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able laws and defeating or repealing unfavorable ones. Then 

 the authorized heads of their unions can meet government 

 boards and commissions to defend their union and prices, 

 and to represent them before Congressional committees hav- 

 ing the consideration of bills affecting their interests. If all 

 other means fail to get justice, then they can resort to the 

 strike of concerted non-delivery of products to obtain it. 

 Farmers then will become class conscious, and their unions 

 will order sympathetic strikes until justice is secured to the 

 injured one, as union labor in cities do. 



Of course, a mighty howl would be raised against " class 

 legislation" did the united power of farmers' unions secure 

 a favorable law ; but that howl would only come from those 

 organized classes who have put through nothing but class 

 legislation for decades, and object to competition in that 

 business. 



Will it pay to unionize to have authorized representatives 

 to defend your rights and interests in Congress, and to se- 

 cure fair wages and expenses for your crops? 



Numbers a Great Advantage. 



The great number of farmers, instead of being a detri- 

 ment in unionizing and a handicap to securing justice, as 

 many believe, is the greatest factor in their favor. Their 

 vast numbers can easily be unionized now with the aid of 

 the phone and daily papers they nearly all have to inform 

 them of meetings for that purpose. When unionized their 

 numbers will give them a corresponding political power. 

 With it they can reward members of Congress and State 

 Legislatures for working in their interests by re-election, 

 and punish those who are their enemies by putting forward 

 a candidate of their own union. Congress will listen to 

 their grievances and remove them if possible. All who deal 

 with them unjustly can be punished and put out of business 

 by a concerted boycott. Their combined power can be 



