The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-04-21
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH COUNTRY LIFEY

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mission on country life condition,
has never been published. Perhaps
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,,rnrr win ",,' .,,,i.l- H. H., ,...,,'.
! farming communities That there
ar" things connected WIN our r"lil'
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SON. Hnys nnd Girls men md wnrn.
en-. are sin crowding each other to
get t" town, and tenant farming Is
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murit,. cnmptry churches nrnnnnri.
, supported, or not supported at ali.
| On" r. Justified, therefore, IN saying
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concern our people, ana that !, ia"
question which tn" country life
commission. wo. tn try tu answer
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our religious organizations ARE Try
ing To- answer, and ar" conducting.
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~ country me ana lH'lh"dS Tor lh'ir
Improvement,
American farmers. n. u ruI. or,.
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'a'k 81 our present CONDITION Is mot
financial with increasing means
one wouId naturally. cNprct thut tLr.
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ti"hS' hut III 10" many cases thrE dc
not.
Let us uuoir frniu Mr. Wprrnu II
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h"f" arc "ofs" CONDITIONS IN
country phIlhheH tlah the Sums 81
til' city mere are ptrIls among /.
inc American population Just a. T.
great as the p'flls oI Immigration, /
socialism ana 81 predatory wealth. I
mere are crimes III inc country |
community as dlre as the Killing Of I
i"hhlfr, but no one ~ AT mana with /
ne insight to interpret these omInons
vents
The farmer Of the Middle West il
I great social problem Like the I.
from foreign lands, he /
'Om"s of select stock, of exception
IlIy high character, led on by mobile
But ho il in the grip Of
great economic mistake. lie has
rust"d L. the value of money, aud
lnS miStru-tcd the greater value at =
and. IL" has betrayed the country
community that enriched him, and
.u is, too often, an unprugrussiyu
actor I'm the community in which ho
ives. He rctards and blocks every
progressive policy IN churches. liter
ry or phiIauthrOpic institutions of
rs country
TN" worst condition OF country
,' "n',i ''iuH' IN I'i''ru''u r'l"I'
- the farms, is the bnrrcn social
It is us bad as the
uhdrrds "i thousands OF window.
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,0mcu will not live i'm the country
, that their spirits cannot breathe.
mere Is no S"cIal opportunity q"
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nd drrary mntrrinI ploddinr, Rnth. ,
= than surrender To such Il social
tm"Hphtrr men WIN commit lheIr ,
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ION of nil forces i'm the rurol com. I,
lunity for the Improvement of so
lal liI"-the rhurch, the school, the
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+ the country community Of real ,
aluc to human beings. Rural com
l"hiti"S must remember that most q.
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