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to the Colonial Office from the West Indies, following our 

 plea for the college or colleges as a memorial worthy of 

 King Edward, and followed in its turn by the meeting at 

 Sir Robert Perks's, when speakers both for Ceylon and 

 the West Indies addressed leaders of thought in London ; 

 and now, thirdly and lastly, Cinderella, i.e., the question 

 of the establishment of these colleges and institutes of 

 research, has turned up again in a still more attractive and 

 prominent garb, and been introduced within the walls of 

 St. Stephen's itself by Lord Henry Bentinck. Surely after 

 this the Prince, i.e., Ceylon, and Cinderella, i.e., Trinidad, 

 should be married and left to guide the destinies of our 

 tropical dependencies, as they are well capable of doing, 

 by training men willing and able to take charge of the other 

 colleges that will be established in the F.M.S., Australia, 

 and elsewhere. As Professor Ainsworth-Davis (Principal^ 

 Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester) told the delegates 

 at the meeting of the Third International Congress of 

 Tropical Agriculture, held, it will be remembered, in 1914, 

 just before the War started, it is not a question of 

 " whether it is better to go to the East or to go to the 

 West, we should have as many colleges as we want — as 

 many as are indicated as necessary. Furthermore, I do 

 not know that all of them need be so extremely expensive," 

 and the Professor was right. In comparison to the wealth 

 that they will cause to be produced towards paying the 

 expenses of this War, the cost of the first two agricultural 

 colleges in the Tropics will not be noticeable, whilst the 

 results, as proved by one item alone (that of wheat), out 

 of many dozens obtained by one institution already estab- 

 lished, viz., Pusa, shows that the cost will be only like an 

 acorn, compared with the giant oak of wealth that is 

 certain to spring from it if care is bestowed on the acorn. 



This discussion in the House of Commons on the need 

 of increasing the Empire's trade and productive resources 

 calls to mind the fact that the Daily Graphic of August 13, 

 1917, published an excellent cartoon by Mr. jack Walker, 

 which, thanks to that paper, we have much pleasure in 

 reproducing on the following page. It upholds our theory 

 that we shall do far better in the near future, but especi- 

 ally later on, if we encourage individual producers, black, 

 white, or tinted, to come forward and help feed the Empire 

 and send our factories the raw materials they need. By 

 such means we shall discover the easiest and most certain 

 way to discourage any attempts to " hold up " areas and to 



