Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-07-30
GRANGE NoTEs.

GRANGE NOTES. - 4
HoME(EooNoM4. Ia Mississippi pat
ron says: "The traders are not sll to |
blame for our misfortnres; we run our
own necks into the halter that has madeJ
us vassals to the trader. Some 60 in
debt, live luxuriously, buy fine clothes,
and at the expiration of the year their
crops fail to meet their engagements,
when they are Ito blame themselves.
We are now occupying nm abnormal po- |
sition; instead of being rulers over the
financial world, .as God intended ps to |
be, we have made. ourselves the veriest
slaves, that, eyer lived, just punish
ment for such unfsithful servants.
Each of us should determine to let
others do as they may, we. will not go
into debt for anything we can possibly
do without; and not only resolve, ,ybut
carry 1t OUT q This must beablY ass
sisted by industry; we should work our
selves, and train our sons and daughters,
and all about us, to work. We should
end kitchen, and ail that pertains TO
home-place and make it q delight in
stead of burden"
Our R1TUAL: THE New York World
has the following in recent number in
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"The anticipatio1is expressed in these
columns that the ceremonial features
Of the grange would have to undergo
crucial test when the busy season set in
have been fplIy ,fealized, early in the
year though il Is. Reportss from all
parts Of the west concur in stating that
meetings are but thiniy attended, and
there is general inclination every
where to out short the ceremonies of
the grange, or even to omit them alto
gether, the farmers desiring to come at
once to practical business and get nome,
as soon as possible. -
"This was to be expected. In win
ter when the evenings are long and the
farmers have II. thing to do, the social
IgWiil lesps soially nommend themselves 3o
Patrons, but now when it takes an hour
or two to reach the grange and as long to
gohome, and from sunrise to sunset there
is no hour but has its task, there is n0
slight impatience felt when three parts
OF the evening are spent in illustrating
the unwritten work, or. conf Herring the
second, third and fourth degrees upon
those who, for every practical purpose,
are already Patrons. This was to be
expected, rs has Just been said, and is
another Indication, of the general prev
a!eneesand spread Of the oyemsnti for
rituaiistic reform In B the direction OF
simplicity"
OBJRors' OF THE PATRONS. LProbably
no combination of people has ever been
tsbto9ght into, ,eIgtence that hsssbeena $50
1nisand defstood Sand %misrepresented as
the Patrons of Husbandry. The aver
-ahge outsider seems to consider the gran
ger as the enemy of every body else !;
working for the destruction of all other
Industries, and the building up of his
own on their ruins. This is a serious
mistake. The grangers make NO war on
legitimate business of any, kind. They
are enot& enemies Of 2theS g. merchant. tbS
mlddle,men or even of the railroads
They are only fighting illegitimate en.
terprises, and the exorbitant profits ana
extortions of those whose business ia
-afegitimate:s z hey know very we'll That
they can't get along without the seryi-
ces of agents and traders, and the aid
OF transportation companies, They on
ly want these other Industries to be- con-
tent with fairsprofts, and not take the
lions share OF the products of their
farms. In looking back they have dis
covered that, whilethey have been work
ing like slaves earl and late for bare
iANihB, juliet men WnOtknaVe had the
handling and selling of their. crops have
become suddenly rich. They think
this all wrong. They are willing that
others SHOULD sdivide with them the
profits of business, but they do want
then1selves their full share. If they
can, by uniting their purchases, buy
whatstheys need cheaper than heretofore,
they thntt they have perfect right to
40 So Iftby combination they can get
theirSptoduce to market cheaper and re-
alize'a'larger return, they don't see any
reason why they should gnot have the
privilege. They are striving by q con-
cert of action to become better farmers.
more intelligent, citizens, and, if posi-
ib1le, further removed from poverty
This, in word, is the work laid out by
the CHANGERS.
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