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that is one trouble. The thing ^\e need most is an increase in 

 revenue, just now. 



About organization ; Mr. Bradford said he would meet with 

 men from this Association. That is great. Mr. Bradford is 

 one of the best men we have in the business. If any man had 

 any doubts about him, he should have been up to the Inter- 

 state Commerce hearing. 



What are you going to do about organization? Are you 

 going to create a new organization ? We have almost too many 

 organizations today to work them successfully. I want to say 

 this; you don't want some little temporary organization. You 

 want to go into an organization you already have and do busi- 

 ness? Why? All over New England you have these organi- 

 zations ; you have your halls and your meeting places ; most of 

 you belong to it now, and if you don't you ought to. I speak 

 of the Grange. It is spread all over this country and is one 

 of the fundamental principles of the agricultural world. It was 

 organized for the agriculturist, and it is a workable organ- 

 ization, too. It has regular aims and money to do these things 

 with. 



We have in the Grange an organization -for the purpose of 

 taking up these matters ; some of you know about it. When 

 we were before the Interstate Commerce Commission and we 

 had some evidence that was pretty good, I don't think anyone 

 could tell the cost of production any better than our Brother 

 Mclntire ; we had the railroads to fight. I want to speak of 

 something here ; we were talking of the railroads in Maine 

 largely, and when the railroad officials were confronted with 

 the fact that that evidence was to be put on provided they made 

 any plea for money at all, they agreed with Mr. Gardiner that 

 they would not make the plea for money for the Maine Central 

 railroad if we would keep Brother Webb ofif the stand. They 

 now say that this pretense that the railroad n,eeded money was 

 all a humbug. In the Grange today you have your organization 

 that is ready to take hold of these questions. If you wave 

 something good to do, you can get right in there and do it ; that 

 is your place. 



Mr. Blanchard : We have some consumers in the Grange : 

 just what attitude would they take in helping us increase the 

 price ? 



