Volume 71: Macarthur family papers relating to wool and sheep, 1820-1936: No. 107
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was for some time avoided. At length the Englishman proposed that the following morning might be set apart for the factory.
His host replied, that he was exceedingly sorry the rules of the Establishment would not permit compliance with his request, as no strangers were allowed to see it. There is no doubt that the Continental Manufacturers have profited much by the ready access that has been afforded them, to the great Factories of England. I believe it to be equally certain, that our Manufacturers would derive little, from similar inspections upon the Continent, beyond the Satisfaction of witnessing the manifest inferiority of their Rivals, in all that regards, Machinery. But in the cheapness of Manual Labor, they possess over us a decided and fearful advantage.