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in giving healthy employment to a far 

 larger number of men. 



(2) The physical standard of the nation will be 



maintained and social solidarity secured. 



(3) There will be greatly increased production 



from the land. 



(4) As a corollary the Nation will be in a much 



more secure position from the point of view 

 of defence. 



These results will be to the greatest benefit of 

 the nation in every direction. They are results that 

 the bulk of the nation which is now beginning to 

 realise that our land is under-developed will wish, 

 nay, will insist, upon being obtained. And if the 

 large farmers of the country and the landowners 

 do not co-operate in achieving these objects, I can 

 foresee an evil day for them. The nation will not 

 be in a mood to brook obstruction, and if it would 

 appear that under our present land system we cannot 

 hope for such development, then the present land 

 system will have to go. 



Now to turn to the Imperial side of the question. 

 Some people may say that the development I 

 advocate may be admirably suited to the needs of 

 the United Kingdom, but will be harmful to our 

 Dominions. I can only reply that I have discussed 

 the matter with many of our leading colonists and 

 I have never once heard that view put forward. 

 A leading Canadian Statesman once said to a friend 

 of mine that he considered England's dependence 

 on sea-borne wheat as the weakest spot in Imperial 



