BRITAIN FOR THE BRITISH BYROBERT BLATCHFORD
Reading edition
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