Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-17

f alive and let live," should be on
f motto, asking nothing but What /
. just, and submitting to nothing tina
} is wrong. Our object as Patrons Q
, Husbandry are well understood. A
to numbers we arc already a success
We have over one million members a
, the present time, every State has com
into line, as Granger States, but three
The probability is, that we shall hav'
double our present number by mex
session at this time. We now hav,
one hundred and sixty three Grange
| in our own State.
i AS to impressions, made by socia
and friendly relations existing in on
order, we are little inclined to bash
fitness; fearful, perhaps, Of OVERRIDING
the social status of our order; but, my
brothers, We need have no fear Of over
doing the principle Of friendship, love
and truth. Feeling friendly, dealing
kindly, acting fairly; striving so to de
to others as they should do to us
again, blessing all and scOrning nc
one, wronging none by word or deed
but forbearing, soothing and serving
such should be our life ard creed. We
are living now, as it were, in the
dawning of new era, in which the
sons and daughters OF honest, hard
toll are trying to better their condition,
while engaged in the most noble occu.
patton of man. An erroneous idea oh.
tains generally, among the kid-glove
gentry, that farmers, or laboring men,
belong to the lower strata Of society,
Let us look at the facts, and positive
evidence of downright ignorance. on
their part will appear. Henry Clay
was a poor boy and worked hard for q
living, and the faint glimmerings Of his
oratorial talent were first developed
before an audience of forest trees
Henry Bascom, the great western ora
tor, travelled west on foot, with his ak
on his shoulder; Daniel Webster, in
his Saratoga speech, IN 1874, said that
he WIS a backwOols-man, born in q log
cabin, on the border Of the unbroken
forest, and enured to hard labor;
Franklin practical printer, was q
hard worker; the eloquent Patrick
Henry labored on the farm while a
young man; Washington, when not
employed,by'h country, labored up
on his farm; and was actually follow,
ing his Now when he received tie
news Of his election as President;
Burns, the Scotch post, composed
much of his poetry when at work on q
farm. Some Of the best men that ever
lived, were hard listed, hard working,
honest tllers of the soil that gave
them birth.
Arouse then, my fellow farmers and
Patrons, and demonstrate to the world
that we are competent to maintain and
defend our just rights, on the great
field Of agriculture, prepared by the
Supreme Power, that presides over
the destiny Of worlds. Continual,
united action, is the cardinal principle
of our noble Order; 6 united we stand.
divided we fall,n is the old adage, and
true. Eyes right! right dressl then,
farmers, forward march, in solid col
umn, upon the enemy's works, and
the victory is ours! The wealth Of
our State lies in it's agricultural pro-
ducts. Good markets and CHEAP
fIeightS are of the utmost Importance
to agriculture. It don't make any diff.
ference how abundant our crops are.
unless market can he reached with.
out sacrifice of one half the product.
in the shape Of freight and other ex.
penseS attached thereto. IF the farm
tillers of the soiAdo not re-
ceive q fair remuneration for their
work, all other industrial interests will
suffer with them. Anything that
tends to deprive tho producer Of the
value Of his product, tends to impcv.
Of the-whOle country. ANY
system Of laws, regulations by govern
ment or combinations of men. or cor
porations, that are oppressive to the
producer, Cypress the whole people.
It matters not whether these oppres- |
siOns are in taxes, tariffs, or charges.
for the transportation of the farm mn.
duct. No difference, in what shape it
comes, the result is the same, The
great oppression now being practical |
apon the farmers Of California, is the |
enormous charges made by ship-owl 1
srs for tonnage to Liverpool and oa6 /
foreign ports. Fl
entertain no misgiymgs a. to dk6I
irst business demonstrations. By IN
ourselves we take D podt.I
on affording the proper facilities forl
'.ansacting business. PIivate eorpo- I
'aaons possess none of tho attributes