Author: Walter A. MontgomeryPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332507255
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Excerpt from Educational Reconstruction in Belgium Our financial situation will improve by degrees. This year we shall have a budget which will approximately balance. The next year, when we are in a. Position to estimate the possible amount of indemnity we are to receive, we shall take steps to reduce the national debt. Taxation will have to be well distributed in order that there may be no unfair burdens. Justice is neces sary, certainly, but it is imperative to meet our financial requirements. Every body is spending too much. That must st0p. All ranks of society must economize. The laborer is ready to work, if only he can be assured that his efforts have other results than the mere enrichment of his employers. The interest of the country lies in increased production. It is a very real necessity. War has impeded civilization. We have to make up lost time. Economy is necessary. Always economy. Our opportunity is at hand. The past lays upon us responsibility, and we have no right to compromise the future of our country. Economic and material rehabilitation have gone hand in hand with the intellectual and the educational. According to the reports of the anglo-belgian Union, Belgian cooperation, under the leader ship of the noted author, Emile Cammaerts, has organized popular lectures throughout Belgium for the purpose of spreading knowledge of modern countries. All are illustrated, and treat of subjects of vital bearing on the future well-being of Belgium. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
