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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<HEAD>The CASE of the Inhabitants of the Town of <HI>Bradford.</HI></HEAD>
<P>We the Makers and others concerned in the Manufacture of Set-work (commonly called Turky work) Inhabitants of the Town of <HI>Bradford,</HI> and parts adjacent in the <HI>We&s;t-Riding</HI> of the County of <HI>York.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Do hereby Humbly Certifie.</HEAD>
<P N="1">I. THat when our &s;aid Trade flouri&s;hed and was at the highe&s;t, there were Ten Thou&s;and per&s;ons imployed in and about the &s;aid Trade.</P>
<P N="2">II. That then there was Eight Hundred packs of Wooll con&s;umed in the &s;aid Manufacture yearly.</P>
<P N="3">III. That then there was yearly expended in Dying the Woollen Yarn for the &s;aid Set-work about Three Thou&s;and pounds <HI>per Annum.</HI></P>
<P N="4">IV. That then there was yearly expended in making the &s;aid Set-work Three Hundred packs of Hemp Yarn of the value of Six pounds a pack. All which Ma|terials, Wages and Returns (as near as we can compute) amounted to Fifty Thou&s;and pounds <HI>per Annum.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>The Rea&s;ons Offered again&s;t this CASE,</HEAD>
<P>Is by the Joyners, Turners, Sawyers, Carvers, and Caners in and about the <HI>City</HI> of <HI>London.</HI> To which is An&s;wered:</P>
<P>To their Fir&s;t, The Uphol&s;ters of <HI>London</HI> Declare, They knew nothing of the Petition and Ca&s;e from the Town of <HI>Bradford,</HI> nor &s;olicited to the Town for it, as is fal&s;ly a&s;&s;erted. They further &s;ay they knew not of the contrivance of the &s;ummons to the <HI>Mermaid</HI> in <HI>Cornhil,</HI> nor did the Beadle of their Company, know of, or deliver any &s;uch &s;ummons, though his name is affixt to it.</P>
<P>To the Second, This Rea&s;on much proves the truth of the Rea&s;ons given for the encouragement of the Woollen Manufacture; becau&s;e if Ten Thou&s;and do|zen of Set-work, &s;erge and Chamlet Chairs are now yearly made as they &s;ay, which Con&s;umes at lea&s;t Fifteen Hundred packs of Wooll yearly, then twice the quantity of Wool will be con&s;umed, when double the number of Chairs are made of the Woollen Manufacture.</P>
<P>To the Third, It was once moved in Parliament 7 years &s;ince, That an En|acting Clau&s;e might be added to the Woollen Bill for the prohibiting Cane Chairs; upon the Que&s;tion, the Hou&s;e divided, it was carried in the Negative; yet the Members did &s;ay if it were in a Bill by it &s;elf they were much for it, and no oppor|nity hath offered till this pre&s;ent Parliament. As to the Dutch Matted Chairs great quantities were brought to <HI>England</HI> by per&s;ons that &s;ell <HI>Indian</HI> Goods; and many dozens are Vended yearly which is much prejudicial to the Con&s;ump|tion of Wool, and is provided again&s;t in the Bill now before this Honourable Hou&s;e.</P>
<P>To the Fourth, The <HI>Joyner, Turner, Sawyer,</HI> will be &s;till fully imployed in making Frames for Chairs, the Carver al&s;o employed: the Caner is by Trade a Sive and Basket-Maker, and it is believed there is not above Ten Ma&s;ter Caners at mo&s;t, who have gone about with a Petition to the Joyners, and to &s;everal have declared, if they would not &s;ub&s;cribe it, and contribute toward their charge, they would Cane no more work for them.</P>
<P>If Ten Thou&s;and people employed in this Woollen Manufacture at <HI>Bradford,</HI> and parts adjacent. What number may be accounted on, from <HI>Kiddermin&s;ter, Norwich, Linn, Taunton, Exeter, Colche&s;ter,</HI> &amp;c. Which Woollen Manufactures were formerly much u&s;ed in Chairs: Be&s;ides the &s;everal other materials, which are made at <HI>Bermicham, Dor&s;et-&s;hire, Somer&s;et-&s;hire,</HI> &amp;c. It is humbly conceived not le&s;s then Forty Thou&s;and per&s;ons employed.</P>
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