CHAPTER 1 



THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE TENANT 



FARMER 



After a long period of hesitation adminis- 

 trators in charge of our affairs appear to have 

 awakened to tlie fact that it is the organization 

 of our agriculture which is amiss. Only re- 

 cently have they realized that something more 

 radical must be accomplished to preserve our 

 national industry than the issuing of reports 

 from time to time, and an occasional royal 

 commission of enquiry. It is doubtful whether 

 this stage would have ever been passed, but 

 that the raw material of the industry — the 

 land — has suddenly been brought to the fore 

 as an immovable, and consequently easily 

 accessible, commodity upon which to raise 

 funds for the ever-increasing demands of our 

 National Exchequer. 



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