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mental activity in investigating, experimenting, and educat- 

 ing, so that the citizen shall be well equipped when coming 

 into daily grips with problems in field and factory and world- 

 wide competition — -that the urgent call for efficiency, economy, 

 and human uplift can find adequate response. Economy in 

 production, saner methods of distribution, and only such legis- 

 lative control as will give a fair field to the mutual interests of 

 industrially employed capital and labour represent the corner- 

 stone of a true democracy. Before they can hope to people 



Champion Hereford Bull, Magnitude (imp.), Brisbane Show, Q., 1918 

 Exhibited by Messrs. Tindal and Son 



their vast continent with a virile white race, Australians must 

 understand the fundamental economic factor of national safety 

 and progress, that it is production, and production only, that 

 creates wealth, pays wages, regulates prices, and fixes the 

 standard of living. The neglect of a country's natural resources 

 is economic waste, and economic waste means public and 

 private loss and eventually national decay. 



The Indian Zebu for Australia 

 If it is possible to obtain the consent of the Federal Govern- 

 ment to their introduction, it is very probable that a large 



