, 1873-10-18
Grange Gossip.

] bC al habS.AS A1I1LC NiiAo1S AANi
at Little Rock October 13.
There are now about thirty
Oranges in Oregon.
One-fourth of all the members o
the Oranges in Iowa are said to b.
women.
Oranges are increasing in Cali
fornia at the rate Of more than Z
dozen 4 month.
Granger hats are now fashionable
and an Eastern papey is afraid they
will monopolIze" attention.
The Southwestern Central As
sociation of Patrons OF Husbandry
will 4 hold q meeting at Farmers
Point, Kansas, November Is.
During the early part of Septem.
Der q large number of farmers con
ventions were held in Illinois, to
nominate candidates for county
offices.
The Stockton, California, Grange
has adopted a memorial to Congress
opposing any subsidy to the Sar
Joaquin and Kings River Cana
Irrigation Go.
The Farmers Anti-Monoply Con.
vention, held ct Rock Island, H.,
September 6, was the largest and
most haromniouS convention ever
held in that section.
The number of Farmers, Grange,
formed during the month Of Sep,
tember is estimated by the Secre,
tary Of the organization at Wash
ington at nearly one thousand.
At Janeayille, Wisconsin, Sept.
llth, at. the Southern Wisconsin
Fair, Colonel ID. Wyatt Aiken, OF
South Carolina, addressed 10000
people, a majority of whom were
Changers
Everything, says NJ. Augustin
Cochin, is lowered when the master
cheats the workman, the workman
the master, or the midd.eman both
Loyal action III the matter Of wages
and faithful service have very
close connection.
The State Grange Of Pennsylva
MIA was organized at Redding, Sept
18th. Twenty-Five Masters Of sub
ordinatcs; J. Wilkinson, Deputy
for the State of Iowa I. Thomp-
son, Lecturer Of the National
Grange, and two hundred Others
were present.
The Grangers are sensible enough
to rule out the question Of color,
They viii issue a charter to any
Grange regularly applying, no mat
ter whether its members are white
or black. The order is spreading
at the South, and this decision will
be useful i'll that region.
An exchange says that by care
ful computation it is discovered that
this season alone the farmers ot
Iowa and Illinois have saved s.,
100000 by purchasing their goods
through the iustrumentallty OF The
farmers Oranges. These purchases
a-o gaade on y L~si., ef ro-oro-a
tive trade, and the farmers may be
said --ae the only class that have
success. ally conducted the system
to a satisfactory conclusion.
The following are some of the
notices inscribed upon the banners
of the farmers at the mass-meotina
and picnic held at Edwardsyille
Madison county, Illinois, Saturday
September 6:
Fair work for fair pay
Pay back the back pay
Diversity your products
"A tariff for revenue only
In union there Is strength
No more county Indebtedness
Encourage home manufactures
we want cheap freight transpor-
tation.'
High freights make low prices
fer wheat
'All wealth comes from the soil'
Adams.
The silk dress shall stay in the
family
Equal and exact justice to all
men'.-Jetferson.
'MonOpolies destroy competition
and Cypress u.s.
Put your votes where they will
do the most good
Cost of distribution is a tax On
consumption. adams
Railroads are improved public
highways. Illinois Supreme Court.
We are the rishtful masters
both Of Congress and Courts
Lincoln.
where combination is possible,
competition is impossible .'-Steph-
enS0n,
Money is power knowledge is
power; organization is q greater
power. johnson.
'Of all governments most exhaus-
live and oppressive is that Of the
transporter III. c. Carey.
5e8erS0n'S Ten Rules.
Jetferson's ten rules are good,