The Grange advance., 1873-11-12
The New Press.

The present movement among the farm
ers and laborers of this country, among 9TH
er new things and new ideas, is giving rise to
an entirely new and independent clasIof
journalism. The older journals, bound to
the old ways, the old systems, and tHe old
theories, have been slow to b4eaE away
from them, and then it has been considered
rather dangerous ground ana they have
been kept back by what has seemed\ their
own best interests. While SOME journals
have treated the movement with sort Of
silent. cold respect. others have dealt out
abuse without stint, fully showing that
they knew nothing Of the internal charac-
ter Of the movement. But in the meantime
deep OF radical change has been going
on. New ideas have been developed and
have clamored for proper channel tor
their full and intelligent expression. New
questions Of political and domestic economy
have been brought up, and new theories
advanced and new channels for their inde-
New rights have been sought, and journals
to set forth, espouse and to fight tor these
rights have become necessity. \ new
class of news OF peculiar interest to over
half . million people, scattered all over
this great nation, has come into existence
and demanded newspapers devoted to its
~
have not been unheeded The mail brings
to our table nearly every day new advo-
cate of the new doctrines. The first TO
reach us was the Industrial Age, Of Chica-
20, a newspaper full OF good reading,
wholly devoted to principles Of reform.
Next comes the iuH-Nonopollst. Of 3uffa-
10, New York, showing up monopolists,
and giving forth no uncertain sound to the
people in their great struggle. Then
comes The ,Scythe, Of New York, moving
broad swath through rings and combina-
tions, and scattering to the four winds all
the good news Of the uprisings Of |the peo-
pie throughout the land; giving laccounts
Of National and State Oranges: atd print
ing speeches of grange men, priceeJiqgs
a,!'l resolutions Of grange 4cetAge, apd
cutting to the right and left with Altotal
quill, clearing the way for Ae advance
columns Of rsformers. Then cdnes The Ia
di1nn Weekly Granger, with its plow and
share. devoted to the interests Of Patrons
CT !usbandry, indust rial pursuits and gen
era} news, striking out new lands and turn >
ing 'leep burrows. These are but the be-
ginning: every Of these have been
started within tw o months Of older Jour-
nails having general circulation, devoted
directly to the interests Of Patrons of Hus
bandry, are the Iona Homestead, of Musca-
tine, and the Prairie Furmer, Of Chicago.
These journals have all hoisted the stand
ard Of the laborer and unfurled the co!ors
OF the 7. of II. The fate Of the Order must
be their fate. These journals are such az
to waken the honest pride Of every true
Patron, and must at once take position with
the best Journals of the country At the
present rate it will be but short time uu-
til every state and every county will have
its paper devoted to the cause Of the hus
bandman, to advancing the new order.
There can be no more powerful agent
for advancement, nor engine of power than
a press devoted to the new work, committed
so far as to be dependent thereon
The GRANGE ADVANCE compliments itself
upon being among the very first to start,
and is glad to be found in such good COM
pany. Let the Patrons, one and all, rallv
to the support Of their papers, that monop-
olies may be met ami vanquished with the
same kind of weapons which they have so
long used to keep themselves in the good
graces of the people, and it will not be long
untilthe people will have all the ghts which
they can ask.
crossing 4 Ferry.