The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-02-13
Nousethsag About the Grangcrs

seusethsng About the Grnngcrs.
The State Grange Of Wisconsin which
was in session recently, adopted the re-
port of the Committee on transportation,
declaring that railroads are amenable TO
State regulation, as much as plank and
gravel-roads companies, and that the
Legislature has as much right TO regu-
late their charges rs to fix turnpike tolls
ar the charge Of millers for grinding
grain. The report also declares in ia, or
Of the improvements Of thoroughfares
by the Government.
Accompanying this report is the fol-
lowing resolution;
"Rcsolrcd. That while we deprecate
any and all attempts to cripple or destroy
the railroad interests, we should remind
them that our interests are identical, our
prosperity is theirs, and We implore them
not to kill the goose that lays the gol.
den egg. by taxing us at exhorbitant
rates To enable them to compete with
other great trunk lines leading from the
West to the East"
The Grange adopted declaration of
principles, declaring that TIE object Of
the organization is for the social i'm
provemont of farmers, aud their wives,
ID their children, and the advancement
their pccuniary Interests, buying di-
sctly from manufacturers, thus saving
unnecessary commission to middlemen,
and by encouraging the establishment
of manufactures in their own midst.
Touching politics they resolve as fol-
lows:
"Reso,rcd, That the discussion Of ques-
tions relative to the general interests of
farmers and the right of petition will be
exercised by the Patrons through the
medium of the organization, leaving the
elective franchise to be exercised by
them as individual citizens. outside the
gate, as their best judgment and enlight-
enment may dictate"
Glass legislation is deprecated, and it
is declared that the public lands should
be devoted rigidly to purposes of actual
settlement.
ONE OF THE OBJECTS.
One of the object of the Changers is
to do away with the credit system. Ev-
erybody will wish the Grange success in
this undertaking. The extent to which
the credit system has been carried has
made it almost impossible for man to
enter into business and secure patronage
without doing more or less crediting
and we may say without prejudice but
with the belief of stating simply fact,
that no one class is more responsible for
this extensive credit system than the one
that is now trying to break !, down. The
farmers have seen the evil Of it, not only
to the business Of the country, not only
TO those of whom credit is asked, but to
themselves most of all. They begin in
the right way and the right place when
they begin with themselves.
The credit system is most ruinous to
those who ask and obtain credit, because
it leads them to 90 beyond their means.
They shift the burdens of the present
time to the future, and when the future
comes, its own burdens, with those of the |
past, have to be borne al the same time. /
1t puts double burden upon the future.
II may be consoling TO man to have
good credit, but when too largely in !
dulged in il becomes a source of anxiety /
and trouble. To an honest, conscien-
tious man, debt causes him more anxiety
than what may be due him from Others.
And yet he cannot rid himself of debt
unless Others pay him. A cash system,
strictly adhered TO after il has once been
fully and generally established, will do
away with an immense amount of labor,
care and trouble, all will feel more free
and happy, amply compensating for
temporary denials and for the lack of the
luxuries which credit may obtain.