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CHAPTER XIII. 
Importance of Action. 
In concluding our discussion of indebtedness, we would again 
stress the importance of the question, and the gains which can be secured 
by even partially successful attacks on its problems. In dealing with 
matters of this kind there seems to us to be a tendency to reject the 
imperfect weapon and to wait in the hope that at some future date the 
perfect one will be available. Indebtedness is a formidable question, but 
its magnitude enhances the importance of attacking it and increases the 
results to be secured by successful efforts. Some of the methods we have 
advocated for application to industrial workers may be capable of wide 
extension, and there is no need to dwell on the great advantages to 
Indian industry that would immediately accrue from even a small 
increase in the purchasing power of the masses.