There comes a time in the life of even the finest ships of war when they become antiquated and obsolete, Them they ere superseded by tore modern vowels, their period of usefulness at an cad, and their next destination that cemetery of fine. ships, the shipbreake yard. Our picture shows IMs Blenheim, now in the process of being broken up by Messrs, Ward, of ShiMeld, at Pembroke dock: Her quarter deck presenta winking contrast to-day with the time when, Guring the war, the Blenheim was atting in some useful, and to the German Meet, worrying work in the North Sea, of the "Coal and ion, which presen in 1924, and put ions on the statute book there would have been no coal strike in 1926, Not only would the disastrous stoppage of trade have been averted but the proposals now embodied in the Electricity bill, recently passed through the House Commons, would have been well on the way to realization and the reproach that we were behind the world in our use of electrical, the cheapest snd must efficient form of power would have been wiped out, This is good electioneering and is all the better for the fact that it is largely true. It is always easy to say that if something had happened which did not happen the results would ave been "xitemely satisfactory. No one can contradict a hypothetical statement with a certain denial and the government's fumbling attempts to reconcile the conflicting claims of the owners and yorkes reveals a joint in Mr. Baldwin's armour that his dexterous opponent 's not slow to take advantage of.
The next point Mr, Lloyd George makes is to call attention to the cramped and overcrowded condjti of the industrial towns in Britai es contrasted with the thinly Fepulated countryside, Here again the Liberal leader is treading on solid, ground. Our, overcrowded cities, with their shim population, crea blot on, the empire's Gredteheon which should be moved, by remedial legislatibi' "al the earliest possible' moment! "Tt ig elsd trae that we make lets use ef'our farm lands than any nation physicial frame. They are symptoms ut not diseases. The physician seeks the cause of this uneasiness and strives to remove it, before it develops into a serious or fatal malady, During the war we paid heavily for our neglect of agriculture and for our indifference to the welfare, of the workers who are compelled to live in unwholesome surroundings. We made a good beglue ning by the cultivation of allote ments and a powerful effort to put larger acreage of arable Jand under wheat, These are pre= cautions of defence at which no neighbouring state can take offence, They have a beneficial effect both the health and wealth of those who engage in their development, But the stimulus of want. caused by war being removed we have slipped back almost to the place we occupied before we were com relled to put our hands to the spade end the plough. The reason. for this is perfectly" well known. cannot raise wheat by intensive cultivation on small holdings as cheaply as it can be raised on the immense plains of Canada and the Argentine, We have not yot heard how Mr. Lloyd George hopes to overcome this di culty.. The farmers say "put a duty on whea that would so. raise the price. of grain as to make its growth profit. able and we shall, grow all that is needed for the population." But this ie a solution that would not [be accepted fora moment by the Liberal or Labour parties and with cut' this if l60ks, very. much': a though the' problem wis one' of making enielettes ~withiout, breaking ches. xe ea
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