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Last comes the great money-spending scheme. The Com- missioners are

to be able to acquire derelict and uncultivated land, and to afforest, reclaim, or equip it with a view to cultiva- tion. That way millions go. Finally the Commissioners, who will certainly have to be a very numerous body, will have the power to grant abatements of rent to enable farmers to pay labourers a living wage. They will, we presume, also be able to lay down what the living wage is. They will also have the power to revise hours of labour, and to fix the price of land when compulsorily acquired for any public purpose. They will indeed need to be Admirable Crichtons.

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