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~ -~-::.::.- ET-- ----- ~. SPEECHES AND WRITINGS ~ OP l .. ,~IH I>INSIIAW EOULJI WACHA FIR 8 T EDITION RII.Titteft G. A, NAl'ltJAJif t C:O. MAUJt.U Sir Dinshaw Wacha's Speeches and Writings. Messrs. G. A. Natesan &. Co., Madras, ha.ve just published a bulky volume of 544 pages containing an up to·dt~.te and compre~enaive collection of the Speeches and Writin!jll ;:.: the veteran publicist Sir D. B. Wacha. Sir Dinahaw, ''a marvel of untiring energy, a . Jiving enoycJopmdia of experience and facta " haa apoken and written ·on a variety of subjects covering a wide fleld-poliGical, eduoati<mal, indu11trial, commerciAl, atad financial. His numerous speeches and writings besides sei'Viog as an interesting acooun' and criticism of nearlytl.fty year11 of British Indian admini"tration form also a valuable record of the various public movements of bil time. Sir Din8haw Edulji Wacha it< on., of the very few public men of India who have made a lifelong study of economic problema ~tnd it is hoped that his speeche11 and writings, now col'lected for the first time under one cover, will lle 11ppreciated not only by those who have spMialieed in su1•h subjects but by lay rea~e•e aa well, Tbia book ia prioed Rupee• Three only, IR D. E. WACHA. SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF · SIR DINSHAW EDULJI WACHA FIRST EDITION PRlcB RS. THRBB G. A. NATESAN & CO. MADRAS NOTE During a long and eventful career extend~ ing over a period of nearly half a century the Hon'ble ,Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha has been taking an active and strenuous interest in the public life of this country in all Jts varied activitiea .. As a member of the Bombay Corporation, of the Mill Owners' Association and of the Bombay Improvement Trust, as the Secretary of the Bombay Presidency Associ· ation, as a leading Congressman, .as a constant contributor to the press, and latterly. as an elected non-official member of the Imperial Legislative Council, Sir Dinshaw, "a marvel of untiring energy, a living· encyclopredia of experience and facts" has spoken and written on a variety of subjects covering a wide field political, educational, industrial, commercial, and financial. His numerous speeches and writings besides serving as ari interesting account and criticism of nearly fifty years of British Indian administration form also a valuable record· of the various public mqve~ menta of his time, ,.. .. 2 · Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha is one of the very few public men of India who have made a life-long study of economic problems and it is hoped that his speeches and writings, now collected for the first time under one cover, will be appreciated not only by those who have specialised in such subjects but by lay readers as well. THE PUBLISHERS. CONTE~.TS PAGE. Congress Presidential Address . 1 Evolution of Indian Trade 98 Science of Commerce 123 Stray Thoughts on the Study of Economics. 165 Statistical and Economic Study 191 Indian Railway Finance ... 206 Indian Military Expenditure 273\ Indian Commercial Congress 322 Agricultural Banks in India 336 • The Currency Question ... 374 England's Financial Relations with India ... 392 Some Reflections on Education in India .. : 402 Speeches at the Mill Owners' Association .. 430 Welc0me Address to the 30th Congress .. 466 Simultaneous Examinations 482 Indian Recruits in the India.n Civil Service. 487 Salaries and Annuities in the I.C.S. 491 APPENDIX Evidence before the Welby Commission f Rejoinder to Mr. Jacob's Eyidence · 35 In former days, when ths Congress waa hekt, WI wsrB told that it was a Hindu Congress and that the Muhammadans aid not join in it. " 01 course, when there is a difference of opinion, how can we agree to all the propositions urged bu a Hindu Congress." So we were not unfrequently told by the Government. But tl~S Hindus and Muhammadans are amalgamated, There is unanimity of tl&ought, spuch and mind between both communities. Governn1e11t now trot out 'ths question of Brahmins and non. Brahmins. That is lhe usual way with the bursaucracy, atid there i1 nothing parti,. cular about it. I understand it to be intelligent enough, But what if there ar~ Brahmins and non- Brahmins 1 There i.t ti~S Charter Act which lays down cle4rly that ' proved merit and ability ' shall be the only qualifications for the public service. One ma11 be a Brahmin, or Mn• Brahmin, or an Australian, or 11 CaMdian, or a Negro or. a Hottentot, tuhat of 1/&at 1 So far as the Service ia concerned toe are to htJve the best men for ths India11 Government. There ,is nothing further to be said about it. • • • Wily then should we have any more difficulty hers with Br11hmin prepondsrance or Muhammadan preponder ance or Parsi preponderance or any other? The Charter Act is clear on IIIB point; it saya ' tnen of proved merit and o.bi· lily' only shall be employed in the public service. Then it ia laid down that the" shalL be no 'governing caste' in 1ndi4. Wher11 is the governing caste? The governing caste is the Civil Service; they are the governing caste, o.tul yet tl11 Brahmin is denounced, 1 ctlnllol at all, Sir, undt!rsto.nd tlul.t argument. p. 484. The Civil Service llaa its traditions, and those traditioru ar1, that they must be beqruathed from gmerati,)n to gener,ltion. Thers is nothing new thatjrom titllll to time these tradition• are trotted out. It haa gone on (or the last '/5 flears. The~e Civilian inumts haw become vested and whet'lt!Jer tested inur.,ta tlrd att11eked thll r~ply is ' Thia is impouibu and that i.t imposaible ; you cannot do thi' and f!OU cannot do that ; the toar ia with ua and we must not d'-'cuu thia, tlto.t and the other.' They are all mere plausible pretext• to 11111 non·poasumua. 1 am sorry to have to 11111 all th1s, but sptak WI muat frankly 11nd t:rprm our honest convictions on th1 eubiect. p. 495. ..SECOND EDITION. ~ OADABHAI NAO·ROJ I'S SPEECHES AND WRITINGS. This is the first attempt to bring under one co\'er an exhaustive and comprehensive oolleotion of the speeches and writings of the venerable Indian patriot, Dada.bhai Naoroji. The first part is a collection of his speeches and Includes the addresses that he delivered before the Indian National Congress on the three occasions that hll presided over that assembly; all the speeches that he delivered in the House of Commons and a selection of the speeches that he delivered from time to time in Enll'la.nd and India, The second part includes all his stat-aments to the rlelby Commissien, a number of ~apers relating to the admission of Indians. to the.SeiVIcelJ and many otber vital question'!! of Indian administration, The appendix contains. among others• the full text of his evidence before the Welby Commission, his statement Cio the ludian Currency Commhtee of 1898, his replies to the questions put to him by the Public Service Commit;. tee on East Indian Finance, Dadabhai has been in the active service of hie ~lothe.rland for ove11 sixty ye~rs and during this long penod he has been steadily and strenuous ly working for the good of his countrymen; it is hope4 that his writings and speoohes which are now preioented in a handy volum~J will be welcomed by thousands of his admiring countrymen, Price Ra. Three, II To Bubacrlbera of the " Indian ReYlew " Ra. 2·8. II a. A. NATESAN & Co., PUBLISHERS, MADRAS~ INDEX PAGE, PAGE. A Congress (l!lOI) Presidential Absenteeism,Ecooomic evils Address · ... l of ••• 70 - (19l51 Welcome- ARrarian Legislation, Bom- Adcress . ... 466 bay . ... 85 --·Commerciallndian ... 3211 .Agncultural Banks 4:8, 330, 336 Coronation ... 5 Assessmen~ of land 31, 4:2 Cotton lodustr~ 435, 438, 441~ 4!1:3, 449, 45ii B Cromer, Lt~rd., on AgricuJ. .. \ural Banks ... 364: Crusades, the · ... 1511 .Banks, At~ricultura.U8, 330, 336 Bank Failures ••• 4:57 Currency Question· ... 374: Bombay Famine Policy ... · 10 -, RoyalCommission on 375 Borrowing for J.h.ilwaya in •... Curzou, Lord, Ssat,ments of-\raversed ... 66 India · ... ~31 Bright, Mr. on Agrieultu.ral Coodi&ioos · · ... '854 D Budge&, balancing of ... 79 Business Economics .. .' 155 Deccan AgricuUurist's Relief Ac' 50, 361 c E .Caird, Sir J., on Land Re- Economic evils of abseu ... venue Policy · ... 338 'eeiem 70 .Civil Service, Indian Re· - knowledge .... 143 cruhs in 'he ... 4:87 ,.;_.·progress, Sir, E. LI\W - s~taries and aunoi5iee · · · on ..... 6a in \be ... 4:91 - science ... 140 <:oiuage, Profhe of, for Rail- -study ... 16a way Capital ••• 237 Economics and Iudian Commerce, a Faeulty in, in publiois~ ... 167 nniverai,ies ... 125 -and Legirla•ion ... J85 ~and Induetry-Eduoa- .-and Universi,iPs ... 166 ted India and ... 148 Economics, prac•ical efforts · - Bcienre of 123, 153 · made by Governm"n' in, 137 <Jo~mercial Congress, In. Economy in public expen. dian ... 3i12 di,ure ... 85 - Education ... 831 Edaca•ion Commission ... 136 - Educa,ioo and Ger. - commercial ... 881 man:r ... 154: -:- evils of centr>lli&ed ... Ul · ii INDEX l'AGB. PAGE. Education, evils of stale en- Imports and Exports of gineered , •• 431 ;rapan and China ... 45! - Future of Indian ... 419 India, England's financial --Primary ... 4~0 rela,ion wi1h ... 39it -- in India ... 4Cl"J Indian 0 o m m er o e and - in India, Aspects of1 4!.14 Economio alodies ... HG -- and evolution ... 406 - Commerce and the Elliott, Sir Charles, on Anoieols ... 15(} Famine Expenditure ... 22 - Commercial Congress. 82:1 England's Financial reJa. - Educa5ion ... <~0:1 \ions wilh India ••• 392 - Expor~ and Imports .• SS:i· Evolution of Indian trade.