, 1874-01-05
IOWA.
Approaching Meeting Of The Legislature
Anti-Monopolist Majority in
The House.
Operations Of the State Agency Of the
Patrons Of Husbandry.
Hoc-Packing ---A A Woman One
Hundred and Fifteen
Years Old.
Coryespondenee Of The Chicago Tribune.
DEs MorsEs, a., Dec. 80, 18'

| Cor9espondenee Of The Chicago Tribune
DEs MozsEs, a., Dec. 80, 1873.
TIE STATE LEGISLATURE
! conyeues here in regular session tho second
Tuesday in January. Tho indications are, that
! there will be au extensive moneyed lobby
Many of The best rooms in the frs: hotels have
been engaged for tho winter BY wel-known poll
| ticians md lobbyitea. Among the number are
several railroad Republicans, noted for their
LOBBYING successes at Washington. The Senate
| is conceded to the Republicans, but the "Anti-
Monops," as the Opposition are called, claim
| majority OF three in tho House, This will give
| them the organization Of that body,-the first
victory of the kind for the Opposition party IN
lows. The Hon. J. IF. Dixon, Of Otrumwa, ia
! prominently mentioned as the Autobiography
candidate for Speaker.
THE GRANdERs
are expected to exert powerful influence in the
manipulation Of tho laws at the coming sesslon.
and they undoubtedly will. Death to rings aud
| m monopoles! is the war-cry.
Your correspondent to-dny paid visit to the
| Office Of Mr.. j. D. Whitman. State Agent for the
| Patrons Of Husbandry: with yiew to learning
| something of tho workings OF the Agency Tor
the past year, and OF its plans aud prospects for
| the future. He was informed TINT Mr. ". was
at present IN Chicago. looking after the interests
Of the Order. The gen.leman's Secretary, how
| eyor, youchsafed all the information in his
| power.
waB instituted By tile Patrons about eight months
| since, aud WAS at the time simply an experiment
/ The object Was to make the Agency medium
| Of communication between the manufacturer
t md consumer and tho endearor has been to
reduce the price Of agricultural implements and
| machinery. That the enterprise has been Sue
cessful, tho following statements, Cleaned from
the books in the Agents Office, will show:
/ The Agency has handled over $1,000 worth
Of machinery. The saving to Patrons on sowing
machines alone aggregates over 5000; and,
t for the past week, on renpecs and mowers, over
$1,000.
Direct shipments OF stock, grain, and farm
produce are now nude iu large quantities to the
| Agency in Chicago; and the dlderence In
! amounts realized upon grain, between those
consigned to tho Agency and to outsiders, has
! been from
/ 10 20 20 Cents PEE BusHEL-
The worz OF the Agency is oonstontly increas-
| ing Last spring it gave it's whole patronage for
plows to oae Of the factories here. The busi-
ness soon grew too large for single factory.
when second ono was attached and now ar-
| 1angemcuts have heen made to run 8 third here
in tho city. In addition to these, there are three
| other large factories IN tho State controlled by
| the Patrons.
manufacturers arc fast awaking to the power
and influence of the Grange in Iowa, and are
SOLICITING PATRONAGE
OF the State Agency, both iu pe1son and by letter.
The Secretary showed your correspondent 3
large book, in which were fled propositions from
| nearly all tho leading manufacturers Of the
country. asking for patronage. and giving lowest
cash 4 lures.
Letters Of inquiry and orders for produce
! continually beng received from all parts OF the
country Within the past few days, orders have
been filled for parties in Vermont, 8lassacnu-
setts, West Virginia, llabam., mississippi, Nils
souri,, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Now forA, aud
Marylaud.
The Agency has done immense business,
and proved an une1ampled SUCCESS. It Will be
| seen thas the farmers Of Iowa propose to have
voice and exert influence in all matters per-
| tanning to their interests, whether on tho farm
Tic indications are that the State Agency will
| 4 MUCH LARGER BUSINESS
| the ensuing year than iu the PAST. Within the
past thirty days. cash-ordors for machinery. to
be fll.-l within the next two months, have oeen
received to tho amount OF over $l8,000,-
on which Agent Whitman estimates q
ssgng 5g s,oo OF machinery i. e's cou,a pos hass
been purchased for outsiders for less than
S25, 600. All machines are subject TO severe
tests before being offered to the Patrons:
A. B. Snedey, Master Of the State Grange,
asserts that, through the influence Of Iowa Pa
| trons, agricultural implements and machines
| have bean reduced Ia pllce
| oyER 25 PER CENT
within the past t'7o years; family supplies for
| the same period, Is per cent.
| 4 moral will be found in these facts so plain to
be seen thht he who runs may read
| THE uoG-PAcK1SG sEAsoN