, 1874-02-13
out than by amy number Of petitions from tho
THE QHANGE-MlLLENNIUN,

THE 0RANGE-MlLLENNIUM.
Tho Declaration Of Purposes promulgated by
tho National Grunge at st. Louis s certainly tho
most allnrlng document which has yot beon pro-
ducod in tue great crusade agatnst monopoly and
corruption, Or any othor crusade ainco tho tn,o
Of tho Saracens. It ita perseverance, aud cour-
ago aro equal to It's fertility Of purpose wo may
look for auc1 roofing up Of evils Of all eorts as
tho world has mover Hoon before, for tho Grange
has act It's faco not only against tue groat public
cyils which lie upon tho aurfaoc Of society but
also against tho oontrarieties and pervessties,
the crooks and twiRts, OF tho no .nral man, with
which religion has boon struggling since tho
croatiou Of the world, and mostly struggling In
vain. II tho Patrons Of Husbandry accomplish
opo-half they lave set down on paper, they
will accomplish moro than the Ohriatian Church
has boeu ablo to do In oil tho ages It has boen In
existence. They will preolpitate tho Millennium
upon uB before tho world is ready for it. Wo
can hnrdly hope to reproduce in single article
oil tint tho Grange is going to do, or to draw tho
glowing picture In all it's brightnoas OF color aud
glory Of appearance, but We may Indicate tho
general outlines Of that condition Of tho world
which prophets have forotold, which poets hnvo
nung and over which dreamers and romancora
have rhapsodizod. First, tho Patrons Of Huh-
baudry are going to labor for the good Of all
mankind. Second, they propose to advance
their cause by developing higher md better
manhood and womanhood. enhancing tho CON-
n$
mutual understanding. Third, tho Grange pro-
poses to secure obedience to tho laws. Fourth,
to advance their material interests by reducing
personal expenses, buying loss and producing
moro systematizing work and calculating
alt tho probabilities correctly, and doing
awny with credits, mortgages, faahion,
and everything elso which tends to
prodigality aud bankruptcy. fifth, thoy arc
going to avoid litigation, secure general brother
hood, make order perpetual, and aboiah selfish
ambition. Sixth, thoy propose to do away with
middlemon, excessive salaries. high rates Of in
forest. exorbitant profits in trade, and open nll
tho natural channels Of tho country for purposes
Of transportation. Seventh they will advanco the
causo Of education. Eighth, thoy arc going to
put down bribery, corruption, and political
trickory, project the weak and restrain tho
strong, Ninth, they propose to relieve suffer-
ing by means Of charity. Tenth, and last
woman is to bo elevated to hor proper sphere.
This is the programme, and our roaderB will
agroo with us that It is great and glorious QUO.
| There Is no reform which has ever engaged or
oyor will engage the attention Of tho philarthro-
| pist TINT iB not included in 1t. h1oat philan-
| thropistB, however, have bcon satisfied with i'd
vocating one reform, and have spent their
| lives and substance in trying to secure
| it. Tho Patrons, on tho other hand, have
| aet themselves against all the evils which at
present exist in tho world. We fear that they
havo not sufficiently calculated the strength OF
tho enemy, but have been actuatod by the glow
ing visions, the rash, headlong, and reckless
preclpitancy OF youth, which has 30 often armed
itself and Hot forth to conquer tho world, only
| to nnd itself vanquiahed by some unexpected
dragon at tho very outset of itB career. Wo feal
TINT the Patrons Of HuHbandry, noble as tleit
purpose aud desirable as Its contamination may
bo, hnyo made 10 allowances for the porveratJ
aud ugllness of human nature. and for the Hizt
uud pertlnacity Of it's enemy. We hopo they vii
succeed and introduce the Millennium but, a,
this operation would require all the treasures O.
earth and several mons Of time, wo fcar tint tht
Grange may 60 out Of oxiatonce before 1t accom-
pliahee any one Of the legion Of reforms whicl
1t haa promulgated 80 roai3y and rosolutoly.
The action Of the Grange in adopting its me
mortal to the cotton States, urging them to raia
more oorn. which Ia tho first practical step it ha
taken in carrying out its programme. only serve
to confirm us in the impression TINT this ex
tensive crusade against the evils OF the world i
ono OF zeal without knowledge. In the cotto1
Statos only one stalk OF corn will grow in q hill
and only fifteen bushels can bo got from an acre
In tha corn-growing States Of tho Northwest
sixty bushels can be secured from tho aame area
md with tho samo amount OF 1abor. Th
cotton States arc tho largest custom
era of the oorn-growing States. The et
t1ciency Of lAbor at the South engage
In the production Of cotton is relatively as grea
| Aa tu1t OF NOI41eIu 1HuoE LII tub pIOuuEtl0u
corn; and, rice uersa, tho inefficiency Of labor
the South in corn-growiug is about the same q
that Of the North in cotton-growiug. 70 advie
tho planters under such circumstances to rails
moro corn is to impair and lessen tho oficiepe
Of labor III the South, and to devote sti
larger shara Of Northern corn to tho purposes
fuel. II tho Southern farmers so into tho grai
buanosa, and thus add to the surplus alread
existing how soon will tho Northern farmers
away with the systom Of credits and mortgage
Of which they complaint This bad start Il
the Patrons Of Huibandry in their crusat
against world full Of OWLS. The damage like
to result from tho memorial to the cotton-plan
ors will DO small, however. because thoy will nj
, follow tho advice given by the National Gr.ng
PROPOSED WAREHOUSE CHANGES.
, We print in another part OF this morning
| nar3er new Warehouse bilf urepnred bv nj