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It describes how private landlord systems lead to neglect of drainage and farm infrastructure, contribute to unemployment and low pay for land-workers, and reduce overall agricultural output. 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                                                                                                     MsH 235s7  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n# THE LAND FOR THEPEOPLE\n\n## WHY PUBLIC OWNERSHIPIS THE KEY TO HIGHWAGES ON THE FARM\n\n乙  \n2x212  \nBY  \nT.P.CONWILL-EVANS  \nPRICE:ONE PENNY  \nPublished byThe Labour Party,33 Eccleston Square,London,S.W.1.  \n3emf~4,1729  \n# The Land for the People\n\nWhy public ownership is the key tohigh wages on the farm.  \n## How is our Land being used under Private Ownership?\n\nIn no country in the world is so much fertile land wasted as inBritain.Vast areas are laid down to grass which ought to beproducing very much more than they now yield.Huge tracts areieft undrained owing to the neglect of the landlord.A large pro-portion of grassland has been water-logged for a long time,and sodepriving large numbers of men of employment.Thousands ofacres of good soil are used as sheep runs,with derelict farm-housesdotted here and there.  \n## How does Private Ownership affect the Land-worker?\n\nEvery year the number of farm-workers decreases,and thosewho remain live on a low wage—the lowest rate of any industryin the country.The Agricultural Wages Act passed by the LabourGovernment has certainly improved the lot of the 700,000 landlesslabourers who produce our food.But in spite of the fact that,thanksto the Wages Boards,the weekly wage in no county is now less than30s.,land-workers and their families do not earn a living wage.They cannot properly feed and clothe their children at presentprices and cost of living,so that it cannot be said that the inten-tion of the Wage Regulation Act is being carried out.  \nHow the Private Landlord helps the Foreigner.  \nThe industry as a whole produces far less than is possible evenunder present conditions.England produces only one-fifth of itsbread supply.The rest (as wheat and flour)has to be imported.Of other foodstuffs more suited to the English soil and climatewe produce roughly one-half of our requirements.Only in the caseof liquid milk can we be said to be.seli-supporting.  \nAgriculture under Private Ownership.  \nNeglect,poor yield from the soil,miserable return to the tillers,\"fight from the land,\"increasing dependence on food importssummarise the position of the industry.  \n## What is to Account for this Gloomy Record?\n\nThe main reason lies in the fact that the framework of theindustry no longer answers its purpose.It has become obsoleteand has outlived its usefulness.Agriculture is like a tree with deadbranches whose life is threatened unless they are cut off.  \nLandlord and Tenant once a Success.  \nThe system of private landlord and tenant has been the charac-teristic form of the industry in this country.During the 19thcentury it worked fairly well.The landlord did his part in renewingand maintaining the capital equipment of the farm,that is,in repairsto buildings,supplying fresh barns,building necessary roads,fences,and in draining the soil.That was his share of the partnership一those were the duties he had to fulfil in return for the rent.  \nThe farmer supplied the working capital,live-stock,machinery,fertilisers to enrich the soil,seeds,&c.,and gave his brains andenergy to the task of production.  \nNow a Failure.  \nTo-day this partnership has broken downThe landlordfinds that he cannot carry out his part of the bargain.He says hecannot afford it owing to taxation and death duties.Whateverthe cause,the result isonly too appa","cbCaimFDnMFT1pzf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimFDnMFT1pzf","pdf",372558,"English","# The Land for the People\n## Why Public Ownership is the Key to High Wages on the Farm\n## How is our Land being used under Private Ownership?\n## How does Private Ownership affect the Land-worker?\n## What is to Account for this Gloomy Record?\n## Landlord and Tenant once a Success\n## What should a Landlord Supply?\n## Why the Soil is not Drained","[{\"question\":\"Why does the pamphlet claim public ownership is key to high wages on the farm?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that private ownership wastes fertile land, neglects farm infrastructure, and prevents land-workers from earning a living wage, even after wage measures.\"},{\"question\":\"How does private ownership affect land-workers according to the text?\",\"answer\":\"The pamphlet states that the number of farm-workers declines and those remaining live on low wages, making it difficult for workers and families to afford adequate food and clothing.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the pamphlet say caused the 'gloomy record' in agriculture?\",\"answer\":\"It attributes the situation to an outdated framework: the private landlord system no longer fulfills its responsibilities, leading to failure of the landlord-tenant partnership and worsened farming conditions.\"}]","The Land for the People - Why Public Ownership is the Key to High Wages on the Farm | PDF",1789970262,12]