286 DEEP FURROWS 



If there is to be any attempt to cram the old order 

 of things down the people's throats ; if, under cloak of 

 all this present talk of winning the war, of new eras 

 and of patriotism, profiteers should scheme and plan 

 fresh campaigns then will there be such a wrathful 

 rising of the people as will sweep everything before it. 

 In the forefront of that battle will stand the rugged 

 legions of the organized farmers. 



Make no miscalculation of their ability to fight. 

 This year, 1918, will see them sawing their own lumber 

 in their own saw-mills in British Columbia. If neces- 

 sary, they can grind their own flour in their own flour 

 mills, dig their own coal from their own mines, run their 

 own packing-plants, provide their own fidelity and fire- 

 insurance, finance their own undertakings. They grow 

 the grain. They produce the new wealth from the soil. 

 They are the men who create our greatest asset, every- 

 thing else revolving upon the axis of Agriculture in 

 Canada. 



If, then, the farming population has learned to 

 co-operate and stand solid; if in addition they have 

 acquired the necessary capital to educate the masses 

 and are prepared to spend it in advancing their ideals ; 

 if the working classes of the cities and the soldier 

 citizens of Coming Days join their ranks what chance 

 will Special Privilege have against the public desire 

 for Equal Rights? 



Is it to be co-operation in all sincerity or class war- 

 fare? If the other great interests in our national life 

 will meet the Farmer in a fair spirit, approaching our 

 national problems in an honest attempt to co-operate 

 in their solution for the common good, they will find 

 the Farmer meeting them eagerly. They will find that 

 these farmer leaders are reasonable men, broad-minded, 



