340 POSSIBILITIES OF THE SITUATION 



its welfare along such lines as may be really practic- 

 able, apart from aims political or socialistic ; convince 

 farmers and producers of the value of improved 

 methods and effective organization ; and help to estab- 

 lish on British soil a larger number of capable, willing, 

 and most desirable of workers, instead of leaving them 

 to crowd into already overcrowded towns, or else to 

 adopt a policy of despair in quitting their native country 

 and seeking fresh homes in the lands beyond the seas. 



