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But is there no hope, then, that the attention of the 

 government may be drawn to his Lordship's sensible 

 remarks respecting the/^i fee for a protection order, and 

 the wisdom of a trial thereof urged upon its representa- 

 tives ? Is there not the slightest hope for this ? Appa- 

 rently none. 



To censure the government for this culpable neglect 

 of the public's benefit this reprehensible ignoring of its 

 highly valuable outcome this "wilful-waste" and " woful- 

 want" kind of constant stubborn refusal to cheapen a 

 universally esteemed and valuable food product by the 

 extension of the cultivable area adapted to its growth is 

 utterly useless. And why ? Because our present govern- 

 ment and its predecessors up to the last generation were 

 and are aware of the facts in question. They are also cog- 

 nizant of the truth that by the adoption of the methods 

 detailed in the pages of this book, France is happy in the 

 employment of 200,000 people ; and America (in the 

 United States alone) of a far greater number than even 

 that ; and so, they knowing this, I repeat, it were useless 

 to censure the government, 



"For it must follow, 

 As the night to day, the day to night," 



that if our wise rulers cannot, or (more justly, perhaps,) 

 will not see the practicability of this matter of general 

 interest, then, I repeat once more, censure is powerless to 

 aid where will is not forthcoming, and there's an end on't, 

 so far as they are concerned. 



What then can be done ? 



Appeal to the public ! 



Agreed ; but how ? in what manner ? Promulgate 



the hygienic doctrine of ostraculture amongst them. 



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