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shew them how it has been effected. And that I maybe clearly understood, I will take a cotton-mill, ofmoderate size, which, by working the hands seventy-two to eighty-two hours per week , produces 6,0001bs.of No. 40’s twist, the prime cost of which, (leavingthe wear of machinery out of the calculation,) isIs. Id. per lb.; the spinner sells 4,0001bs. to Black-•burn, at Is. 3d., and the other 2,000, (under the-rose) to Elberfeldt, at Is. per lb. I will also takeanother mill, the same size, which produces the weftat about 2d. per lb. lower, which that spinner sellsto the same people, at prices in the same proportion,from which I will endeavour to illustrate the fact 1am driving at, by an estimate of the

First cost of a Piece of Calico , 28 yards long.

IN BLACKBURN.

db. oz. £. s. d.

2 4 of Twist, at 15d.0 2 9f

2 12 of Weft, atJ3d.0 2 Ilf

Paid for weaving, one part inpioney, and the other, more orless, as the wages ebb and flow,

out of the poors* rate—non-payment of rent, and shop-billsthe weaver is not able to dis-charge; all of which is thesame as money, in a national

•point of view ... 060

Other e^pences, includingthe master’s profit, say.0 10

£0 12 9|

IN ELBERFELDT.lb. oz. £. $. d.

2 4 of Twist, at ls.. a .....O 2 8

2 12 of Weft, at lOd.0 2 3|

Paid for weaving, in money,on which the weaver can livewithout poors’-rate, pay his

rent, shop-bills, &c. 0 2 0

Other expences, say...... 0 10

£0 7 6J

This calculation is made on a common article,but if we go regularly up to the finest jacconot, mull,or book-muslin, and the finest cotton cambric andlace, (not a yard of any of which fabrics could theymake without our yarns J as well as every descrip-tion of dimities, quiltings, nankeens, &c., with allkinds of fancy-goods made wholly of cotton, or mix-ed with silk, linen, or wool, we shall find every thingin the same proportion against us !