316 HELP FROM LANDOWNERS 



THE NEED OF HELP FROM LAND- 

 OWNERS. 



It is hoped that the foregoing pages will serve 

 as a slight indication of some of the lines on which 

 it is possible for landowners, to their own advantage, 

 to help individually in furthering the cause of small 

 holdings, in spite of the seeming difficulties, which 

 many vaguely believe are insuperable obstacles. 

 In many cases these obstacles disappear in front 

 of a wise handling of the subject, and adverse argu- 

 ments which may be valid under certain conditions 

 are not so universally applicable as they are often 

 taken to be. 



There is no doubt that if the landowning class, 

 who are in the best position for acquiring that local 

 knowledge so necessary for success, were to make 

 this a more special subject for their consideration, 

 many of the evils which are sometimes feared from 

 schemes promoted under legislative action would 

 be averted. In the next chapter I propose to 

 deal with what has actually been accomplished by 

 legislation since the passing of the Small Holdings 

 Act in 1894. 



