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(d) Some Remedies —Such a state of affairs is indeed 
appalling, and a solution of this particular problem 
would contribute largely towards establishing a solution 
of the whole farm labour problem. The Cost of Living 
Report embodied in its remedies a partial solution, but, 
unfortunately, our politicians have not yet comprehended 
the vast wealth of information on social problems con- 
tained in that valuable Report, and the suggestions have 
been carried out only in part, if at all. Of fundamental 
importance in the solution of the problem are 
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
(4) 
(5) 
The provision of small holdings sufficiently 
large to enable the holder and his family to 
live independent of outside employment. 
The extension of village settlements in prox- 
imity to towns, always on the understanding 
that these offer pleasures of the higher and 
ennobling type. 
The extension of the scheme for the erection 
and maintenance of workers’ dwellings by the 
State to include country districts, with the pro- 
vision that there should be some discrimination 
in rents, those for rural districts being lower 
than those for urban districts. 
The encouragement of country settlers by the 
Government offering better facilities in the 
country for communication and transportation, 
including telephone services, railway facilities, 
and good roads. 
Lastly, the Commission recommends that the 
Government should give country settlers every 
faeility for obtaining maternity nurses, as, 
undoubtedly, such a provision would materially 
aid in making rural life more desirable, and 
rural industries more efficient. 
(e) The Importance of the Labour Problem. — The 
discussion on labour supply has here, as in Chapter 
