140 HAPPY INDIA 



ADOPT IMMEDIATELY A MORE INTENSIVE SYSTEM 

 OF AGRICULTURE. THEY WILL PROCEED WITHOUT 

 DELAY WITH AFFORESTATION, WITH GREAT IRRIGA- 

 TION, DRAINAGE AND LAND RECLAMATION WORKS. 



THEY WILL GET MORE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER 

 STATIONS. AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY WILL SO 

 ORGANISE THEIR FAMILY LIFE THAT THE POPULATION 

 DOES NOT TEND TO INCREASE MORE THAN, SAY, ONE 

 MILLION A YEAR, SO THAT IT SHALL NOT BE NECESSARY 

 FOR DEATH IN THE SHAPE OF " FEVERS " AND OTHER 

 HORRIBLE DISEASES TO SLAUGHTER THEM. 



The history of India in the last fifty years is the 

 history of a people possessed of great natural advan- 

 tages, of which they have failed to make a satis- 

 factory use. I set out these advantages as follows : 



(1) A great country, beautiful, fertile, a climate 

 which in average years permits the growth of 

 food and all other necessary and useful things 

 in great abundance, so that ample provision may 

 be made for years when the rainfall is deficient ; 

 a climate which is never very cold in the day- 

 time, where the heat is sometimes excessive for 

 some months over large areas, but this heat 

 can be mitigated, and endured without injury 

 to the health of the natives. In every part 

 the climate is delightful for some months in 

 the year, and in some parts for most of the year. 



(2) There is a stable Government which 

 administers the laws on the average with as 

 much justice as is found in any other country. 



