Identifier: southafricaitsfu00argy (find matches)
Title: South Africa and its future
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of, 1845-1914 Creswicke, Louis
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Publisher: London : T.C. & E.C. Jack
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ess, it is reasonable tosuppose that each member of the Imperial family, whether it be theMother Country, its offsprings, or the humblest citizen of either, willstrain every nerve to conserve to it the spoils for which suchsacrifices in blood and treasure have been made, thus handing downto our children a heritage of wealth which is their right equally as itis our duty. Much might be written in confutation of the many alarmistreports as to the decadent condition into which British trade hasfallen of late years, but, after all, is this worth while? Admittedthat, inflated with our past prosperity, we have slumbered onundisturbed by the thought of what the to-morrow will bring, itwould need greater imagination than the prospective garneringof the two thousand five hundred millions sterling which it hasbeen shown is likely to fall into the lap of the worlds tradersas the result of the future expansion of South Africa in lessthan fifty years, to suppose that our manufacturers have sud- 184
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