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still turn out the tea as cheap, or still more 

 cheaply, in the future, in spite of the. higher 

 wages, increased freights, and heavier expenses 

 that are menacing him on all sides. Truly the 

 British public is neither grateful nor wise ; 

 because a few men stake their all to feed 

 them cheaply, and will go to the wall if 

 adverse circumstances cause luck to go against 

 them and stop the work, is it right, either 

 morally or economically, to take no interest 

 in such people ? Would it not be a wiser policy 

 to encourage them to further action by training 

 them scientifically to the highest standard to 

 fight our commercial battles as we do the 

 officers of H.M. Services to fight for us 

 internationally ; and in this training should we 

 not show them how to handle the machines 

 they will be called upon to use, and train them 

 to learn which to reject as unpractical and 

 unprofitable, and which to adopt as being- 

 likely to save them time, labour and money ? 

 I feel sure that we should, and so do many 

 others. Thank goodness there is no longer 

 lacking that first glint of light that makes one 

 believe the sunrise of realization is about to 

 dawn upon the public, and so enable them 

 also to share our opinion ! I devoutly hope 

 they will. And now to get back to our subject,. 

 viz., " The Fermentation of Cacao." 



H. HAMEL SMITH. 

 London, Ait-gust i, 1913. 



