Land Problems and National Welfare 



out the various shortcomings that exist in our 

 system of agriculture in the hope that my 

 criticism may lead those most concerned to 

 give these shortcomings their serious attention. 

 It is too often said that all that English agri- 

 culture wants is protection — but Tariff Reform 

 by itself will not regenerate the industry if the 

 other evils I have referred to are left un- 

 remedied. And let those men who maintain 

 that nothing can be done to mend English 

 agriculture, so long as the present low prices 

 prevail, remember this — that the Danish agricul- 

 turists, wisely backed by their Government, have 

 effected the complete organisation of their 

 agriculture in spite of the fact that over a long 

 range of years the prices of farm produce have 

 been some 20% lower in Denmark than in 

 England. 



There is one important point that I must 

 not omit. In the chapter dealing with land- 

 owners, I said that they ought to see either that 

 a portion of their subscriptions to party funds 

 should be ear-marked for the purpose of 

 advancing the cause of agriculture in Parlia- 

 ment, or that a separate fund should be started 

 with this object ; and I must repeat the same 

 words in connection with the farmers. They 

 should ensure that a certain number of tenant 

 farmers are returned to Parliament, so that 

 when questions affecting land are before the 



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