A
REPRESENTATION
of
Great
EVILS
arising
by
the
EXPORTATION
of
WOOLL
,
Humbly
Offer'd
to
the
Honourable
HOUSE
of
COMMONS
.
By
WILLIAM
WOODFORD
.
I.
Exportation
of
Wooll
will
certainly
Impoverish
our
own
Nation
,
and
Enrich
others
,
By
taking
away
the
Employment
of
the
Poor
.
By
Ruining
Our
Trade
of
the
Woollen
Manufactures
,
and
Dependers
thereupon
;
and
By
enabling
France
,
Holland
and
Flanders
,
&c.
(
now
greatly
striving
for
that
End
)
to
deprive
us
of
it
.
II.
The
want
of
Employment
of
the
Poor
will
be
a
Cause
of
great
Charges
upon
Land
and
Estates
,
to
maintain
them
.
Or
of
their
Starving
.
Or
of
Exporting
themselves
whether
Wooll
is
Exported
,
&c.
And
Exporting
themselves
will
be
a
Cause
of
the
falling
of
the
Value
of
Lands
,
by
Lessening
the
number
of
the
Consumers
of
the
Product
thereof
.
For
the
Fewer
the
People
shall
be
,
the
Lesser
the
Value
of
Lands
must
needs
be
.
III.
The
Less
Occasion
there
shall
be
of
our
Manufactures
abroad
(
by
means
of
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
)
the
poorer
the
Nation
in
General
must
needs
be
.
Our
Manufactures
(
and
not
the
single
Products
of
our
Lands
)
being
the
chief
Cause
of
our
Riches
,
which
are
brought
from
other
Nations
in
Return
for
the
same
.
IV.
The
Exportation
of
Wooll
has
been
modestly
reckon'd
to
be
60000
l.
per
annum
Loss
to
the
King
in
his
Customs
outwards
,
besides
the
consequential
Loss
inwards
.
V.
There
are
several
good
intended
Laws
already
made
for
remedy
thereof
;
But
the
same
could
not
be
effectually
put
in
Execution
for
want
of
a
Fund
to
defray
the
Charge
of
the
Management
of
so
good
a
Work
.
All
which
is
Humbly
offer'd
to
the
Great
Wisdom
of
the
Honourable
House
with
all
Submission
,
&c.