Narrative of the Condition of the Manufacturing Population: And the Proceedings of Government Which Led to the State Trials in Scotland, for Administering Unlawful Oaths, and the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, in 1817, with a Detailed Account of the
Excerpt from Narrative of the Condition of the Manufacturing Population: And the Proceedings of Government Which Led to the State Trials in Scotland, for Administering Unlawful Oaths, and the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, in 1817, With a Detailed Account of the System of Espionage Adopted at That Period, in Glasgow And The reign of Elizabeth may be said to have given birth to manufactures in England; also to monopolies, special privileges and immunities, many of which still continue to exercise a strong in uence on ...
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Excerpt from Narrative of the Condition of the Manufacturing Population: And the Proceedings of Government Which Led to the State Trials in Scotland, for Administering Unlawful Oaths, and the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, in 1817, With a Detailed Account of the System of Espionage Adopted at That Period, in Glasgow And The reign of Elizabeth may be said to have given birth to manufactures in England; also to monopolies, special privileges and immunities, many of which still continue to exercise a strong in uence on different branches of trade and manu facture and perhaps none'more so than the acts passed to enforce apprenticeships. Since the re 'peal or dissuetude of these acts, ' the principle which they established and the impulse which they gave has been kept up by conventional agree ments, in various trades and professions, to seclude all who have not served a certain period, or paid certain premiums; and these restrictions have the same effect in preventing a trade from being over stocked with hands as positive law. It is also an indisputable fact, where these regulations have been strictly adopted, the price of labour has been kept higher and subject to less uctuation; nor does it appear to have diminished the relative profit of the master; although it has uniformly operated against the extension of the trade*. No fault can justly be found, however, with the mechanic, or artisan, for adhering to such restrictions as are calculated to promote the interest of his own par ticular branch. The time and money he has spent in acquiring his skill are his capital, which he is equally entitled to preserve and improve as the members of the church or the law; and it is an mvasron of natural right to prevent him from do ing so, until all laws, conferring special privileges, are abrogated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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