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tened by those who would make political capital out of 

 our fears. 



But as the matter is of vital importance to us as a 

 people, let us make it doubly sure by arriving at a just 

 and true appreciation of its bearings. Let us measure it 

 by the infallible standard of experience. 



We have already seen that our 48,000,000 acres of 

 what we call our " cultivated area " (38,000,000 acres of 

 which are either in grass or sheep feeds) give occupation 

 and support to only 3,900,000 people out of the entire 

 population, or apparently about one-eleventh of the 

 entire population of the United Kingdom is supported 

 by the land. 



In Germany the land occupies and supports nearly 

 19,000,000, or considerably over one-third of the entire 

 population. 



France actually employs over 8,000,000 of her active 

 population, and M. Gourot, President de la Societe 

 Nationale d'Encouragement h I'Agriculture, speaking on 

 the subject in July 1905, spoke of 24,000,000 Agricultu- 

 rists of France. As we must assume that the President of 

 this Society knew what he was talking about, we con- 

 clude that France's great land industry employs and 

 supports the enormous total of 24,000,000 of her popula- 

 tion. 



Hungary, with a population of a little over 19,000,000 

 employs and supports over 13,000,000 in agriculture, 

 or, in other words, her land industry occupies and sup- 

 ports nearly two-thirds of the entire population of the 

 country. 



To put this highly important question in another way, 



