Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-10-23
to deduct twenty, thirty or fifty pounds, upon
the same principle
The ADVANTAGE in buying guano under the

1he advantage III buying guano uhuer tne
cooperative system, direct from the manufac-
turer, was next explained, by which the spea-
ker argued that ten per cent, as agents COM
missions, could be saved; and that by pur-
chasing in large quantities under the seal Of
the grange, and making advance payments,
another saving of ten per cent. could be etfec-
ted. If, by combination, we can save this
twenty per cent, why not do so, when it IS
only by cooperation that we can save it?
1t is in contemplation to store cotton as the
basis of bank, from which we can draw
money as we may need it. We can then be
enabled to hold our cotton or sell, as circum-
stances may require. The laws of demand
and supply regulate prices, and to be able to
control these laws is our best defense against
clques and rings.
The organization is combination; and
though members of subordinate oranges
act in concert, yet any individual member can
receive the same benefit in the purchase OF an
article as though the whole grange were pur-
chasing. The seal of the grange guarantees
goods at reduced prices. When such is the
case, why pay profits to middle men? liza
man refuses to deal with us, let him do so.
But if South Carolina, with her one hundred
and forty oranges, makes an offer to compa-
ny, will they not accept? True, some houses
were afraid of losing local custom, but that
fear is now wearing away.
The organization is not conflicting with
local merchants. Do they realize less than
ten, twenty or fifty per cent? Do they even
stop at that? We only ask the local mer-
chant to deal with US according to the best
terms we can procure from other dealers. We
promise to deal with him if he gives us offers
and inducements equal to the best given by
Others In this matter We will do the best we
can. The benefit accrues to the local mer-
chant by having our money in his hand, and
by dealing with him all are benefited. We
prefer to deal with those we know, instead Of
strangers; but to secure our patronage, the
local dealers must come in close competition
with those who make US the best offers.
By the system of making crop reports
monthly and quarterly, every member knows
the exact condition of crops in all sections OF
the country and with these facts before him,
the farmer can anticipate his action. This
feature is specially beneficial to the farmers,
who in this respect have the same right for
mutual protection as merchants or other pro-
fessions And besides, the crop reports made
to each other by the oranges are more correct
and reliable than are similar published re-
ports made by those who live on the fuctua-
tions of the market.
Allusion was made to railroad monopolies,
and the fact that minority Of railroad and
other interests controls large majority of
agriculturists.
The seal of grange is the endorsement of
an article. Let us suppose man in York
Vile invents or manufactures an agricultural
implement. He wishes to make its merits
known, and would advertise it. He inserts
his advertisement in the Yorkville ENQUIRER,
to which we could raise no objection, as the
ENQUIRER is one of the best papers in the
State but the printer must be paid for his
services 1t is but right that he should be
paid. By our system, however, this expense
can be obviated If the implement or other
article is meritorious, and the Yorkville
Grange endorses it under its seal, the endorse
ment goes to all the oranges, and thus it is
published to the whole country without dol
lar of tribute. By this means we are protec-
ton to each other.
We propose to reduce prices between manu-
facturer and seller, which can be best done
by organization. If we can save the commits
sions and profits between the manufacturer
and sellers, the saving is in our hands, and
none are injured except the middle men.
1t is not certain that we will be able to
handle the cotton crop for years. 1t will re-
quire time but by combination we can hold
more, and better control the market than we
do now; and if it proves that we cannot han
die the entire crop, it is hoped that we will
learn to raise less. No climate for the pro-
duction of all the crops is more congenial than
ours, and yet, comparatively, we raise nothing
but cotton With one-fourth the quantity we
raise, we could have the world begging for
our crop, and the demand and prices would
consequently be better.
The present financial panic, as affecting the
interests of the farmer, and the detrimental
effects of the lien system, we're next discussed.
But he would not speak derogatory of the
L. h. or 1of fbo
The merchant did this in time of need and
at his risk, and the action was commendable.
The organization is independent as to local
and State oranges We deal with those with
whom we can deal to best advantage. In the
purchasing of articles, at the needed time,
the State Grange will act, and the National
Grange will support the State Grange. In
this connection he again referred to the fact
that an article on the rolls can be purchased
as cheaply by an individual member as by
an entire grange and illustrating the advan-
tages of the system, he said that at one time,
when there was a panic in fertilizers, the
grange succeeded in obtaining q full supply
of guano when it could not have been ob.
tanned in any other way, simply by having
sealed contract with the manufacturer, who
obligated himself to deliver specified guam
tity within given time.
As an objection to the organization, it is
reported by some persons that we are ku-klux
in another color. If this is so, the best radi-
Gals of the North are at the head Of it, and
we are in good company this time. Politics