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small, means, if the same prices are maintained, 



AN INCREASED VALUE OF l, 570,000,000 A YEAR. 



This is what I ask the statesmen of India and of 

 England to consider. 



I ask the Indian patriots to consider this. Surely 

 it is worth considering ! Surely that would be better 

 than quarrelling about trifles ! 



People are so fond of quarrelling. 



The excitement is so attractive. 



But it is not profitable. 



Prove the evidence which I have quoted, and 

 the volumes of evidence which I have not quoted, 

 to be false if you can ! 



But if you have to admit that it is true, then here 

 is Wealth, Health and Happiness for you and all 

 your people. 



But, of course, as the production per acre increases, 

 the price per ton or per maund or per Ib. will tend 

 to go down. If the produce of the soil is doubled, 

 the rupee will buy a great deal more than it buys 

 now. The question that would arise would be this, 

 Will the people and cattle of India consume it, or 

 will some of it be exported ? 



Now, no doubt many things could happen. Some 

 plan will have to be adopted for the storage of grain 

 of different kinds. There are many old-fashioned 

 ways of storing corn ; some of these might be adopted. 

 Mr. Clifton West has patented an entirely novel 

 method. First he crushes about 10 per cent, more 

 or less of the grain, then he mixes the crushed and 

 whole grain, then he heats the mass to 160 Fahr., 



