. Dr. Jameson. ms and policy ? Whether thatpolicy be called Imperial, Colonial, or National;its practical objects were the same, namely, tolay the foundations of a permanent prosperity forCape Colonists, by assisting them to develop thehitherto neglected resources of their soil and tofind markets for their products. Previous Governments had in the past to avery considerable extent relied for revenue uponthe carriage of over-sea goods from Cape ports tothe north, and had too frequently sacrificed theColonys industrial interests to mere party andracial legislation. Jamesons concern for theCapes
. Dr. Jameson. ms and policy ? Whether thatpolicy be called Imperial, Colonial, or National;its practical objects were the same, namely, tolay the foundations of a permanent prosperity forCape Colonists, by assisting them to develop thehitherto neglected resources of their soil and tofind markets for their products. Previous Governments had in the past to avery considerable extent relied for revenue uponthe carriage of over-sea goods from Cape ports tothe north, and had too frequently sacrificed theColonys industrial interests to mere party andracial legislation. Jamesons concern for theCapes welfare was above all party or racialconsiderations. A thriving, populous Colonywithin a thriving and united South Africa,such was Jamesons, as it was Rhodes, the first he endeavoured to create a non-racial attitude in the practical economic interestsof the Colony, and to promote in every way possiblethat inter-Colonial co-operation which is so essen-tial to the interests of every state and every in-. Photo bii] [Ernest ii. mills. Dr. Jameson (1906). \Facingp. 226. THE AFTERMATH. 227 habitant in South Africa. His position was fromthe first stronger than that occupied by Rhodes,because he understood better the value of organiza-tion, especially in industrial matters. Speaking ata banquet in his honour on the 2nd of February,1904, on the eve of the assembling of Parliament,he made clear the aim of his policy. In the courseof his speech he said : Mr. McClure alluded to the unmitigated abusewhich I personally have received. That we willforgive. I have no enmity against the other used whatever means they had to advocatetheir principles, and I give them credit for believingin their principles, and I claim for our side thesame absolute honesty. Both parties have desiredthe good and the prosperity of the Cape Colony,viewed from two different points of view. We, theProgressive party, view this limb of the BritishEmpire as a real, integral portion of the Empirethat c
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