Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1874-09-11
KNOXvIIIE TENN.: FRIDAY MORNING. sEPTEAIBER n az=

half million dollars and established .
bank, where they loan money at )
living interest to farmers, thus era
bling them 10 bold their grain il
necessary.
Last fall the~Aork packers held q
council i'll Cincinhati, and resolved
that they would lay only cents Der
| pound for their pork. The farmers
held council, AMP resolve12exo back
their own pork. They drew ON the
subordinate treasuFers for funds with
which, in sixty days, they had a pork
! packing eStaDtiS4m Omnleted.
What did the pork packers then do?
They held an0thhr council, and re-
solved that they WfuId pay cents per
pound. q,
The question had been asked, what
! benefit are we RECEIVING from this
organization? sSoIae have not got any,
| but tits because tl,et have not worked
| for it. Some Grafsfses have not vet
obtained sealssI ester in HasfiIs I|,s,s Il :
He asserted that he, as a Granger,
could save from two TO forty per cent.
On fh,dl the s,e purehase ,,n chase anything ing from a
The Order is net, and can not, be
made political. By the law, you can
not not. discuss politics in fhe Order,
nor nominate any one fora political
Office Ii any enc Violates this, throt-
tie him. Men may enter as Republi-e
cans, or as Democrats, but they have
no right to spout their principles in
the Order. Some Say it was started
to build up Democracy. 1t was
originated in Washington City,
by Mr.. Kelly, an honest Republican,
a good farmer, who had been a good
soldier in the Fedelal army, and after
the storm cloud Of 4warShad& passed
away, under authority from President
Johnson starts out on mission second
to none save that ofthe cross of Christ.
1t was mission to the South to inves-
tigate the agricultural interests of this
section. When he reached South
Carolina, his heart sank within him,
and he felt that some remedy must be
found. AT Montgomery, Ala, when
everything was stiled in slumber, he
solved the problem, and proceeded to
Washington and laid his plans before |
an honest Scotchman, and the Grange |
movement was begun. Northern men |
originated it, and it was long time |
before the South would have anything
to do with il. A NIr. Eakin, of South |
Carolina, first took hold of it. Now |
there are 200 in Iowa, $50 in Illinois,
so in Ohio, 10 in Tennessee-andi it only
about seven years old. .r..-. Il
The speaker then took occasion to
reply to what Mr.. WINS, OF the A h ells1
Post, had said in regard to his dissatis-4,
faction in regard to the recent Demo~f
cratic convention at Nashville. He
did not go to the convention because
be wanted to, but because there was an
honest poar, bofOfo h q con xypY1ti n n h a
was fully identified with the farmers
interest. He did not stand committed
to any party but the farmers party.
Both political parties were down with
The same disease-zcosssas11tao2 81
He referred to the opJects OF the
Grangers' movement: 1st, Education.
2nd, Moral reform. 3rd, Social reform.
ith, Agricultural development. The
whole speech was pointed, and very
we'll received by the audience.
Then came the dinner, which was
by all the most abundant
and luxurious ever before on the
ground, which is saying q good deal
for Cedar Springs. twas the univer-
sal opinion after dinner that Mr..
Charlton ought to take back that part
of his speech, characterizing the farms
ers as a c1oaU7atrodden class AFTER
time for the farmers TO enjoythem-
selves in a social reunion they were
again called to the stand by music etos
listen to a speech from Esq. Taylor, of
Sweetwater, which we suppose was
too long as the Committee requested
him to close after he had spoken one
hour and aquarter, Mr.. Taylor's voice
vas so weak that majority of the
audience could not hear him, and the
latter part of the speech degenerated
into politics, being an attack upon the
National Banking system and the ten
per cent. interest law. o.. #F
At the close of the meeting thefollow-
ing significant announcement was
made-there will be meeting of the
people ofMcMinn county in Athens, on
next Saturday week to take into con-
sideration the propriety of selecting /
some one to represent US in the next
general assembly of Tennessee.
After benediction by DR.. Dean, Pres |
ident of the East Tennessee Wesleyan
University, the meeting adjourned.