, 1874-12-12

EaiIrtro OF Tho Grange Purchasing
A.entn-StR-eesti0t iii Regard TO
Witness slsld Other EccS--dstlrtg ana
S,,aity Piosvs-Eiye 4npscA tor Il
karno Observation-Disclosures Of GOOSE
bcrry-scet1n-s;0;ar: into tItu Country
-The 9v'e1tt!lcr,
From, Our agricultural Correspondent.
CHAs1rAIGS, Ill, Dec. 10, 1874.
GRANGE pU1sGIAarSd A0f:STg
Thero Inns boon atl iunmeuHo cack1ing In regard
TO this department of tho Grange; but, after tho
egg was laid, 1t hau proved addled,-nt lcnst 80
far NJ thin State 10 Interested. Tho County Pur-
chasing Agents met III annual conclaya ar GalcA-
burg, Nov. 10, the report Of Which Ia just pub
1lslcd in tho "orsana," which profoss to lal:o
great satisfaction III tho result, go muc!
for what l4as been done as what is 10 tho future.
Iu them the bump Of hopo Is largo; for u6s now
il the tin1o for The Patrons to come forward aud
suhacribc libcra'ly to tho ''organn."
Whatever tho Changers may have done. vlHe
aud otherwise, tbia matter Of setting aside tito
mitldlemcu, aud purchaaing through County and
Stato Grange Agents, las proved 1loat stupo1'-
doua fnilure, and the olid OF the whole thing
mist soon ho roncl,el. IhD result OF tho meet
inE was, twenty-tllroo counties vera represented
with tho showing tint Champaign County had
one Btoro with "caah capital Of $4,000, aud IL
doiug III encouraging buBncss. Mclean County
has recently opened Hanple-room. Knox
! County has sampio~roon aud storet where they
| keen general assortment Of goo{}a." Verify,
| this In groat showing For two years OF effort.
| or course, oyery reasonable businessman well
Know TINT this would bo the results but the EanH
aud flo OF tho Order must have scapogoat for
their lad management. their oxtraragauce md
rur.uiag into tlabt. The panic brought things
. I an1o of nvfrn N
gsuce, Of running into debt, aud a lively calling
| III OF indebiet'noss Tho result was
I 4 SYSTEM OF CASH PAYMENTS;
md tho Grangars, in common with all othorpeo
plo, found that, for cash jn hand, farming I'M
:. pomcnts and sill other goods could DO purchased
at much lcss rates; but tho nlen who wnntc'
placce, fur the handling OF otAcrpcoplo's money
| insisted That tho Grange llud accomplished ii
this; aud tltat, il all tho PURCHASES could 30 p'l
into their hands, tho Millennium would aoon ap
near, ut To!onn, III this county, a company wa;
formed, with capital OF St00ooo. for ths pnr
chase and lnndliug Of graini but this fe
through. aud ono with partiuy-paitl.up capita
oe a5.0QD netualty won't into operation, and tt
dav am told TINT ult this stock Inns :;ono in'
i | tho hands OF four OF flvo businessmen
aud that tho farmers, who subscribed tl,o
: $50 and S10O to the sioux, hay0 q
nn,a out, The huAipeaa has ocou psonrpro'1s
, in. vhy should it not, aa grain lua ad7anct
o from pee!: to weo!, and tt would have hecn yel
ost s staa ~ t. SG 5o n fa tia eeuaty % a:'
y stated By tha state Agent, IL IN shares of 81
~ IN which interoet at 10 per cont must no pui
us Il part OF tho cost Of tho goods. ho t"r @f'
!. ran learn, It haa bonn pr'auans!y nanssea' 44a
y | wcek thp Mastnrs of tic drangea Of the colln
. mel for the purpose Ut catahllst!ng count
- s,orn nj Urbuna. Tho County Agent nskcd !
;sl tx, 10 start {. nal1.pla-atoro: but tho snH1t
,t tious n7e that not Il DOLLAR WILL ~ 1o1t"eo"n
for tho simple seahan tlat ~, ,,o,,
It sud azu taking the hober aeesna totgi., !"
o,o tloue running y tilt nEa1lss tho wi''afn!lls.
Il Even Papa Smith, NTH hi1 samples 81 s'' usey'
CLOTH tro the Gpn a.s, ,,atin" aass" 4 Sr .r Fra
It tno State Agent, said: "uuder our P9esee
~ system, We were attasnpting to carry on ros
er t,aae Oh wholesale hahs, which yotlla not -
Unless pepo.s sna az ,aspdp;Ga snnntd +; nar-Ion mst1
!" tho purchasers need not expect trhsslo pro
al nor to rct tic benefit of tow fEoight,ehnrgo
r. This Ii tho whole trnsh IN nntsno'i,.-l
IT, Granger flonsatIding. guodS Ut retail " WY
lie ront, freight, interoA. Insurance, as,a inoten
ohaynet, bo !l,Js that lie cannot sell the Eoss
I" for tosa tiinu uller (h.slneAb-l,o'.Gos very
la Of tho many tiluusautt co-oporAtaYe alofes I
Iry l,ayr huan started from time to tlino IN
II. country, hut have -u..,x
IT, rAILEp 10 stErr Tlff ENPEurA7loHs
or thu htonAlnllera, for tho toa'sotl thnt
mr. business in r,n oil u salary, mud t'ot always
men Of exporia'lce and integrity, al i'o aHs''l
ID. IN 80 well managed III tat III nharRe OF Aref
NJ directly Interested IN tho prnsont or ''itiit
moasa. Wa may, therefore. cDaitior thla J.
.ca If dis .rihuttnE cheap aaosfs by tho County I
clarlug Agcnta as u fujluse. and That .buhtl
IT, viii hpycA.tar take to lcuiilnato clla'iIioln,
In For The prcAcnE, thu war oil railroads, mon
~. oliep nid}lcmcl,, a3rioutural-impienlent mals
ul. and gouoral manufacturers, haa become VII