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CONTENTS 



rHATTKR I'AGE 



XXIII. The iuseusatc '• Party" system in Parliament — Cogeut reasons 



for drastic reform — A bar to reform and a menace to national 

 interests ........•• 228 



XXIV. Land tenures — A present jumble of inconsistencies — What they 



have resulted in — Comparison with other countries . . 'il-t 



XXV. Land tenures (conU'nned) — Why no delinite constructive scheme 

 is put forward — Better purpose served by showing how textile 

 industries would have failed if run on agricultural system of 

 tenures .......... -53 



XXVL Land tenures {continued) — What the people should do — A 



Scheme of tenures outlined — A great agricultural loan needed. 206 

 XXVH. Land tenures (r'o?ic?t<*/ed) — Occupying ownerships and compulsory 

 sale of land necessary — Landowners should take the initiative 

 before it is too late ........ 277 



XXVIII. A brief exaniin<ation of Free-trade i)riuciples — Adam Smith's 



famous aphorism- — Wrong interpretation by Free-traders . 2'J3 



XXIX. A brief examination of Free-trade principles {continued) — Cer- 

 tain concrete examples showing Free-trade fallacies — Cobden's 

 fundamental blunder ........ 300 



XXX. A brief examination of Free-trade j)rinciplcs {continued) — More 

 concrete examples showing Free-trade fallacies — The race for 

 the world's trade — IIow Britain is being outdistanced . . 315 



XXXI. A brief examination of Free-trade principles {concluded) — Some 



categorical replies to Free- trade questions .... 3i53 



XXXII. A synopsiB . . . . . . . . .371 



