THE GROUNDSWELL. 



ought, perhaps, to have what representation he is entitled 

 to, although it would be somewhat difficult, under a just 

 pro rata, to see just where his individual member of Con 

 gress would come in. Perhaps, New York and some other 

 of the great cities might gain one by clubbing together. 



There is one important point in this connection which 

 farmers must constantly keep before their minds. It is 

 that, having put their hands to the plow, there must be no 

 looking back. &quot;Revolutions never go backward,&quot; is a good 

 saying and a true one. The agitation now going on must 



Brought to the Bar at Last. 



be continued, until the corruption now rife among our 

 public men has received its death wound. The centralizing 

 and monopolizing tendencies of capital must be unceasingly 

 combatted until they be checked, or our country will soon 

 be free only in name. The Transportation Companies must 

 be made to feel that the power which created them can also 

 regulate them; that, while their just rights will be re 

 spected, such vested interests as they claim, which are 

 antagonistic to the public good, are, de facto, nullities. 



The results of the Farmers Movement have, already, un 

 mistakably shown themselves. The infant Hercules has 



