CHAPTER XIX 



TYPE OF SETTLER REQUIRED 



An attempt has been made to show some of the 

 possibilities and prospects which British East Africa 

 affords. Now we would ask what qualities and 

 accomplishments the Protectorate in return demands. 



At once it may be said that with the exception of 

 the wastrel and the degenerate all are welcome. We 

 want the capitalist, we want the skilled workman, most 

 of all perhaps we want the man with a small capital 

 who will bring out his wife and make a home. 



To those who mean to work, most branches of life 

 are already open. In the towns, and more especially 

 in Nairobi, most European shopkeepers and merchants 

 do well. It is true that there is the competition of the 

 Indian to be faced, a competition which, as I have 

 shown elsewhere, is at present an unfair one. Still, 

 even now if shopkeepers will supply the best goods, 

 employ the best business methods, and ensure polite- 

 ness, prompt delivery, and reliability, they need not 

 fear the shoddy goods, the sweated labour, and the 

 small margin of profit with which they are met by the 

 lower race. 



All skilled artizans do well and the supply is by no 



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