The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

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EDITORIAL NOTES.
The monopoly "organs arc laundering
all around the sky. Let them thunder.
It is not Of too much whisky but OF TOO
much water that the Louisiarians COM
plain
Indiana expected 1900 Oranges by the
time Of its next State Grange. That does
not look much like dying out.
The Farmers, Union receives a||~>i' de-
served rcbuke by a writer in tie Fafbault
Republican for unprovokcd a'il Malicious
attacks made by the Union ob prominent
members Of the Order of P. Of II.
They have been having snow storms the
past week South and East The winds
coming from the regions of these storms
have interferred with the usually mild eli
mate Of Minnesota, but we can stand it If
they can.
In another column we publish the circu-
lar of Commissioner Drummond, which will
be Of interest to parties who wish to obtain
homestead and pay for the same by sim
ply planting and raising grove Of trees
for their own future convenience and use.
\ stay Of proceedings was had in the
case Of Baxter vs.. Brooks in Arkansas and
compromise attempted, but Brooks did
not compromise much. Baxter is putting
in his spare time until the assembling Of
his legislature, which he has ordered, in
making Majors and Brigadier Generals.
1t is a little strange, since the railroads
have refused to pay any attention to the
new railroad law in Wisconsin, that there
is any excitement about the matter though
such is said to be the fact. 1t shows
how foolish people are. What right have
the people to be excited when railroads
set their laws at defiance? 1t is way
they have.
They have cold water crusade down in
Louisiana, but it is very intem2erate
movement Of that temperate fluid. Twenty
three parishes Of the cotton and sugar re-
gions, comprising in all seven min ion FIVE
hundred thousand acres Of land, arp food
cd. More than 25, 900 people af I'd ported
as actually suffering for the mel e{essat Ties Of
life, and the water still is spreadingl Re-
lief committees have been. organized at
New Orleans, and Boston alone has sent
$40, 900 dollars for relief.
The Farmers Union has been very mod
cstly (?) asserting, for the purpose Of
"taking in " advertisers (see the boys ~
own letter in that model (?) sheet, the
Gopher Mirror), that it had the largest
circulation Of any paper in the State. In
its issue of the 25th instant is the wonder
full (?) assertion that since last Fall, a
period of nearly eight months. it has added
or taken in " 500 subscribers.
Does the boy really think that this is
something to brag of, or is it the remorse
Of guilty conscience that leads to this
confession The GRANGE ADVANCE, since
last Fall, and in the first six months of its
existence has had circulation Of sixty
thousand copies or an average of nearly
$500 per week. Advertisers will please
make note of this.
U. s. Grant doesn't initiate worth cent.
He takes issue with the majority Of the
cage legislators of the Senate and House
and vetoes the bill for the increase Of the
currency. In his message vetoing the bill
the President claims the bill to be de-
psrture from "true principles Of finance"
that it is doubtful under the restrictions Of
the bill whether the currency would be in
creased, that it is founded on q theory
which is violation Of the pledged faith Of
the nation, that the argument founded on
unequal distribution Of the currency is un.
founded, for there still remains four NIL.
lions of dollars Of authorized bapk nbts Cir
culation assigned to States having les thar
their quota not yet taken. In addition tt
this the States having less than their quota
Of bank circulation, have the option o.
$26, ,00O, 600 more to be taken from those