Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-25


They have a cordial sympathy with the
Farmers Association of the State so far as the
differences in organization and purpose adj
mits. The resolution concerning banking and
currency demands, in general way, an equal
distribution. and condemns the concentration
of money for speculative purposes. The sal
ary-grab is condemned and the action of the
Illinois House of Representatives concerning
it is approved. The Legislature is requested
not to NEEDLE with the Temperance law.
The Changers claim it as a compliment
that the farmers should have been accused
of having precipitated the financial
panic; constituting it to mean that they
have exposed the frauds of railroad and
other financial enterprises. The right
of Congress to regulate Interstate commerce
is affirmed, and Congress is called upon to ex-
ercise that right. Regarding transportation
facilities, the grange holds that the General
Government should open all the natural water
channels at its own expense but that railroads
should be built with private capital under re-
strictive charters; and Government freight
railroad is recommended only as a last relort,
after all other means have been exhausted.
The Dartmouth College decision is directly
attacked by the declaration that it is an in
herent right of the people which cannot be
alienated to regulate chartered monopolies.
The present civil service Of the country liz con-
demned, in strong language as dangerous to
the integrity and perpetuity of republican in
stitutions-a school of political corruption and
a constant temptation to dishonesty-and a
more adequate remedy than any yet devised is
demanded. Wisconsin has 26S oranges.
There are 178 subordinate oranges in Michigan.
The State Grange will meet Jan. 21.
AT the third days meeting of the Iowa
State Grange, at Des Moines, State Agent
Whitman made a report of the business of his
Office, which has amounted since February to
800, 900, and over $1,000 had been saved to
farmers on sewing machines alone He said :
"The first combination in the country is that
of sewing-machines. Many of the evils under
which we are suffering are directly chargeable
to the abuses of the present credit system
Once out of its clasp, and Chicago gamblers
viii no longer fix the price of our products
We will then be able to make their supply Of
provisions as short as they can make the cur
rency. Arrangements are being perfected by
which middle-men will be entirely dispensed
with" Master Smedley presented long re-
port on the transportation question, which
was adopted and ordered to be presented to
the next Legislature. congratulatory dis
patch was received from the State Grange of
| Illinois, and the following reply made :
Brothers and Sisters: The 1900 oranges of
Iowa, by their representatives, welcome your
greetings and congratulations. We glory in
your last success, and reach out our hands to
you and your mastering army. A. B. 'SMED-
LEY, Master"
A LARGE amount of business, mostly of Sc
cret character, was transacted by the Iowa
State Grange on the fourth day of its session.
Among other things, they closed contract
with the Werner Harvester Machine Com