The Grange advance., 1874-02-14
address Of E. B. Carter Of Darlen, vii

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address OF r. B. Carter OF Darlen, Wis.
Bro. E. B. Carter, Of Badger State Grange;
Darien, Wisconsin, delivered before that
Grange q most admirable address on the
18th ult. -four paper was larger we we:should
publish the whole of this speech, but it will
be utterly impossible for us to do more than
make q. few. selections therefrom. Many
and many day have we swung the axe
from morning till night by the side of Bro.
Carter. He handled an axe we'll. HI now
handles the Kings English with much the
same vigor and energy on the strongly built,
deep-rooted monopolists, that he then used
the axe upon the forest trees. In the woods
he learned the necessity of keeping good
edge upon his implement, and he practices
the lesson in the use of his words and argu-
ments. He strongly urges upon his breth-
rem the necessity of higher degree of in
telligence, and insists that a thorough
knowledge of the elemental principles and
laws of business, are necessary to success
in realizing the great objects of our order
and in making agriculture as remunerative
rs other vocatiors and professions In.
speaking of what intelligence and organiza-
ton has done in the commercial world he
says: ..
''It has established inter-oceanic COM
munication, it has fected the high seas
with millions Of snowy wings unfolded to
the breezes of commercial intercourse, in
stituted the science of navigation, and
bounded continents with its systems Of rail-
roads and telegraphs, until w9 find here a
power which Kings themselves 1annot over
throw"
He then proceeds to discu4B the rela.
tions existing between tie agricultural
classes and the rest of the world and says:
"It is generally admitted thad the agri-
cultural interests Of a country isthe basis
,ipon which its wealth and prosperity is
builded, consequently making of it an in
terest that should be of primary impor-
tance in the. consideration Of the people
constituting such government. But we are
sorry to confess that it has never held 9TH
er position than that Of vassal to the great
commercial world whose wealth and power
is but the outgrowth, born Of its vitality,
and farmers rs IN element in society have
found themselves with their interests sub.
sidized to this power. And why? We
shall find that there are several reasons,
one of which, if you please, we call the ig-
norance or inability to understand the pro-
per use Of the individual rights inherent
within US for the legitimate wants and pro-
lection of our business relations to the
world who make demand upon US from our
resources for the supply of its natural
wants and desires, which perhaps sums up
all of the other reasons that might be
stated. u.
We have found that excessive adhesion
to business has perverted, to great ex-
tent, mans moral nature and has generated
system Of avarice that don't hesitate to
step beyond the legitimate transactions Of
his avocation, especially where he 6nds no
business rule, custom or law prot (cting the
object he may covet. For this treason We
are the parties that havehsd 70 bleed, for
we have failed to protect &rs{ lives against
these innovations of the busine world, until
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