Connecticut western news., 1908-10-22
ASKS FOR INFORMATION
RELATIVE TO COUNTRY LIFE

tO HIISWcT IWclfe QucSlIOHS dHu
 Said Answers Will be Forwarded
 to Washington.
 The commission on country life ap- pointed by President Roosevelt consist ing of l.. H. Bailey, chairman, New York, Henry Wallace. Iowa, Kenyon l.. Butterfeld, Mass, Walter H. Page, New York, Clifford Pinchot, U. s. For est service, E. W. Allen, executive sec retary desires to secure the opinions and observations of farmers, teachers, min isters, business men and other. on the condition of country life, and their sug- gestions as to what needs to be done. Some of the subjects into which the Commission wishes to inquire are here stated ill twelve questions and under each head two questions are asked. The Commission desires replies to the questions under any one or mora of the heads.
 The Commission will be glad of full discussions of the above subjects or of any other subject pertaining to the gen eral economic, social. or sanitary condi- tions of country life.
 The general purpose of the Commis- sion's work is to arrive at an under standing of conditions and of public opinion with regard to American country life as basis for a report and recom- mendation to the President; and to this end the Commission invites the cooper ation of every citizen. -..
 A blank containing tine questions was forwarded to THE NEWS, request ing answers. AS we find we cannot give satisfactory answers to all of them we pass them on" and will ask ths, our readers, particularly the farmers anG villagers. answer as many of the ques- tions as possible and forward the same to THE NEWS and we will, in turn, for. ward them to the Commission. We sincerely hope that the responses to this request will be numerous as it is from the class of people who constitute very large portion of the constituency of THE NEWS that the commission desires tc, hear, people who have more or less in timate knowledge of country life and prevailing conditions, people who should have more definite knowledge of the needs of the country than representa- tives of the commission who might study the conditions briefly or at long range
 The questions are as follows:
 l. Are the farm homes iu your neigh borhood as good as they should be under existing conditions? Why? What suggestions have you to make?
 3. Are the schools of your neighbor- hood training boys and girls satisfact- orily for life on the farm? Why What suggestions have you to make
 8. Do the farmers in your neighbor- hood get the returns they reasonably should from the sale of their products? Why? What suggestions have you to make?
 4. Do the farmers in your neighbor- hood receive from the railroads, high roads. trolley lines, etc, the service they reasonably should have? Why? What suggestions have you to mak?
 5. Do the farmers in your neighbor- hood receive from the United States postal service, rural telephone, etc., the service they reasonably should expect Why? What suggestions have you to make?
 6. Are the farmers and their wives in your neighborhood satisfactorily organ ized to promote their mutual interest Why? What suggestions have you to make?
 7. Are the renters of farms in your neighborhood making satisfactory living? Why? What suggestions have you to make?
 8. Is the supply of farm labor in you ueighborhood sati ia c. tory? Why : What suggestions have you to make?
 g. Are the conditions surrounding hired labor on the farms in your neigh. borhood satisfactory to the hired men Why? What suggestions have you tt make?
 10. Have the farmers in your neigh borhood satisfactory facilities for doing their business in banking, credit, insur- ance, etc.? Why? What sugges- tions have you to make?
 II. Are the sanitary conditions of the farms in your neighborhood satisfactory Why? What suggestions have you tc make?
 12. Do the farmers and their wives and families in your neighOorhood get 10 sether for mutual improvement, enter