48 THE THIRD POWER 



O let your watchword ever 



Be Equity for all ; 

 Unite and quickly level 



Oppression's mighty wall. 



Unite, O loyal farmers, 



Press on — press on to-day ; 

 The time is ripe for action, 



Let nothing you dismay; 

 For victory is coming, 



To those who brave the wrong 

 And push with earnest vigor 



The cause of truth along. 



— EMe Stevens. 



It has been said, and it is not surprising, that 

 those who are now more or less in partnership with 

 the government, should oppose and sneer at this 

 effort to organize the farmers. And yet there is no 

 good or honest reason why they should not welcome 

 it and cooperate with it. For its purpose is not to 

 help any one class at the expense of the others, but 

 by helping one class, which is now neglected, to 

 help all, and to improve the general social and busi- 

 ness conditions. It has been said that the country 

 could not prosper unless the farmers prosper, and 

 that the farmers could not prosper without benefit- 

 ing all other classes. Neither of the statements can 

 be denied or doubted. So the real reason why this 

 movement is opposed is, that the men who oppose 

 it are getting special privileges from the govern- 

 ment, and they know that these would be taken from 

 them when the Third Power compelled an equitable 



