The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-19
woMAN's SPHERE.
WhaI Of the Orange Movement q.

To The Editor Of the Springfield Republican.
Under the above caption, j. A. b., in
! your daily issue of the Goth, has given US
short essay. The subject was undoubt-
eddy furnished him by others, in the same
manner that the schOol-master gives out
! subjects b. his pupils, the main drift of
| the essay being 70 show the injury 10 be
| inflicted by the Changers upon the polti-
clan and the Speculation After enumera-
| ting what he considers the imaginary
! grievances, he says ia remedy Sought is
that great panacea Of shOrt-sighted man
| legislation. What iar-sighted wisdom is
contained in the above paragraph! What
has made our country what ii is, but leg
islation? That all Legislation is not wise,
l admit. The act passed that went into
effect last June, prohibiting the farmer
who raised tobacco from selling pound To
any but licensed speculator, under a
penalty of $500, while the Speculation
could procure q license to buy and sell any
quantity tor S22, was doubtless unwise
and unjust, and should he repealed, like
some other acts, procured by the specula-
tors influence and money, for his own es-
pecial benefit. Says the schoOl-master,
nearly one-half Of our working population
are farmers; add to this the mechanic
and the common laborer and they consti-
tute a large majority. Why then should
they be satisfied with the meager sop doled
out to them Why should they not be
fully represented in our legislative halls,
instead of allowing few office seekers 10
assemble in the pOsC-office to make up
slate for them, to sanction ia the caucus,
and vote for, election day?
One word as to the spectators: Under
the present system, the speculator or the
middle-man may be necessity, but lis
not possible that there may be a more ex-
c ilent way.
1t is a well known fact that the mOneyed
men and spectators combine to buy up
the produce of the West, and compel us
to pay their own price, at the same time
that they combine to fix the price paid to
the producer Whether they have secret
societies or not, they all act in concert.
While -four is worth but from "a 30 10
So 80 Ia Minnesota, and from 50 so 20
So so in Chicago, and freights from 81 80
to 81, we have 10 pay s II and So for the
same here. Evidently there is screw
loose somewhere. II the Changers can
unite to better their condition, where ia
the sin The paper makers form a con-
gress an bind all to run on half-time, if
necessary, 10 keep up the price Of paper,
thus compelling their employees 10 live on
half ratious or run into debt But where
j. the sch0o!-master2 He sees no wrong in
that MgnAy,-d men combine 20 raise the
rate Of interest to ten and fifteen per cent,
but the school master is silent.
I am not Granger, nor the son Of
Granger, but if they can unite TO reform
corrupt and venial legislation, or if they
break up the combinations Of the specula-
tors, and thus give the laboring man his
bread at fair price, bid them God
speed. THEoPHnoUs JONES.
South Hadley Falls, January 26, 1874.
In the State Grange, in which the
ladies took an active part, one of the mem
bers, Mrs T. l. Smith, the wife of the
master, offered the following, which was
unanimously adopted by rising vote:
WHEREAS, The depressed condition of
the planting interests Of Georgia calls for
radical change in our expenditures as
wives and daughters of Patrons; there
fore, 1851 ~
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