It is impossible to read such words without regret for
what might have been if Lord Sankey's spirit had controlled from the beginning the delicate and deeply interesting experiment of conducting the affairs of the country under a Minority Government. * * * * " Our Continental competitors are now pressing on our heels. We can no longer afford to take things easily, and .we have now PACE no use for slackers. If we work and stand together, .if we are 726 not divided into hostile lkolitical camps, a united' effort' will put '727 us far in front again. Without such an effort we shall_ no longer
727 be able to support a population already over large for our area and activities. Economists and calculators make the mistake of 728 regarding men as mere machines. It is men, not machines, who have made our Empire. Let us have a truce to personal prejudices 780 and party manoeuvres. It is the country that matters. Let us 781 see that there is a just reward for those whose brains contribute to 732 the success of the induafry, a just reward for those whose savings have enabled it to be started and supported ; a just reward to those who risk their very lives in working for it. That assured, the industry will give a just reward to the country at large."
