The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-01-09

theso ssSs arc fhS sreists that. have beeH
sod II ali asIesy asd feom the earkies
mos i sin,yns "a the present day. by Nnlfe
,aonIea and naticUey whether q vtilAea
~ savage. barharosls or enlaGNeeneos III
q accompiishr reault WI hiclt NO tndt tyAa- q
uai efforts could effect or aecur s. IL = =
And this principle, or r1tdes su1ur = !.
plishing results, has come 70 oe so Woli & s
that no great thing is eAf
,nctel 'to he done without ftsaid. o
Nor can we point to q single acs Oh g
great importance that has ever occ0reu =
IN the history of the world wtthout CO
Peas reasoning, then, from analogy ana g
axnerience. We conclude that II we
desire to accomplish certain resMts.
wherein a large class or profession o
people have a common lnteress. We
must resort to the same measures VIM. WhASa.
have been found eiiectual Whens useo
hx, others to secure similar results.
hitherto. farmers, the great prod0c-
mo class of our country, have acted IN
total disregard to this great agent, OF
nrinciple. so universally ACKNOWLEDGMENT
and effectuaIly used by Others. lEhey
have stood aloof from all unions OF
sociations. each and every man actAn8
only upon his owns account, having no
| concert of action " hatever WaSn nus mas
neighbor, whose Interest, @s ,vaa aentasssll
/ with his own, andy who 1n1gnb Dc .AN,, PIs,
! sumed to have, q common anterest n ~ |
that relates to his material Wei1afe.
This7 fact being patent to all, we oHer
i NO nroof to corroboyate it, but proceedsI
to say that by the effectual use OF TINS
ogenf the professional, commercla1,
4 man,.fncturing,. and other glasses nave
: so far advanced their own interests and
schemes as to become pejudicial, and IN
5 many instances burdensome, to the
I hest interests of the farmers. There
8 fore. as a matter of duty and necessary,
1--we saw that the farmers shoulo uIilee
and organize, whereby they can act as
a unit, not only to promote thelr own
ago;,,st the aggrcssions of others. tor
~ ia :. vvell-known fact that the money
ol interests of the country are SO well
United and thoroughly. combined, each
p in their own particular line, assuming,
90 this interest does, the form of power
fn1 combinations and monopolles, as
+o he able to. control legislation, and
every department of our Government,
as we'll as every species Of interest,",
however remote, that may nc SUPPOSE, ,
to in any way relate to thelr l,ia.e,i Is "a. ~
nrooress, Believing, as we do, tina!
,e f.r,,oors need relief, something that will
save .thern from. the expressions OF the
various rings and monopolies now ex
istinsr. and also prove guaranty q
sh In tho future that their jask right
y Shall be maintained, and the dignity
their profession as husbandmen restore.
to that condition which God insthe be
Ginning designed them to occupy-real
iziug these facts, this condltion
things, and having a hrm conv1ctlo
ON that Z il the present arrangements
affairs should continue much longe
that the great producing class 0tr
co,,,,trv would find their eyerysinteres
Com I,Srramisnd, and THERE Socesspation 9
;, class utterly ruined comp ehenq1nf
3, + saw. the situation, and tG meet y
demands, the Order Of Patrons of HUI
hanSlry was conceived and is destgne
4 to meet the case, and fill h void lon
. existing, to supply the wants and PR
vide the remedy fOra.the many u
under which this great fratefnl'
have long been laboring and sufferini
The Order of Patrons have three di
tinct and prominent features, VIZ: 4
intellectual, the social, andsSthe bus
ness. The intellectual featuresof Il
order consists in disadvantages whit
,r,, it presents for reading, for study, ar
association in the Grange-roofn, whei
!, in we meet to discuss all questlo
which relate to our interests orsweifa
Ia of as farmers. ~
we admit that men may learn mu
= bv reading, by study, and also by cal
full observation of the works OF natu
But after they have explored all tn
}, La. departments, then they will need so
comparison of views with others "
d IA have also had similar experiences. -
v has ay, Il;sc,,ssi ans. it often proves e
nd is III sucn ,-,ss ;,,,,roouaf,1s.
The opinions, deeIuea AiAAlr =?
10 ef- shoyyn to be fallaciOuS.s lt lS Dy III
favor coming in contact with other mind
70. u ideas rubbing against other ideas--'
then by comparison the progress
,nrni made.
small small Every Grange is legislative be
wherein whatever questions or res
Err. ls tions that may be introduced are IT.