“In every country (say those who entertain them) Agriculture is the most beneficial and productive object of human industry. The following are, substantially, the arguments, by which these opinions are defended. There still are, nevertheless, respectable patrons of opinions, unfriendly to the encouragement of manufactures. ![]() The embarrassments, which have obstructed the progress of our external trade, have led to serious reflections on the necessity of enlarging the sphere of our domestic commerce: the restrictive regulations, which in foreign markets abrige the vent of the increasing surplus of our Agricultural produce, serve to beget an earnest desire, that a more extensive demand for that surplus may be created at home: And the complete success, which has rewarded manufacturing enterprise, in some valuable branches, conspiring with the promising symptoms, which attend some less mature essays, in others, justify a hope, that the obstacles to the growth of this species of industry are less formidable than they were apprehended to be and that it is not difficult to find, in its further extension a full indemnification for any external disadvantages, which are or may be experienced, as well as an accession of resources, favourable to national independence and safety. The expediency of encouraging manufactures in the United States, which was not long since deemed very questionable, appears at this time to be pretty generally admitted. ![]() And he there respectfully submits the following Report. ![]() The Secretary of the Treasury in obedience to the order of ye House of Representatives, of the 15th day of January 1790, 125 has applied his attention, at as early a period as his other duties would permit, to the subject of Manufactures and particularly to the means of promoting such as will tend to render the United States, independent on foreign nations, for military and other essential supplies.
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