Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-06

far as the eye could sean. bore the
senlblance of justice aud hadahe same
andying principles of right and justice
inserlbedupoa their banners that they.
under sense Of injured virtue, had
put upon their own This was rather
embarrassing they knew not what to
do or think; they felt and knew that
they were wronged, and not being able
to perceive in what way or by whom,
it tended particularly to arouse a little
wrath, and they began to. swear ven
geance to the dishonest migrate who
should deign injure in the least that
class that furnished all the wealth and
Injuries of life to all the world. The
farmer being more inclined to stay at
home than go abroad, they began their
investigations around him. After
much study and very deep search
among the intricacies of society and
government, they came to the wise
conclusion that there was a middle !
man some where that stood between
them and their just rights, but for
their lives they could not tell who he
was or where to locate him. In this
state of perplexity our Order first
started, determined to upset the first
class of Adams race that answered to
the description given by their fancy of
that notorious parsonage. The first
man they met was the retail merchant,
who on perceiving the colossal proper
tons of an order that asserted itself to
be his enemy, rather daunted him;
but when the color had returned to
his wan cheeks he proposed stipula-
ton, and if that would not do, he
would Internationally surrender his
, occupation and go to farming too.
, ''Then," said he to the Grange, you
complain of the low price of your pro-
duce now, but if we so to farming the
) price will be much less, as the supply
and demand will under all circum-
stances govern the price of all commo-
, dities. " That said the Grange,
don suit us yet; we are not prepared
for "a reduction in prices; however, re-
/ duce the price OF your goods little
: and we will be friends. You are not
J the man We took you to be; from your
i style we thought you were the middle
3 man" "Oh no" said the merchant,
I'VE have never robbed you of any of
a your rights; we have really nothing
but that style to which you allude; we
e labor all the days of our lives in sup
D plying you and your families with ne
: cessaries at as low prices as it is pos
i sible for US to do and support our
e families, and often below living rate,
S which you will find by reference to the
5 Spirit of the Times" which says
: from reliable ste tistics that seventeen
S in every twenty retail merchants failin
t business.
+ The next class accosted is the com
n mission merchant and the agent who
c vends patent medicines for a stipula-
5, ted commission, such as sewing and
/ washing machines, wringers, etc., that
d are manufactured far from our midst
N and without some such method of in
II Producing to public use, would perhaps
It remain for ages in the hands of the
(, builder before the people who need
d them would know that such were in ex.
'e istence
1t well Mr.. commission merchant,
e says the Grange, your business is no,
IS legitimate, you have no capital of your
n own, you are dealing on a fictitious
d basis and all your profits are that much
i out of our pockets; really you are Of
l. no benefit to any one, but mere para
If site, and we intend to rid ourselves o.
d you by dealing directly with the man.
d ufacturer and consumer lyon arc
lie surely mistaken, says the commission
IS merchant, we are the servants of the
n two most important classes of the PEG.
l. pie, namely: the manufacturer anG
it producer, laboring assiduously to OBJ
l. tain the best market price for your
1t produce, attending to the distribution
re and safe delivery of your surplus tc
,r every quarter of the globe where its
~ scarcity is greatest and prices are best
10 without troubling you even SO much a:
u to think upon the subject, then with
er dispatch deliver the net proceeds a
Of your home. We are the safeguards O.
E. your interests, from the time that YOU
to produce leaves your home wharf in al
I'd of its necessary shipments from por
er to port, from continent to continent
lie guarding it against all calamities, ship
IT wreck, robbery, FIRE &C., by timely in
he surance. You cannot have your pro
a. duce safely distributed without us
n Your prosperity is our interest. Wha
c, benefits you benefits US. Now, if you
IL will confront your real enemy, we viii
S with both zeal and power cooperate
We with You. However, if you persist il
al thinking we are the middlemen, W,
IN will surrender and go to farming There
TX is but one half million of the mercan
a tile class. We will be able to fec
ne ourselves and about two and one-hal
s. millions more, thereby reducing tn,
re number of your consumers two anC
u one-half mil,ions-consequently tn,
K price of your produce will be great,
he reduced, but your taxes will remain
O. the same" oh" says the Grange
We that don't suit u.s. From your argu
IN ment we are persuaded that you ar,
Id not the middleman, but this catcl
so penny class which travel over GU
l. country, selling sewing machines
ut washing machines, &C., for the benef
10 of our poor wives, ought to be pu
re down. They are the middlemen tina
y disturb the current of just and al
n equitable distribution of the none.
I'd of our country and we'll go for 'um +"
ry All classes of trading men have beer