Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flea the carcass; the skin of which, artificially dressed, will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen.

The speaker claims that even the child’s skin can be used to make gloves and boots, adding another supposed advantage of his proposal. This detail emphasizes the various benefits he claims his plan would provide, rather than its absurdity, winter clothing needs, or cruelty in general. The correct choice is “various benefits of his plan.”

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