Yon know perfectly well that as long as the principles of barter exist, there must be a loser and a gainer." "The ordinary principles of barter," Wingate contended, "do not apply to material from which the people's food is made.

I speak to you as man to man.

You have started an enterprise of which I and others declare ourselves the avowed enemies.

I am here to warn you, both of you," he added, including Lord Dredlinton with a sweep of his hand, "directors of the British and Imperial Granaries, that unless you release and compel your agents to release such stocks of wheat as will bring bread down to a reasonable price, you stand in personal danger.

Is that clear enough ?" "Clear enough," Dredlinton muttered, "but what the mischief does it all mean ?" "You threaten us ?" Phipps asked calmly.
"I do indeed," Wingate assented.