The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-03-20
DeKalnat0ry Notes.
From tie Rake.l

J. ~ IGS 0GEA Ak1LAGA IEOIRAu LIldt VIZ
were acting as q sort of mouth-piece fol
our good friend and worthy brother
/ Capt. n. D.. Wetmore, Secretary of the
State Grange, and that we received pc
cuniary aid from him to support The
Rake for the purpose of publishing de-
famatOry and scurTilous articles about
Worthy Master Lewis and the Grange
Agency in this city. Now we divine
from whence this report came, and W.
feel assured that these bdck-biters are
Judging other people by themselves.
They are bought and sold andare a com
/ plete sell and will sell every body that
has anything to do with them, in fact
hMsh-money is their principal capital.
t. We regard brother Wetmore as too
honest and fearless to resort to any such
means as suggested by this under-t0ir,
and we believe him to be too good q ma
riner to be influenced by any such cur
rents. Nobody irresponsible ortO blame
for anything thatappears in the editorial
columns OF our paper but the editor. &
WORTHY MASTER LEWIS
is a public character and, as such, is sub
iect to the severest scrutiny and criticism
He holds q very responsible position and
it is the duty of all connected with the
order to watch and guard him against
frauds and impositions of every descrip-
ton that he vas roped IN when he or
ganized the Orleans Grange there is no
doubt, and that he is slow to retrieve his
lost ground is plain enough to all who
have any knowledge of the matter.
Somebody
WANTED TO BE A GRANGER
with a carte blanche to roam overthe fair
fields of Southwestern Louisiana for the
purpose of gathering in the ripest fruits
of that fertile region. The Orleans
Grange was the gate to this rich pastur-
age and, sad TO say, our Worthy Master
rOpers who knew the seductive notes of
"TOmmy come tickle me" to perfection.
The wounds we give are forth purpose
OF healing this huge carbuncle it is aw-
full sore, we know, but it must be lanced
to effect a permanent cure; under this
kind of treatment the parties will "get
well of it" and then they may be health
Ter, better and more cautious leaders.
We are opposed to
THE GRANGE AGENCY
in New Orleans. for the following rea-
sons:
First, while it holds out the idea to it's
patrons that it is in antagonistic rela-
tions to other firms in this city, it is, in
reality, on the most intimate business
terms with many of them.
Second, in its confidential circular it
draws up a comparison between it's own
liberal dealing and the "gouging" trans
action of an imaginary Dangertield & Co.
This proposition will do very well for a
schoolboy's arithmetic lesson, but it will
not do for honest, square dealing; the
Agency knew very well thatif the attack
had been made on any responsible firm
that the matter would have been ~inyesti-
gated and the fraud exposed. "a
Third, it is the fostering of an institu-
tion-a monopoly Of the biggest kind
that the Order of Patrons wal organized
to break up, and it not only threatens to
build up this dangerous monopoly, but
it induces acts Of ingratitude and incul-
Gates principles Of dishonesty wholly in
compatible with the teachings of our
Order.
There are many business houses in
New Orleans that would work on the
same terms that the agency does, and
the reason that their business qualifica-
lions are better, and for the further rea-
son that they have furnished material
aid to the farmers and are doing SO even
this year, theYslould receive the patron
age of a majority of the farmers and
planters in Mississippi and Louisiana.
We have always believed that our in
dependence as producers lay in the all
important practice of producing what
we need at home 80 far as the farm is
capable of doing so.
And it is chimerical to suppose that
the tiller of the soil will derive any ben
eft whatever by the destruction of any
interest So closely allied to his own as
is that of the merchants. It matters not
who controls our products so they are
properly controlled.
Place men under the same circum-
and there is very little or no diff
between them. The great hue
and cry about the Grange Agency is seal
to lead many astray and cause
them to aid in the erection of an edifice
that will certainly tumble and crush them
TO death. The concentration and con-
troll of this large amount of capital in
The hands of one agency is an accumula-
don Of wealth that will certainly result
IN evil to the productive energies of the
country.
Under the excitement attending this
new revolution those who have control
Df the Agency will reap a rich harvest in
j short time, while the producers viii
not be benefited In the least. The whole
10 % ~ NLSOA III
Ter a different head. If the sensiblef far
ners will only take time to think over
lie matter there viii be no danger from
he influence of the Grange A~gency-the
1e fdct0 Dangerfield.
Brother farmers make your farms sup
bort you, raise your own corn, pork, beef
md mutton keep cows that will give
IN abundant supply.of good rich milk,
make all the butter and cheese thatyour
Dwn family needs and a little to SELL
plenty Of poultry and don't neglect
he orchard and garden. Sustain the ae-
i've country merchandise ID indispensi
ole-and never : go back 0nn your old
New Orleans " stand by Don't deBtoI-
Sh the system of trade but reform it and
BY the strictest economy and industry
GU can force measures that will benefit
yourselves and others and nobody will
De hurt by the transaction.
Address 10 the south.