QP THE LETTER THAT 



PROMPTED THIS BOOK 



advanced was applied to the first payment. In 

 spite of poor crop conditions, the majority of 

 the original eighteen families remained through- 

 out the first year and the quitters were quickly 

 replaced. It is estimated that it took an average 

 of $1200 to establish a family. 



CONCERTED ACTION NECESSARY. 



All these efforts, you will readily see, are as 

 only a drop in the bucket. They should have the 

 aid of an arm more far-reaching, with unlimited 

 resources and facilities, so that all societies and 

 individuals might unite their efforts in one big 

 organized movement for the welfare of the poor 

 and unemployed of our large cities whatever 

 their nationality and religion. By concerted ac- 

 tion alone can permanent and influential results 

 be accomplished; otherwise while the process 

 would go along slowly, conditions in the cities 

 would grow worse and worse, without hope of 

 our good efforts catching up with them. The 

 United States Government should follow the ex- 

 ample of Canada, and even go further in in- 

 fluencing the poor and unemployed to go to the 

 land, by holding out special inducements. 



