The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-05-06
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The PATRoNs OF HUsBANDRY AND
TIE MERCHANTS AND AIlpnI.EMEN.

To Editor Of The Ne,Os and Courier:
/ Fairfield, S. g., Apris 8, lS74.-
In ali matters incxpIicnble to our
selves We apply to you, with the hap
py conviction that your solutions Of
our pioblrms are not actuatcd or
iuhleuced by party or g:in, but for
the veal of all III en- unicr tho sun.
The subject matter will be briefly
stated:
First. We. notice all oyer the
country societies forming, the cligi.
bility IF applicants be determined
by the fact that the person has no
"intercst in conflict" with the pur.
poses OF the society. Me,chapts are
not clig'blcEtheir "pursuits and Sin.
'eresIs' being regarded as iuimical.
The Boston Grange was expelled be-
cause commission merchants and edl-
tors were members. . -:
Second. These aocletics profess
great frieudliness to all "nhkin",
cxcept ~, o..huutS who are jobbers
and retailers, aud against these the
grangers wage an aggressive war.
larc." eve quote from "P,ineip'es
and Purposes Of the Patrons Of Hus.
ouudry." :: Sec Rural CAROL alan,
April, pages 306, 2G& $40 and .373.)
h'rd. Last tall, during the panic,
when banks, commsDion men and
merchants Of every name and grade
werc,tottcsing, hariny madc The craps
IF tie county, and we're depend
,ng on those crops fer relief; it pleas.
ell the z, cut cniuf uf these societiee
| [G"l. ID. Nyatt Aikcn( TO is,re n
;nani'rs'o 10 his clan, re>tr. ming
>nrm from observing the obIig'tion
ut their con rncIs. :: :;
/ Fourth. Recently in the town o?
Oprl.ka, Alabam4, II .nan Of some
n,tvricIy, (aud this man being Of tile
E"ld regime part, c"u,cs our asst u
i,hment, nc mc;.n Gen. L.w>,) in
public speech advised the tar'e'S
to '.rcpudiate their del is, Go ~
merchauls nndiimmed,ntel =" ''"'n u III
drpeudehcc.' ,; Soc A':n,'." :" uro-
c~r, New York, date. .'iI'' o.. PaSG,
l3l We would nv , !" o' '"'o'"eo
wu,,her we are '"o'hs
V,.,,., mcu as Aiken and
iae, advise and reoon-
.nJ IF u'ra>r'rs, wc in the in,
W. wv, who are h"ldlng up our share
The planting interest by mortgag
h"g our property Tor ca>h advances,
/ viii: he Ialdoned lpr asking tor
lilh!f :.
Bankers, commission men, and
me'c chants OF every grade in the
South stop aIhd tQn$Iaer the result
of ,hi, ""ts' o>sive warfare" upon
S"u, yen, whose only Sin 10 having
loaned your money and your NOR
ch nd'He TO your neighhors: for ng-
rtc9ltnrai aud mechanical: purposes.
Your attention will be apr, ciated
by many throughout the South who
| are =
+ MERCHANTS IND MIDDLEMEn.
I Tie writer Of the foregoing let
ter doubtless overlooked the fact
that CDl. Aiken promptly disclaimcd
last fall, any with to p,eysnt the
| planters from. paying , their just
debts. For the rest, it 10 not nlwa5 S
easy to find out cxnctly what the
Patrons Of l]ustandry do and do not
want: They appear to he convinced
ho~evcr, that their profits are no,
commensurate With their labor. aud
appear 10 lay The Whole blame, un.
justly we think, upon tho merci ants
and middlemen and the traDsporta.
tion companies. How tho Patrons
will manago to get aloug without
these agencies remains to bo seen.--
Ell. Ne!cs and. Courier .
Gov. William B. Washburne, the
| NOM Spnotor for MoaSuohi,satt, - ,;,,