The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-07-11

merce may how freely.
We are not enemies to railroads,
nayigabie and irfigating canals,
nor 81 any corporations that will
/ advance our Industrial interests,
nor Of any laboHng classes.
ia our noble order there IS no
communism, no agrariahism.
we are opposed 10 such girit
and management of any corpor.
aration, or enterprise, as tends to
/ Cypress the people and rob them
Of their just profits.
We are not enemies to capital,
but we oppose the tyranny of
monopolies.
We long to SEQ the antagonism
between capital and labor removed
by common consent, and by ain en-
| Heightened craftsmanship, worthy
OF the nineteenth century.
We are opposedto excessive sala-
ries, high rates of interest and ex-
orbitant per cent. profits in trade.
They greatly increase our burdens
and do not bear & proper proper
ton to the profits of tile pro-
ducers.
We desire only self-protection
and the protection Of every true
interest OF our land bY legitimate
transactions, Legitimate trade and
legitimate profits.
EDUCATION.
We shall advance the cause of |
education among ourselves and |
for our children, by all Just means
within our power. We especially |
advocate for our agricultural and |
industrial colleges, that practical
agriculture, domestic science, and
all the arts which adorn the home,
be taught in the course of study.
POLITICAL PRINCIPLES.
5. We emphatically and sin
cerely assert the oftrepeated truth
taught in our organic law, that the
Grange, National, State or subor-
dinate, is not a political or party
No Grange, if true
to its obligations, can discuss
political or religious questions,
nor call political conventions, nor
dominate candidates, nor even dis
cuss their merits in its meetings.
Yet the principles we teach
1nderiie all true politics, all true
craftsmanship, and, sif properly
carried out, will tend to purify the
whole political atmosphere Of our
country.
For we seek the greatest good
o the greatest number. But we
must always bear it in mind that
10 one by becoming a Patron Of
dusbandry gives mp that inalien-
lble right and duty which belongs
b every American citizen, to take
proper interest in the politics Of
lis country.
On the contrary, it is right for
very member to DO all in his g
,ower legitimateIy to influence for
rood the action of any political
,arty to which he belongs.
1t is bis duty to do MI he can in
lis own party to put down bribery,
corruption and trickery; to see
hat none but competent, faithful.
md honest men, who viii unfiinch-
ngly stand by our industrial inter-
,sts are nominated for all positions
# trust; aud to have carried the
which should always /
harocterize every Patron Of Hus- s
landry, that tho Office should seek S
he man, and not the man the
flee.
We acknowledge the broad prin- I
iple, that difference of opinion "a i
10 crime, and hold that progress
owards truth is made Indifference Z
i opinion" while "the fault lies !.
n the bitterness of the contro- /
ersy." t
We desire q proper equality,
guilty and fairness; protection for I
be weak, restraintupon the strong; !;
. short, justly distributed bur- /
ems, and justly distributed power. i
These are American ideas, tie
II -
ssence Of American independence, 2