66 THE MURDER OF AGRICULTURE 



Mr Mann wrote : 



" I went to Germany with an open mind with regard 

 to tariff reform, but had not gone far before I found 

 that something would have to be done to protect our 

 industry at home. It is reasonable to suppose that when 

 the people of England get thoroughly awakened to the 

 losses naturally incurred by them in consequence of the 

 high tariffs imposed by foreign countries, they will ulti- 

 mately come to the conclusion that what is sauce for the 

 goose is sauce for the gander, and will ask that foreigners 

 shall pay for the use of the British market just as 

 foreigners make British manufacturers, through their 

 high tariffs, pay for the use of their markets." 



Mr Calvert said : 



" It cannot be asserted with any degree of truth that 

 the social conditions of the German workman, taken 

 generally, suffer by comparison with our own, nor can 

 we say that at present there is a lack of employment. 



" In the elementary schools there is no raggedness, 

 nor sign of starvation, as we were led to suppose we 

 should see. This is not to be wondered at, when we re- 

 member that the Empire is at present subject to a wave 

 of general prosperity." 



Mr Mottershall said : 



" A citizen of the German Empire is accepted by the 

 State as a responsibility, and is taken in hand from 

 childhood, with a view of obtaining from such citizen 

 the best results possible for the benefit of the Empire as 

 a whole. 



" It is reasonable to suppose that when the English 



