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the guidance of public opinion toward the 

 development of a real rural society that shall 

 rest directly on the land. 



Other remedies recommended for considera- 

 tion by Congress are: 



The enlargement of the United States 

 Bureau of Education, to enable it to stimu- 

 late and coordinate the educational work of 

 the nation; 



Careful attention to the farmers' interests 

 in legislation on the tariff, on regulation of 

 railroads, control of regulation of corpora- 

 tions and of speculation, legislation in re- 

 spect to rivers, forests and the utilization of 

 swamp lands; 



Increasing the powers of the federal 

 government in respect to the supervision 

 and control of the public health; 



Providing such regulations as will enable 

 the states that do not permit the sale of 

 liquors to protect themselves from traffic 

 from adjoining states. 



In setting all these forces in motion, the co- 

 operation of the States will be necessary; and in 

 many cases definite state laws may greatly aid 

 the work. 



Remedies of a more general nature are: A 



