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cent., or what return can be looked for on the capital 

 expended ? Are those who put this scheme into execution 

 to be indemnified against any financial loss if the scheme 

 turns out to be unsuccessful ? 



(6j Will a complete list be published of the names of 

 everyone who has taken or is likely to take an active part 

 in developing the scheme and especially those who are to 

 be placed in charge of it, if sanctioned by Parliament ? 

 Such lists to be divided under two headings : {a) those 

 who have done the work purely out of love for their country 

 and look for no monetary reward whatever, and {b) those 

 who are working for payment or in the expectation of 

 receiving a profit later on. 



When satisfactory answers are forthcoming to all of 

 these queries then I hope and believe that the general 

 public, as well as those already established in the Tropics, 

 will support Mr. Wilson-Fox and the Empire Resources 

 Development Committee in every way possible, but until 

 these queries have been satisfactorily answered I do not 

 believe that anyone in the House of Commons, or anyone 

 who has expert knowledge of the Tropics and their 

 industries, will support the Committee in the way that we 

 have been asked to do. 



The following articles have been reproduced from 

 Tropical Life and other journals showing how we can Help 

 Pay for the Way by extending and developing the Agri- 

 culture, trade and commerce of the Empire, by means of 

 the following : (i) Financing and encouraging all classes and 

 grades of workers; (2) educating and training the "brains" 

 and " pushers " in our midst to guide and lead others to 

 do their "bit" as well; (3) conserving and increasing 

 the present raw labour supplies throughout the Empire, 

 and training them to increase production with less strain 

 on themselves ; (4) encouraging expansion, not only within 

 the Empire, including India, but also in Latin America 



