17.—To what extent do you think the government ought to own or control the great forests, the water power and the coal deposits? Why?
18.—How does this whole subject of progressive agriculture affect the religious life of the country?
19.—Upon what economic basis does the permanence of religious institutions in the country quite largely depend?
20.—What do you think is the great religious objective in all rural progress?
CHAPTER V
Rural Opportunities for Social Reconstruction
| A. Country Life Deficiencies | |
| I. | Social Diagnosis |
| Rural individualism. | |
| The weakness in rural institutions. | |
| The difficulty of organizing farmers. | |
| II. | Failures in Rural Cooperation |
| Lack of political effectiveness. | |
| Lack of cooperation in business. | |
| Lack of religious cooperation. | |
| III. | Rural Morals and the Recreation Problem |
| Lack of wholesome social life for young people. | |
| Lack of recreation and organized play. | |
| Morality and the play spirit. | |
| B. The New Cooperation in Country Communities | |
| I. | Social Cooperation |
| The problem of community socialization. | |
| Who shall take the initiative? | |
| A community plan for socialization. | |
| The gospel of organized play. | |
| The school a social center. | |
| The social influence of the Grange. | |
| II. | Business Cooperation |
| Modern rural cooperative movements. | |
| Cooperation among fruit growers. | |
| Some elements of success and failure. | |
| Our debt to immigrants. | |
| Cooperative success in Denmark. | |