EESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT 



completing its own field as rapidly as it 

 chose. Certain phases or parts of the in- 

 vestigation could probably best be carried 

 by the national government. The im- 

 portant considerations are that the plan 

 shall be well studied, the work correlated, 

 and the movement progressive. It will be 

 only when we collect and compare such 

 data that we can hope to take the best steps 

 to establish a thoroughly sound country 

 life in the localities. 



3. ATTITUDE TOWARD THE FARMER IK 

 LEGISLATION 



Because the farmers are not organized, 

 their interests are likely to suffer or to be 

 overlooked in the making of legislation. I 

 will illustrate what I mean by the game- 

 law legislation. No type of legislation 

 seems to be in a more hopeless or chaotic 

 condition than that relating to the pres- 

 ervation of ^small game. Laws are enacted 

 that apply to particular localities and not 

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