I believe the answer is: bureaucracy
bureaucracy in this case refers to the a system where the most important decisions within the government are made by state officials rather than the representatives that chosen by the people. This limit the influence of the representatives to actually fulfil the aspiration of the people in some extent.
It really depends on what you consider an important farmer. For example George Washington Carver discovered peanuts to help farmers from depleting ground nutrients from growing cotton. Or John Deere who invented the plow.
The Bonus Army was comprised of veterans from World War 1 who were promised a bonus of around $1.25 for every day they served. When the depression hit, the veterans wanted congress to give them the bonus they had promised but congress denied them. They marched to protest and demand their bonus becasue they had nothing left and no where else to go.
