I T WAS FARMERS from whom came the 
first shots at Lexington that set aflame 
the Revolution that made America free. 
I hope and believe that the farmers of Amer¬ 
ica will willingly and conspicuously stand by 
to win this war also. The toil, the 'intelli¬ 
gence, 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 emanci- 
pat ion of men from the control of arbitrary 
government and the selfishness of class legis¬ 
lation 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 Urbana, III., January 31, 1918. 
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