The Grange advance., 1874-02-18
National Grange Platform.

National Grange Platform.
Charity tile Chief Corner Stone-4 Better and
Htgher Nauhood-Faror Economy and OPP
pose C1edt-Not Enemies Of Railroads or
Capital, but opposed TO Tyranny and Monop-
oses-Not a Political Party, nor to he made
one.
At St. Louis, on Wednesday last, the
National Grange adopted Il platform,
which is published in the large dailies Of
Thursday. We give below the main
resolutions, or panks in tie platform. Z
DECLARATION or p,RpoSEs.
Profoundly impressed with the truth
that the National Grange OF the United
States should definitely l,rocIaim II the
world It's general objects. We hereby
unaninou>iy iy make this declaration II
purposes OF the Patrons o'' Husband1y. ST
.sfttsAtT q q Tysllise,i VI sl'ys the vstrvng ..ssane,
faithful tie Of agriculture. We mutually
resolve to labor for the good q; our O.
der, our country, and mankind.
Nero"d-We heartily endorse the
motto: In essentials Unity in non
essentials Liberty in I'LL things Char
ity." 4
7HIr|-We shall cndc,v:'r 10 advance
our. cause by l;lboring to accomplish rlc
following objects:.. ~ develop d better
and higher manhood and womanhouJ
among ourselves; to enhance the c>:ill-
forts and attraction OF our homes. u,,.,
strengthen our attachments to our pur-
suits to foster mutual understanding
and cooperation to maintain inviUlate
our laws, and to emulate each other, 10
labor to hasten the good time coming
to reduce our expenses both individual
and corporate to buy less and produce
more, in order to make our farms self
supporting; to diversity our corps, and
plant no more than we can cultivate; TO-
condense the wei ight Of our exports, sell
ing less III the bushel, and more on the
hoof and i'll tieeces to systc,n.tize ot,r
work, and calculate intelligently un the
probabilities to discounteTmncc the cred
it system; the mortgage system: the fash
sion system, and every other system tend
ing to prodiyality and bankruptcy. We
propose meeting together, talking toyetil-
er, working together, buying together,
selling together, and generally acting to-
gether for our mutual protection and ad-
vancement, as secession may require
We shall avoid litigation US much as pos
slbIe, by arbitration i'll the Grange We
shall constantly strive. to secure entire
harmony, good will, and vital brother
hood among ourselves, and to make the
order perpetual. We shall earnestly en-
deaver to suppress personal, local, Sec
tienal and national prejudices, all un-
healthy rivalry, and all selfish ambition.
faithful adherence TO these principles
will insure our mental, and moral, social
and material advancement.
F"W'M-For our business interests we
desire to bring producers and consumers.
farmers and manufacturers into the most
intimate relations possible. Hence, we
must dispense with surplus of middle
men, not that we are unfriendly to them,
but we Go not need them. Their sur
plus and their exactions diminish our
profits G'We wage no aggressive warfare
against any other interests whatever. On
the contrary, all our acts and all our ef.
forts, SO far as business is concerned are
not only for the benefit Of producers but
also for all other interests that trv to
bring those two parties into speedy: and
economical contact Hence we hold that
transportation companies of every kind
= are e necessary ' to our success that their
Z interests are ultimately connected with
our interests, and that harmonious action
! IS mutually advantageous Keeping in
" view the first sentence in our declaration
ssot principles Of action, that individual
\ happiness depends upon the general pros
I Per1ty, we shall therefore advocate For fosr
every State the increase in every practi-
cable way af all facilities for transporting
cheaply to the seaboard or between home
\ producers and consumers, all the plioduc-
tons of our country We adopt it as
our fixed purpose to open out the chan
nels mS Natnres great arteries that The
life blood Of commerce may flow fneely..5
We are net enemies of' railroads, naviga. q