The suggestion which has been put forward by the Australian and Now Zealand delegates to the conference of the International Labour Oflee amounts to one that the world should eat to be sav that there are six per cent. more people in the world now than in 1029, the consumption of foodstuffs had remained stationary, If any such suggestion 1s adopted it would mean that the fat man. would again come Into his own, and the gourmand be no longer a hissing and a reproach, Men of adequate figure would be able tostrut the world conscious of the parent evidence that they were pull.
the world out of the slough of despond by their processes of mast cation, The hearty eater would be regarded as a hero. But gratifying fas that picture might be to the adipose, jovers of humanity might very rightly ask whether It is. becoming that the human race should bbe asked to assume the habits of the humble caterpillar and eat its way out of its troubles. Or again. from another point of view, is it mot highly immoral that mankind should. be asked to indulge in the sin of gluttony because certain producers of edibles do not find the markets. expanding in the manner they believe Yhemselves entitled? Inc antipodean delegates seem come forward with the plea that mankind should sin to save them, and if that ery is somewhat. reminiscent of the doctrines "of a certain priest who met a sticky end it really cannot be helped. It is impossible to subscribe to the doctrine as a whole, but the idea of the fat man coming into his own presents certain very attractive features.
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