They gradually diminish, as our own manufactures of the same description spread into their places; while the account of ornamental articles which our country does not produce, and we cannot wish it to produce, continues, upon the whole, to rise, in spite of all the caprices of fancy and fashion.
Burke observes the dynamics of domestic manufacturing versus imports, noting the rise of local production.
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