Persistence of Chattel-Slavery in Eastern Countries--Assumption of form of Wages-Slavery under Modern Civilization--Creation of Millionaire Capitalists by present System--Result in Ruin and Starvation of the Labouring Class--Necessity of repressive Armies and Police--Measures necessary to secure Social Reform 96 CHAPTER XVI. REFORMS AS MUCH NEEDED IN AMERICA AND IN COLONIES AS IN EUROPE. Answer to question, “How is Human Slavery to go out?”--Insufficiency of mere Political Freedom--Accessibility of Public Lands in new Countries their chief Advantage--Inadequacy of Universal Suffrage without a Knowledge of Social Rights--America falling into same Abyss as Europe 104 CHAPTER XVII. RELIEF TO UNEMPLOYED OR DESTITUTE A RIGHT--NOT A CHARITY. Inability of a People ignorant of Social Rights to choose Representatives--Duties of a wise Democracy--Omnipotency of a Knowledge of Social Rights--Facility of Application of Social Reforms--Exposition of the three Provisional Measures necessary 109 CHAPTER XVIII. GRADUAL RESUMPTION OF PUBLIC LANDS BY THE STATE. Necessity of Agrarian Reform--Crown Lands, Church Lands, and Corporation Lands to be immediately resumed, and their Rent applied to the relief of Taxation--The Rich have no right to meddle with them--Needed by the exploited Millions, as a Fulcrum to raise them from the Earth 115 CHAPTER XIX. NATIONAL DEBT A MORTGAGE ON REALISED PROPERTY. Necessity for Adjustment of Public and Private Debts--Their overwhelming Burden must result in Civil War--Third Resolution the only Remedy--Opinion of Cobbett--Enormous Increase of Debt through Improvements in Manufactures--Only just Claims of Public and Private Creditors 120 CHAPTER XX. NATIONAL LANDS AND CREDIT FOR THE USE OF THE PEOPLE. Unjust Laws to enable the Few to deprive the Working Class of their Earnings--Private Property in Land the Basis of Wages-Slavery--Raw Materials of Wealth belong to all--Land and Money Lords govern the World--Right of Working Class to the Use of Credit--Surplus of Earnings of Working Class beyond Consumption the Source of all Capital 126 CHAPTER XXI. NATIONAL SYSTEM OF CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE REQUIRED. Inadequacy and Absurdity of present Medium of Exchange--Necessity of new National Currency for the Home Trade--Example from Iron Currency of Sparta--Labour Notes of Guernsey--Gold and Silver mere Commodities--All four Reforms must be combined 134 CHAPTER XXII. EVIL OF MONOPOLIES AND EXPLOITATION OF INDUSTRIES.