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not be looking round to play the philanthropic 

 game, the benevolent wheeze, or the charity act 

 to benefit the poor, but would be getting off 

 their backs, and these people would be teach- 

 ing themselves agriculture and other pursuits 

 unaided by our alleged superior wisdom.' " 



It would be difficult for a responsible news- 

 paper to publish any report which could be 

 more successful in bringing discredit to the 

 small-holding movement in this country. 

 Where full advertisement has been given to 

 failure the many successful experiments have 

 been passed entirely unnoticed. There have 

 been several instances where unnecessary 

 criticism has been levelled against the creation 

 of small holdings solely on information gained 

 from the unfortunate experiences of an incom- 

 petent organizer or, as in this case, of a self- 

 opinionated and impulsive philanthropist. 

 This example has been chosen because the 

 administration was under the control of a man 

 who is well known to the public for his revo- 

 lutionary propaganda in connection with the 

 land and the consequent large amount of 

 publicity which was given to the scheme. 



It appears that in 1905 Mr. Fels was at an 



