The Landowner 



is non-party, and yet is essentially political, one 

 which works for the interests of the whole 

 agricultural industry and is not merely a land- 

 lords' defence league, we shall be able effect- 

 ually to protect all that is best in our present 

 system of land tenure. 



Disunited, landowners can do little, for their 

 voting power is small. 



If they form themselves into property defence 

 societies to fight for the cause of landlordism 

 alone, they will be playing directly into the 

 hands of the Socialists. 



But if they elect to form a great society, 

 which shall exist solely to further the interests 

 of agriculture in parliament and out : a society 

 which shall be recognised as representative of all 

 that is soundly progressive ; then the landowners 

 of Great Britain will put themselves in an 

 unassailable position, and will be able to guide 

 those essential reforms in our system of land 

 tenure which must surely come. 



The great point to keep in mind is that 

 about 80 per cent, of the population has little 

 or no sympathy with the landowner ; in fact, 

 any feeling there is may be looked upon rather 

 as one of hostility. Reference is not here made 

 to the rural population living on large estates, 

 which, as a whole, is decidedly friendly to the 

 landowner. A few years ago, when working 

 professionally as an architect, I discussed the 



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