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still turn out the tea as cheap, or still more 
cheaply, in the future, in spite of the higher 
wages, increased freights, and heavier expenses 
that are menacing him on all sides. Truly the 
British public is neither grateful nor wise; 
because a few men stake their all to feed 
them cheaply, and will go to the wall if 
adverse circumstances cause luck to go against 
them and stop the work, is it right, either 
morally or economically, to take no interest 
in such people? Would it not be a wiser policy 
to encourage them to further action by training 
them scientifically to the highest standard to 
fight our commercial battles as we do the 
officers of H.M. Services to fight for us. 
internationally ; and in this training should we 
not show them how to handle the machines 
they will be called upon to use, and train them 
to learn which to reject as unpractical and 
unprofitable, and which to adopt as being 
likely to save them time, labour and money ? 
I feel sure that we should, and so do many 
others. Thank goodness there is no longer 
lacking that first glint of light that makes one 
believe the sunrise of realization is about to. 
dawn upon the public, and so enable them 
also to share our opinion! I devoutly hope 
they will. And now to get back to our subject, 
viz., ‘‘ The Fermentation of Cacao.” 
H. Hamer Smiru. 
London, August 1, 1913. 
