Why? From the inception of these industries the business of machine building and that of cotton manufacturing have walked hand in hand. Samuel Slater came to Rhode Island from England disguised as a farmer. the laws of England forbidding his emigration as a mechanic. and there founded both these great industries. lie aided in the establishment of the first machineshop in this country. and the two industries have stood side by side and prospered together and suffered together from that day to this. The Senatorfrom Massachusetts the other day described in eloquent terms the benefits and advantages which have resulted from the wonderful invention of Eli Whitney. The history of cotton manufacturing and the history of textile machinery of this country are full I of similar cases. perhaps not as conspicuous as the invention of the cottongin.
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