The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-08-20

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! we will with all christian humility, and
. with knowledge OF the dulles due to
others, bow to the decree, ands submit as
! gracefully as possible 20 such decision. We
have from time TO time made an effort 81
prove that we have acted fUr the benefit OF
: others 90 q much greater extent than for
ourselves, and stated in our article OF
the 93rd of May. that we do not propose to
furnish any iron
Weare therefore an outside party how 20
placed, and by whom, we will leave TO Others
70 answer, though we will again say that.
in ali that has been done, we do not, Cam
not think any action has been taken by any
one Intentionally calculated 90 ihJure any
other party yet n-this 10 q declared war
it is but proper, though the declaration
does not come from rs, TO sayAhak We will
endeavor TO make the best possible defence,
placing our Notifications in order. aud
mounting our legal guns, trusting in the
sword of justice to vindieaEe Us. ard prom
ising not " surrender as long as we have
the means of carrying on the contest Tenn
pus OMAHA revelat.
a p. BARRY's STATEMENT
Prior to the meeting of the State Grange
| in September last, agreed with Chas. SWEET
| TO submit proposition 70 the state Grange
for him. which | did, by stating that the
prices OF Cotton Ties had become oppressive
! 70 th.. Consumer. and that the business was
| in the hands OF one concern, VINO regulated
! prices according 10 their own fancy. That
/ q remedy was in the hands OF the Oranges; ;
| il they would take the matter III hand, ahd
acC in concert.
/ therefore proposed and offered Tie of
| Col. Chas. SWEET, which, ii the Grange
would adopt and recommend 10 the other
| Cotton States, and give him (Swett) their
patronage, ht, SWEET, on haS part, Would
| OtIigaUe TO manufacture them rs low as they
/ could be obtained, and deliver them IN the
! seaport cities at cost, and then add lie. per
| d. Tor his profits. as maximum, am when
the business would justify, would reduce the
| profits still lower. Having made estimates
| ne believed he could deliver them at at about
&c. Then adding Ic. his profits, would make
| the cost &c. per d
By Resolution, / proposed to refer the
whole subject matter 10 select committee,
which was done. the W. NJ appointing
Messrs. McCargo, Bridewell, Ryland, Pc
CUES, McLaurin and Galbreath.
The Committee, alter considering the
same twenty-four hours or more, reported
favprably, and recommended resolutions
adopting the Tie, and recommending 1t TO
State Oranges, which report was unanl-
mously adopted. Afterwards l proposed
that the action then taken be not published
in proceedings, for reasons then explained;
and the w. NJ. SO instructed the Secretary.
A. z. BARRY.
We will now give our Bro. McLaurin, one
of the Executive Committee, passing no
tce in Re ply to his article in the VindIcator,
AS his mind appears TO be so wonderfully re-
freshed of late, aud speaks so fuently and
fully upon tile subject, which but short
time ago he was so totally lgnorant OF, as is
shown by his reply to US for our appeal to
the Commissioner for Justice Hear him on
April Sd:
!.SJnce reading your letter it has brought
ITO nv mind a conversation had with Bro.
Barry during the session OF the State
ssGrange in Septem Der last In regard To
"Cotton Seraper, his own invention and,
"thiuk the Cotton Tie question, but as to
..what action was had ON ii. II amy. by the
estate Grange, l cannot Gail To mind. 1he
proceedings of that body that met my t!
''alter its adjournment were SO lheaRer anu
s.imperIect it may have escaped my notice.
.'But had L known contract OF the nature
s'ciaimed by you had been made With the
Estate Grange, l never would nave agreed
ito any infringement OF IL.
Thus you see our Bro. McLaurh was
wholly and entirely ignorant OF the question,
even doubted our statement. Tor he say ::
IF any"-did not know IT was before the
State tirsnge at all. But i'll his article to
the Vindicator he writes huehtly, and at
temnts To give YOU i'll detail what was done
by the State Grange, and then says, we OF
tered a substitute the Tie presented was
failure and abandoned by US. Where dld ne
gel all this information. Certainly not from
r,iceeclipgs OF the State Grange! Nor from
the Executive Committee, as they all con-
Tess the SWEET Tie, nor substitute was ever
before the Com miLtee; for he says, IN his
Iette rs: "The Secretary and w. M. OF the
.sand it seems strange, that matter of SO
smuch Importance should escape their Dlem-
sorry" He certainly did not get 1t from us
We had only informed Bro. w M, the
Chairman, and Bro. Hester, that The Amer
Icau C. T. Co claimed bent hoop, and
gave to each one of them model OF SUI
stitute We did not say II W as an infringe
ment, or abandoned Because the A
G. T. Co claimed bent hoop, il did not con-
stitute an interference and abandonment
BuL Barry assured the State Grange that II
was free from legal interference. les. ne
did so saV,and says so yet; every BODY knows
hoops have been bent since tney were hFsl
made and are not patentable. Claiming
thing aud maintaining claim are different
things.
But we were anxious to avoid litigation,
and to make the matter doubly sure anu
success certain, without hindrance or delay
by litigation, that Patrons should receive he
proposed benefits the coming season. But i'll
order To make the matter thoroughly un-
derstood, we refer you TO Barry statement
made to the State Grange, which some OF
the members will recoIlect-
Now if this does not constitute an agree
ment. a contract, between SWEET and the
State Grange our mind is certainly very
dull.
One side of the proposition was to endorse
the Tie and recommend it to the other Stafe
Oranges and to give him, SWEET, their pa
trOnage.
The other side, or the consideration, was
to furnish ties at reduced rates, with max
ilnum profit of one per cent and whenever
the business would justify, the profit would
still be reduced. This the Grange did; III
adopting and endorsing the Tie. necessari-
lv carried the other propositions with IT.
both the State Grange and SWEET was 10
do something for consideration. This is
certainly contract as defined by webster:
< The agreement of two or more persons
:. upon sufficient consideration or cause to
g. do or not TO do" -
10 do with the question. 1t was not the
particular form of the Tie, or its peculiar
merits, but plan, a proposition to reduce
the price of Ties and successfully compete
with the American G. T. Com pany for the
benefit of the Order. 1t was wholly imma-
terial to the State Grange or the Order, what
the particular form Of the Tie was SO IL
was convenient, and answered the purpose
tor which il was intended tO be used, instead
of those of the American Tie Com pany
The subject of the SWEET tie appears not
to have been before the committee at any
time Bro. MeLaurin knew nothing OF 1t
Bro. Vaughn and Hester did not mention
If. though they both had models of the sub
stitute and Bro. Vaughn said, "It passed
entirely out OF my mind" They seem to
have acted as though it was new question
-one that had not been considered DeIoFe
the State Grange .
We are disposed to be charitable to all,
and believe that when the agents or repre-
sentatiyes of the Planters Otton Tie ASso-
citation came before them with their lips
glowing with eloguence, they were so much
sntbused. 'sTb ey forgot the private interests
Of any one''-they forgot that the matter
mad been before the State Grsnge-that the
Grange had endorsed the SWEET Tle--torgot
that the Grange did not publish the action
forgot that they then had our substitute
model in their possession-forgOt that we
did not say it was a failure and had aban-
| doned it-they forgot to answer US when we
sent the model, and say they did not approve
| it-they forgot us entirely, and left US out