Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-09-10

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The Oranges.
J. G. Abbott, general deputy Of the or
der Of the Patrons Of llushandry, address
ed a meeting attended by about forty per
sons at the Commercial Exchange in Bos
ton, Tuesday Mr.. Abbott spoke substan
TALLY as follows:
| ] suppose il very unusual for the bus.
ness men Of Boston to listen TO an address
from a farmer in the interests Of agricul-
turc but the world moves, and farmers
are also moving There is progress every.
where, and this great class Of people are
waking up and have already taken a few
steps forward. They have long been sta.
touary or retroerading among their asso.
ciate classes, aud others have come TO re-.
gard them as their servants. Other class
cs have constructed arrangements which
the farmers have been compelIodto observe.
These evils they have borne tll forbcar.
ance has ceased 10 be o virtue. Hence
this great uprising Of this people in the
I great West, aud is now promising to absorb
/ the fraternity of farmers in the country.
The great evils which the farmers have
endured stand opposed to their best inter.
csts aud against the progress OF the coun-
/ try. IL is 10 explain this system that /
invite your attention The order of Pat.
cons Of llusbaudry is composed Of five
thousand societies aud Eve million mem.
bers all bound together by a mystic tic.
They wisely concluded that by union the
tables might be turned. They know they
have numerical strength, right aud justice
on their side. The order is secret. rs.
/ tablishcd for The benefit Of farmers, they
seek to tighten labor. 1t embraces three
grand textures, educational social and ma.
terial II kept directly in view the educa.
tional and social features they saw an ir-
repressible conflict between labor and CAPT.
tai, and wisely concluded that the first step
was TO educate farmers aud they saw that
if they could be oxtricaicd from the thral.
dom in which they were then might their
material condition be improved.
Mr.. Abbott then laid down four propo.
sitious on viii III to speak lst, the i'm
Portanco Of agriculture as compared with
manufactures 81 its influence in govern.
ment aud business affairs; 81, absolute ne
cessity for change and relief, 4th, the way
and manner in which this change is accom-.
plishc1. Mr. Abbott claimed that the in.
tercsts of agriculture had received less leg.
lslation during tie last fifty years than any
other department Of business. Other do.
partments have received appropriations by
millions, and this one has had but meiety
from the national congress; while in the
state legislatures, with few exceptions,
the rule has been the same. Now why
should not it re looked after in the same
way as others
Mr. Abbott then continued or late
years it has come TO be the rule to con.
duct the business of the country by rings
who fix the price Of produce; when the
farmer goes TO sell his goods, he has to ask,
what will you give? When he goes 10
buy he has to ask what will you take d?
Some change, some relief, should be grant.
ed to the farmers, whose interests should
be attended TO, especially since some of
these rings have so pushed their schemes
as to be destructive Of the farmers interests.
In the West farming does not begin to pay
the dividends for the capital and labor in-
vested that other businesses do. The aim is
not to interfere, but to regulate other oc.
equations. Railroads now govern the coun.
try and control legislation. Farmers have
no hope Of relief through petition. They
come in the form Of body Of power, and
intend to demand a regulation of the extor-
tionate railroad tariffs by Congress. ZAP
plause) Railroads are the leading power,
and by a system of combination, individu-
ais have no hope of relief. The leading
subject Of importance is this transporta-
ton question. We want to have tolls and
freights reduced, so that dividends will be
paid on the real stock invested, and not on
their bogus capital and watcred stock
(Applause) We seek to do this through
the enactment of laws, and want to get
body that has numbers enough to obtain
such law without trouble People in
Boston have the same interest as the far.
mers Of the West The interest is mutual
All localities are affected by these high
and extortionate freight charges. The
western farmers purchase your manulactur-
ed articles and have to pay these extor.
tomato rates, and consequently use less of
them than they otherwise would. The way
reliefis to be accomplished is through union.
We have a constituency thot numbers half
million to-day, We are simply organiz-
ing and getting them in position to trans
act business. 1t is the leading organza-
ton of the West, and our success is al
ready assured, (Applauso) 1t is vital
to our interests, and we shall continue to
organize. We have national grange at
Washington, and State oranges in eighteen
States. Then we have subordinate oranges
in cities and towns, under the same
constitution, but enacting separate by.
laws. We attach just enough of secresy to
to the order to protect us from outside in
tluence and to have general understand.
ing Of action. The State grange is a rep.
resentatve organization, elected by the
subordinates; the State grange elects
master to represent it in the national
grange. Thus we simply propose to carry
out the old maxim, in union there is
strength. In conclusion Mr.. Abbott said
he came by authority from the national
grange to establish the order in this State.
They hailed all classes other than farmers,
and hoped to find enough Of the right class
OF men 10 Boston to establish one here.