[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] •
Sra,---In reply to the invitation contained in the article in your issue of September 19th, entitled, "What is Wrong with Enkland ? " I should state the answer briefly as economic exhaustion brought about by the War.
The remedies I would suggest as follows :—
(1) Drastic economy in local and Imperial government, particu- larly in non-productive services. (2) Stoppage of further deflation, and experiments in currency at the instigation of the banks.
(3) Co-operation between capital and labour, the possibilities of which are exemplified in the United States of America.
(4) Payments by results where skilled labour is employed, without reduction of wages, and a readjustment of wages in sheltered indus- tries where unskilled labour is employed. (5) An organized system of ,emigration within the Empire, and a scientific development of markets.
(6) A completely revised system of educational methods, whereby the paramount need of citizenship or, rather, training in citizenship, is emphasized, as in the Boy Scout Movement.
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