_Frontispiece_

Land Is Not the Only Stake in America for
These Polish Parents _Facing p._ 4

The Owner of this Farm, Settled in 1917, Has
Persuaded Six Members of His Family to
Buy Farms in the Neighborhood " 14

Friendly Assistance Makes Pioneering Less
Baffling " 44

The Wisconsin Colonization Company Sees the
Need of Community Centers " 54

This Two-year-old Wisconsin Farm Is Just
Ready to Care for Its Newly Acquired
Shropshire Ewes " 64

This Settler Started Ten Years Ago with No
Money " 136

These Children and Teachers in New Mexico
Join Forces to Wipe Out Illiteracy " 146

The Largest Girl Won a Prize for Scholarship " 146

Immediate Returns from Child Labor Do Not
Make Up for Loss of Schooling " 214

The Arrival of an Immigrant Settler in 1883
Was Shown in a Community Pageant " 242

The Same Man Is Working for Land and Community
Development " 242

A Rural Community Center Plan Was Developed
by the Wisconsin Colonization
Company for Southern Sawyer County " 252

INTRODUCTION

Students of economics know that the roundabout methods of capitalistic
production are far more fruitful than the direct methods of the primitive
economy. As we advance, we introduce new intermediaries between the
beginning and the end of production. This thought occurs to one in the
study of Americanization. If we would Americanize the immigrant we must
seek him out in his daily economic life and see to it that the influences
under which he works are calculated to give him the right feeling toward
his new home. A large part of our waking life is spent in gaining a
livelihood, and our work brings with it most of our associations. School
and church have their place for young and old, and they likewise must be
considered. Their effect is direct and immediate and is more likely to
attract attention than are the elements making up the economic life.

Doctor Speek has done well in taking up the immigrant as a settler in
the newer and developing parts of our c