Opis: The Economics of Tenancy Law and Estate Management - Jevons H. Stanley

Excerpt from The Economics of Tenancy Law and Estate Management: Being a Course of Public Lectures Delivered in the University of Allahabad, February to April, 1921

An outcry will be raised against depopulation when large farms are created. The greater the pressure of the population upon the land the greater will tend to be the restrictions imposed by law upon the freedom of landlords. In favor of the policy of peasant proprietorship will be urged its apparent success in France and Belgium, and the modern movement for the re-creation of small holdings in England.

I feel it necessary to point out here that such arguments will be wholly fallacious, because they do not take into account the very different economic conditions prevailing in Europe. The British Isles and all the Western countries of the continent of Europe - Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal - are essentially countries with a maritime sea-board ; and their economic development during the past fifty years has been largely conditioned by the growing cheapness of ocean transport. The cultivation of the small holdings in France, Belgium and Germany could never supply the Food required by the present population. These countries, as well as England, normally draw a large part of their food-supply from the most distant parts of the world. Wheat comes from Russia, Canada, the United States, the Argentine and Australia : meat from North and South America, Australia and New Zealand ; eggs and dairy products from Russia, Australia and Canada. The main fact, however, is the large importation of wheat ; the cultivation of which is uneconomical on small holdings in Europe. The peasants of these countries are devoting themselves more and more every year to specialized products - potatoes, vegetables, fruits, herbs, sugar-beet, tobacco, and a host of minor products, a demand for which has been created by the growing populations of the cities.

How different is the situation in India ! In normal years we export wheat and rice.

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Szczegóły: The Economics of Tenancy Law and Estate Management - Jevons H. Stanley

Nazwa: The Economics of Tenancy Law and Estate Management Being a Course of Public Lectures Delivered in the University of Allahabad, February to April, 1921 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Jevons H. Stanley
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330588598
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 130
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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