Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-09-17
COMMUNICATED.
The Patrons Of - uSOaIlssry--
Their Declaration CE
Purposes.

IIOljunuiy lui pIt->-ed Will thc ~ "a -
that the patrons of III usb :ndry shoulC
make known their purposes, we mutu
ally resolve TO letor for the good Of oul
Order, our country, end mankind. We
shaH nueavor to advance our cause
by ring to accomplish the follow
ing otjscts: To develop better and
higher manhood and womanhooG
aueng ourselves, 10 enhance the COM
f0rt and attractions of our homes, and
strengthen our attachments to our pur'
suits, to foster mutual understanding
and cooperation, to reduce our eXpens-
es, both individual and corporate. TIC
buy less, and produce more in order Ia
make our farms self-sustaining, to di.
versify our crops, and condense the
weight Of our exports. Selling less in
the bushel, and more on hoof, and in
fleece. To discredit the mortgage sys-
tenn, the credit system, the fashion sys-
tenn, and every other system tending
to prodigality and bankruptcy. We
propose meeting together, and acting
together, for our own mutual protec-
ton and advancement as occasion may
reqrire. We shall constantly strive TO
secure entire harmony among man.
kind, and avoid litigation as much as
much as possible, by arbitration in the
Grange.
In our business interests, we desire
to bring producers, and consumers.
farmers, and manufacturers into the
most direct and friendly relations pos
sible. Hence we must dispense with
with a surplus of middle men, not that
we are unfriendly to them, but we do
not need them. Their expenses dimin-
i-h our profits. We wage no aggres-
sive warfare against any ether interest
whatever.
On he contrary, all our acts and ef-
forts, so far as business is concerned,
are not only for the benefit of the pro-
ducer and consumer, but also for all
otqer interests that tend to bring these
two parties into speedy and economical
rontact. We are opposed to such a
spirit and management of any corpora
ton. or enterprise, as will oppress the
people and rob them Of their just prof
IFS. We are not enemies to capital,
but we oppose the tyranny of monopo-
lies. We oppose high salaries, Excess
sive rates of interest, and exorbitant
per cent. profits in trade.
We einphatically and sincerely assert
the oft repeated truth taught in our
organic law, that the Grange. Nation
al, State, or subordinate, is not polii-
iral or party organization. No Grange
If true to its obligation can discuss DO
litical or religious questions, yet the
primo pies We reach underlie all true
nniiticS, all true craftsmanship, and if
30. 'erly carried out will purify the
Whole political atmosphere of our
country; for we seek the greatest good
to 'he greatest number. No person by
becoming Patron of Husbandry sac
rificeS hat inalienabie right which be.
longs TO every American citizen to
take a proper ii. teresI ia the politics, or
religion, of his country. To carry out
the principles of the Grange, the office
should seek the man, and not the man
the office. The order seeks no affilia-
ton with either of the great political
organizations of the present day, 1t has
nothing to do with what men usually
call politics. 1t is devoted entirely to
the interests Of-the farmer, and leaves
political questions to its individual
members, respecting every mans right
of opinion, and action in these matters.
Attempts have been made to ally it
with one or the other of the great polit-
ical parties that divide the nation, but
have signally failed. The Grange
strives to educate its members to think
Tor themselves, and not to follow the
dictates of party leaders, and packed
caurusses, unless their own Judgment
approves. The social aspect of the
grand success, in it the weary careworn
laborer finds fruitful source of enjoy
nent, and ample means for profitable
interchange of views on the bast meth
od OF successful farming, and other in
ttrestlng items connected with tilling
the soil, which gives relief to the mo-
notony OF farm life. The day is past
and gone when muscle ruled the
world. We work too much and think
too little. Brain is the great motive
power of this age, and muscle a feeble
instrument. The locomotive tearing
along, jarring the ground below, and
bearing i'll its train the beauty and
treasures ola State, represents brains.
The dusty sweaty footman wearily
ploddIns his way, carrying pack on
his back, synbolizes muscle. The ma
jestlc steamboat piowipg its way with
ease against the strong currents of our
swift and noble rivers, is brains. The
iu!-out slowly creeping along the
willow inargined shore, propelled with
the Indian paddle, is muscle.
1t is not the skilIful hand, the strong
arm, or the watchful eye alone, that
will in these days, baing succ IS to the
farmer, these are needful, but a culti-
waited intellect is OF ten times more i'm
pprtdpce.
The world pays homage to intelli-
gence, to intellect, and puts it in places
bl honor, of trust, of resI,onsibiIity.-l
The world is not partial to LAWYERS,
or doctors. but it wants to
~ ~ t't'i's "iia d'CtptS tiltill Wherever
found; and if we farmers want to be
placed in pusiti,n where we can aid
our fellows, if we wish to stand WHERE
Ne can do something towards govern
ng the price of our commodities, if we
wish to weigh in proportion to our size,
IN the scale of public opinion, we must
furnish some brains, sound in quality,
liberal in quantity, and polished by
constant Use, 10 recon- mend US 10
places of honor and trust.
There certainly is great and nobl
work to be accomplished by the
irange, Il work that will win for il ih.
:o.ii ience, and respect of all lovers oi
'igh.. The work OF the Order is but
ust commencing, but gives promise of
noble results. GRAN GER.
HendrySburgh, o., Aug. Dad, 1874.
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