THE STATE AS FARMER 101 



because another portion of the globe has some 

 miles of cheap wheat. If this wheat cannot 

 be received without making our own wheat 

 lands look cheaper, we are the subjects of a 

 grave hallucination. The rejection of benefits 

 from beyond the sea would be the act of a 

 suicide. But it does not follow that we 

 should be satisfied to ignore our own fertility. 

 For we are gainers in every way if we pro- 

 duce as much as possible from our own soil, 

 building up, with the sense of security such 

 produce imparts, a better-fed population and 

 a larger portion of it working on the land. 



