He was in favour of some degree of the licensing of public houses to be placed in the hands of the ratepayers, deplored the economic conditions which had afflicted rural areas and pledged to do what he could to alleviate hardships and make the cultivation of land more attractive
"त्यांनी ""स्वदेशी चळवळ"" बळकट केली, आपल्या अनेक व्याखानांतून त्यांनी स्वदेशी उत्पादनाबद्दल जनमानसांत प्रचार केला व लोकांना स्वदेशी वापराचे महत्त्व पटवून देण्याचा प्रयत्‍न केला."