human
Prove it! he says--and you cannot. You could if you had it in your power to show him that your guarantee of a fair price for wheat was
gpt
Thus, the first item of instruction to the farmer consists in the definite alteration of public opinion towards the land by adoption of the _sine quâ non_ that in future we will feed ourselves. The majority of our farmers do not think their interests are being served by the present revolution of farming. Patriotic fear for the country, and dread of D.O.R.A.--not quite the same thing--are driving them on. Besides, it is the townsmen of Britain, _not the farmers_, who are in danger of starvation, not merely now, but henceforth for evermore until we feed ourselves. If starvation really knocked at our doors, the only houses it would not enter would be the houses of those who grow food. The farmers in Germany are all right; they would be all right here. The townsmen of this country were entirely responsible for our present condition, and the very least they can do is to support their own salvation. But while with one corner of their mouths the towns are now shouting:
human
Grow food! Feed us, please! with the other they are still inclined to add:
gpt
You pampered industry!