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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<HEAD>Propo&s;als by the Drapers and Stationers, for the Rai&s;ing and Improving the Woollen Manu|facture, and making of Paper in <HI>England,</HI> and for preventing the Tran&s;portation of Moneys and Wool.</HEAD>
<P>_WE Pray that the Act made in the 18th. year of His Ma|je&s;ties Reign, for the Encouraging the Woollen-Manu|facture of this Kingdom, and the preventing Exporta|tion of Moneys for Linen, and Importing of the &s;ame; may be reviewed, becau&s;e it is not ob&s;erved.</P>
<P>The want of Charity, and fear of Di&s;obliging Neigh|bours, is the great cau&s;e of neglect herein. For the Forfeiture of this Act being five Pounds is all to the u&s;e of the Poor; (which ought to all peoples care) but for want of Supervi&s;ers and further Encouragement, no body ob&s;erves nor regards.</P>
<P>It is our Humble Reque&s;t, that His Maje&s;ty would be Graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to accept of one Moiety of the &s;aid Forfeiture, towards the Charge of pro|viding &s;ome fit per&s;ons, who may have Authority to direct and take Care, that Pari&s;h Officers &s;ee this good Act duely put in Execution, which will be no lo&s;s to the Poor; for by &s;uch ob&s;ervance it will be more Advanta|geous then it is at pre&s;ent.</P>
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<HEAD>A &s;hort Account of &s;ome Advantage this Act of Burying in Woollen would have been, if duly ob&s;erved.</HEAD>
<P>It would have rai&s;ed the Price of Wool, (now worth little) becau&s;e we &s;hould have made &s;o great a Con&s;umption thereof in Burials yearly: For &s;ince that Act, we &s;hould have Imployed and Con&s;umed more Wool then is now in <HI>England:</HI> (with which we are now glutted) It would have al&s;o prevented the Exportation of &s;uch great quantities of Wool before the Working of it up, the mixture of which our Wool with Forreign Wool, maketh it fit for Manufacture, which otherwi&s;e would not be, (which is Sold at very low Rates, and hinders the &s;ending over of greater quantities of Cloth, to the great prejudice of Woollen-Drapers and Clothiers, great part of which are forced to leave off their Imployments for want of Trade; the Poor al&s;o would have been much Imployed in the Working up Wool and making Cloth.</P>
<P>If this Act be reinforced, it will be a great means to help us to many hun|dred Tuns of Linen-raggs yearly, which will enable us to carry on the Making all &s;orts of White Paper for Writing and Printing: which will nece&s;|&s;arily Imploy many Thou&s;ands of Poor people in Hone&s;t Labour, and pre|vent the carrying out of this Kingdom great Sums of Monyes, which is yearly &s;ent <HI>in &s;pecie</HI> beyond Sea for Paper and Linen-Cloth; it will al&s;o prolong the Wearing of Linen, which is now Buried before worn out: It will cau&s;e a perpetual Trade in this Nation, and put us in a Con|dition after &s;ome &s;hort time to Tran&s;port our home-made Paper in great quantities, to the Advancement of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms and Revenues, and keep our Coine to be imployed at home; which now being tran&s;por|ted, is to the great Prejudice and Le&s;&s;ening of this Nation.</P>
<P>Every Week of delay in this Propo&s;al, is three thou&s;and Pounds Pre|judice to this Nation, and &s;o much Advantage to the <HI>French.</HI></P>
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