed.	1677.0		.xml	application/xml	12444	187	29	And here I must humbly crave leave to rectify another mistake in my Opponent , and such as is no small one ; which is , that in as much as it is matter of Fact , and such as may be clearly demonstrated , that there is at least , if not more than a Million of Persons young and old of both Sexes , employed in the Cloathing Trade ; and in as much as all that are thus employed , are such as have their dependance solely and wholly upon the said Manufacture , without intermixing themselves in the labours of Hedging Ditching , Quick setting , and others the works belonging to Husbandry ; it 's hence evident how much my Opponent hath clearly mistaken himself , in supposing that though our Cloathing Trade should be lost , yet all the Persons that are now employed in it , might find work from the service of the Farmer . For in as much as all who are well acquainted with the Clothing Trade , do know that it is not a tenth part of the profit , nor sometime the twentieth that is gained by the Clothier or first employer who frequently loseth of the very Interest of his money , consequently it must of necessity follow , that nine of ten parts , if not 19 of 20 parts of the whole value of the said Manufacture must be distributed to the Nation ; so that admitting the whole Woollen Manufacture of this Nation , comprehending Cloth , Stuffs , Bayes , Stockings , and all other sort of the said Manufacture , do amount to four millions of pounds sterling per year ( more or less , ) there will not come of that great sum to the Clothier or first employer much above two hundred thousand pounds ( if so much ; ) so that three Millions and eight hundred thousand pounds per year , must of necessity be distributed to the Nation by virtue of the said Clothing Trade : whereof we cannot but suppose the Farmers and therefore the Nobility and Gentry must receive the greater part .	cache/A34886.xml	txt/A34886.txt
