In order to secure these necessities for everyone without exception, the nation must shoulder the respon: ibility. If the nation does not make sufficient provision, anybody can demand it. The nation must bear the burden, but on the other hand what ought to be the attitude of the people towards the nation? The the the] People must offer definite service to
Fs must produce food, the must make things, merchants must supply articles, and students must exercise their talents to the utmost. If this is done, then naturally every one will have thd four necessaries of life, In the study of the people's welfare we must solve the problem of the four necessaries. To-day I have said that the first question in the food! problem is the question of production. After that comes the que lof food distribution. This will be settled by conserving the food each year so that the whole nation has a three years' supply. After the three years the surplus may be sent to foreign countries. This method of conservation is the old system of Public granaries, which recently ha: fallen into disuse, and which—with the addition of the economic pressure of Europe and America has resulted the poverty of the people and the exhaustion of their wealth. Therefore the solution of the problem of the people's welfare must be found at once; if we do not take hold of this opportunity, in future it will be very difficult, The Kuomintang advocates the Three Principles for the na with reference to social welfare we ist not only study it but sce that something is done, The first thing to do is to solve the food problem by; seeing that there is enough food. Then we must see it equally distributed. When this is done the people will exert all their effort in service, and this will result in plenty {for all. Then the food problem will be truly solved and all other questions will in turn find a solution.
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