Farmers Were Slow to Organize and Promote Their Interest Because

Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because they

A) were divided between small, self-sufficient family farmers and large cash crop farmers with onerous mortgages.
B) did not possess the money necessary to establish a national political movement.
C) did not believe they could compete politically with wealthier, more powerful manufacturers and railroad barons.
D) were too busy trying to eke out a living.
E) were, by nature, highly independent and individualistic.