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Devil's own workshop, where the rewards for honest 

 labor are forged to the profit of the non-producing 

 class. They are the greatest blight on the body of 

 industry — a danger that threatens the very life of 

 the farming industry of America. They are a bold, 

 fearless, devilish power, that defies the laws of 

 morality, the state and nation. There is only one 

 power that can dethrone them. It is the grand, 

 sweeping, majestic strength of cooperative produc- 

 ers. If the farmers' produce were not a necessity, 

 it would not be chosen for gambling purposes. 

 Men do not gamble with diamonds, for people can 

 get along without them. They do not gamble with 

 air, for every one can get all of it that he needs. 

 Farm products are chosen because everybody uses 

 them, and because they can not be got without pay- 

 ing for them, and also because, under present condi- 

 tions, the farmers do not control them. 



Farmers can be a power. They represent the 

 greatest invested capital and they are the most nu- 

 merous. They own the earth, consequently they can 

 control the food and clothing supplies. Mso, it is 

 clear, in their fundamental position and numerical 

 and financial strength, they hold the key to our en- 

 tire political and industrial system. 



Unorganized, the farmers are weak and the prey 

 of all other strong individuals and organized classes. 

 Organized, they will become the dominant power, 

 and their business or profession will become the pre- 

 ferred on earth. Organized to put prices on their 



