Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-19


mony, good will and Brotherhood among our.
selves, and to make our order perpetual. w
shall earnestly endeavor to suppress per.
sonal, local, sectional and national prejudices
all unhealthy rivalry, and all selash ambition
Faithful adherence to these principles will
insure our mental, moral, social and material
!. For our business interests We desire to
bring producers and consumers, farmers and
manufacturers, into the most direct and
friendly relations possible. Hence We must
dispense with = surplus OF middle men mol
that we ere unft,endly to them, but do no,
need them. Their surplus and their exactions
diminish our profits. We wage no aggressive
warfare against any other intere.ts whatever
On the contrary, all our acts and all our ef.
forts, 50 fat as business is concerned, are NOT
only for the benei OF producers and con.
sumels, but also for oil other interests that try
to bring these two parties into speedy and eco:
portation companies Of every kind are neces-
sary to our success that their interests are
ultimately connected with our interests, and
harmonious action is mutually advantageous.
Keeping in view the first sentiment Of ou1
declaration Of principles. that individual hap.
piness depends upon the general prosperity,
We shall, therefore, advocate for every state
the increase in eyerv practicable way OF all
facilities for transporting cheaply to the sea
board, or between homo producers or con.
sumers Of oil the productions OF eur country.
We adopt 1t as our fixed purpose to open
that the life-biood OF commerce may flow
freely. We are not enemies of railroads,
navigable and irrigatiug canals. nor Of any
corporations that will advance our industrial
interests, nor OF any laboriDg class. In our
noble order thero is 40 communism, no agra
liaDism. We are opposed to euch spirit and
management Of any corporation or enterprise
as tends to oppress the people and rob them
OF their just profits. We are not enemies to
capital, but We oppose the tyranny OF monop
olies. We long % see the ahtagonism be.
s.s s ~ and labor by
ship worthy OF the nineteenth. century.
We are opposed to excessive salaries, high
rates OF Interest and exorbitant per cent.
profits In trade. They generally increase our
burdens. and do not bear proper proportion
to the profits Of producers. We desire only
true interest Of the land by legitimate trans
actions, legitimate trade sad legitimate
profits. We shall advocate the cause Of edu-
cation among ourselves and Tor our children
Dy all just means within our power. We e.
pecial,y advocate for agricultural and indus
trial colleges that practical agriculture, do
mestic service and I'll the arts which sdorn
the home be taught in their courses Of study.
S. We emphaticalIy and sincerely. .assrrt
that oft repeated truth, taught in organic
law, that the Grange, National, State or sub
ordinate, 10 not political or party orgsniza-
ton. No Grange. il true to, iss obligations,
nor call political conventions, nor nominate
candidates, nor even disclose their minds in
the meetings. Yet the principles We teach un.
de:lie all true politics, lltrue statesmauship;
and if properly carried cut will tend to purify
the whole political atmosphere OF our country;
Tor oil seek the greatest good 70 the greatest
Q,k, ko1~ .k,oa in, n:,,Sl
that no one, by becoming = Grange member,
gives up that :nalienable right and duty which
belongs to every American citizen. to take .
proper part in the politics OF his country. On
tae contrary, it is right for every member to
do oil IN his power iegitimstely 10 influence
which be belongs. 1t is his duty to do al he
can in his own party to put down bribery, cor
ruption and tricktry :: 70 see that none but
competent, faithful and honest men, who will
unflinchiDgly stand by orr industry interests,
are nominated for all positions of trust, and
% have carried oat t1e principles which % should
that the office shouli seek The man, and not
the man the Office. We acknowledge tho
broad principle that difference Of opinion is
no crime, and hold that progress toward
truth ia made by differences Of opinion,
while the .ont.ons,.1 fault lies w 5 aa the bitter
equality, equity and fairness; protection ior
the weak, restraint upon the strong: in
short, Justly distributed burdens and justly
distributed power. These arc American
ideas. the very essence Of American indie.
pendence.. To advocate the contrary is nn-
worthy Of the sons and daughters Of our
that eectionalism is, and of right should be,
dead and buried with the past. Our work is
for the present and the future. In our agri-
cultural brotherhood aud it's purposes We
snail recognize no North. no South, no East,
se ~i; sSt d to ss
party that will best carry out its principles.
Ours being peculiarly farmere' institution,
we cannot admit all to our ranks. Many are
excluded by the nature Of our organization,
not because they sre professional men, or
artisans. or laborers, but because they have
not sufficient direct interest in tiliing or
pasturng the soil, or may have some interest
in conflict with our purp"scs; but we; appeal
to ell good citizens for their cordial cO-0pera.
tion to assis, in our efforts towards reform,
that We may eventually remove from our
midst the last vestige of tyranny and corrup.
harmonv,i equitable compromise and earnest
cooper alton as an omen OF our future success.
It shall be an abiding principle with ns to
rel eve any OF our oppressed and suffering
tbrotherhO0d by any means at our command.
Last, hut not least, We proclaim it among our
DuFpODCS W II proper 8ppEoCaAtlOu VI
tie abiiitie! and sphere of woman, ~ 10 indi-
Gated by admitting her to membership and
position to our order. ImploriDg the contin.
ued assistance Of cur Divine Master to guide
us IN our work, We here pledge ourselves to
faithfully and dharmOniously labor for oil future
time to return. BY our united efiOrte, to the
wisdom, justice, fraternity aid political purity
of our forefathers.
A MEMORIAL
to tho Patrons of Husband1v in cotton
states was also presented and unani-
mously adopted. It is an argument in
favor of mixed husbandry in the South,
instead of expending the energies of
the people in raising single crop. 1t
says:
During the past seven years our cotton
fields have added to the wealth Of the world
~, ,OOO, 600 900, and caused prosperity to smiIe
upon every one who has handled our crops
ave those who struggled tor it. production.
Annually the energies of the cotton planters
have been exhausted in attempting 10 produce
maximum crop Of single staple, whilst
quite rs frequently he has reduced his means
IN supplying his necessary wants. A system
based upon such q policy, and producir s,
snch restljts must bC radically WRONG