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of the disappointed ones will be on their heads, and much 

 as one would regret to see the drubbing they would get, 

 they will have no one to thank for it but themselves, unless 

 it is optimistic Mr. Bigland and his two million tons of 

 sugar from British Guiana. 



All the saine, I admire every square inch of Mr. Wilson- 

 Fox, and he has plenty of square inches to admire. I would 

 be only too glad to see the objects he is lighting for become 

 positive facts, if their doing so harms no one. It is a 

 pleasure to hear him speak, and whether he is out for profit 

 to himself or for the Empire, the more that follow his ^ 

 example, the better for the Empire. If you doubt my' 

 sincerity, read the article on "The Outlook for iqi8 ' 

 (reproduced here as Chapter III), and then those who have 

 had the pleasurable tonic of hearing Mr. Wilson-Fox speak 

 will realize what a relief it is after a dose of those who 

 still grumble at the personal inconveniences of the War, 

 i.e., no meat, no dinner, worst of all, no motor rides, and 

 double railway fares to pay for their holiday jaunts. 



Allowing that the scheme of the E.R.D. Committee is 

 capable of achievement, and that it will relieve the working 

 men and women, fighters and workers, from the extreme 

 pressure of a ;^6oo, 000,000 budget, no one can deny that 

 immense numbers of native labourers will be needed to 

 carry it out, and that these men must have white superiors 

 to guide them. Let the scheme, therefore, start on this side 

 at once by means of the following : — 



(i) Insist that men shall be trained for the work at 

 colleges on this side and in the Tropics to guide and super- 

 vise the coloured labourers, as outlined on p. 124 in our 

 August issue (right-hand column). (See Chapter XVII, 

 p. 105 with the cartoon ex the September, 1917, issue of 

 Tropical Life.) 



(2) Arrange for banking facilities to be made available 

 for them, i.e., the British working men and small manu- 

 facturers over here to be able to do " their bit " by helping 

 to turn out British-made goods at rockbottom (and not 

 factors') prices against German competition, as outlined 

 in our article as far back as September, 1914: when the War 

 started, under the heading of " The Trade War with 

 Germany. If I were the Chancellor of the Exchequer," 

 and later in December, 1916, and January, 19 17, on 

 " Financing 1917 — and After. The Need of Supporting 

 our Pioneers of Industry Overseas." 



(3) Give us a Minister of Wheat Supplies (and, if you 

 like, of rice, beans, and cereal food-crops) who would rank 



