"The well-being of a people is like a tree, agriculture is its root, 

 manufacturing and commerce are its branches and its life; if the 

 root is injured the leaves fall, the branches break away and the 

 tree dies." 



A CHINESE PHILOSOPHER. 



"Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, 

 Which we ascribe to heaven." 



SHAKESPEARE. 



"My own conviction has long been that the land question far 

 transcends any restricted field of economics and that it is funda- 

 mental to national survival and national welfare. It is truly a 

 problem calling for statesmanship of the broadest type" 



PROFESSOR FRANK A. FETTER. 



"Under all is the land. Upon its wise utilization and widely 

 allocated ownership depend the survival and growth of free insti- 

 tutions and of our civilization." 



PREAMBLE, CODE OF ETHICS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 



OF REAL ESTATE BOARDS. 



