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or force which will dominate all others. The devel- 

 opment of this society and the power it will repre- 

 sent and wield may be compared with the develop- 

 ment of the force, electricity, which has revolution- 

 ized the industrial world. The awakening of the 

 agricultural classes, the organization of them into a 

 great national and international cooperative body, 

 which is now being accomplished, will make possible 

 the control by them of practically all the material 

 that enters into the manufacturing and commerce 

 of the world, and on which human and animal life 

 depend. Such a revolution might appall us were it 

 not for the fact that, in working out this stupendous 

 movement everything will be in the direction of 

 improvement and better conditions for everybody 

 and for every legitimate enterprise. 



It will be so in the matter of prices. There will 

 not be one price for the farmer and another for the 

 working man and professional man. Whatever con- 

 quests the farmers win in this direction will be for 

 the benefit of all. What the farmer gets, all will get. 

 In fighting his own battle the farmer will fight the 

 battle of every American citizen. It will be impos- 

 sible to charge the farmer a fair price and to charge 

 other classes an unfair price. So the American So- 

 ciety of Equity does not come to oppress or enslave 

 any class, but to give liberty and independence to the 

 greatest class of citizens, and through that to all oth- 

 ers — not to destroy or cripple any institution, but to 

 benefit and strengthen all institutions, including the 



