Excerpt from Agricultural Credit: Land-Mortgage or Long-Term Credit: Report of the United States Commission to Investigate and Study in European Countries Cooperative Land-Mortgage Banks, Cooperative Rural Credit Unions, and Similar Organizations and Institutions Devoting Their Attention to the Promotion of Agriculture And United States Commission "To investigate and study in European countries cooperative land-mortgage banks, cooperative rural credit unions, and similar organizations and institutions devoting their attention to the promotion of agriculture and the betterment of rural conditions." Washington, D.C., January 29, 1914. To the Senate and the House of Representatives: We have the honor to submit herewith Parts I and II of the report of the United States commission, appointed by the President and authorized by an act approved March 4, 1913, "to investigate and study in European countries cooperative land-mortgage banks, cooperative rural credit unions, and similar organizations and institutions devoting their attention to the promotion of agriculture and the betterment of rural conditions" and "to submit a report to Congress as early as practicable embodying the results of its investigations and such recommendations as it may see fit to make." Parts I and 11 relate to land-mortgage or long-term credit. Part III, relating to personal or short-term credit, will be submitted to Congress at an early date. The information and evidence relating to agricultural cooperation and rural credit in Europe secured by the United States commission, in cooperation with the American commission assembled under the auspices of the Southern Commercial Congress as provided by law, was ordered printed as Senate Document No. 214 on October 20, 1913. Respectfully, Duncan U. Fletcher, Chairman. Ralph W. Moss, Vice Chairman. Thomas P. Gore. Harvie Jordan. John Lee Coulter, Secretary. Kenyon L. Butterfield. Clarence J. Owens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.