The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-30
TRIBUNE WANTS HELP
To Answer These Questions
 on Country Life.

some little time ago by President Roosevelt to investigate condi- tions of country life by special board, known as the "Commis- sion on Country Life" is now in progress and the commission de- sires to secure the opinions and observations of farmers, teachers, ministers, business men and oth- CTS on the conditions prevailing in country life, and their sug- gestions as to how improvements can be made, and the commission has accordingly addressed letters of inquiry, one of which has been received by The Tribune, and we herewith publish the list of questions propounded and will ask our friends to help us by sending us letters taking up each question by number. We will not only thus be more able to answer the request intelligently, but we can collect q lot of matter that will be useful to the country. If we receive a liberal response to this request we will likely pub- fish series of articles compris- ing the answers, giving the au- thors of same where there is no objection.
 Many subscribers to The Trib- une have ideas on these questions and let us have your answers.
 The questions asked are:
 1. Are the farm homes in your neighbo rhood as good as they should be under existing condi- tions? (a) Why? (b) What suggestions have you to make?
 2. Are the schools of your neighborhood training boys and girls satisfactorily for life on the farm? (a) Why? (b) What suggestions have you to make?
 3. Do the farmers in your neighborhood get the returns they reasonably should from the sale of their products? (a) Why? (b) What suggestions have you to make?
 4. Do the farmers in your neighborhood receive from the railroads, highroads, trolley lines, etc., the service they reasonably should have?
 (a) Why? (b) What sug- gestions have you to make?
 5. Do the farmers in your neighborhood receive from the United States postal service, ru- ral telephone, etc., the service they reasonably should expect? (a) Why? (b) What sugges- tions have you to make?
 6. Are the farmers and their wives in your neighborhood sat- isfactorily organized to promote their mutual interest? (a) Why? (b) What suggestions have you to make?
 '. Are the renters of farms in your neighborhood making sat- isfactory living? (a) Why? (b) What suggestions have you to make?
 s. Is the supply of farm labor in your neighborhood satisfacto- ry? (a) Why? (b) What sug- gestions have you to make?
 9. Are the conditions sur- rounding hired labor on the farms in your neighborhood sa tisfacto- ry to the hired men? (a) Why? (b) What suggestions have you to make?
 10. Have the farmers in your neighborhood satisfactory facili- ties for doing their business in banking, credit, insurance, etc.? (a) Why? (b) What sugges- tions have you to make?
 Il. Are the sanitary condi- tions of the farms in your neigh borhood satisfactory? (a) Why? (b) What suggestions have you to make?
 12. Do the farmers and their wives and families in your neigh borhood get together for mutual improvement, entertainment, and social intercourse as much as they should? (a) Why? (b) What suggestions have you to make?
 13. What, in your judgment, is the most important single thing to be done for the general bet terment of country life?