Consequently, the cotton manufacture was comparatively unhampered by such regulations, and it is not surprising that, particularly from the early years of the eighteenth century, development was taking place in all directions. Quite apart from the remarkable inventions of machinery and the discovery of a new source of power, it is more than probable that the latter years of the century would have witnessed considerable changes. Before these events, the developments in industrial and commercial organisation, and in communications, pointed to the fact that a wider economy was emerging. It was in such conditions that a new cotton manufacture made its appearance in Lancashire. ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN TRADES IN MANCHESTER IN 1772 _All the following tables have been compiled from the first Manchester Directory_ --------------+--- Fustian |No. --------------+--- Manufacturers | 55 Cutters | 23 Callenderers | 14 Dyers[220] | 9 Dressers | 2 Shearers | 3 --------------+--- Total |106 --------------+--- --------------------------------+--- Check |No. --------------------------------+--- Manufacturers[221] | 45 Callenderers | 7 Check and Fustian Manufacturers | 12 --------------------------------+--- Total | 64 --------------------------------+--- -----------------------------------+--- Smallware |No. -----------------------------------+--- Manufacturers | 37 Weaver | 1 Callenderers | 3 Smallware and Fustian Manufacturers| 5 Smallware and Thread Manufacturer | 1 Smallware Manufacturer and Hatter | 1 Smallware Manufacturer and Hosier | 1 -----------------------------------+--- Total | 49 -----------------------------------+--- ------------------------------------------+--- Silk and Linen |No. ------------------------------------------+--- Silk and Linen Manufacturers[222] | 7 Silk Manufacturers and Silk Weavers[223] | 10 Silk Mercers | 4 Silk Dyers | 4 Thread Makers | 3 Linen Drapers[224] | 12 Linen Dyers[225] | 7 Linen and Cotton Printers | 3 ------------------------------------------+--- Total | 50 ------------------------------------------+--- [Footnote 220: One described as dyer and printer.] [Footnote 221: One described as manufacturer and printer.] [Footnote 222: Two described as fustian silk and linen manufacturers.] [Footnote 223: One described as silk and smallware manufacturer, two as silk throwsters, and one as throwster and dyer.]