Coming men on coming questions . reatest security to theAuthorities guai-anteeing the Settlement Loan. On the whole I agree with the view expressed by Mr. Secretary Wilson,and give my voice in favour of freehold, wherever it is possible to grant thatboon. That great investigator of agricultural conditions, Arthur Young, wrote onehundred and thirty years ago of the magic of property. What he said thenholds true to-day. Perpetual leasehold may be virtually as good as a freeholdand cheajjer to acquire, but sentiment must be taken into account, and con-sidered from this point of view, it does not
Coming men on coming questions . reatest security to theAuthorities guai-anteeing the Settlement Loan. On the whole I agree with the view expressed by Mr. Secretary Wilson,and give my voice in favour of freehold, wherever it is possible to grant thatboon. That great investigator of agricultural conditions, Arthur Young, wrote onehundred and thirty years ago of the magic of property. What he said thenholds true to-day. Perpetual leasehold may be virtually as good as a freeholdand cheajjer to acquire, but sentiment must be taken into account, and con-sidered from this point of view, it does not look the same. The man whostarts out to work a piece of land would like to know that a time must comewhen he will be able to call it his very own. It is because this is impossiblethat thousands of those who are employed in English agriculture are nowdeserting the country for the towns. Without the prospect of ownership, or atthe least, becoming farmers on their own account, they will not stay upon theland. 356 HOLIDAY COMPANIONS. The PENNY POETS. oc UJ C3 O • GO 1- CO 1 CO z CO - >-<oe CO UJ o UJ UJ CL z _j OC X Z a o o UJ C3 C3 -J o a. CO iC o C3 < » CO ceo u GO X ou
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