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IT WAS FARMERS from whom came the first shots at Lex- 

 ington, that set aflame the devolution that made America 

 free. I hope and believe that the farmers of America will 

 willingly and conspicuously stand by to win this war also. 

 The toil, the intelligence, the energy, the foresight, the self- 

 sacrifice, and devotion of the farmers of America will, I believe, 

 bring to a triumphant conclusion this great last war for the 

 emancipation of men from the control of arbitrary government 

 and the selfishness of class legislation and control, and then, 

 when the end has come, we may look each other in the face and 

 be glad that we are Americans and have had the privilege to 

 play such a part. — From President Wilson's Message to the 

 Farmers' Conference at Vrbana, IE., January 31, 1918. 



