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very city experience which young people who 

 revert to farming life have gained will aid them 

 in becoming progressive beyond former ambi- 

 tions. 



WHO WOULD BENEFIT BY SUCH A MOVEMENT? 



In settling the question as to who would 

 benefit most by the back to the land movement, 

 we would also determine who should take the 

 initiative in making the theory a practical suc- 

 cess. 



First of all, and in a large degree, the 

 public would benefit, even though much of it 

 remains in the cities; but, as Henry George 

 said, " these bad conditions are due to the leth- 

 argy of the public." Consequently, it should 

 be the business of philanthropists and sociolo- 

 gists to arouse interest among the public. 



The next who would benefit (and possibly 

 they should be placed first, because theirs would 

 be chiefly a monetary benefit), are the railroads. 

 For instance, if one hundred people working 

 during the day in New York would live upon 

 farms, the railroads would carry them to and 



