130 THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC 



commerce. He sees in this movement an op- 

 portunity to assure himself representation 

 which will really represent. Congress has al- 

 ways been largely composed of lawyers. Even 

 the large agricultural states have been repre- 

 sented by delegations most of whom were 

 lawyers. The desire to put farmers in Congress 

 has at times been expressed as a means to get 

 better representation and that would undoubted- 

 ly help a great deal, but the more important 

 thing is to have representatives who are study- 

 ing the needs of agriculture, constantly advising 

 with farmers' representatives, in close touch 

 with farmers themselves, and who have an ap- 

 preciation of the fundamental importance of 

 agriculture in national prosperity. 



