The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-12
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NdUOnuI GRANGE
ST. Louis, Feb. 1.-THE NationA
Grange, today, alter the transaction %
some minor business, received the repor
Of the Committee on resolutions, ,presente(
by Mr.. Wardlow, Of Florida, and adopt
cd. II was as follows: ,.,,
profoundly impressed with the trutt
that the National Grange Of the United
States should definitely proclaim to .thl
world ita general objects, we hereby
unanimously make this declaration Of tht
purposes ol the Patrons Of Husbandry.
First, United by strong and faithful ties
Of agriculture, we mutually resolve &c
lahsr Tor the good OF our order, our coun,
try and mankind.
Second, We heartily endorse the motto,
In essentials unity; in non.essentials lib.
erty, In all things charity
TAird, We shall endesvor TO, advance
onr cause by accomplishing the following
objects: -
TO develope better and higher man.
hood and womanhood among ourselves; /;
to enhance the comforts and attractions
ol our homes and strengthen our attach.
ments to our pursuits to foster mutual
understanding and cooperation; to
maintain ipvlolste our laws and emulate
each other; 70 labor to hasten the good
time coming; to reduce our expenses,
both individual and corporate; to buy less
and produce more, in order 10 make our
farms sell.sustaining; to diversity our
crops and crop no more than we can cul.
tiyate; to condense the weight Of our ex-
ports, selling less in the buBhel and more
on the hoof and In fleece; 10 systematize
our work and calculate intelligently our
probabilities; to discountenance the credit
system, the mortgage system, the fashion
system, and every other system tending
to prodigality and bankruptcy. We pro.
pose meeting together, talking together,
working together, buying together, selling
together, and in general acting together
for our mutal protection and advancement,
AS the occasion may require we shall
avoid litigation as much as possible BY
arbitration in the Grange; we shall con-
stantly strike TO secure the entire harmony
and good will Of the brotherhood among
ourselves, and to make our order perpet.
ual; we shall earnestly endeaYor 10 SUP.
press personal, local, sectional, and nat.
ional prejudices, oil uhealthy rivalry, all
selfish ambition. Faithful adherence to-
these principles will insure our mental,
moral, social and material advancement
Fourth, For our business interests we
desire to bring producers, consumers, far.
mers and manufacturers into the most al.
rect and friendly relations possible; we
must dispose Of a surplus OF middle
men, not that we are unEriendly to them.
but we do not need them; their surplus
and their exactions diminish our profits:
we wage 30 aggressive warfare against
any other interests whatever; on the con.
trary, all our acts and all our efforts, so
far as business is concerned, are not only
for the benefit Of producers and con.
sumers, but also for other interests that
tend 10 bring these two parties into
speedy and economical contact; hence
we hold that transportation companies of
every kind are necessary TO our success;
that their interests are intimately con-
nected with ours, and that harmonious
action is mutually advsntsgeous-keeping
IN view the first sentence. in our declars.
ton Of principles of action, that inlfyid-
usl happiness depends on the general
prosperity. We shall therefore advocate
for every State an increase in every prac-
ticable way of all facilities Tor trans
porting cheaply to the seaboard or be-
tween home producers and consumers all
the productions of our country, and we
adopt It as our fixed purpose to open out
the channels in natures great arteries,
that the life blood Of commerce NAV dow
freely. We are not enemies of railroads.
nsVigable and irrigatipg canals, nor of any
corporations that advance our interests,
nor OF any laboring classes in our noble
order; there is no Communism, no sgrari.
anismi we are opposed to such spirit and |
management Of any corporation or enter.
prise as tends to oppress people and rob |
them Of their just profits; we are not enc. |
mics TO capital, but we oppose the tyran.
ny OF monopolies; we long to see the an
tagonism between capital and labor re. |
moved by common consent, and by an en-.
lightened statesmanship worthy oil the
century; we are opposed to |
excessive salaries, high rates OF interest,
and exhorbitant per cent. profits in trade:
they greatly increase our burdens; thew
do not bear q proper proportion TO the
profits Of producers; we desire only self
protection, and the protection Of every
true interest Of our land by legitimate
transaction, legitimate trade, and legiti.
mate profits; We shall advance the cause
OF education among ourselves, and for our
by all Just means within our
power. we will especially advocate for
our agricultural and industrial colleges
that practical agriculture, domestic sci.
ence, and all the arts which adorn the
home be taught in their courses Of study.
Wm, We emphatically and sincerely
assert the oft repeated truth, taught in
our organic law, that the Grange, nation.
al, State or subordinate, Is not a political
Or party organization: No Grange, II
true to its obligations, can discuss pollti-
cal or religious questions, nor nominate
nor even discuss their merits
In It's meetings. Yet the PRINCIPLES we