The Grange advance., 1874-06-17
Changers I'm Council.
From the Glencoe Register.

Gf4oSerS IN COUNCIL.
From the Glencoe Register.
LARGE AND HARMONIOUS MEETING.
The Mcleod County Council Of Oranges
met in the village of Hutchinson on Friday,
May 9th. Eleven out Of the Fourteen
Oranges composing the Council. were rep
| resented. Some hundred or more visiting
members were present. Ten delegates
were present from Cedar Lake Grange,
Meeker county.
The committee on resolutions reported
the following:
WHEREAS. In the matter Of selling Of
produce the farmer is wholly at the mercy
Of the middle-men, frequently being COM
PEELED to sell at ruinous rates, therefore
for the better protection Of their interests
in selling their produce, be it
Resolred, By the Mcleod County Patrons
Of Husbandry, the farmers Board OF Trade
be organized, to be governed by such rules
and regulations and meet at such times and
place as may be deemed expedient.
Resolued, That the members Of said
Board Of Trade offer their produce for sale
on the days of the meeting Of said Board,
and that they refuse to sell on other
days.
Resolved, That any farmer may become
a member Of said Board Of Trade wheth-
er Patron of Husbandry or not.
After some discussion the preamble and
resolutions were ordered upon the table,
with directions to have them printed in the
the Glencoe Reqister and Hutchinson Enter
prise.
On motion of Brother A. B. Hutchin-
son, it was decided to abandon the PROPOSE
tion of celebrating the 4th Of July as q
Council.
THE SOBER SECOND THOUGHT.
After = pretty thorough discussion of
the Delinquent Tax-Law, the following
resolution offered by L. Hall, was adopt
ed:
Resolved, That the following preambles
and resolutions offered by Bro. 4. S. No.
bles, and adopted at the last meeting Of the
Council, be rescinded;
"WHEREAs, We, the farmers Of Mime
sofa, did petition the Legislature of last
winter asking for relief from the penalty
Of "a per cent. and costs, which had ac-
crued on all unpaid taxes, and
WHEREAS, The Legislature, instead of
giving the relief asked for, did give new
turn to the extortioner's screw, by passing
the so-called "Iron-Clad Tax-Law,'' which
provides for an additional 10 per cent. on
all taxes remaining unpaid after the lst of
August; therefore
Resolved, That we denounce the law as
being unjust and oppressive, and the men,
bers Of the Legislature who supported and
voted for the bill as betrayers Of the conf
dence Of the people"
Also the following by Bro. J. Coons:
Resolved, That the Governor be request
to consider the propriety of calling an
extra session Of the Legislature for the
purpose Of extending the time for the pay
ment Of delinquent taxes until January 1st.,
1875, for the reason that it will be impossi-
BILE for farmers to raise the money to pay
at the time required by law.
1t was the opinion Of the Council that the
only really Objectionable feature Of the law
was the time fixed for the payment Of de-
linquent taxes; that the first Of October
would have been much more favorable.
The following resolution was adopted
without desenting vote:
Resolred, That we, the members of the
Mcleod County Council, deprecate and en-
ter our earnest protest against all efforts,
let them come from whatever source they
may, looking in the dir lection Of converting
the Grange into secret political party.
The following resolution was unanimous
ly adopted:
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Council, Senator Window has justly earned
and is entitled 20 the thanks of the produc-
ers and consumers Of the agricultural
products Of this country, in making the very
thorough and able report which he recently
laid before Congress, as Chairman of the
Congressional Committee on transportation.
This resolution was discussed in a spir-
tied manner for some time. There seemed
to be feeling amounting to belief in the
minds Of some Of the members, that Sena-
tor Window had not been quite explicit
enough in treating upon the great question
of the governments building, owning, and
controlling line Of railroad from the Mis-
sissippi to the Atlantic.
Bro. ABB. Hutchinson offered the follow
ing which was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, We are opposed to all monopo-
lies that tend to weaken and destroy our
| influence, therefore
in favor of discouraging that foulest of all
damning onopolies-Rum, or any intoxi-
cants in any Of our feasts or social gather
| ings of Council, subordinate, State or Ma.
tional Oranges.
Adjourned to meet in Glencoe on the first
Friday in July.
L. HALL, Sect.