Tolerably good workmen in any of those mechanic arts are sure to find employ, and to be well paid for their work, there being no restraints preventing strangers from exercising any art they understand, nor any permission necessary.
Franklin asserts that skilled workers can find good employment in America without bureaucratic barriers.
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