BN1VERSM V OF CALIFORNIA 

 8AINXA BARBARA 



TO THE 



FARMERS OF THE UNITED STATES, 



THE STRONG-ARMED, TRUE-HEARTED HOPE OF THE 



REPUBLIC, NOW, AS IN THE PAST, THE FIRST TO 



RISE AGAINST OPPRESSION AND WRONG, THE 



AUTHOR DEDICATES THIS BOOK AS A TOKEN 



OF HIS SYMPATHY WITH THEM IN THEIR 



SUFFERINGS, AND HIS ADMIRATION 



OF THE HEROIC BATTLE THEY ARE 



WAGING FOR THE OPPRESSED 



OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY. 



