Читать книгу An Essay on the State of England. In Relation to Its Trade, Its Poor, and Its Taxes, for Carrying on the Present War Against France онлайн

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By not exporting Materials till Manufactured.5. By prohibiting as much as may be the Exportation of things to the Plantations fit to bemanufactured there till they are first done here, thus 'tvvas better Shooes vvere Transported tothe Plantations than Leather, so things made of Iron, than Iron it self, this vvould employ ourPeople, and add to the value of vvhat vve ship out.

By securing the Foreign Trade.6. By defending the Merchants in their Trades who export the Manufactures, and making it aseasie to them as may be; To this end good Conveys should be allowed, and good Cruisersmaintain'd to preserve their Ships, it being certain that what-ever is diminish'd out of theMerchants Stock doth so far disable him in Trade, and then consequently lessen his Exports andImports; Courts of Merchants should be also erected for the speedy deciding all differencesrelating to Sea Affairs,Counrts of Merchants. which are better ended by those who understand them, than they are inWestminster-Hall, where all things are tried by the Nice Rules of Law, to whom after muchAttendance and Expence they are often referred by the Judges, by this means they would seeshort ends to their differences, and not be detained at home to attend long Issues; but there canbe no general Rules given for these Courts, which must be settled according as they best suitthe convenience of every Trading City.