The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-02

There was an unusually large attendance
at the meeting of the local organization of
this order, at the hall in Union Block, St.
Adams, Wednesday, and after the transac-
ton of regular business the meeting was
addressed by L. Bingham, Esq, the official
lecturer. Mr.. Bingham spoke for upward
of half an hour on the objects and purpo-
ses of the order, and his address abounded
in information, wit and eloquence and was
received with thel heartiest applause. He
took the ground that this order had its ORR
gin in the law of representation. Mans
chief enemy is man. In former ages the
great struggle has been for dominion and
power nowadays 1t is for private advan-
tage. There are two great classes OF socIe-
ty, the producing and consuming, and the
latter of necessity preys upon the former
Belonging to the former, the question with
us is: how can we best make operative the
law of self-defense ? One way would be
to take from the professional classes their
monopoly of doing the brain work of So
ciety and get along with less of their help
by doing our own thinking. Society will
then be changed from morbid thinkers and
miserable workers, and by labor thought
will be made healthy and by thought
labor will be made happy
and respectable. Another, and the
principal way would be by combination.
The speaker cited numerous historical ex-
amples to show that it was not so much by
numerical strength as by unity of purpose
that all the great events of the past had
been brought about, and this portion of the
address abounded in eloquent passages.
As in all those great events individual as
aspirations and all personal ambitions were
made subservient to the common good, so
1t must be with this organization in order
to make it effective. At this time of gen
eral business stagnation, diminished in
comes have become the rule and economy
the great virtue in demand. The wealthy
have but to cut off few luxuries to solye
the problem for themselves, but the great
army of workers have few to cut off and
must therefore deny themselves many ne
| cessarles. The door of escape by harder
work and more of it is closed to them, and
the only way to get along is to increase the
pONSi VI blilllulblCu
| The speaker then went ON to demonstrate.
by figures how the cost of these necessaries
of life is enhanced by the dealers who ply
between the producers and consumers, and
while, to some extent, they are necessary,
| yet, by means of this organization one OF
more profits can be saved on many neces-
saries, and thus the labordr be enabled to
| live as well for less money as he formerly
did for more. From this, he went on to
speak of the increase of this order in Yer
mont IL piyes its
members sort of freedom, feeling OF
strength and independence which is worth
more than gold. In this connection he ex-
horted his brethren to see to it that no bone
of contention was introduced among them
and to be careful not to allow themselves
to become the tools OF others for their OWE
| destruction. Upon this latter consider
alton he dilated at some length and struck
a very responsive chord in the audience
| Further, the efforts of Soverelgns should
not be confined to social and commercial
reforms, but the economy which they are
obliged to practice at home should be
carried into public affairs. 1t is right
| for free men to resist oppression in all
things, The non producing classes have
too often had the support of the hard
workers in imposing upon society heavier
burdens of taxation than can well be borne
in hard times The time has come to stoT
this, and, in conclusion, he related the
story of the Irshmen who wanted to get .
log from the top to the foot of the hill and
there stop it from going into the mill pond
So one tied rope around it, put the other
end about his body and started the log.
The rope was soon wound up, and as he
and the log were rolling over, his comradt
from the hill top shouted to him to "Keer
| up good courage Patrick, for sure an yes
! top half of the time. Messenger.