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obviously have to be maintained by a service very 

 differently equipped and organized from that of a State 

 bureaucracy. 



It cannot be supposed, however, that tlie last word has 

 been uttered on commercial and industrial organization. 

 That organization, as it exists to-day, differs immeasurably 

 from the commercial, industrial and financial organization 

 of a hundred or even fifty years ago. Can it be supposed 

 that these vital matters are in a static condition ? Is it 

 not rather wiser to assume that these, as everything else 

 in life, are in a state of constant development and decay, 

 and that as individual ownership in many industries 

 merged imperceptibly into joint-stock ownership, and 

 joint-stock ownership into trusts ; so, with the flux of 

 time, that also will reach its climax, and some other system 

 will take its place ? Do not all the tendencies of the age 

 go to show that it will be modified in its turn by increasing 

 public control ? 



I enclose the full text of our proposals in regard to 

 National and Industrial Reconstruction, which have been 

 worked out after many months of study, and I venture to 

 ask for these proposals your sympathetic consideration. 



Faithfully yours, 



Victor Fisher, 



London, January 4, igi8. Hon. Secretary, 



CHAPTER III. 

 The Outlook for 1918— and After. 



How Long are we to Continue trying to make Bricks 

 WITHOUT Straw, or to Develop the Resoi'rces of 

 the Empire without Trained (White) Workers ? 



Tropical Life, December, 191 7. 



The wealth of a country, Mr. Lloyd George, our Prime 

 Minister, told us the other day, depends less on its 

 national resources than on the vigour, the energy, and the 

 training of its people. In short, the country that lacks 

 discipline, organization, and technical knowledge cannot 

 compete with others whose people possess these qualities. 



This statement is true when applied to any country, but 



