Land Problems and National Welfare 



which was brought forward in the House, and he believed 

 it would be wisest to leave this question of the Agricultural 

 party in tlie hands of that Committee." 



But in the Hampshire Chrofiicle of 7th December, 

 1907, and in other local papers of that date, 

 Mr. A. H. Lee, M.P., is reported to have 

 said : — 



" He had been a member for several years representing 

 what was largely an agricultural constituency, but he had 

 never been invited to the meeting of any such Committee, 

 and he did not know until he read this report of the Central 

 Chamber that there was supposed to be an Agricultural 

 Committee of members of the House of Commons— it had 

 never been brought to his notice: he had never been in- 

 vited to it." 



Mr. Lee has always shown a sympathetic 

 attitude towards agricultural questions, yet he 

 has been kept in ignorance of the existence of 

 such a Committee. 



I claim now to have shown that even if an 

 Independent Party is " unnecessary" the present 

 state of things is insupportable. 



IT IS IMPRACTICABLE 



This is a bold assertion, but it has yet to be 

 proved correct, and there are so many who be- 

 lieve it to be practicable that it will be put to 

 the test. Even if the Central Chamber of Agri- 

 culture finds itself unable to carry the matter 

 further, there are societies and individuals who 

 will take up the gauntlet. 



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