56 THE THIRD POWER 



Fear not though you have tried and failed for lack of Union 



strong, 

 Cooperation will succeed and right will conquer wrong. 

 Think you that our forefathers quailed when foemen charged 



the field? 

 They bravely met each sharp attack and would not, did not 



yield. 



Then, farmers, rise in all your might and strike for liberty; 



Demand your rights in unity, then call this nation free. 



Put forth your earnest efforts in this grand and glorious 



fight, 

 Associate, then work and pray, and God will guard the right. 



— Maude E. Smith Hymers. 



A little further elaboration of the general help- 

 fulness of the proposed plan may help to a better 

 understanding of it. It has been said that the farm- 

 ers could not be prosperous without benefiting - all 

 classes, and that prosperity of the country depends 

 on the prosperity of the farmer. No one doubts the 

 truth of these statements. They have a very im- 

 portant bearing on this argument. For if they are 

 true, as they are, it must follow that a movement to 

 better the condition of the farmers will be in the in- 

 terest of all. And this is precisely the point that I 

 desire to emphasize. For, unless it is made clear, 

 the impression may prevail that we are making war 

 on other classes and trying to seek an advantage at 

 their expense. The further we get into the case the 

 more obvious will it become that this is not the pur- 

 nose at all. 



What do the stock speculators mean when thev 



