The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-02-13
FROM WASHINGTON, D. G.
wAsnrSoroS, y. G., Feb. 5, is7t

portant aud beneiccnt results TO the pro-
ducers of material wealth than the meas
urcs adopted and projected by this pow
erful order. IL the wisdom and homes
ty that have hitherto directed its course
shall continue to prevail in its councils
for a few years more, il will become an
imperium in imperio; and to its counsels
and protection will the people Of the
United States look more coniidingly and
more afiectionatcly than to the Federal
and the several State Governments. This
all seems visionary, of course. But
look at the facts upon which | base my
prediction.
Mr.. William Saunders, Chairman Of
the Executive Committee of the Nation.
al Grange, told me the other day, that
the cash purchases, at first hands. by the
several oranges, for their respective
members, already aggregate $500, 900
per week--more than $4,000, 900 a
year, and these purchases are made at an
average of 20 per cent less than the
prices individual farmers would have to
pay. Now, it must be plain to the least
hopeful man that when the officers upon
whom devolves the duty of purchasing
shall have extended and perfected their
arrangements, and when the 10oO,OOO
members of the order shall have swelled
up to 5000, 900, the cash purchases will
amount, easily, to $40, 1000, 900 week,
or $3.50, 900, 900 a year. Soon, the or
der will do its own banking and insur-
ance business. 1t will assure both the
lives and the property of its members.
Some Of its leading men have been en-
gagged for some time, in devising plans
for accomplishing these results in the
best way; and it is possible that some
plan will receive the sanction of the
next National Grange which convenes
this week at ST. Louis.
THE "sovEREIGNs OF INDUSTRY
Wise men from the East have been on
here lately, speaking mysteriously of a
new order that has been started in New
England, under the above name. The
objects Of the "Sovereigns" are similar
to those Of the "Patrons of Husbandry;'
and it is not improbable that long before
the next presidential nomination, the
two orders may coalesce, and labor har-
moniously together for the attainment Of
their common ends. There would per-
haps have been no necessity Tor the Gre
alton of this last order, If its founders
had not been misinformed regarding thu
qualifications necessary to become I
<nber of the "Patrons Of Husbandry,
and been lead to believe that only farm
ers are eligible to that order, and tina
mechanics and others can join it. Thii
is mistake, | think. / have examined
with some care all the documents issued
by that order, explanatory of its pur'
poses, and l find that all persons inter
ested in Agricultural pursuits are eligi'
Bile to membership. 1t is not necessary
to eligibility that the applicant be actu-
ally engaged in agriculture. He need
not only be interested in il. And are
we not all? However, il may be just us
well as it is, for the present; the two or
ders, ard, indeed, all organizations of
indlstrialists, must work together be-
fore any one of them can achieve, more
than partial and temporary success.
Horace II. Day, of New York, the emf
nent labor reformer, whose views on fl.
nance and cheap transportation have
been attracting so much attention of late,
Inns been working very hard, during the
past three months, and with a success
that should encourage him to continue
his efforts, to induce the several organi-
zations of working men in the country
and the farmers to join hir forces, and
make common cause against all mo-
nopolies.
MINISTERS RECALLED.
No significance is attached, in diplo'
matte circles, to the recall, by their re
spective Governments, of Baron LedereI
the Austrian Minister, and the Marqui,
de Noailles, Minister from the French
Republic. They have both been fhvorites
during their stay here, in official aud so
cial circles.
THE NEW MINISTER TO SPAIN.
Caleb Gushing, who starts for Spain
at the end of this week, on one of III,
,aost important mission. that has evel
been assigned to the representative of I
nation. looks more vigorously now, a
"A, thJh many men do at 80. lie is a
courteously and kindly as ever, but verl
reticent, and properly SO. as to the coursl
he will pursue at Madrid. Ii is known
however, that he favors peace, il it car
be had without compromising our ma
tional honor so there is good reason t
believe that Mr.. Cushing's mission vii
result in the settlement, by an intema
tional tribunal or congress composed O
the representatives Of all the civilize'
powers, of many vexed questions vhicI
have often caused bad feeling, and som
times war, upon supposed points O
honor, between nations whose highe.
interests demanded peaceful relation,
One thing We may certainly expect an
that is, the enactment by this interns
tional congress, If il shall convene, Of