262 AWAKENING OF ENGLAND. 



covered the cost of carriage. In the case of 

 strawberries the expenses exceeded the receipts 

 one year, and tomatoes reaUsed less than a 

 penny a pound after paying expenses. Co- 

 operation merely perfected a method for making 

 the fortunes of Covent Garden salesmen. 

 This might have been avoided had co-operative 

 distributers come to the rescue of co-operative 

 producers. 



A new system of selecting tenants has now 

 been adopted whenever a holding becomes 

 vacant. The property qualification of £100 

 has been abolished, and the agricultural 

 labourer who shows sufficient capability is 

 put into the vacant holding. He is paid a 

 wage of £l a week on the understanding that 

 he produces as much as he possibly can, work- 

 ing harder than he ever did in his life before, 

 and he is credited with the sales of his produce, 

 and debited with his wages and rent. When 

 a balance of £50 eventually lies to his credit, 

 he is given the money with a lease of the 

 holding assuring security of tenure for life. 



The skilled man without capital is found to 

 be a better investment than the unskilled man 

 with capital. 



Instead of sending produce to Covent 



