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Show HURRYING COUR8E OF NATURE. Farm Life Brought Into Union ot Cities and Towns. The social conditions of farm life undoubtedly ore deplorable in certain parts of the country, and In other1 parts far from Ideal, and yet there can be no doubt that In a considerable section there has been ft notable Improvement. Im-provement. This has been the result in the main of three things; first, of the telephone; second of the trolley, and third, of good roads. All tin eo are tondtng to make farm life less solitu y itul to bring it Into closer union with the cities and towns. In other wonls, some of the advantages of town life are being brought to tho farms, and this la tending mightily to glc to farm life more refinement and comfort com-fort and communication with the niter world. This Improvement whl.'h lias taken place In n part of tho conn-'ry conn-'ry ought to extend to nil parts, ami, while In general It may be sntd that t must Inevitably como about as a esult of a natural economic proRiess, vet much may be gained by the appointment ap-pointment of the commission which "resident Roosevelt has named. Wall Street Journal. ' |