Of tpe English cotton trade, who by extortion, cheat¬ ing, &c.. Swindled himself into capital.

Proprietors, farmers, manufacturers, mer¬ chants, bankers, stockbrokers, army-contractors, &c., enriched them¬ selves in this chapter. * I c.. Fifth Report, p 22, n 137 MACHINERY AND MODERN INDUSTRY 475 labourer, but.