The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-08-15
THE GRANGE.
.Ediior Democrat: !:

IA THE GHANGE.
I ,5|.zditor Democrat.
In the days not long ago it wa
conceded by everybody, that the la,
of demand and supply should regulat
the prices of farm products, and th
{ farmer accepted the situation. Tn
order of things has undergone a grea
change, as now seen, the value of
bushel OF wheat in any of our grea
markets, and the cost of taking
there, does not furnish us the mean
Of knowing what the producer ma,
realize for the article here, and why
lSimply because capital has monopo
lized the lines of transit, from tn,
producer to the consumer, holding a
defiance all former laws of trade an(
ofjustice, inaugurating a scheme o
gambling as INSCRIPTIONS as it il
wicked. Rings are formed on gram
sacks and our tonnage, and honest
labor is made prey to the rapacity
ofahorde neutrality-suspicious. The
agriculturists of our country, realizing
that as every other pursuit, be it in.
| dustrial, commercial business or nro.
fessional, is organized, they, too, il
they would not soon become the i'm
poverished subjects of combination,
must organize and fraternize.-
Hence the general and unprecedented
uprising of farmers all over our
country
The grange is formed upon the
axioms that the produces of the soil
comprise the basis of all wealth, and
that industrial happiness among all
classes depends largely upon the
prosperity of this maternal and para
mount interest. The main incentive
TO the establishment Of the order and
the multiplication of oranges is found,
ed upon the acknowledged principle
that unity Of action is necessary to
secure success, and that to make sue
cess progressive this unity must be
complete and enduring, The order
will labor to benefit the entire podv
polite, but to do III ...lis most effectively
Vii Vii address itself first to the defense
and promotion of the great industrial
interests OF the country, which are
agricultural, 1t has no politics of a
partisan character; does not seek
office; is indiscriminate in sects and
sexes, and knows no ring except it
may be the wedding ring" 1t pro-
poses to give its members exact and
trustworthy information about crops,
markets and all humbugs. 1t will
labor to show them how they may
raise fifty bushels of wheat where
they have heretofore raised but thirty,
and also how they can best get that
wheat to market. And should rings
and corporations throw themselves in
the way OF this work, it may be bad
for the rings and corporations; for
the order means business.
Some of its general objects may be
stated in brief as follows:
1st. The paramount object is the
ennobling oflabor aud the fraternizing
of the producing classes.
Cd. Mutual instruction and the
of labor by difusing a bet
ter knowledge of the aims of labor.
3D.. Social culture,
4th. Mutual relief in sickness.
9th, revention of cruelty to ami.
mails. -
9th. Prevention OF litigation.
7th. Bringing more nearly together
the producer and consumer.
Sth, The overthrow OF the credit
system.
9th, Building up and fostering our
home industries.
lVth' MutGal protection to husband
man against sharps and middlemen.
The way in which the order pro-
poses to accomplish the objects might
be of interest TO your readers, but |
am admonished that IL does much of
It's work with closed doors and its
astonishing success thus far is attribu-
table mainly to the privacy of its
counsels. | am persuaded that no
important business project can be
carried forward to success, amid con-
dieting interests, when the plans of its
projectors are made q matter OF pub
10 gossip.
Farmers in sympathy with this
movement, and desiring to form gran.
ges in their neighborhood, can obtain
all necessary information and assist
ance by addressing Deputy w, J.
East Portland, or Special
Deputy NJ, w, Garretson, Albany,
Oregon. Ioy Ia GARRErsoN,
Albany, August, 10, 1878.
A petition for injunction has been
lied by Renton, Smith X Co., Of
Port Blakely, to stop work ON the
lew town plat of Tacoma, now being