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leaving the town and seeking their fortunes in foreign 

 parts. 



In the vicinity of the town, and surrounding it on all 

 sides, there are, we will imagine, large tracts of splendid 

 agricultural land lying unfilled because of the foolish yet 

 suicidal policy of the urban council, or governing body, 

 in attracting the people to important urban industries 

 and pursuits, and leaving out of consideration the still 

 more important land industry, which, in their blind 

 fatuity, they have left neglected and uncared for. 



Matters having reached a crisis, it is found that, if 

 these valuable lands be properly cultivated, employ- 

 ment will not only be found for all those who are unem- 

 ployed in the town, but for a good many more besides; 

 while it is also certain that the creation of a large, 

 prosperous agricultural industry just outside the town, 

 and encompassing it in all directions, must necessarily 

 largely increase the demand on the town's production of 

 manufactured wares and other goods. 



A simpler question was never put before the human A Simple 



11 • • ,1 1 • Question 



race, and the answer to it is so easy that the wonder is and 

 that we hesitate, for it is just at this spot that we shall Answer* 

 find the key to the position. 



We, the people, do not hesitate nor have we ever hesi- 

 tated. We know how this question should be settled, and 

 ought to have been settled long ago, but we have never 

 been allowed to have a voice in the matter. The people 

 know perfectly well that where we have valuable land it 

 ought to be cultivated, and cultivated for all it is worth, 

 just as we know that, wherever we possess a valuable 

 asset of any kind, of whatsoever nature in this world, it is 



