26 THE MURDER OF AGRICULTURE 

 of power between employer and employed means, 

 among other things, greater independence of labour, full 

 permanent work, better wages, and, generally speaking, 

 a higher standard of comfort for workers. 



Having these considerations firmly established in our 

 minds, we can then voice our demands with the cer- 

 tainty that we are asking for that which is not only 

 reasonable, fair and jusl, but absolutely essential in the 

 interests of the people as in those of the tax -payer and 

 the State; the commonwealth is involved in the ques- 

 tion, and it is, therefore, of momentous importance. 

 The Need of We want co-operution between agriculture and manu- 



Co-operation 



factures. 



Mr Ernest Williams, in one of his works on the sub- 

 ject. Our National Peril, says: 



" Agriculture is not only the greatest wealth-pro- 

 ducer amongst all the departments of industry, but the 

 manufacturing industries themselves depend upon it. 

 . . . Agriculture and manufactures, living side by side, 

 support each other even physically as well as economi- 

 cally, as the most elementary chemistry will explain to 

 you; and when they are wedded in the same com- 

 munity, wealth and economic well-being are produced 

 and conserved to an extent which is not possible when 

 they are divorced." 



A misguided pohcy divorced the great land in- 

 dustry from manufactures years ago, and bitter experi- 

 ence has taught us that a cruel wrong was wrought, and 

 that these two great industries should now come to- 

 gether again. 



