The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-03-13
WOODWORTH.
WoopwoRrH, March 10th, 1878

WooDWoRTH, March 10th, 1878.
On Saturday evening, the lstinst,, q
meeting was held in the school house, Dist.
| No. 5, Bristol, Hon. Salmon Upson in the
chair, to take into consideration the organ.
ization of a "Grange" of the patrons Of hus-
bandry. James M. Kellogg, Esq, and others
! participated in the discussion. l will at
tempt to give your leaders o partial account
ol the statements made and the ideas pre-
sente6. "Grange" must consist of not
less than twenty kand may be part men and
part Women) nor moro than thirty individ-
uals. These We're bound together by an obli-
cation. The obligation is secre' which can
only be divulged by an authorized Patron"
to those organized under "Charter." All
the "Grangos" are in communication and
are represented in state Grange in which
lreposes ''suprems authority" None but
! farmers can become members. The preacher
and the teacher, the lawyer and the doctor,
the manufacturer and the agent, the mfer-
chant and the peddler, the railroader and the
telegraphlst, the printer aSd the bookseller,
the shipbuilder and the sailor, the black
smith and the wagQn-maker, the speculator
and the commission man, the carpenter and
the cabinet-maker, and all mechanics and
mere laborers are prohibited becoming mem
bers. These are they who prey upon the
farmer and deVour his substance. Their in
terests are diverse from the farmers and they
would be disturbing elements The object of
So 70,
ton to fight in solid column and destroy our
foes. Now every farmer is "bushwhacker'
fighting behind a stump on his own hook.
The}"Grarges" by combining can buy their
agricultural Implements sewing machines and
grayestones by the carload and distribute
all manufactured articles themselves without
expense instead of paying agents. We can
buy and aSe our groceries and dry goods, our
silks and brOadcIoths at Wholesale So the
merchants occupation will be 'goEe'' and
the coSnter jumpers will no longer be requir-
ed to measure calicoes or weigh tea and cof-
fee. They can take Greeley's ad ice Ego
west" and grow more corn for "fuel." Then
the Railroads need regulating. Ifthey re-
fuse to carry our products at our prices We
must take possession Of them and run them
for our benefit All classes of men engaged
in distributing and exchanging products are
drones who live and flourish on the honey Of
our industry. We must buy our sugar direct
iy OF the grower in Louisiana or Cuba, and
our teas of the Jap or Chinaman who grows
it. It will make no difference. 10 us if he
complains that he is obliged to take what we
offer for his tea and give Us our price for TIE
cutlery and cadcoes we give him in exchange
for it The law of supply and demand reg
ulates such things. Then we propose to sell
our butter aud our cheese, our beef and our
pork directly to the consumer. By cores
pondence with Oranges near New York,
where these products are in great demand
they can be distributed through hem and so
by doing this work among ourselves, save all
the profits which lave heretofore been har-
vested by "middle men" Then oar ZeqisZa-
tire sadly needs reconatructjng No attention
is given TO the interests of agriculture. We
are the honest hGrd-banded SoQS Of toW-I
turner's who can't be 5ri5ed- who refuse to
take free passes on railroads, and who i'll
sent will legislate for the benefit of the farm
er. 1t might be said the Grange Is secret
society. Well, secret societies have -four
ished from Of old, There must be some bond
of obligation to bind men to act together and
stand by each other We might1se dishonest
to outsiders, but We are. sure to be honest
among ourselves. Meeting adjourned two
weeks. RE. ROBERTS.