Penny Dreadfuls, 1736 · page 9 of 16
Thoughts on Trade — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This is a page of running prose text, likely from an economic or political treatise rather than a penny dreadful. The visible text argues that Ireland should be encouraged to manufacture goods cheaply to support English foreign trade and help English merchants compete with French rivals. The author contends that markets are governed by choice, quality, and price; therefore, if Irish-manufactured commodities can be produced inexpensively, they will enable English traders to outcompete their competition. The passage also suggests that if France increased trade during wartime, England similarly could recover and expand trade through good economy and management.
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_. As theFvench in and fince the 2laft Wars, increafed and extended their Trade, could the Acquifition be obtained any other Way than by Induftery, in making or finding out Ways how to come at Goods, ‘fupportin foreign Trade Cheaper than the Ene lip have done for fome Timé paft. For as the Secrets ih Trade, are Comé to be known ‘to the People of moft Nations, the Markets are governed by Choite, Good- nefs, and Price of the Goods tendered to Sale; therefore the greateft Vatiety, the Beft and Cheapeft carries the Trade: It then the Commodities fupporting foreign Trade, are to be Raifed, Worked and Manufactured in Ireland {0 Cheap, as to enable the Engli/b to out-do their Rivals in Trade; Trade in Ireland mutt be Encouraged. ni ae The French in two long-experented-and /)¢2 71” dangerous Wars, increafed and extended. their | Trade; fhould,we enter intoa War, why may not we recover and increafe our Trade? As by good Oeconomy great'Things have been done, they ever will be. . B The a | ~*comicbooks.com