CHAPTER X 



AFFORESTING AND THE UNEMPLOYED 



THE Prime Minister in one of his electioneering 

 speeches said: "You also have forest lands 

 which are unsuitable for higher cultivation. 

 You have no idea how we were handicapped 

 because we had to bring timber from Norway 

 and Sweden and Canada, when you have plenty 

 of land in this country that in the old days 

 used to grow fine timber. There is no healthier 

 occupation for the people than the planting, 

 looking after, and cutting down of trees. 



" Those of you who have lived amongst 

 trees know that you get to love them. Get 

 as many people as you can to live amongst 

 trees, especially if you can plant them on hills. 



" But I am told that a good many of those 

 who have been living an open-air life do not 

 want to return to the closer atmosphere of the 

 workshop and factory." 



There is no doubt that after the war a large 



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