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deficiency in the contributions of the tenantry to 

 the general fund, caused by their poverty-stricken 

 and helpless condition. He would carefully avoid 

 entering into competition with his tenantry, and in 

 this view would not occupy the field a moment 

 longer than necessity compelled. 



There would, of course, be an understanding 

 between Jones and his tenantry, on his making over 

 his lucrative business, with all rights of direct partici- 

 pation in the profits, and engaging to retire from 

 business altogether, that the loss should be made 

 up to him. either by a handsome royalty, or 

 such other arrangement as would make him a 

 joint participator iu the general prosperity of the 

 community, and thus better able to increase the 

 efficiency of all departments maintained for the 

 public good. 



But, if Jones should be compelled, or for any 

 reason should determine, to resort to foreign 

 agency for the purpose of developing the re- 

 sources of his estate, he would, be relieved of 

 the trouble and expense of organizing and super- 

 vising a large department to superintendent and 

 carry out operations on an extended scale. 

 The necessity, however, for undertaking them on 

 an experimental and smaller scale, and of working 

 them out to a point that would enable him to 

 satisfy those he wished to attract to his help, 

 that they were good and would pay, would still 



