Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-12-25

mits. The resolution concerning banking and
currency demands, in a general way, an equal
distribution, and condemns the concentration
of money for speculative purposes. The sal
ary-grab is condemned, and the action of the
Illinois House of Representatives concerning
it is approved. The Legislature is requested
not to meddle with the Temperance law.
The Changers claim it as a compliment
that the farmers should have been accused
of having precipitated the financial
have exposed the frauds of railroad and
other financial enterprises. The right
of Congress to regulate Interstate
is affirmed, and Congress is called upon to ex-
ercise that right. Regarding transportation
facilities, the grange holds that the General
Government should open all the natural water
channels at its own expense, but that railroads
should be built with private capital under re-
%strictive charters and a Government freight
railroad is recommended only as a last reHort,
after all other means have been exhausted.
The College decision is directly
attacked by the declaration that it is an in
herent right of the people which cannot be
alienated to regulate chartered monopolies.
The present civil service of the country is con-
demned, in strong language, as dangerous to
the integrity and perpetuity of republican in
stitutions-a school of political corruption and
a constant temptation to dishonesty-and a
more adequate remedy than any yet devised is
demanded. -. Wisconsin has 269 granges....
There are 17S subordinate oranges in Michigan.
The State Grange will meet Jan. 81.
AT the third days meeting of the lows
State Grange, at Des Moines, State Agent
Whitman ma2e a report of the business of his
office, which has amounted since February to
800, 600, and over SIS, 900 had been saved to
farmers on sewing-machines alone. He said:
1.-THE first combination in the country is that
of sewing-machines. Many of the evils under
which we are suffering are directly chargeable
to the abuses of the present credit system.
Once out of its clasp, and Chicago gamblers
will no longer fix the price of our products.
We will then be able to make their supply of
provisions as short as they can make the cur
rency. Arrangements are being perfected by
which middle-men will be entirely dispensed
with" Master Smedley presented a long re-
port on the transportation question, which
was adopted and ordered to be presented to
the next Legislature. A congratulatory dis
patch was received from the State Grange of
illinois, and the following reply made
Iowa, by their representatives, welcome your
greetings and congratulations. We glory in
your last success, and reach out our hands to
you and your mastering army. A. b. SMED-
LEY, Master"
A amount of business, mostly of a Sc
cret character, was transacted by the Iowa
State Grange on the fourth day of its session.
Among other things, they closed a contract
with the Werner Harvester Machine Com
pany, buying the patent, and resolving to es-
tablish a mandatory of their own to build
the reapers. of twelve was ap-
pointed to draft a railroad tariff bill, and pre-
sent it to the Legislature. The Committee on
Transportation reported in favor of the Mis-
sissippi river and Fox and Wisconsin river I'M
provements. Mr.. Patterson, the agent of the
grange at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago,
made report of his sales of stock for Iowa
oranges, which amounted to over 100000.
Resolutions were adopted declaring against
the acceptance of passes on railroads by mem
bers of the Legislature IN favor OF purchas-
ing no more agricultural implements from Hi
nois rings; and also in favor of an expansion
Of the cnrrancV and free banking.
The business transacted by the Iowa State
| Grange, at its fifth days meeting, was of an
unimportant character, SO far as made public.
A resolution favoring the abolition of the Office
of County Superintendent was passed by a
two-thirds vote. The resolution adopted the
day before yesterday, that the right to.control
railroads rests exclusively in the State and not
in the National law, was reconsidered, and a
memorial adopted asked Congress to regulate
tariffs on railways. A resolution was adopt
ed denouncing the Illinois agricultural
implement manufacturers, and discounte-
nancing the purchase of any OF their tools.
A resolution asking the Legislature to
pass a stringent Dog law was adopted alse
one in favor of abolishing the office of
County superintendent of Schools, and
giving each township three School Examiners.
The State Masters salary was fixed at 81. 200
a year and expenses. The mmit on
Resolutions made their report. The resolu-
lions the establishment of a cir
nLAI 14b4oly " 49, 01-eSt
and that a newspaper be published under the
auspices of the grange, having three leading
departments,-one for adult males, one for
adult females, and one for the younger mem
bers of the family. They also
that the education of the farmers children be
more practical, giving special attention to
those ranch pertaining to agriculture and
horticulture, such as agricultural chemistry,
botany, natural philosophy, etc. To this end
the grange pledges itself to secure a modifica-
ton of the school laws that Will bring about
the desired reform.
The State Grange of lows concluded its
session at Des Moines on Monday, the 18th
inst, little business being transacted on the
last day. A committee was appointed to pre-
pare a memorial to Congress for a double-track
freight line connecting the East and West.
A resolution was adopted urging the Iowa
delegation in Congress to oppose the revival
of the tax on tea and coffee and, If increased
revenue is necessary, to urge the re-enactment
of the income tax. The grange adjourned to
meet in Des Moines the second Tuesday in
December next.
THE Wisconsin State Grange meets at Fond
du Lac, Jan. 20.
General.
THE Supreme Court of the United States
has just made a very important decision, on
the question as to the right of a State to
control the charges of railroads. The case
was that of Fuller VS.. the Chicago and North
western railroad, and the court held that it
was competent for the State of Iowa to regu-
late railroad freights, because such a law is
within the power of the State to protect its
citizens from imposition.
Two MEMBERS of the Bender family, the
discovery of whose systematic and horrible
crimes in Kansas sent a shudder through the
entire country in May last, have been arrested
in South Carolina, and the officers are be-
lieved to be on the track of the others.