

OWNERSHIP OF LAND 171 



These matters, which concern the health of 

 future generations and the repeopling of our land, 

 whereby with skilled practical labour we are made 

 independent of foreign food supplies, should not 

 be allowed to hinge upon party politics. The 

 repeopling of our Colonies is much talked of, but 

 first let us induce men and women to settle in 

 the Mother Country and obtain all the riches that 

 this island holds in store for us, but which we 

 have not sufficiently sought. 



Boys and girls who are trained first to work 

 well on the land in England will be better able to 

 cope with the severe hardships that are met with 

 in Colonial life ; they will, from their past experience 

 here, be able to maintain success in newer coun- 

 tries and not fail, as so many do, from lack of 

 true knowledge and perseverance. 



There is nothing, perhaps, that would assist 

 more to bring about the re-establishment of the 

 country labourer than a better type of cottage 

 and the possible ownership of it and some small 

 plot of ground. The latter point is all-important, 

 and it should be remembered how true is the say- 

 ing— 



"Labourer pour autrui, c'est un p'tit labourage ; 

 Faut labourer pour soi, c'est 9a qui donne courage." 



By means of many Building Societies that offer to 

 advance loans that are not difficult to repay, it 

 should be possible, before long, to erect many 

 comfortable homes and if ladies interest them- 

 selves in a practical way and endeavour to restrict 

 the work of the housekeeper by placing every 



