ENGLAND'S FOOD-SUPPLY 



is made of the cost of the raw material imported in 

 connection with their manufacture. The first ques- 

 tion naturally arising out of this statement is how far 

 this volume of imports is a necessary condition of 

 England being a manufacturing country, and a pro- 

 visional answer is given most simply by a comparison 

 between the conditions in the United Kingdom, 

 France and Germany. 



