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President Roosevelt thanks Commissioner of Agriculture Raymond A. Pearson for his work to get L. H. Bailey to serve on the Country Life Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-12
President Roosevelt invites Henry Cantwell Wallace to serve on the Country Life Commission, which he is establishing to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas with the goal of making farming life more attractive.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
Although President Theodore Roosevelt believes that farmers are better off than before, the increase in their well-being has not kept pace with the nation as a whole. The government has successfully focused resources on crop production but “good crops are of little value to the farmer unless they open the door to a good kind of life on the farm.” To this end, Roosevelt asks Gifford Pinchot if he will serve on a “Commission on Country Life.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
President Roosevelt invites Walter Hines Page to serve on the Country Life Commission, which he is establishing to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas, with the goal of making farming life more attractive.
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1908-08-10
President Roosevelt would consider the government fortunate to have Ernest Ingersoll in its service, but the new Country Life Commission is only a volunteer group at the moment. Roosevelt has contacted Director of the Census S. N. D. North to see if any positions will open there soon, and will let Ingersoll know when he hears from him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
President Roosevelt invites Kenyon L. Butterfield to serve on the Country Life Commission. Roosevelt is establishing this commission to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas, with the goal of making farming life more attractive.
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1908-08-10
President Roosevelt invites L. H. Bailey to serve on the Country Life Commission, which he is establishing to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas, with the goal of making farming life more attractive.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
Annie Miller Knapp asks if Theodore Roosevelt can provide any resources or literature about the Country Life Commission, and asks questions related to the Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-06
Henry Wallace thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter from September 15th. He asks permission to read a portion to the National Conservation Congress and asks for a substitution letter to read otherwise. He asks Roosevelt to emphasize the importance of developing farmers’ and country life. He promises to meet Roosevelt next time he is in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-18
Marie Turner Harvey trusts Theodore Roosevelt will appreciate the enclosed as it relates to the Country Life Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-18
Theodore Roosevelt praises B. F. Harris for the courage and wisdom he has displayed in the situation in Illinois. Roosevelt hopes to see Harris in person in Chicago, presumably at the National Progressive Convention, and has included the Country Life Commission in his speech.
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1912-07-30
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks A. W. Lehmann for her letter, and notes Roosevelt’s concern over the welfare of the American farmer.
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1912-04-25
Frank Harper thanks B. F. Harris for sending Theodore Roosevelt a copy of Harris’s letter to Mr. Marouiss of The Country Gentleman about the country life problem. Roosevelt believes that the reestablishment of the Country Life Commission is of “vital importance” to the United States. Harper declines Harris’s suggestion that Roosevelt be interviewed by The Country Gentleman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-22
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs F. H. Bausman how he can obtain a copy of the report by the Commission on Country Life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-22
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Annie Miller Kemp that she can contact L. H. Bailey of Cornell University for information on the Country Life Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-25
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could attend the meeting of the National Conservation Congress. Roosevelt gives Wallace permission to read his letter to audiences at the meeting. Roosevelt believes that the greatest movement of their time is the development of country life. He established The Country Life Commission for this purpose. According to Roosevelt, the entire nation’s welfare depends on “the welfare of those who till the soil,” because improving farmers’ social lives will improve their farms.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-22
Theodore Roosevelt received the various telegrams regarding the presidency of the National Apple Show. He wishes he could help, especially as the Spokane Chamber of Commerce aided in distributing the National Country Life Commission’s report. While he believes in agricultural future of the Northwest, he cannot accept any requests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-14
Theodore Roosevelt received various telegrams regarding the presidency of the National Apple Show. He wishes he could help, especially as the Spokane Chamber of Commerce aided in distributing the National Country Life Commission’s report. While he believes in the agricultural future of the Northwest, he cannot accept any requests.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-14
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells J. M. Wingett that he asks many questions and it would take a long letter and many inquiries to answer them all. Roosevelt already has his hands full, but he recommends writing to L. H. Bailey of Cornell University for the information, since he was chairman of the Country Life Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-05
Theodore Roosevelt writes Ner Wallace Stroup stating that he is glad the chapter about rural churches from the report of the Country Life Commission will be published. He believes the entire report should be distributed widely because “it deals with vital interests” and “what it can accomplish in country life.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-27