ENGLAND'S LAND PROBLEM.
I PROPOSED LIMITED AREA FBEE. HOLDS. OPPOSITION SET-OFF TO (THE BUDGET. By Cablo.—Pre* Association.—OopyrigM London, October M. since Mr. Balfour's Birmingham spates. Opposition speakers and newspaper* are continually advocating the creation of a large class of proprietors of tnuil holdings hy means of land banks or methods similar to those adopted in icgnrd to Ireland.
In connection with the Rural laborers League's presentation to the Hon. Jesse Collings, Conservative member for Bordeslcy, for ft j g 9Pl . viceg in the or peasant proprietary, Mr. Chamberlain lias written a letter declaring that while tariff reform will prove theMlration of the inhabitants of towns, the creation- of peasant proprietorsJUp is necessary for the agricultural laborer. Indeed, it is the only plan whereby problems affecting him chiefly can b» properly dealt with. ' The Hon. Collings writes: "Instead of shipping overseas cargoes of men and women who form the pith and lusUbood of a country, steps should be taken 10 colonise rural England. This policy is a natural barrier against socialism, hence the socialists' determined opposition to ownership." "
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 219, 21 October 1909, Page 2
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177ENGLAND'S LAND PROBLEM. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 219, 21 October 1909, Page 2
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