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within the Empire, but also collaborate with America in 

 drawing supplies from the nipa, coconut, and other 

 palms in the Philippines and elsewhere. 



(8) We can, as I urge in this book, enormously increase 

 our wealth from Latin America, by going into the handling 

 of the trade products there and sending them to our own 

 countrymen as well as to the ports and consuming centres 

 of our Allies. Since I wrote (with Mr. J. F. Woodroffe) 

 " The Rubber Industry of the Amazon," my knowledge 

 of what we could do in that remarkable country and 

 throughout Latin America has been greatly increased. 



(g) The raising of remounts and the breeding of mules 

 on coconut estates and elsewhere in the Tropics and 

 throughout the Empire. This industry needs support not 

 so much for the revenue and profits it would yield as for 

 the chance it would offer to the Empire of having remount 

 depots (like coaling stations) dotted about the world, so 

 that no matter where we needed the animals, a supply 

 would be available at a reasonable distance. With regard 

 to the need of increasing our own supplies of mules, I 

 cannot understand how and why this important industry 

 has been so absolutely neglected, especially in comparison 

 to our requirements throughout the Empire. One firm 

 alone in the United States, it was reported in May or 

 June, 1916, sold 120,000 mules to the British purchasing 

 agents. If this is correct, I wonder how many animals — 

 mules, horses, &c., in all — have been purchased during this 

 War, and where our supplies will come from in future if 

 some such plan as the one suggested in this paragraph is 

 not adopted ? 



All this and much more we could do, for I am sure we 

 have the money. The only links missing in this chain of 

 Imperial development that we want to see passed round 

 the world are willing helpers, properly trained for the work, 

 and surely these will be forthcoming as soon as the War is 



