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appointed candidates for Government service, nor so 

 pliant and servile as some of the successful so often are. 

 They could be of great service in providing an educated 

 Indian public opinion free from prejudice. 



8. There is a great call to-day for more technical and 

 industrial education in India. Some urge the Govern- 

 ment to press on with this to the exclusion of all else. 

 The patriotic Indian does not like to see India so de- 

 pendent upon other countries for the very simplest 

 manufactured necessities such as matches, lamps and 

 tools. He wants the Government to subsidize in some 

 way all Indian manufacturers. One great reason 

 against this, is that India to-day has so small a propor- 

 tion of her population that can use tools and manage 

 machines, the lack of trained machinists could not be 

 overcome for years. I would be the first to agree that 

 India needs a greater proportion of her people engaged 

 in manufacture and industry and fewer in agriculture. 

 I feel that this can best be brought about by the devel- 

 opment of those industries related to and subsidiary to 

 agriculture such as : 



The making and repairing of modem farm imple- 

 ments and machinery. 



Modern dairying. 



The canning, and preserving, and drying of fruits 

 and vegetables. 



Sugar making. 



Oil pressing. 



Tanning. 



Rope making. 

 To illustrate how improved agriculture helps the in- 

 dustries I speak of, on the land of the mission farm 



