Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-12
Progress of the Farmers
Movement i'm the
Northwest.
The Changers and the Plow
Monopolists.
Declaration Of Principles Of the
souri, State Grange-Platform
of the Iowa Anti-MonOp-
olists-Ete., etc.

THE PLow QUESTION.


Plowholder' writes to the Chicago
Tribune from Dwight: On the goth
of December, the oranges of Livingston
county held a meeting at Odell, and
then elected County Purchasing
Agent. They also appointed Subordi-
nate Agent for each grange in the coun-
ty, to cooperate with the County Agent.
On the 10th of January we held a meet
ing of all the Purchasing Agents In the
county, and were then informed of the
following facts, which clearly show that
the Plow- Ring which resolved so vehe-
meatly " not TO sell to farmers, except
through their agents, and bound them
selves by s., 900 bond, is " busted :"
The facts are substantially as follow:
A short time ago, one of the members
of this Plow-Ring came to Pontiac, and,
as usual, went to their regular custom
ers to make arrangements with them
for The sale of their plows for the COM
ing season. Much to the surprise of
the plow-manufacturer, the middleman
refused to buy his plows. Why Is
this thus 2" the manufacturer asked.
The middleman answered: "The
Changers in this county have such q
complete system for purchasing their
own plows, Independent of you, that l
could not sell single one and you had
better go and see the County Purchas-
ing Agent. and very soon opened nego-
tiations with him, with the following
results: I'VE want to sell our plows
to you" "But," replied the Purchas-
ing Agent, Il thought You were under
bonds not to sell to farmers except
through your agents" $50 we are !;
and are you not an agent, and the larg-
est agent in the county ?" I" Yes. >"
very well, there is our list of prices,
and they are the same as we sell to our
regular agents and, as consider you
are regular one, shall make you our
agent for Livingston county"
Now, we are able to buy go pillow
for $1,000.
The following proclamation of the
Patrons of the Seventh (lI.) Congress
sional District is being indorsed by the
oranges all over Illinois
We, the farmers of the Seventh Congrs
sional District, in mass convention asr
bled, having learned through the paper ..
other reliable sources, that % prof. ait
firms manufacturing agricultural implements
in this and adjoining States, are making eff
forts to monopolize the selling of farm imple-
ments and machinery, by entering into for
NAL and binding contract not to sell agricultu-
raj machinery Of any kind to farmers at less
than their retail prices; and whereas we
acknowledge their right. as American citi-
zens, to legally and peacefully measure their
strength with the class of citizens from whose
liberal and continued patronage they have &C
cumulated their enormous wealth and power
now, therefore, we, the farmers of the Sew
enth Congressional District, believing that
the power which creates can destroy, do here
by notify and warn these % firms boldly striv.
ing to force the agricultural classes Of the
West to buy their wares at their own prices
that We viii give them twenty days from this
date to recede from this, their unwise warfare
against their former patrons And We furthe
declare that such of said % firms as stubborn
notify in writing within twenty days, the Pres
ident of the nearest farmers club or the Mas
ter of the nearest grange, that they viii eel
to Us for cash. and Wholesale rates and dis
counts, we viii hereafter fight them with thei
own weapons, VIZ: Combination, and pledg
ing ourselves not to buy of them or thei
agents, hereafter at any price, however cheap
and we respectfully ask every farmers club t
pass this OK similar resolutions for their guild
ance and recommend that they be rigidly ad
here to and enforced. for the good and geners
benefit of the producer.
MACON COUNTY.
A letter from Decatur says: lodge
of Patrons of Husbandry are organizin
very fast throughout the county, an
the howlings OF the opposers are lou
and Deep"