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President Roosevelt feels that the success of the country lies in supporting farmers and improving their social conditions where needed. In light of this, he invites Charles Simon Barrett to serve on the Commission of Country Life, which will report on the living conditions on the farm and suggest the means of improving rural life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-11
President Roosevelt thanks L. H. Bailey for his work on the Commission of Country Life. He believes farmers and members of the rural community should feel that they are part of the commission. Therefore, Roosevelt suggests Bailey arrange community meetings to discuss such topics as roads, postal facilities, and rural schools. Bailey is to find out what rural conditions are, what farmers can do themselves, and how the government can provide aid.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
President Roosevelt instructs Kenyon L. Butterfield to hold meetings in rural areas with farmers and other people who live there and do work related to farming. The aim is to ascertain the general conditions of “the open country” and to figure out how best to represent the people living there.
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1908-11-09
President Roosevelt instructs Walter Hines Page to hold meetings in rural areas with farmers and other people who live there and do work related to farming. The aim is to ascertain the general conditions of “the open country,” and to figure out how best to represent the people living there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
President Theodore Roosevelt suggests that Gifford Pinchot and members of the Country Life Commission meet with farmers from across the United States to discuss matters associated with rural living. It is imperative, says Roosevelt, that “the men who actually live on the soil should feel a sense of ownership in the Commission.” Roosevelt suggests a list of topics for these meetings to help the Commission ascertain the conditions of the open country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
President Roosevelt instructs Henry Cantwell Wallace to hold meetings in rural areas with farmers and other people who live there and do work related to farming. The aim is to ascertain the general conditions of “the open country,” and to figure out how best to represent the people living there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
A list of congressional nominees for the 1906 election, organized by state, printed for the convenience of the press by the Republican Congressional Committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-06
President Roosevelt thanks Walter Hines Page for his work on the Country Life Commission and emphasizes that the farmers “should feel a sense of ownership in this Commission,” and that the commission should “get in touch with and represent the farmers themselves.” He advises the commissioners to arrange for meetings of farmers so that the commission can gain insight into the needs, desires and problems of farmers and “all those who live in the open country and are intimately connected with those who do farm work.” He suggests topics such as “the efficiency of the rural schools, farmers organizations, the need of good roads, improved postal facilities” and “sanitary conditions on the farm.”
1908-11-09