The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-12-10
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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UPLIFTING THE FARMER.
Questions the Commission on Country Life
Wants Everyone to Answer.

Copies of a circular issued by tt
commission on Country Life popular
known as the Farmers Uplift commi
sion-are being received in New Englan
not only in the country districts, but /
city residents. The circular reads:
The commission desires to secure
the opinions and observations of
farmers, teachers, ministers, bust
ness men and others on the condition
Of country life, and their suggestions
as to what needs to be done. Some
of the subjects into which the COM
mission wishes to inquire are stated
in the IL questions on this sheet, and
under each head two questions are
asked. The commission desires your
reply to the questions under any one
or more of the heads. Please reply
at once, using the inclosed envelope
mo postage required). The names
of correspondents will not be made
public
The commission will be glad of any
fuller discussion of the above sub
jects that you may desire to make,
or of any other subject pertaining to
the conditions of country life. Such
supplementary Information may be
written on separate sheet.
The general purpose OF the COM
missions work is to arrive at an I'M
Outstanding of conditions and of pub
lie opinion with regard to American
country life, as basis for a report
and recommendation to the President,
and to this end the commission invites
the cooperation of every citizen. 9th
err subjects are to be taken up other
wise.
If you receive. more than one copy
of this circular letter, it will be ex-
planned by your name occurring on
more than one of the address lists
used. Please hand the duplicate to
neighbor.
Commission on Country Life.
Washington, D. c., Oct. l, 1908.
There are 10 questions asked, as fol
lows, each of the first u being followe
by the questions, "Why?" and "Wha
have you te maker"
l. Are the farm homes in your
neighborhood as good as they should
be under existing conditions?
II. Are the schools of your neigh
borhood training boys and girls salts
factorily for life on the farm?
III. Do the farmers in your neigh
borhood get the returns they reason
ably should from the sale of their
products?
w. Do the farmers in your neigh
borhood receive from the railroads,
high roads, trolley lines, etc, the
service they reasonably should have?
V. Do the farmers in your neigh
borhood receive from the United
States postal service, rural tele-
phone, etc., the service they reason
ably should expect?
VI Are the farmers and their
wives in your neighborhood satisfac-
torily organized to promote their
mutual buying and selling interests?
VII. Are the renters of farms in
your neighborhood making a salts
factory living?
VIII. Is the supply of farm labor
in your neighborhood satisfactory?
TX. Are the conditions surround
ing hired labor on the farms in your
neighborhood satisfactory to the hired
men!
X. Have the farmers in your neigh
borhood satisfactory facilities for do
ing their business in banking, credit,
insurance, etc?
XII. Are the sanitary conditions
of the farms in your neighborhood
satisfactory?
XII. Do the farmers and their
wives and families in your neighbor-
hood get together for mutual inn
provement, entertainment and social
intercourse as much as they should?
XIII. What, in your judgment, is
the most important single thing to
be done for the general betterment
of country life?