farming out
the national Land and Capital to private persons has been the
division of Society into hostile classes, with large appetites and no
dinners at one extreme and large dinners and no appetites at the
other.

That the practice of entrusting the Land of the nation to private
persons in the hope that they will make the best of it has been
discredited by the consistency with which they have made the worst of
it; and that Nationalisation of the Land in some form is a public
duty.

That the pretensions of Capitalism to encourage Invention and to
distribute its benefits in the fairest way attainable, have been
discredited by the experience of the nineteenth century.

That, under the existing system of leaving the National Industry to
organise itself Competition has the effect of rendering adulteration,
dishonest dealing and inhumanity compulsory.

That since Competition amongst producers admittedly secures to the
public the most satisfactory products, the State should compete with
all its might in every department of production.

That such restraints upon Free Competition as the penalties for
infringing the Postal monopoly, and the withdrawal of workhouse and
prison labour from the markets, should be abolished.

That no branch of Industry should be carried on at a profit by the
central administration.

That the Public Revenue should be levied by a direct Tax; and that
the central administration should have no legal power to hold back
for the replenishment of the Public Treasury any portion of the
proceeds of Industries administered by them.

That the State should compete with private individuals--especially
with parents--in providing happy homes for children, so that every
child may have a refuge from the tyranny or neglect of its natural
custodians.

That Men no longer need special political privileges to protect them
against Women, and that the sexes should henceforth enjoy equal
political rights.

That no individual should enjoy any Privilege in consideration of
services rendered to the State by his or her parents or other
relations.

That the State should secure a liberal education and an equal share
in the National Industry to each of its units.

That the established Government has no more right to call itself the
State than the smoke of London has to call itself the weather.