Conclusions 



Politicians have brought in a Small Holdings 

 Act which does not settle people on the land. 

 They have devised a Development Com- 

 mission which does little to develop any- 

 thing. They have created the power to set 

 Agricultural Credit Societies on foot, but none 

 have been started. It has been lip service, 

 and their heart has not been in the work 

 of development. The land and its develop- 

 ment is not a question for party politicians ; 

 it is not even a question for landowners and 

 farmers, who form but a small portion of the 

 community ; it is a question for the Nation 

 itself, and particularly for the working-men, 

 whether urban or rural. The opportunities 

 of the working classes cannot be what they 

 should be until the land is put to its fullest 

 use. If it is a question for the Nation, then 

 surely the time has come for a National Party 

 to deal with the problem, and to take it out 

 of the hands of party politicians. Upon 

 the labour representatives in the House of 

 Commons lies a great responsibility. It is 

 incumbent upon them to put aside all pre- 

 conceived ideas, to banish worthless nostrums, 

 and to deal with this great question with an 



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