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legislation in Roumania has been the establishment 

 of peasant proprietorships on a firm basis and the 

 final elimination of the landless proletariat. Rou- 

 mania has gone a long way in the accomplishment 

 of this task. 



Some of the General Effects of the Agrarian 

 Movement in Europe 



The Agrarian Revolution that has been spreading 

 over Europe since the World War is at the present 

 time exerting an important influence not only with 

 reference to land tenure, but also with reference 

 to land utilization, agricultural cooperation and 

 rural credit. No attempt will be made to trace 

 these influences in all countries to which reference 

 has been made, but this discussion would be incom- 

 plete without some comment on the influence the 

 agrarian movement is having upon the farm popu- 

 lations themselves. 



In England the agrarian movement has resulted 

 in guarantees to the tenant farmer that he shall re- 

 ceive adequate compensation for the improvements 

 made during his tenancy. Legislation designed to 

 protect tenants' rights was enacted as far back as 

 1883. Since that time a number of acts have been 

 passed. The Agricultural Holdings Act, which is a 

 consolidation of several previous statutes relating to 

 this matter, became a law in 1908. But the ulti- 

 mate effects of these measures have been more 

 definitely felt in recent years. While the English 



