II 



THE MAIN SPECIAL DEFICIENCES IN 

 COUNTRY LIFE 



The numbers of problems and suggestions that 

 have been presented to the Commission in the 

 hearings and through the correspondence are 

 very great. We have chosen for special dis- 

 cussion those that are most significant and that 

 seem most to call for immediate action. The 

 main single deficiency is, of course, lack of the 

 proper kind of education, but inasmuch as the 

 redirection of educational methods is also the 

 main remedy for the shortcomings of country 

 life, as also of any other life, the discussion of it 

 may be reserved for Part III. 



1. DISREGARD OP THE INHERENT RIGHTS OP 



LAND-WORKERS. 



Notwithstanding an almost universal recog- 

 nition of the importance of agriculture to the 

 maintenance of our people, there is nevertheless 

 a widespread disregard of the rights of the men 



