Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-12-18
What Patrons Propose to DO.

by the Rural Sun in the following
seven propositions:
/. To secure to themselves, through
the Oranges, social and educational
advantages not otherwise attainable,
and to thereby, while improving
their condition as a class, ennoble
farm life, and render it attractive and
desirable.
2. To give full practical effect to
the fraternal tie which unites them,
in helping and protecting each other
in case Of sickness, bereavement, pe-
cuniary misfortune and want and
danger Of every kind.
3. To make themselves better and
more successful farmers and planters,
by means of the knowledge gained,
the habits of industry and method
and the quickening OF
thought induced by intercourse and
discussion.
4. To secure economies in the buy
ing of implements, fertilizers, and
family supplies, and in transporta-
tion, as well as increased profits in
the sale of the propucts of their la
Dor, without enhancing their cost to
the consumer.
S. To entirely abolish the credit
system, in their ordinary transac-
tions, always buying and selling on a
cash basis, both among themselves
and in their dealings with the outside
world.
6. To encourage cooperation In
trade, in farming, and In other
branches of industry, especially those
most intimately connected with ag-
riculture.
7. To promote the true unity of the
by drawing the best men
and women of all parts of the coun-
try together in an organization which
knows no sectional bounds or preju-
dices, or owes no party allegiance.
That all sounds well, and If the
Patrons will confine themselves to
the pursuit of such objects-if they
will be true to these professions, and
manifest their sincerity by a faithful
adherence to the avowed purposes of
their organization, they will find a
sympathy almost universal through
out the land, in city as we'll as coun-
try. The heart Of the American
people does beat in sympathy with
the laboring classes, and that sympa-
thy, if not insulted and estranged,
will 60 with the industrial classes
into anycombined effort to elevate
the condition of the labor element.
Every true American wishes the
welfare and prosperity of the coun-
try, and if not a dolt, he knows that
the general and permanent, good OF
all depends upon the enlightinment
of the masses. This enlightenment
cannot be effected and sustained
while labor is oppressed. The bur.
dens Of the producing classes should
be made as light as possible, and ev-
cry opportunity and encouragement
should be given them to secure edu.
cation and intelligence. That they
should combine and earnestly strive
toward this end is a good omen, az
indicating spirit of aspiration and
independence without which their
elevation would be impossible.
The Order Of Patrons Of Husband
ry has been organized for the pur.
pose Of bringing about the results
stated in the above seven PROPOSE
tions. They tell us what they pro-
pose to do; the people want to sos
the Order go straight forward and
fight it out on that line. But they
also want to see wise and consistent
management. AS Mr.. Cruncher
would say, they don't want any
I" Topping" The political flop
ping" ofthe Grange has already done
mere to injure the Order in this
county than all the opposition that
has or ever will be broaght against
it. Let it be seen that honesty is to
take the place Of the demagoguery
which has carried the Grange in this
county out of its true course, disgrace
ed it in the eyes Of community, the
State Grange, and hundreds Of its
here; let true Patrons as
sumo control of the Order, and keep
it within the scope Of its own laws
and its declared purposes, and it may
regain the prosperous condition from
which il fell in consequence Of its po-
litical course last fail. There is high
for judging tree by its
fruits.
The State Grange, at its meeting at
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