Giving Alms no Charity

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Giving Alms no Charity Daniel Defoe

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  Inproportiontothisgreatwork,Iamtobeunderstoodthatthesework—houses,housesofcorrection,andstockstoemploythepoormaybegrantedtolessenthepoorinthisorthatparticularpartofEngland;andweareparticularlytoldofthatatBristol,thatithasbeensuchaterrortothebeggarsthatnoneofthestroulingcrewwillcomenearthecity。Butallthisallow’d,ingeneral,’twillbefeltinthemain,andtheendwillbeanencreaseofourpoor。

  1。Themanufacturesthatthesegentlemenemploythepoorupon,areallsuchasarebeforeexercis’dinEngland。

  2。Theyareallsuchasaremanag’dtoafullextent,andthepresentaccidentsofwarandforeigninterruptionoftradeconsider’dratherbeyondtheventofthemthanunderit。

  Supposenowawork—houseforemploymentofpoorchildren,setsthemtospinningofworsted。——Foreveryskeinofworstedthesepoorchildrenspin,theremustbeaskeinthelessspunbysomepoorfamilyorpersonthatspunitbefore;supposethemanufactureofmakingbaystobeerectedinBishopsgate—street,unlessthemakersofthesebayscanatthesametimefindoutatradeorconsumptionformorebaysthanweremadebefore。ForeverypieceofbayssomadeinLondontheremustbeapiecethelessmadeatColchester。

  IhumblyappealtotheHonourableHouseofCommonswhatthismaybecall’d,andwithsubmission,Ithinkitisnothingatalltoemployingthepoor,since’tisonlythetransposingthemanufacturefromColchestertoLondon,andtakingthebreadoutofthemouthsofthepoorofEssextoputitintothemouthsofthepoorofMiddlesex。

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