New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-08-28
Rebellion Of Farmers against
DrudGCTy.

/ Into the limitations of the order of the
/ Patrons there enter a. machinery or symbols
/ music and song, the expression of exalted
sentiments, ceremonies rcpctc without ex-
Cepton, with significance aud InstruCtion
/ together with fruits and grains and flowers
! and simple ica,tS. Two fundamental objects
/ ri the organization are social and intellectual
culture. The widespread realization Of the
/ Importance of these among the people il the
/ first great step toward securing them. and
the first unmj>takahlc sign that such step
has already been taken is the rcbclline
against pure drulgcrv. To Ice sure, the
saGcN IN all times have taught that there was
time to sing aud To dance as well a, a TIM,
to labor, but II Is not litty Years since il wa,
generally accepted by the masses that Il pei
son might spend every daV of his adult ht,,
IN mon"tonou5 manual labor, and yet, other
I things beng favorable, be lust a. intclliprnt
Just as polished i'll manner, and graceful in
bearing rs II ms occupation was varied aud
the more laborious portions of il never con.
tlnucd long at a time. To-day this illlacyi is
| beginning to hc generally recognized Go
INTO any farming district, and YOU will find
! that the farmers sons who are regularly en-
gagged in one kind of labor all day, rs blow
ing, planting, moving, are great, awkward.
heaYy-manncrcd youths, while his daughter,
are, IN comparison, easy in their movement,
ana agreeable IN their address and simply
because, though their Labor has been "A I'm
renting, it has been far less monotonous.
As general rule, they 90 from ono thing to
another, and through great variety of mus
cular exercises from hour To- hour
1t IL no wonder, then, that the farmer,
sons, to get rld of the terrible mouotony OF
tlrm-labor as now organized find pcdhliny
tin kettles an acceptable substitute, or turn
Ing sonerscts III thrI-class circus iortu-
nate escape. The reason why country
youths are so inpatient with iarm-labor i,
not that they are less virtuous than formerly,
but because they are wiser; aud the railroad
has opened a thousand fields for their ambi-
tIOus daring undreamcd of ~ possibilities ia
the Oldcn time. Not even the combination
OF attractions afforded 10y the oranges, with
their Libraries and reading rooms their pro-
cessions and picnics, the decoration of
grange halls in company with the ladies' Of
the order, the working Of degrees, the music,
social reunions, balls and concerts, can keep
young men on the farm unless something Is
done to render the labor less monotonous ana
di4agreeablc.
One OF the Patrons, during late discuss
ION OF these questions, predicted, from the
growing intelligence of the people and their
better understanding of the possibilities of
organization, that within a few years We
shall see magnificent social palaces, some.
thing like the famous one at Gulsc, in many
places in this country; and he went on 10
show how social and industrial life might be
OganlZed 50 a. h. secure the most complete
liberty Of the individual or family, maYnh-
cent educational advantage, rcmunerativc
occupation aud varied amuscmcnts for all,
with perfect insurance against want for or
phan-, for the sick and the aged. Each
palace was 10 be the center Of a great agri-
cultural district exploited IN the most scien-
ttiic manner, and through the varied econ.
Omics resulting from combination all the lux
uries of industry and all the conditions for
high culture were willing TO labor even one
EaIf the hours that the farmer nov docs. II
was glowing picture, and certainly very eli
tcrtalnln2, whether i possibility Of this, Oh,
a. one OF the company suggested, Of some
happier planet than ours. LYD,.oFt Mgr
zgus