When the colonies were established, both merchants and statesmen naturally expected to maintain a monopoly of increasing value;but before long the Americans, instead of buying cloth, especially of the coarser varieties, were making it to sell.

当殖民地建立时，商人和政治家自然希望保持对价值不断增加的垄断； 但不久之后， 美国人不再购买布料， 尤其是较粗糙的布料，而是将其出售。