Perhaps  the  most  valuable  of  the  results  following  upon
such  steps  would  be  the  lessened  pressure  for  jobs  and  the
consequently  greater  opportunity  for  the  public  to  see  how
their  number  may  be  affected  by  planning.  Such  observa-
tion might  help  displace  the  old  idea  of  their  fixedness.
Such  displacement  appears  to  me  of  the  highest  importance
not  only  to  the  maintenance  of  a  proper  standard  of  living
for  Britain's  workers,  but  also  to  nothing  less  than  the
peace  of  the  world.
CHAPTER  XII

THE  DOMESTIC  PAY  ENVELOPE  AND  "INTERNATIONAL
CREATR^  EVOLUTION"

The  British  nation  has  secured  its  commercial  pre-
eminence mainly  by  means  of  its  ability  to  compete  success-
fully in  the  international  market.  This  has  come  largely,
in  turn,  from  the  world-wide  investment  of  British  capital.
International  financing  has  greatly  helped  to  the  indis-
pensable international  selling.  Without  doubt,  also,  a  very
considerable  factor  has  come  from  the  low  price  of  British
goods,  gained  largely  by  the  low  wages  paid  British  labor.
