The Imperial Bond 



does not show itself fully determined 

 definitely to encourage and to develop 

 economic union, serious loss to the Empire 

 will result. There is no doubt that the 

 Dominion Governments realize, even if the 

 Imperial Government does not, that it is 

 essential to concentrate attention on land 

 settlement, and that it is also essential for 

 the United Kingdom to produce within its 

 own borders the maximum amount possible 

 of food. If in achieving this object the 

 purchase from our Dominions of certain 

 commodities is lessened, then we must see 

 that we make it good to them in other 

 directions. Much of the food supply which 

 now comes from foreign countries could 

 come, if thought were bestowed upon the 

 question, just as well from our own posses- 

 sions. The essential is that we should 

 study the problem of our food supply as a 

 whole, and so reorganize that in future we 

 shall draw our supplies of food and raw 

 material from those sources which will most 

 directly benefit the Empire. 



This means that there must be more 

 method in our investment of capital outside 



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