CONTENTS 



PACE 



Why Immigrants Go to Cities . . Henry Pratt Fairchild . 80 

 Immigration as a Source of Farm 



Laborers John Lee Coulter ... 88 



Bibliography 93 



CHAPTER V 

 PRESENT PROBLEMS OF COUNTRY LIFE 95 



Wanted A National Policy in Agri- 

 culture Eugene Davenport . . 95 



Who Is the. Farmer? A. M. Simons . . .110 



The Point of View in Comparisons of 



City and Country Conditions . . Kenyan L. Butterfield . Ill 



Soldier Settlements in English-Speak- 

 ing Countries Elwood Mead .... 114 



The Farmer in Relation to the Wel- 

 fare of the Whole Country . . . Theodore Roosevelt . . 11(5 



Bibliography 117 



CHAPTER VI 



SOME ECONOMIC INTERESTS .' 119 



A. COOPERATION 



The Moral Basis of Cooperation . . Thomas Nixon Carver . 119 

 Farmers' Cooperative Exchanges . Alexander E. Cance . . 120 

 Social Effects of Cooperation in Eu- 

 rope C. O. Gill 131 



B. OWNERSHIP AND TENANCY 



Tenant Farming John M. Gillette . . . 137 



Some -Advantages of Tenancy . . W. O. Iledrick . . . 142 

 Agrarian Aristocracy and Population 



Pressure E. C. Hayes .... 145 



C. ADULT LABOR 



The Influence of Machinery on the 

 Economic and Social Conditions of 

 the Agricultural People . . . H. W. Quaint ance . . 147 



The Agricultural Element in the Pop- 

 ulation Eugene Merritt . . . 150 



A Point of View on the Labor* Prob- 

 lem L. H. Bailey . . . .152 



D. CHILD LABOR 



Rural Child Labor John M. Gillette . . .155 



Colorado Beet Workers .... Dr. E. N. Clopper . . 156 



