The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-12

of the founders of the order and
il you Will consult the constitution
you will finu these principles were
scientific distribution and features of
an allied nature Moreover. the mem
bers are coming to see they must pay
decent price for the ability to ac-
complish these things, and after they
get hold of the right brand of abil-
ity, to give the leader his head and
:, cir perfect cooperation. without
<t, 'pering or rcserviEg the right to
iii market my crop l See
!. and let my neighbor follow or
ders.''
One of the main causes that has
interfered with the success of every
farmers movement is the abundance
of men who claimed they knew the
farmer II enough Of them had
really known the farmer they
would have brought to success. in
stead Of failure, the farmers organ
izations that now fill the graveyards
CT history. And if the man who
today aspires to lead the farmer
really knows him he will make
good in handling him. The sheer
fact that so many fail in serving the
farmer and get out disgruntled or
disgusted is final evidence that the
number of men who know the farmer
on this continent is pitifully small.
1t is gradually increasing. The tribe
is gradually being recruited from the
mill of blood and tears But it is
not yet large enough to be formid-
able.
AS matter of common justice. I
want to pay tribute to the national
officers who have aided me in your
cause the past year. If'I have failed
to discharge my duty or to live up
to your rights in any particular it
is not their fault Side by side. hand
in hand, they have worked with me-
giving their time and brain and
strength with free-h ca rtedness that
will remain with me as a lasting in
spiraton They have given me all
the scope / needed and they have
ever been ready to act boldly in the
cause of the organization.
To you most Of you seasoned
veterans in the cause. and to the
world at large, | want to say that
our work of aiding the American
farmer offers the greatest opportun-
ity for service suggested by human
imagination. We have undertaken 10
weld into a compact body for pur-
poses of uplift and improvement the
men upon whose shoulders rest the
burden of all the ages. We have
undertaken to redress the wrongs Of
men who have had the fewest gen
uine friends Of any OF the world :
people. We have undertaken to make
the farmer see and act upon the
realizati ton that his salvation ra~ts
upon himself. and upon no f1attering
or magic outside influence. We have
undertaken to smash the petty suS-
picions, the foolish animosities that
have built up wall between the
farmer and the rest Of civilization
and unite them upon basis of com
mon human interest.
We have undertaken to curb the
rapacity of those who have preyaf
and still would prev upon the farmer.
who would gain his support by spe-
| cous words only to betray him. or
who would turn the results Of his
/ toll into personal profit We havr
undertaken to make of the farmer
business man. To gain for the coun
] try most of the advantages en1oyed
by the city We have undertaken
! to so lift UP the head of the farm IT.
/ to so remind him of the glorious
/ heritage that is his BY reason of 81
! ing this Republic in all the Erett
wars in which it has plunged that
j both he and the country shall for
get the delnsion that ha Is factor
set apart and that he j. an nn Htri-
can before he is farmer.
The task is making hcadway. L <
destined to he the n oSt complete 81
cess in all history. It's greatest e"
will come. not from the 'ri~ts or g.
thusiasts but from the r~'o~- tn" c.
fcerS and mem hers within :hf or =
ization who have struggle tAo -
road Of wreck nd de9clt :ow-t- -,
heights where they can now s." = !.
sunrise
I can speak fhus nlaia'v >, t.
because most nf rhe ma "a a--
of the I'D puard If - = not ete.-
Continued on Pace Two)