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produce at the ports can be transported by the 

 railway companies at a greater profit than the 

 consignments sent from country districts. This 

 differentiation against home produce ought to be 

 checked. At the same time, co-operation in the 

 consignment of produce at home stations ought 

 to make good any possible loss to the railway 

 companies. Two further suggestions have been 

 made in this connection : (1) that home produce 

 should have a preferential rate, and (2) that 

 questions relating to the transport of agricultural 

 produce ought to be transferred from the Board 

 of Trade to the Board of Agriculture. 



Additional transport facilities could also be 

 provided by the maintenance and increased use of 

 canals and waterways and by the development of 

 light railways and motor traction. 



XIII. Poor Law Reform 



Putting the land to its full potential use will 

 have the most important effect on the question of 

 destitution. The 235,000 destitute children now 

 brought up at the public expense should so far 

 as possible be trained in such a way as to become 

 fitted for a career on the land either in England 

 or the colonies. 



XIV. Marketing 



Without unduly interfering with the middleman, 

 much might be done in t.he way of more efficient 



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