. The National Civic Federation review . WILMER ATKINSON A. P. BOURLAND. LEONARD G. ROBINSON JOHN LEE COULTER SPEAKERS AT THE MEETING ON AGRICUL-TURAL CONDITIONS AND RURAL LIFE with the problems growing out of the relations be-tween the farmer and the man in the town. Theseproblems are many. They cannot well be dealtwith by the ordinary agricultural organization, norby the ordinary city organization. In fact, The Na-tional Civic Federation is the only organization Ican think of that can deal with these problems inthe right way to obtain valuable results. To give just one further illustration—-


. The National Civic Federation review . WILMER ATKINSON A. P. BOURLAND. LEONARD G. ROBINSON JOHN LEE COULTER SPEAKERS AT THE MEETING ON AGRICUL-TURAL CONDITIONS AND RURAL LIFE with the problems growing out of the relations be-tween the farmer and the man in the town. Theseproblems are many. They cannot well be dealtwith by the ordinary agricultural organization, norby the ordinary city organization. In fact, The Na-tional Civic Federation is the only organization Ican think of that can deal with these problems inthe right way to obtain valuable results. To give just one further illustration—-in almostevery State there ds, in political conventions andin the Legislature, a decided feeling of distrust andhostility between the people from the town andthose from the country. This is used by the lowerclass of politicians and office seekers to their bene-fit and to the hurt of the public. The town cannotget the legislation that it needs because of the oppo-sition of country members of the legislature, andthe country cannot get the legislation that it needsbeca


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