The Land Remains 



landlord cannot expect a great income in cash. 

 He gets value in other ways. 



All riches come from the soil. It is the real 

 wealth producer, the first and last resort and the 

 mother of us all. Adam was made out of earth, 

 we spring directly from it, our bodies are com- 

 pounded of its ingredients, and at last we return 

 to it again. The tilling of the soil is the oldest 

 and greatest industry. At present it is abused 

 and neglected, but one day it will come to its 

 own as the most natural and honourable pursuit. 

 Mines may be filled in, houses fall, businesses 

 decay, factories vanish, companies liquidate, 

 money take wings, but the soil is always there 

 and always the same. Whatever may pass, the 

 land remains. 



There is an aspect of the question that has not 

 been sufficiently considered, affecting both owners 

 and occupiers — the matter of permanent financial 

 security. Thoughtful people take a gloomy view 

 of the future. There are many dangers ahead. 

 In the last generation commerce has grown so 

 fast that credit has swollen incredibly. Where 

 once a sovereign was mortgaged a few times, 

 to-day we have not enough gold to begin to cover 

 our liabilities. The extension of cheques and 

 bills has fostered this, and to-day we have a 

 gigantic, unstable edifice, which will not, one 



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