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The Fifteenth Parliamentary Conference of Commerce traced the following lines, which formed the conclusion of one of my reports.
Considering that the development of commerce and industry is closely linked to the prosperity of agriculture, and that the increasing neglect of the soil constitutes a grave danger in all countries.
Holds that the attention of the Members of Parliament of various countries should immediately be directed to the \irgent necessity of adopting measures to keep the rural populations in the country.
It further believes that public authorities should give far greater encouragement to agriculture in general.
It especially recommends the following measures:
(a) The improvement of the family, education, traditions, customs and healthy amusements of the rural populations.
(b) The encouragement of the agricultural labourer to the purchase of land.
(c) The attachment to capital and as far as possible the granting of advantageous credits to cooperatives and other forms of investiment. in the interest of agricultural production.
(d) The development of strictly practical agricultural instruction to young people of both sexes.
(e) The intense popularisation of rational methods of work in the farm and agricultural homestead.
(/) The extension of small home industries.
(g) The development and improvement of country roads, water and electricity supplies.
(h) The development of the telephone net and of the radio. (i) The encouragement of societies dedicated to rural welfare.
If further holds that the Agricultural Commission should be asked to work out for the next session a collaborative program of suitable measures for combating rural emigration: these measures should, on the one hand, aim at making agricultural labour more remunerative, both for the agriculturist himself and for the farm hand, and on the other hand, should contribute towards making life in the country easier and more pleasant. The above mentioned programme should be based on proposals of special organisations, such as the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome, the International Committee for the Improvement of Rural Life, which should be officially consulted for this purpose, further the results of the conclusions of M. de Vuyst, and the proposals, and amendments presented by different members of the Agricultural Commission on the occasion of the discussion of this report.
That the general measures adopted in all countries, and special measures, applying to single countries in particular, should be declared.