Our greatness Yests on humbler men. the unheralded ones. the simpler folk of the lonely places. My State is sturdy and strong in manhoodimmigrant manhood. if you plea se. I know an old farmer in the Red River Valley who came over in the steerage from Sweden. He was very poor. but with strong hands and fine courage he subdued wide acres of stubborn soil. built a home. and educated a family of children. winDing the confidence and respect of all who knew him. Was this immigrants value. as an asset of this Nation. measured by the value of his farms or by his money In bank? What was his courage and patriotism worth? He learned that the great express monopoly of the country was extorting millions from the people. most of whom were poor.
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