The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-11-21

lwenty-four Oranges, have been
organized in Delaware comfy, Indi-
ana, since March.
Over 40 members were present at
the meeting Of Lebanon Grange last
Saturday evening.
/ A new Grange, the third in Mary
land, was organized at Rising Sun,
Cecil County, October 3D.
The twenty-seventh Grange in Tay-
lor County, Iowa, was organized in
Mormon-town on the I'd ult.
The Patrons Of Husbandry have
now oranges in every State except
Maine, Connecticut and Rhode Is.
land.
There is an opening for an organi.
zation of Oranges, we should Judge,
in Maine, from the railroad war going
on there.
Mr. Mercer will issue the first
number of the Oregon Granger next
Thursday. 1t is to be printed in the
Register office.
The next meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Grange Of the Patrons of Husban-
dry will be held at Fond du Lac.
Wis, on the second Tuesday in Jan.
uary.
The farmers of Champaign county,
Illinois, are shipping grain on the CO.
operative plan. In shipment of
nineteen carloads at one time they
saved about $500.
The California State Grange of
the Patrons Of Husbandry appointed
committee to submit q petition to
Congress asking for grants Of land
TO the State for State system of irri-
cation.
A young Granger in Pennsylvania
tapped two hundred apple trees for
cider, and after inquiring Of neigh
Dor why it didn't run, spent his in
come for two weeks bribing his hired
men not to tell it.
The Patrons of Husbandry in Mar
shall County, ILL.,, declare by resolu-
ion that no man, without good NOR !
i character, or who is entapgled
With political, job, or ring alliance,
iced expect their vote or counte-
ance. {
Ii it be asked what the Patrons of c
Lusbandry have already accomplish c
4, let it be told to their credit that V
10 progress Of their movement has v
ID to reduction of the passenger tt
'ritf on the Illinois railroads from G.
We to three cents mile.
Inc Grangers have determined to "
BAL direct with Aourers and expor- II
rs OF grain, and dispense with what IL
ey call "middlemen." This will Il
IT affect the first part of minstrel p
tertainments wherein the middle q
m is an important actor. ..-. VI VI
Dudley W. Adams, Master of the W W
ltiolal Grange, thinks it would be an
possible for the Changers to be- pr
me q political party, as the ques- -,
n of protection would divide them g.
once. Nothing could be more un- th
10 than the formation of political W.
'ty, seeking to unite one class in go
position to others. ri,
The Changers, or Patrons of Hus- ba
1dry, have adopted rs rule of sig
lr Order never to go to law, and III
have all disputes settled by arbi- ~
ton. The case comes on without ar,
ay, and, each man telling his sto- ba
a jury Of picked neighbors and re,
tual friends decide what is right. 49,
t is stated that the sharpets are so' '
ng for the farmers of Illinois. pa,
swindlers travel through the sta
ntry with samples Of goods, rep inc
enting themselves to be runners pu,
agents for wholesale Grangers' tic,
res in Chicago. They display Mi
If samples, offer their goods at OK Th
dinghy low prices, and take the lne
ners' note for the amount, paya- on, ,,
in sixty days. The goods never vo,
around, and the notes are traded to
to innocent third parties, and Jun
10 the farmer is congratulating JoI 'Io,
self upon not buying of mid /
men, and wondering why the tho
DIS don't come, the note turns up. pra
he Convention of Executive Com 1ln s
lees Of State Oranges Of the Pat. hoy
of Husbandry, representing the
es Of the Mississippi Valley, which
at Keokuk Iowa, adopted the fol- I
ng; pon
WHEREAS, We regard complete too
accurate agricultural statistics as N
foundation of our control OF tho JO', AN
ness Of agriculture, by which we sic,
obtain suitable and just reward pen
our labors and allow the law of she
ply and demand to operate freely ;';r, my
40 regulation Of prices to the ben thir,
both Of producers and consum- Mint
therefore be ii She
roaot,,,3 That.-,. and
''s'V''. 10y W use w pes' el- live
to establish or cause to beestab- viii
ID in each and every State in our to