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(d) Some Remedies Such a state of affairs is indeed 

 appalling, and a solution of this particular problem 

 would contribute largely towards establishing a solution 

 of the whole farm labour problem. The Cost of Living 

 Report embodied in its remedies a partial solution, but, 

 unfortunately, our politicians have not yet comprehended 

 the vast wealth of information on social problems con- 

 tained in that valuable Report, and the suggestions have 

 been carried out only in part, if at all. Of fundamental 

 importance in the solution of the problem are 



(1) The provision of small holdings sufficiently 

 large to enable the holder and his family to 

 live independent of outside employment. 



(2) The extension of village settlements in prox- 

 imity to towns, always on the understanding 

 that these offer pleasures of the higher and 

 ennobling type. 



(3) The extension of the scheme for the erection 

 and maintenance of workers' dwellings by the 

 State to include country districts, with the pro- 

 vision that there should be some discrimination 

 in rents, those for rural districts being lower 

 than those for urban districts. 



(4) The encouragement of country settlers by the 

 Government offering better facilities in the 

 country for communication and transportation, 

 including telephone services, railway facilities, 

 and good roads. 



(5) Lastly, the Commission recommends that the 

 Government should give country settlers every 

 facility for obtaining maternity nurses, as, 

 undoubtedly, such a provision would materially 

 aid in making rural life more desirable, and 

 rural industries more efficient. 



(e) The Importance of the Labour Problem. The 

 discussion on labour supply has here, as in Chapter 



