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]