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قراءة كتاب Britain for the British
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BRITAIN
FOR THE BRITISH
BYROBERT BLATCHFORD
EDITOR OF THE CLARION
LONDON
CLARION PRESS, 72 Fleet Street, E. C.
CHICAGO
CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY
56 Fifth Avenue
Copyright, 1902,
By Charles H. Kerr & Company.
Printed in the United States.
DEDICATED
TO
A. M. THOMPSON
AND THE
CLARION FELLOWSHIP
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| THE TITLE, PURPOSE, AND METHOD OF THIS BOOK | 1 | |
| FOREWORDS | 6 | |
| I. | THE UNEQUAL DIVISION OF WEALTH | 10 |
| II. | WHAT IS WEALTH? WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? WHO CREATES IT? | 26 |
| III. | HOW THE FEW GET RICH AND KEEP THE MANY POOR | 33 |
| IV. | THE BRAIN-WORKER, OR INVENTOR | 45 |
| V. | THE LANDLORD'S RIGHTS AND THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS | 51 |
| VI. | LUXURY AND THE GREAT USEFUL EMPLOYMENT FRAUD | 63 |
| VII. | WHAT SOCIALISM IS NOT | 74 |
| VIII. | WHAT SOCIALISM IS | 82 |
| IX. | COMPETITION v. CO-OPERATION | 90 |
| X. | FOREIGN TRADE AND FOREIGN FOOD | 97 |
| XI. | HOW TO KEEP FOREIGN TRADE | 102 |
| XII. | CAN BRITAIN FEED HERSELF | 110 |
| XIII. | THE SUCCESSFUL MAN | 119 |
| XIV. | TEMPERANCE AND THRIFT | 127 |
| XV. | THE SURPLUS LABOUR MISTAKE | 135 |
| XVI. | IS SOCIALISM POSSIBLE, AND WILL IT PAY? | 141 |
| XVII. | THE NEED FOR A LABOUR PARTY | 148 |
| XVIII. | WHY THE OLD PARTIES WILL NOT DO | 156 |
| XIX. | TO-DAY'S WORK | 166 |
| WHAT TO READ | 174 | |
THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK
The motto of this book is expressed in its title: Britain for the British.
At present Britain does not belong to the British: it belongs to a few of the British, who employ the bulk of the population as servants or as workers.
It is because Britain does not belong to the British that a few are very rich and the many are very poor.
It is because Britain does not belong to the British that we find amongst the owning class a state of useless luxury and pernicious idleness, and amongst the working classes a state of drudging toil, of wearing poverty and anxious care.
This state of affairs is contrary to Christianity, is contrary to justice, and contrary to reason. It is bad for the rich, it is bad for the poor; it is against the best interests of the British nation and the human race.
The remedy for this evil state of things—the only remedy yet suggested—is Socialism. And Socialism is broadly expressed in the title and motto of this book: Britain for the British.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK
The purpose of this book is to convert the reader to Socialism: to convince him that the present system—political, industrial, and social—is bad; to explain to him why it is bad, and to prove to him that Socialism is the only