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‘Now: that Mr. Lloyd: George has: giyen us ‘more
details’ of ‘his: projected land - policy —which, “by

the way, he tells us has the support: of ‘‘an abso-|.

Jutely” unanimous - ‘cabinet’? — we can see -more

The Lloyd.
George Land "it. The base of. the ‘pyramid:
‘Policy ‘appears to.be a living wage and

proper housing for the agricul-
tural: laborer. At present, the agricultural labor-
-er enjoys neither of there elemental conditions of
decent: living, | The discoveries of the Commis-

- dearly what it:is he proposes. to} .
do, and how he proposes to. do}:

-sion, which has recently been enquiring into this]: &

whole. question, are said to’ be appalling: and -even
horrifying. So the irreducible minimum of Mr.

Lloyd George’s plan is to enable this: unfortunate} 2

_ agricultural laborer to earn- a decent livlihood.

“Naturally, this State increase: in the: wages of
farm’ laborers nay make farming more expensive;

:and*so ‘eurtail the profits of the: ‘British: ‘tenant |
. farmer. To meet this, the’ Chaneellor proposes to .
authorize his new. Minister off lands, . and. its at-| i
tendant judicial commissioners, ‘fo reduce: ‘yentals., “#

It. will: be seen at: once that this. is a very drastic

step, | The’ ‘State’ is to ‘be empowered to fix the|

“price at. which ‘the ‘owner of a commodity— ie,

‘rom: ‘the. ‘references: ‘to: ‘the: increased | diffi-

u weulty: in: ‘turning a farniec. off his lavid whichis to | 23 *:
“result, that the state-will' go’ farther and tell'the!. &

“owner: “to ‘whom he ‘must: sell: This has all’ been
‘done, ‘of course, - ‘in. ‘Treland. ‘But the idea“ is none

-the less: revolutionary: because it has been applied ;

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admitted the need: for some sort of: relief. for the

farm laborer; but they will: hardly’ be. ready to'ac- |:
“eeptiso complete. an obliteration of the:rights:of |.
ownership vested: in’ the landlord. : “Mr. Lloyd]. ©.

George, however, makes no bones-of this’ side of
‘the subject.

“of the control of: the land. monopoly.’ ~: Or, -as the’
Daily News puts it, “the new:machinery:will:| pro-
vide for the: ‘painless extinetion of, Jandlordism.”

-vIt-is to be: feared, however, that ‘we must: ‘apply
-the-term‘‘painless”’ in this case as did the .face-

- “tious dentist who advertised:' ‘painless extraction,
hot teeth,” and: then’ explained. to: the. : tortured

“Patient t that what was: 3 Theant was. th

make” temporary ‘tednetions 0
rents during. times of. depression,

eat do ‘everything think-
able toward i actually til the. lot, of

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tion of the accessible and accept-
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