The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-12-05
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y.s. Grange aai Political.
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L5orn .s g. Fa..r- . U..sa.4r,
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or.al.zsls.n. aid s..,oa.f !. Win {
ro!iJcj anis.ag .a q c W.T., 81 ol
l. fn5#n as tie ~Fa.m.,-' Move.
meue." Du. vl.ra Is -a entirely d..-,r
eat II r.. That r..v1u.el: l. s.uy.,
an oIEoa-z-l p2r.y. composed of i4-u
c-s -iai th,.r nie:.d-, vlo propose &
break a-uD2cr pas: panty ,i,s. aad a
tho Da.lo;-box in,e. and f-lt Ron
oP,iles-aud especially railroad mon
opsiies. Ii I~a. Kansas and Ibis
souri, ana in other }Ve-.en Stats
this org4uiz 1iioa h4s made itself felt
n ~'ec inns, bu: whether iJr the be;lel
or not, tine aioae wi.!teL
Ol the other baHi the Patrons Of
Hu5baGdry claim that they keep
a'0'f a. an organization, from al
paries allowing periec. and en,i {
irselo;a 20 eac- and every member Of
their order 10 vote aud use their in
farucs Ia politics, whore, in his opin-
Igu. q Vii % the most good Ii they
csu keep selfish, uuscrupulous men
from j2iIing J-ei- r@uh1, and u,iug
the or,sHz..Isa - advance their
Ie soa-l eLls. much good may be ac
compii7hed. One Of the greatest
advantages 90 be derived from as
oiati0n in Oranges j. thus defined
III he : oyoiab No. Of The Imerirqn
-tJ,;,,rJ,.,sisz: $50 far ~ We have
"ts..vt5, lie order has kept itself free
from political entargiements, and pro
Io,fs 80 co firc iise.i 20 j:s legitimate
wosL, the elevation of the social, ia
telleciudi, aad even economical con
di.icn Of it, members. Isolation has
been the great drawback to a farm
life, and has driven many 4 son away
irom the homestead. The Grange
meetings, in which both men ana
women participate, viii do much TO
enlarge the narrow circle, and by
merely bringing people in contac. Will
do much good. Farmers living by
themselves, and without any concert
OF action, have been the dEpes o.
ssindiers Of all kinds. Where one
knew hc was night, he preferred 10 !
submi, 20 an Imposition rather titan
make stand against il without ary
backing. Now fariner who i a
member Of ;be order can bring lis
clsc before b.s Grange with The con
iilence that If right he viii be sustain
ed in lis Iositicn by his fellow mem
be:s. We feel confident that those
swindlers who have obtained money h
by notes susceptible OF alteration, By
false measurements for lightning reds,
bydhreats 10 sue for the use Of pre- 4
tended patents, will keep shy Ct a .
community where there Is Grange u
Before Oranges were established, we, :
when written TO for advice in cases
where the farmer Vas imposed upon by .
a false claimant, could OILY advise him P
to bring the matter before the farm c
e-s' club, if there was one, o: il there C
was none, to call meeting OF his 81
neigLbors. We can now advise him fl
TO appeal 70 bis Grange. This feeling C
OF independence and confidence is noi a
the least Of the benefits that we may p
look for from the Oranges t
\ correspondent, in another colImn, d
deals with this question, and admits
viii t every well posted man mast con
ce !r, viz. That no combination csa
reverse tie inevitable and just rule
that az prices whether Tor labor or The a
product OF labor, must be regulated =
by supply and demald.