THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM 



the sense that it should be absolved of re- 

 sponsibility to society and be outside all 

 regulations in the interest of society. 



The schools and colleges 



Schools, colleges, experiment stations, 

 departments and bureaus devoted to agri- 

 culture and country life are now many and 

 they are increasing. They mark a distinct 

 advance in the application of knowledge 

 and teaching to the plain daily problems of 

 the people. They are rapidly becoming the 

 best expressions of the social responsibility 

 of government. Their work is free of cost 

 to individuals ; and in this fact lies a dan- 

 ger, now becoming real, that their benefits 

 will be accepted as a matter of course and 

 of right, and that the individual will not 

 contribute in return as much as he is under 

 obligation to contribute or as will make the 

 help that he receives of real value to him ; 

 for I assume that when a person receives 

 personal help and encouragement from so- 

 ciety (or government) he contracts an ob- 

 ligation to aid society and his fellow man. 

 The institutions will render the best service 



