The Grange advance., 1874-04-15
CORRESPONDENCE.
Spring CnrE4, +, MIMI,
. April 8thl 1874.

What is the order doing y benefit
the farmers: This is a quc>& Jon fire.
quently asked oyIthose who Do Mt j"'u
our Oranges. - AVe cannot see that its
members set goods any cheaper, or get
any more for their produce than We DO,
and We save tho money that they pay
out to keep up the Order But none
are S., blind as those who will not seq.
and. Brother Patrons, We can soou r"n
vince them that We have the advantage
in prices If we continue to act III unity.
It has been said. and with truth too. Of
farmers that they work independent Of
each other, and that it would be diff
cult f"r any number Of them to wcrk
together in an organization. Hundreds
to-day are watching and expecting to
see the great vombination drop TO
pieces AS quickly as it sprany into ex-
istence, and i, depends upon us individ-
ually to prove that farmers arc not the
blockheads that moneyed men and poll
tician> suppose them to be. and that
this Ur,'cr can stand though hundreds
are working to destroy It. Now, fellow
Patrons, let US lay aside all petty dittercl'-
ces and work as men and women can work
to sustain tina, which we have under
taken to support; let US drop every
thing wherein we cannot agree, aud la
Dor as one individual in the upbuildlng
Of this Order. the Patrons Of Husband
ry, for if we fail in this we shall be
ground to the very earth by these land
sharks in human clothing. 1t has been
said that the Changers would soon quar-
rel among themselves, and in that way
cut their own throats [ think We can
show them that such is not to be the
case. Show them that we can drop tri-
fes and all i'll feelings toward each 9TH
er, and that we can grasp the hand of
each member of the Order and feel that
we are brothers and sisters working to
obtain the same result. We have but
to join heart and hand in tn bond Of
brothcrly love and give odr~~qbited en-
ergies to this cause to insure full and
complete success. Our Order has al
ready made great improvement in the
farmers Of Minnesota: Many who a
year or so ago could hardly say word
in public, and when they did say any
thing trembled in their boots and
their hearts went pit'a-pat,
like school boy when first called upon
to declaim, can now speak quite freely
in any emergency Of that kind. Why
is this? Because the Grange is devot-
ed to the improvement Of its members,
and free intercourse of thoug hts and
ideas is encouraged by all its laws and
precepts. It is in the Grange that we
lay aside our cares and troubles and
strive to enjoy ourselves, improve our
minds, and gain knowledge from our
associates. Our Order, though still in
it's infancy, has worked wonders in re-
ducing prices, especially Of machinery.
Our State Agency if properly carried
out will be one Of the greatest systems
in our country, for soon all manufacture
ers will see the benefit of placing their
machines in the hands of our State
Agent at the lowest possible figures: as
through him must pass the machines
used by the farmers Of Minnesota.
Though our order is not a political one
it does not hinder but rather helps its
members to vote understandingly, and
every farmer should vote for the men
who will work for our interest in Con-
gress, Gf such men there are, aud let
US try and escape the clutches of those
men Gf men they can be called,) who
are striving to get themselves into office
by our votes, caring not whether they
ipjure us or not SO long as they can get
chance to steal from the treasures by
their salary grabs, stationery bills, &c.
&c. So while We strive to support our