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the American Society of Equity of North America would natu- 

 rally and inevitably assume at present all the work toward the 

 real amelioration of the condition of the farmer all the world 

 over and promotion of only means of his salvation. Honor 

 to the country where such a grand movement emanates from, 

 honor to the men, which became incarnation of the spirit of 

 the times. Thus, reversing the old, antiquated saying, which 

 from beginning of the times was always a lie as to the social 

 world, we will exclaim: "ex occidente lux!" 



Agriculture is the foundation of all the industries of all the 

 countries, and the farmers constitute the most numerous social 

 and economic class in the world. Therefore, as soon as the 

 societies of equity will have been established in leading agri- 

 cultural countries of the globe, even only in surplus produc- 

 ing countries and will have taken a concerted action toward 

 the introduction of the cooperative system into distribution 

 of agricultural products, industrial slaughter and economic 

 anarchy will cease, and industrial peace will come at last down 

 to the earth. 



Then, and then only, the long fight of man with man will be 

 sunk in a cooperation of all mankind in a common effort to 

 gain from Mother Nature all possible blessings for the benefit 

 of all. 



As in this short sketch, on the subject of the most compli- 

 cated nature and the most tremendous importance, we have 

 entered an entirely new field of social and economic thought, 

 and had no single beaten path to follow, we earnestly hope 

 that our errors and shortcomings will be leniently overlooked 

 by our readers. 



