Our Friend, the Former

All over the nation today the American FARMER ir facing the rpectre of f,nancial dirtre*, due to the inability of the railroade to give hi'n tranrportation rewice for his cropr; thir inability on account of the raih'oad etrike.

Again we witnecs thir most potent national powerr rore dbtreued. ThO cropr he has prodrrced by laboring twelve and fourteen houn a &y, may rot on hir handr becaure another clare of labor which wor&r eigbt houn a day har :aid: "The trainc rhall not move.tt lVhenever thir greatert of all worken getr tired of working from rrm-up to run-down and then have hir productr imperiled at the capricc of a nuch leg potent and indurtriout-laborer, he has the power to recure iurtice for him' relf very quickly.

Surely, be ir long-rufiering. For he has the numben, the power, thc abilitn and commands the rituation, once he decider therc tbingr have gone too far, for he holdr within hir hande the neck of the rnort valuable of all our national sackr-the FEED BAG.

Some day tbere radical elements will go too far, and then the farner will ran ar the Marter said to the turbulent waterr: rtpg[QE-BE STIII." And when the time comet' he WILL ray it.

Surely, in these timer of national peril and diltrelt, rve can conridcr with a feeling of profound calm and ratirfaction--+ur friend, THE FARMER.

He is a raving gnc+an anchor to windward-in the lifc of the nation. HE ir tte rtrongeet argument in favor of itr rafe future.

IN HIM we can place our dependence, full of faith that if the wont come to the worst, HE will be the chhf bolrter upon which the wava of radicdirm will break and turn.

Himrelf the greatert of all workerr, the "induatrial tnrelttt hat not touched him; hir mentality reckonr no power t'hreatening the peaceN exbtcnce of thir Goverament.

It war a great lumberman who raid reveral years ago: ttThe only way to rave this nation frorn organized radicalirm b to oRGANIZE THE FARMERS." A great truth.