35. Auto-vehicles.
36. Country stores and trading places (in some cases).
38. Many government agencies to safeguard the people, as public service commissions.
39. Books on agriculture and country life.
40. Good farmers, living on the land.
It is through the activity and growing cooperation of these various agencies that the new rural civilization is now rapidly developing. It will be the purpose of our next chapter to describe the process. Rural progress in recent decades has been surprising and encouraging in many quarters. Men of faith cannot fail to see that the providence of God is now using these modern forces in making a new world of the country. It may fairly be called a new world compared with the primitive past. Thus our rural optimism is justified, and we have increasing faith in the future of country life in America.
Test Questions on Chapter II
1.—What tribute to country life is inscribed on the Washington Union Station? It is a just tribute?
2.—Can you accept the “Country Boy’s Creed”?