The Grange advance., 1874-12-01


In lecture by Mr.. Wendell Phillips, he
gives an account of certain arts which he
says are either partially or wholly lost.
Mr. Phillips might have gone further, and
admitted that the question Of admitting wo-
men to participation in public affairs was
discussed by Aristotle. That all the prob
lens of labor that now puzzle men were dis
cussed and understood. The wonderful ma
the direction our intellect has taken, not
that it has been enlarged. The past is
fruitful soil, into which our age strikes a
thousand roots. Ancient Egypt is an illus
tration because it is just now furnishing us
with the oldest record of mans develop.
ment.
Verify, there is nothing new under
the sun
- Chicago merchants claim that they
have sold more goods for cash during
the past fall than ever before, trade is
good and times easy. The spectators
who have been engaged in getting up
corners " in grain have many Of them
been crushed: and the country is better
off, If the farmers stand together and
show their good judgment in the future
as they have during the past fall, only
more so, they will send this miserable
class Of grain gamblers and harpies
to the dogs. The Milwaukee Journal
of Commerce has all along contended
that there was grain ring formed, that
embraced not only the heavy dealers Of
this country but reached to Liverpool
and included the leading dealers there
While the Journal represents COM
mercial interests, it claims that the in
terests Of all Legitimate trade, is, in this
country, identical with the interests of
the farmers and producers. And
while the merchants mi ght suffer mo-
mentary Inconvenience by the farmers
putting the wheat ring at defiance they
would in the end be the gamers, just
in proportion as the wealth of the cou"-
try was saved in the hands Of the pro.
ducers and consumers, instead Of being
permitted to 90 into the hands of shys-
ters and gamblers In this idea many
of the best merchants have stood by the
Journal and we believe the Journal is
right.
-Thirty-eight separate states and
principalities are represented in the
German Parliament or Reichstag now
in session in Berlin. This Parliament
| represents a United Germany, and is
the most important body of men that
can now assemble in Europe, important
on account of the power of the nation
which they represent, and on account
Of the influence that nation must exert
upon the civilization and the very des-
tiny Of all Europe, and of the influence
of their action upon the future Of their
own nation. The unity, power and
position Of Germany, making it one of
the greatest nations of the civilized
world, brought about by the wonderful
foresight and energy of Bismarck, the
prudence, patience and wisdom Of King
William, and the unsurpassed general
ship of Moltke, is one Of the miracles
of modern times. 1t now remains to be
seen whether the Reichstag will be able
to solve all the important questions Of
government and at the same time keep
ir check the discontented minority,
who, actuated by religious fanaticism
for a church that claims infallibility,
and acknowledging higher duty to a
foreign Pontiff than to the nation to
which they owe the duties and al
legience Of citizenship, do not fail to
use every opportunity for crippling the
government. The Parliament was
opened with :: wise and thoughtful
speech by the Emperor in which he
indicated some of the work to come be-
before its members. The army is to be
increased by several hundred thousand
men as necessary measure Of defense
against the military preparations oi
France. A German navy seems requi
site to secure it's coasts against the su
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