The Grange advance., 1874-02-14

We are glad that Mr.. Brown mas intro
duced this resolution, if it haFe no other ef-
feet than that of drawing al ention to this
subject Let us have thoro& Ugh fisc"ssion
of the matter, and in the multN%2tf # coun-'
sci we shall probably find that ~fdom thatl
will produce just and equitable Ian rs upon
this subject.
Address of Z. b. Carter of Darien, Wis.
Bro. E. &. Garter, of Badger State Grange;
Darien, Wisconsin, delivered before that
Grange most admirable address on the
18th u]t. If our paper was larger we should
publish the whole of this speech, but it will
be utterly impossible for us to do more than
make few selections therefrom. Many
and many day have we swung the axe
from morning till night by the side of Bro.
Carter. He handled an axe we'll. H. now
handles the Kings English with much the
same vigor and energy on the strongly built.
deep-rooted monopolists, tina, he then used
the axe upon the forest trees. In the woods
he learned the necessity of keeping good
edge upon his implement, and he practices
the lesson in the use of his words and argu-
ments. He strongly urges upon his breth-
rem the necessity of Il higher degree Of in
telligence, and insists that thorough
knowledge of the elemental principles and
laws OF business, are necessary to success
in realizing the great objects of our order
and in making agriculture as remunerative
as other vocations and professions. In
speaking of what intelligence and organiza-
ton has done in the commercial world he
says:
1T has established inter oceanic COM
munication, it has fected the high seas
with millions of snowy wings unfolded to
the breezes of commercial intercourse, in
stituted the science Of navigation, and
bounded continents with it's systems Of rail-
roads and telegraphs, until wd find here
power which Kings themselves {annot over
throw
He then proceeds to discus b the rela-
tions existing between tie Agricultural
classes and the rest Of the world Aand says:
cit is generally admitted thad the agri-
| cultural interests Of a country isMhe basis
upon which its wealth and prosperity is
builded, consequently making Of it an in
| terest that should be of primary impor
! tance in the consideration Of the people
constituting such government. But we are
sorry to confess that it has never held 9TH
er position than that of vassal to the great
commercial world whose wealth and power
is but the outgrowth, born of its vitality,
and farmers as an element in society have
found themselves with their interests sub
sidized to this power. And why We
shall find that there are several reasons,
one Of which, if you please, we call the ig
norance or inability to understand the pro-
per use Of the individual rights inheren:
within US for the legitimate wants and pro-
lection Of our business relations to the
world who make demand upon us from our
resources for the supply of its natural
wants and desires, which perhaps sums up
all of the other reasons that light be
stated.
We have found that excessive adhesion
to business has perverted, to a great ex-
tent, mans moral nature and has generated
a system of avarice that don't hesitate to
step beyond the legitimate transactions Of
his avocation, especially where he finds no
business rule, custom or law prot fcting the
object he may covet. For this treason we
are the parties that havefod 70 bleed, for
we have failed to protect dQrs{lves against
these innovations of the busines world until
at last their encroachments ctuN be tol-
Grated no longer, and we were Jsed from
our stupidity to take some action in self
defense, and that plan Of action has culmi-
mated in the organization Of these Oranges.
Now we don't want to be understood that
we ignore any legitimate form Of business
that time has developed as necessary to
mans interests and wants, but we do want
to be understood that We propose to fight
in legitimate manner the perverted use
Of any business method that would subvert
our rights to the inordinate desires Of man
for gain, and this we apprehend to be the
motive Of the Oranges, and for this purpose
we have united ourselves with them; and
right here it must be apparent to you that
intelligence in regard to these matters
must be necessary in order that we don't
abuse the almost unlimited power we might