APPENDIX D 39 



Small-holdings. 



[By way of a pendant to the views set out in the above article, 

 I add a memorandum just received by me, conceived in a very 

 different spirit, which Mr. Pedersen-Nyskov, of whom I have spoken 

 elsewhere in these pages, has kindly written for my information. 

 H. R. H.] 



March 8, 191 1. 



The labourer question was one of the most important 

 problems of the past, and will be that of the future. 



I am quite ready to admit that the duty incumbent 

 more or less on all of us, i.e. to bring up a capable, right- 

 thinking, and loyal race, will, if it succeeds, be of the 

 most paramount importance for the future happiness and 

 welfare of our people ; but the introduction of good social 

 conditions would facilitate this task, and ought, therefore, 

 not to be neglected. 



Is there a single individual who is not willing to 

 provide for his nearest relations in such a manner that 

 they can live as comfortably as possible ? If people are 

 imbued with sympathy their views are broadened, they 

 work on a larger basis, and the habit of improving the 

 conditions of others is fostered in them. 



The Liberals have begun to solve this problem with 

 no little success. Considerably larger grants have been 

 allowed for the advancement of instruction of the people 

 and for technical instruction, and attempts have been 

 made to better the conditions of the poor. I am 

 thinking of the laws concerning the superannuation fund, 

 sick - clubs, relief fund, relief fund for out - of - works, 

 insurance against accidents, treatment of sick people, and 

 support of children, building loans for workmen, loans to 

 fishermen and mechanics ; besides which large sums 

 have been spent for the advancement of industries, 

 fishing ports, &c., and the laws governing the estab- 

 lishment of small - holdings is only one link in this 

 chain of social reforms. This law will undoubtedly 



