, 1874-03-04
THE FARM ERS.
Wisconsin, Changers Try tho CO.
operative System.
And Report Favorably Thereon.
Meeting Of Livingston County (IIl.)
Changers.
Wisconsin Grh.sEcrs md the Co-opcE-
1atfvH SyNtGsa.

Wisconsin ErNHEGrH md the Co-0pGK~
ative SyAtcsll.
Special Dispatch to Tbs Chicago Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, March 3.-Tonl du Inc aud Win
nobago Counties have each about twonty
Oranges, aud aro still organizing moro, the
latost ono being started at Fond dn Lao lust Fri
day night. 4 yoar ago tho Grangoa in theHo
counties wore organizod into County Councils
for tile purpose Of bcttor
CONCENTRATION OF EFFORTS
In cooperative purchasing, and under their
guidance arrangements woro n,nde ut Fond du
Lnc, Iipon,, aud othor points, wllsro members Of
everything In tho limo OF dry goods. clothing,
hata and cnpa. boots and a!loes, hardware. gro
ccrioH, etc. Thego arrangements lhyo embraced
M many housos Oh thora aro ito,nB mentioned,
altos. :rto general public. Of courao, docs not
know whht special ratoa m0tnbors got OIL goods,
Or whit per cont Of profit dcalora roalize but
tho merchants asHort that tlloir now customers
rAY CASH MORE PROMPTLY
tl,an they eyor did before, nnd hnvo almost cn-
iiroly quit tho practice OF "jowing." So satia-
factory llavo tho arrangements proved In this
particular TINT thoro docs not Beom to DO
any good reason for thinking thoy may not con-
titiuo TO soryo indefinitely for tho purchase Of
household goods. But thoro wero othor matters
tint dcmandcd the attention Of the County Corn-
ellis, and they hayo taken hold Of thom with
vigorous hand, viz:
fond lii Lao and Winnobago Counties usc aB
much agricultural machinery aud farm in,ple-
ments aB, II not more thAn, amy othertwo counties
III tho State, aud tho Councils llnyo begun all
experiment by which they will tost tho pur-
chascs In thia lino to 500 whothor moro favora-
bio lorlnB cannot bo lad. Accordingly, large
sums Of money nro alroady pledged, particularly
IN Fond du I.ao County, to 80 into oue or moro
JOINT sTocK ASSOCIATIONS
to keep on hands full supply Of MI machinery
In3 L. L., II
rocsly Of tho manufacturers. Thcso associations
aro 30 constituted TINT, IN caso they full to got
such terms NJ thoy think just md equitable be-
tween themselves and tho manufacturers, tloy
can enlargo the amounts in?cstcd and proceed at
onco TO manufacture On thcir own account. As
tue Master OF Ladogn Grange oxproBaed 1t Il
fow days ngo: 'We do not complain TINT the
manufacturers Of our machinery md implements
realize toe much out Of thom; perhaps they do
not. We onlY complain TINT
THEY COST uB TOO MUclr.
They arc handled by o aoreB OF ngents, mono Of
whom aro content to work for trifling profits,
and when they como into our hands tlloy hayo
the living Of Hcreral mon taxed on them for lB
to pny. Dosdos. tho travelling agents who bo-
gicgo tho farmers at their homos often impono
on those who Ara not woll informed aell then,
articles thoy do not rcally nocd, and, finally,
take Bome of their property to satinfy pnpor
to impovorsh a. part Of tho farming COM
munity, aud Indirectly affect I'LL all, und wo
are. therefore, determined to havo supply
stores Of our own, whero farmers call 10
to purchase for their actual wants with perfect
assurance that they nro paying nn moro than q
just profit to tho manufacturers" These nup-
plystores to be oporatcd il, tho interests Of
tho Oranges in connection with tho purchasing
department OF tho State Grange.
Elevators md lnmhor-yards will also ba oatab-
lishod ut suitable -rolnts during tho coming
summer, and already a project il OIL foot to
build joint-stoclt tlouring-mill ut Pickett'a
Station, In AVinnobago County. This also IL
projected by tho GrangoH, but numerous farmor,
not OF the Ordor aro louding it both their mouey
| and their favor.