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,,,,y;of the U. States, an,1 sAs Frae-
,ice under them. and ordered to
=, second reading Resolution ""a ie"u q 9-~
ood time and agreed TO-. -,
VA A. Rartlett offered the following resoiu-
ton. ,,r;,toe nm the sub.
~. f,rade with the different parts OF the
sa,,,,v he instructed to ascertain and make
a,.trment of facts, in relation to the erect
"'tdnmestc manufactures upon the naviga-
~, and commercial interests OF TINS country
generally.
ly agreed to. name Of
,hner I.ayoock be placed among the names
tI.looutrs TO this convention from Pennsyl-
',n;, instead of J-hn Todd, Esq. who was
absent. ofth.
eram;no gentlemen. under the resolution re-
.or,ea bv the chairman OF the general com
Mittee, VIZ. r;shor cnr,cue
,.wrrnce Stewart, Watson, 1ownsend,
smith, of New York.


'l Conventon adjourned until o'clock
M. ,,,,,,>,,,oN


INTHE AFTERNOON.


AZ. r,r., from the committee to whom
no, rrfprred the resolution relative to the
t,rther protection OF cotton goods, made re-
port as follows viz. j,
The committee appointed to consider the
r.soiu,on offered to the convention. on the
nrntection of cotton goods have bestowed on
!, that degree of attention to which its i'm.


III. : nd


REPORT.


,rhat the manufacture Of cotton goods, IS o.
urinary national importance, in various points OF
inv as it affords a market for Us O0O bales OF
cotton annually, being neatly one fourth part OF
.hat staple which, in point oi value, ranks the
highest among tho staples OF the United states
as, BY withdrawing that large portion OF the s,a-
nlc from the foreign markets, It must necessary
prevent the gluts, and diminish the consequent
denrecia,ion of price so runous to the planting
interests as it furnishes an indispensable article
ofclothing, doubly valuable in pont OF durabIity'
and at half the price Of that which We were for-
merly supplied as it gives cmploymcn 10 NH
lions of capital, and thousands OF individuals VINO
would be otherwise less proftably employed as
il has greatly increased, perhaps doubled me
coasting trade, by the transportation OF the raw
material, as well as the manufactured article ; as
itflrnislc, to commerce valuable article of cx
port, more uniformly profitable than any other o
our exports; as there are engaged init, 10000
persons, male and female, young and old, o
whom one third are girls, now brought up II
habits of usefulness and industry, and qualliict
to support themselves through life, and become
eligible wives and valuable mothers wherca
I numbers of them would otherwise be probabl,
wholly unempoyc cd, and in danger Of contracting
habits Of vice and immortality.


The importa,ion of cotton goods INTO this coun
try, in the years 1926 and 1926, Was as follows


