(which, unlike Mr. Webb, he persists in calling Socialism) is to the
interest of the business man.

"And does the honest and capable business man stand to lose or gain
by the coming of such a Socialist government?" he asks. "I submit
that on the whole he stands to gain....

"Under Socialist government such as is quite possible in England at
the present time:--

"He will be restricted from methods of production and sale that are
socially mischievous.

"He will pay higher wages.

"He will pay a large proportion of his rent-rate outgoings to the
State and Municipality, and less to the landlord. Ultimately he
will pay it all to the State or Municipality, and as a voter help
to determine how it shall be spent, and the landlord will become a
government stockholder. Practically he will get his rent returned
to him in public service.

"He will speedily begin to get better-educated, better-fed, and
better-trained workers, so that he will get money value for the
higher wages he pays.

"He will get a regular, safe, cheap supply of power and material.
He will get cheaper and more efficient internal and external
transit.

"He will be under an organized scientific State, which will
naturally pursue a vigorous scientific collective policy in support
of the national trade.

"He will be less of an adventurer and more of a citizen."[13]

Mr. Churchill while denying any sympathy for Socialism, as both he and
the majority of Socialists understand it, frankly avows himself a
collectivist. "The whole tendency of civilization," he says, "is towards
the multiplication of the collective functions of society. The ever
growing complications of civilizations create for us new services which
have to be undertaken by the State, and create for us an expansion of
the existing services. There is a growing feeling, which I entirely
share, against allowing those services which are in the nature of
monopolies to pass into private hands. [Mr. Churchill has expressed the
regret that the railways are not in the hands of the State.] There is a
pretty steady determination, which I am convinced will become effective
in the present Parliament to intercept _all_ future unearned increment,
which may arise from the increase in the speculative value of the
land."[14] (Italics mine.)

Mr. Churchill's declared intention ultimately