The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-21

lniS NuViVt NheJ AEe tEUt W every Ie-
aecting mind, Were it otherwise, We
would seldom hear Of Boards Of Trade,
Of Commerce. Trades Unions,
and the like. Mercantile men, com .
nercial men, professional men, and
mechanics Of every kind appreciate full
y the value to their respective ofuniou,
concert and singleness Of purpose.
But farmers everywhere have always
acted as though vocation aimed at
nothing, and as II their duty was to la.
Dor patiently, year in aud year out,
10 produce for market something that
other people set . price upon. And
The most mental laborer, the most ab.
hot slave to such policy as this. has
alway been the Southern cotton plant
Ct. His harvest times seldom ever
comes; his moments Of recreation arc
always in the future. The work requir.
Cd, the time consumed, aud the OK.
psnses incurred to prepare his crop for
sale, SO surely burthen him with debt,
that year after year, ho goes q beggar
into market, humbly receiving for bis
wares just SO much as his masters are
disposed to give. The Patrons Of
Husbandry propose in q thousand ways
toputa stop TO this impoyerishing
policy.
Cooperation is one Of the funda-
mental ideas Of the Order Of Patrons
Of Husbandry, and this word, eo.opera.
tien, must be used in It's most general
aud broadsst sense. Cooperation
with o view to make farmers socill,
which they are not by reason Of their
peculiar vocation; cooperation with
view to improve farmers intellectually,
for which there is great room by rea-
son Of their isolation; cooperation
with o view to develop the innate
Of charity, which amongst
farmers is always latent in consequence
Of their segregation; cooperation
with view to edlfy tho farmer as q
producer aud consumer, and thus bring
these two great classes Of people face
to face with each other, that The cor
monnts Of society, who heretofore
toiltd not nor spun, may in q degre o
revel in the priYelego Of earning their
bread BY the sweat Of their face; CO.
operation with view 10 inform the
farmer Of the quality and quantity Of
the products Of his co.laborers, and
thus give him statistical information
thai will enable him TO cope with the
army ofspoculators that annually amass
or destroy fortunesrat tho farmers ex.
pensc. We have only to carry 10 our
minds this idea Of cooperation until we
SEQ every farmer in this broad Union a
member of the Order; and then inten
Sly The ideas by still further uniting
the various Oranges Of each county in.
to enc county Grange, that shall have
q meeting Of at least one representa-.
tive every Grange in tho county
once week. Go further, and imag.
inc a minute statistical report made
from each Grange to this county
Grange, and by ono Of lis officers this
report DO so condensed that It can be
reported by telegraph in figures or cy.
phersto some..central bureau Of the Ma.
tional Grange, showing the area, con.
dition, kind, and oil other ideas worth
knowing concerning tho crop. Pur.
sue ibis idea still further, and aggre-
gate those various, yes, those thous.
ands Of reports into ono general re.
portal the National centre, and on the
appointed day tho following week have
that general report telegraphod back
to The county Oranges from which they
scvcnlly came. | say, perfect this
system so completely that once week
tho humblest farmer in our country
will DO told almost to a day how The
crops look and what tho crops arc in
every State in tho Union, and will be
not feel bis very soul developed by the
information Then, is II impossible
TO perfect such a scheme? Outside Of
the Oder of Patrons Of Husbandry IL
may Boz; but with us IL docs seem
practicable at no distant day.
But there are objections to the Or
der, and, says Straightforward, your
0rdetis a secret organization. To be
sure Ills, and is.thereiore TO DO priced;
otherwise, ii would have no cohesive.
ness Ask any man II bis most yalu.
able thoughts are not kept to himselfi
Why DO all deliberatiye bodies hold
their executive sessions" (their most
important mectings) in secreti Ask
the merchant why'.coss MARK is an
enigma? Wherefore are ice taught
that DIR right hands should no. kaop
ateu. he dotngs Of our lsii To my
mind Ibis objection is futile.
But lhe Southern Bourbon accuses
the Older Of being an tim from
Yankee land. So DO II. II it be
good aud worthy acceptit, even hough
L comes from Nazareth" Let him
who opposes the Order upon the
grounds oft being Of Yankee origin
ask himself the questions, Whence
comes Tie bat 1 weari Whence the
very shirt that covers my nakedness !
Whence the hoe tina. chops my cotton !
Whence the greater portion Of my dali
ly subsistence? His answers will re-