, 1874-05-16
found reserved wisdom to devise, and resources
and power to execute

and power to execute
DARK MYSTERIOUS PURPOSES,
! Mt onco terrible to witness and fearful to expert
! eDce. They also imply that the farmers re3ar
| Themselves AZ being entirely Independent OF bot
| manufacturers and middlemen, and that the
think they are quite competent TO take care 0
| themselves. These resolutions, moreover, gir
! us Some slight ylimpses Of the non, original
| agricultural world is hereafter to conduct it
business, and through which every farmer, il
every nook and cornor OF the land, is to be sup
Piled with the necessary implements sud machin
] cry. Looking outside these resolutions. We
learn, moreover, that 1t is contemplated that tht
Grange will, through its officers and other agcn'
| cies, order all implements, and indeed
! overy variety OF goods wanted by i:s
/ members, on receipt OF the cash. This
Grange being, IN its very idea. band OF BROTH
promote each others interests aud hapniness,
no one ia to charge anything for his services,
except in few special cases; whie it is con-
temp1ated that, through Grange officers, and
Graugo stores and Grange facilities. the wants
of all true Changers will be supplied at whole
sale prices: that the poor middlomen will be LETT
out In the cold, viii. their occupation gone and
that every spindle and loom. every hammer and
anvil, and forge, aud every snring, and cog, and
wheel. in al the great manufacturing establish
u1eutt throughout our broad country that will
not sell their products to Granges It Wholesale
prices, will soon cease to perform their func-
tioos and their soul-thrilluc music will no
longer be heard in eli our borders. Glorious and
happy day shall that be for ali Oranges, When,
their battles fought. their victories Won. tho
whole world
SHALL LAY PRosTRArE AND BLEEDING
at tbeir feet. These are indeed aatterinS pros
pects, and there is no wonder thai they tickle
the fancy and excite the imagiuat1ons Of the sons
and daughters Of toll.
Such. Alr. Editor. is a slight sketc! Of the out
lines Of tho grand scheme that is to revolution
lze tho commercial, the manufacturing and the
agriculture! world. and to eet aside as useless,
to crush out as baleful. and to stamp a. illosit-
imate aud infamous. large and iucr>aslnglv~ir-
portant depat tments Of human thought, activity,
aud labor,
Tho ample point now wish to make Is this,
to wit:
Fiyst-Wifl thin :echemo succecd7 Will the
founders as 3 body: or any large proportion Of
them, be abio to dispense with middlemen?
Leaving cntirly out Of view MI OF thu otho. OBJ
jects Of their association, many OF which
worthy and highly comnle"dable, tile point I
hero make il tnia: Can they dispense with the
labor, Knowledge, skill, facilities. AMI caoital Of
evar, to anv considerable extent and to any ap-
prec;able advantage to Themselves deal directly,
in person or through their organiZatious Eih
the manufacturers Of implements, or With the
producers Of other articles Of necessity, comfort,
and luxury?
Second-On the other hand. can tha uaanufac-
turers Of implements, end the producers Of nu-
nerouB other articles Of prime importance and
II absolute necessity to modern society,
leal to auy considerable extent in person with
ho consumers Of their productions, or INDIRECT
y through associations know rs Granges2
THINK NOT.
1t is upon the important principles involved in
hase two leading questions, and their answers,
hat tho merits of the controversy now gong On |
between the farmers, on the ouc hand. and tas !
and thu mildlemen. on the other, |
aust, in tho final outcome, mainly turn.
3f1DDLEXAr |