The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-17
NUMBER 80.
Patrons of Husbandry.

This is emiEentIy a farmers social
| organization, composed of both sexes,
who shall meet once a month as mem
bers Of the same family, for the purpose
! of social and intellectual enjoyment,
which is one Of the most desirable fea-
! tures in a new s. ate where we seldom
truly know our own neighbors, and to a
great extent deprived of true social and
intellectual culture. The reading-room,
the farmers library, the secret price
list, the beautiful ceremonies of initia-
tion, and the music of the grange, add
charm to the oranges which the club
seldom possesses, and the universal sat
isfaction it brings to thousands of
farmers home is a sufficient proof of
its meeting long-felt want. Every Sc
cret organization is stronger than any
open organization, hence all our neceS-
sary business is done in secret session,
where sh8rpers, political shysters and
those whose interest conflict with the
farmers interest can not come. Should
inexperienced deputies admit such, the
organization has power to control them,
or expel them, but great care is usually
taken to keep them out. In the club
there Is no bond of unity except that
which is purely speculative, while we
AO DOA0d BUSObl1CE as Will u DdllNA u
iron whose application Is as gentle as
the silken thread that binds wreath of
flowers" The grange has a treasury
worth having, kept by itself, and under
its own control, around which all natur-
ally cling. It IS ready at a moments
notice to employ an active agent OF
their own choice, or to apply it as stock
in any manufacturing or any other en-
terprise as their interest may seem to
demand.
"That which is nothing costs moth
ing" is true in any undertaking, and we
venture the assertion that no other Sc
cret society ever intended to convey one
half the benefit to its members for the
same amount of money expended in
sustaining that the order Of the Patrons
of Husbandry does. The Patrons re-
present complete organization, nation
al, state and subordinate, and expe-
rience teaches us that we have hardly
money enough invested in this state to
carry out the great plans of the organi-
cation. Yet by economy, we are pre-
pairing plans that will eventually save
the farmers of Kansas thousands of dol
lars, the same as in Iowa, where the last
grange reports a saving of five thou
sand dollars on two kinds of sewing
m2cDlneSs ana q r6QucGlOn on supplies
of from fifteen to twenty per cent.
Their executive committee report that
their agents have bought and sold $5,-
600, 900 worth of machinery.
The Patrons all work under the same
charter, the same constitutions and by
laws, peaceabIy and in order, and they
work Systematically and harmoniouslv,
and with unity of purpose that makes
them the most powerful farmers organ
ization in the world. Avoiding partyp pol
itics or sectarian discussions in the work
of the order, they are moIding politi-
cal parties who are now ready to work
for the farmers interest, to respect their
petitions, and enact just laws for their
benefit. Our object is to exercise a
moral suasion over members, prevent
cruelty to animals, nurse the sick, in
struct the youth, establish wholesome
reading, encourage the cause of educa-
tion, expose humbugs, and protect, by
all available means, the farmers inter
ests. May we not ask every true farmer
in Kansas who can see good in his fell
bowman, who has a generous heart and
open hand to help the need, raise the
fallen, and able to help make the Iabors
of this life cheerful, to unite with the
noble army of patrons?-Ka'1Sas Far
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