, 1873-12-04


Rapid Growth of tho E'armcr&' movo-
liz snt-Eatrons OF EQlxoantlry md
Their Numbers.
Was;t"ason (Scu. ~ Dispaseh 70 10 ST; Louis Globe.
the Office Of tho National Grange gives
Il Rtatemont Of tho nunlbor Of sul-
ordinate and State Oranges, which illustrates in
striking manner tho rapid growth Of the organ
patch, tho total number Of, Oranges WAS
fFa Fss o ss' lat to tss 2sd S inst s'' IT,
nrnber Of Oranges organized was 799.
numbsr s Of inc now Grangss a o@2gauizod @ Is 49, dis
tnbuted rs follows; January. 1853 /; February
347 March, GG6; April, 81 :; May, COG; Juno,
e25 July, qi2 August s29 isept seepptton,ber, e19
highest number organized during any month
Of 1872, was 100 !; the lowest, 81.
Tho following States havo as yet no Steto
GrangoB: Alabama, 260 subordinate Oranges
Lousinna, 50; Maryland, Il Maine, !; hiasssa-
chusctts, II; New Jersey, 81 Now Hampshire,
0; Virginia, Q. OF Torriorios, there are Colo
RADIO, 2; aud Washington g. whilo Canada has
Glaugcs.
sato Oranges arc organized in tho following
Staten and ferritorios, while tho number Of
aubotdinase drangos namol arc ino!uloa in each
tnrit diction: Arkansas, 93: CALIFORNIA;, IT.;
1858; Kansas, G7o; Michigan, lao: Mnnesota
$40; klssieBippi. 4so; Missouri, LOOT Nebraa
knn,. $50; Now York. q; North Carolina, 120;
Ohio, 2l8; Oregon, 45; Popnsylyanin. 48; South
moat s. wi west s' Vrsinia, s. Il; Wisconsin, @ Isl.
and in Dakota, 80. The total number Of Grail
ges in the South or rather former slayo States,
is2,9A8.
LII New England there are but forty-tonr
arsnges orEnnzod, and mono aro found il Con-
ueeticnt or Rhode Island. Delaware il tho only
other State without Grange up to date. Tho
Order has grown with great rapiIity In tho for
mer slayo States, especially those In tho further
fargest existence in South Carolina, as far NJ
Me South IL concerned. No question Of color
haa yet arison, and 1t is believed that that mat
tor is oasily controlled. The largest number Of
Ing to population, wl,ilo Iowa and Missouri give
tho lagost percentage Of membershiR. So fartthe
Southern adhossons are from tho drnall planta-
sion-holdora, md appear to be desirable acqui-
ntion.
Composition OF tho Boston GrnnCc--
Letter From General Deputy =. @.
Abbott.
B,n: I hayo roal with mucl, intorost the sey-
eraI lotters Of your correspondent IN relation to
the Grange or tho Farmors' Moyoment in the
Wost. In luis lotter OF rocont date, observe a
Ia used In connection with 1t. It ia to explain
briefly what your correspondent says he does not
know, viz tho reaaons which acsuated mo in
organizing that, Grange. That I write.
hsp'S ssa Sas no ressssa anf' s'ss tb5 3's of lo
gratuitous advertising which that one has. And
tits would be no cause Of complaint had 1t been
done truthfuly. But this was not tho case: Il
Epeeulstors' Grange" s,""a Goa,moreia1 Grange" "
OF something to The Same effect. Tho facta are
bora, aye only taing engaged IN commission
members, or porsons whose occupations did not
subject them to objections as members Of the
Order. Thoquali6oations for membership ~ Ibid
down In cur Constitution reads thus
suits.," Of certain age, aud complying with the
ru!os. Gc may become membor. Il Will bc
observed that this is a very broad qualification
md 1t may we'll be askod, ns 1t often Is, Who haH
got m interest III agriculture2 and those mon
being an1ioua to mako their influence folt upon
tho transportation question: now leading quos'
lion with our Order, thought they could bo use
Inl IN assisting us upon that question, and thie
vas leading motive with them IN becoming
nlembera and tho aid which though aud stil
think. they might render to our cauao In thiH di.
reotlon Haa onc Of tho raaaona which influenced
ne In recolylng them
And further, we'll knowing as did that the
Order In Iowa WAS employing precisely that olase
of men to handle thoir goods iu Chicago and
New York, and believing TINT tho Order must
smploy them In oltios upon tho soaboard, or alse
ntanlsh tno salna clRas OF houHoa there, 1t has
rho were mombers OF the Order Would bo far
bottor thau to employ thoao who arc not NOM.
bers, aud who have no INTEREST In tho Patrons
Ut uusbandry, except to hooco them az far "a
they can.
Your correspondent states that the Order have
Juoh agents III New York and Chicago. ask
How can thoy iujuro ua by being ncMbors moro
lhan II they are not2 And 1t tho rulc Ia that
nembsrst not a fow OF the members OF tho M
Eonal Grange must DO expelled, ~ we'll u
houaAuds Of msmbsfs In III parts Of the GOWN