Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-21

no East, no West. It is reserved
eve.y patron as his right as freema
to affiliate with any party that will be
> carry out his principles.
ELIGIBILITY TO MEMBER NIP.
6. Ours being peculiarly ,rmel
institution, we cannot admit ali to OF
ranks. Many are excluded by natul
OF our own organization, not becaus
they are professional men or artisan
E or laborers, but because they have NJ
a sufficiently direct interest in tillin
or pasturing the soil. They may hay
some interests in conflict with our pul
poses, but We appeal to all good cit
zens for their cordial cooperation I
assist In our efforts towards reform
that we may eventually remove frol
our midst the last vestige of tyrann
and corruption. We hail the geners
desire for fraternal harmony, equitabl
compromise and earnest co-or reratio
as an amen of our future sue
cess.
CHARITY-WOMAN.
z. 1t shall be an abiding principl
with us to relieve any of our oppresse,
and suffering brotherhood BY an
means at our command. Last but no
least we proclaim it among our pur
poses TO inculcate proper idea of tn
abilities and the sphere of woman as i
indicated by admitting them to mem
bership and position in our order
Imploring the continued assistance o
our Divine Master to guide us in ou
work, we here pledge ourselves to faith
full and harmonious labor for all futur,
time. to return, by our united effort
to the wisdom, justice, fraternity ant
political purity of our forefathers."
GOOD ADVICE TO THE SOUTH.
A memorial to the Patrons of Hus
bandry in the cotton States was ais,
presented and unanimously adopted
1t is an argument in favor of mixec
husbandry in the South, instead of ex
pending the energies of the people il
raising single crop. 1t says:
During the past seven years oul
cotton fields have added to the wealth
of the world two thousand millions O.
dollars and caused prosperity to smile
upon every one who has handled oul
crops save those who struggle for its
production annually. The energies OF
the cotton planters have been exhaust.
ed in attempting to produce a maxi
mum crop of a single staple whilst quite
as frequently he has reduced his means
in supplying his necessary wants. A
system based upon such policy and pro-
ducing such results must be radically
wrong, and if persisted in will lead to
bankruptcy and ruin. No people can
ever become prosperous who are not
sELF-sUsTAINING.
Our exhaustless mineral wealth. abun-
dant water power, and generally salu-
briOus climate, avail us nothing if
annually we expend millions for sub
sistence. 1t is generally conceded that
home grown bread is cheaper than pur-
chased supplies, and the observation
of every planter is, that the Southern
farmers who live within themselves
are more Independent and less encum-
bered with debt than those who have
relied solely upon the cotton crop.
Were it otherwise, it is hazardous for
American people to rely upon others
for a supply of those articles which are
necessary for their daily consump-
tien."
1t then refers to the
FAMINE
which has occurred more than once in
India owing to the attempts of the
people to grow cotton to the exclusion
of breadstuffs, and adds:
During the past year portions of
Iowa, Minnesota and Dakotah have
been invaded by grasshoppers, and
they destroyed'every vestige of vege-
tation. Imagine your condition,
should similar invasion become gen.
eral in the Northwest. Couple with
this idea the total failure of a cotton
crop, either from the worm, drought
or any other unavoidable cause. I'm
probable as such visitations may ap-
pear, have We the power to avert them,
and is it wise to subject ourselves to
the possibility of becoming the vic-
tins of such calamities Our wisest
and safest policy is, as far as practica.
bic, to produce at home our necessary
supplies. Is there farm in the South
upon which this cannot be done, and
at the same time produce an average
cotton crop as the net result of the
farmers annual labors? We believe
there is not. Annually four millions
bales of cotton are produced upon
Southern soil, but what proportion of
this vast amount is returned to indi-
cate our prosperity? One half of it is
expended for necessary supplies, whilst
the remainder is divided between labor
and taxes. Hence the cost of produc-
tion has exceeded the value of the ar
ticle produced. Shall this policy con-
tinue? Extensive cotton crops have
evinced our unity of purpose and en-
tailed poverty upon us. An equally
unfair adhesion to mixed husbandry
would secure our recuperatiOn. Cot
ton is a necessity, and the extent of the
necessity can be calculated with exact
ness. If 3,500,000 bales are grown,
they will be consumed before another
can be gathered, and a remunerative
market price will be sustained by the
consequent demands. IF 4,500,000
bales are grown, the large marginal
excess will control and depress the
market The alternatives for success
are numerous, but we need to rely upon
the single one of cooperating in the
determination to subsist at home.
With this end attained, there is no
reason why we should not be the hap
piest, most independent and prosperous
people on earth.
The memorial is signed by the Mas
ters of the State Oranges of South and
North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi,
Florida, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia |
and Tennessee, and was not only heart
lily approved by the Committee ON
but endorsed by every
of the National Grange.
EVENING SESSION.
At the evening session the claim of |
Deputy Ferry, for services in Organiz- !
ing Oranges in Dakota, was allowed.
Mrs. o. II. Kelly rendered her res
ignation as Pomona.
The discussion of amendments to
the constitution was then resumed and |
continued till late hour, the princi-
pal ones being that providing for the
organization of District Oranges, pre-
viously telegraphed, and another de-
thinning qualifications for membership |
Of Oranges.
Sudden and Singular Death.