CHAPTER XVII 



The cause of Equity is good; 



It seeks not its own gain, 

 Against the weak ones of the earth, 



Who toil 'mid want and pain; 

 It welcomes all within its band, 



The strong as well as weak; 

 Its motto is, "Cooperate," 



Each other's good to seek. 



The cause of Equity is just; 



It lends a helping hand 

 In lifting up a mighty force — 



The third power in our land. 

 That is the struggle it may win 



Against foes unafraid, 

 Who wish to cause its overthrow, 



It needs each farmer's aid. 



All this means, what cooperation must ever mean, 

 unity and solidarity among the people cooperating. 

 The farmers, instead of being strangers to one an- 

 other and rivals and competitors of one another, 

 will be friends and fellow helpers. This will be a 

 great gain, and in many ways. Every person will 

 be the better for knowing that he is a member of 

 a great society the object of which is the good of all. 

 He will know that while he is working for others, 

 others are working for him, and that out of the com- 

 bined effort good must come to the whole agricul- 



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