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 that overcrowding which rendered labour conditions so 

 hard in the past, which does so at present, and which 

 wiU make them absolutely hopeless in the future. 



We have at length realised that there is no chance of 

 relief coming to us under the existing system of political 

 economy, which relies solely upon trade and manufac- 

 tures and the professions to support the people, and 

 takes no account of the great land industry of the 

 country. We are forced to realise that in the land lies the 

 people's best and surest chance of permanent employ- 

 ment, and, moreover, that this form of employment is 

 not subject to the same fluctuating disturbances which 

 beset all other forms of occupation. 



Judged, then, by the infallible standard of results, 

 our forefathers' policy has brought about a state of 

 affairs never dreamt of by them, whereby great loss has 

 fallen upon the people; upon those whom it was their 

 intention to help and foster. 



It then becomes quite clear to us that with suitable 

 land tenures, whereby every good, industrious tiller of 

 the soil may have the opportunity, under equitable 

 provisions, of acquiring proprietary rights, and with 

 reasonable assistance from the State in certain direc- 

 tions, the land would not only be capable of giving profi- 

 table employment to the whole of our English workers, 

 but would, at the same time, relieve the congested labour 

 conditions of all other industries and professions, and 

 result generally in those obvious advantages which 

 equilibrium of supply and demand in the labour market 

 involves. 



It is absolutely clear to us that to establish a balance 



