The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-22
ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA. THURSDAY, APRIL 22 1875

price Of every necessary article Of consumption
lowered, not only for the farmer. but for the
laborer, and mechanic; and whatever men and
combination of men seek to prevent the
realization OF this demand, sre not the enemy Of
the Grange alone, but of the whole nation.
The people demand free market, into which
they can go and buy what they need, without
paying . tax to anybody. Farmers demand
this, and this is especially Grange doctrine.
Farmers will yet act with the GRANGE In the
United States the farmers hold in their grasp
mighty power, and they are beginning to see
that they must use it for their own protection.
Ii the last election tells anything, it tells
that there is great revolution going on in the
minds OF men. The old dogma 0. Protective
Tariff that bribed politicians buoyed up SO per-
sisten,ly, foated bv false theory and
sophistry, has received puncture in the bal
loon part, which will soon collapse it, and sink
it away into Oblivion. Whenever we see the
unty woas Of pi.n The esbles thst sss
support our wonderful suspension bridges, are
composed ofmany small strands, twisted, and
bound together by strong bands, in imitation
of the muscles OF animals, which were indeed
the patterns after which they were made. Man
by nature is gregarious. That they should act
unitedly, was q part OF the Divine plans, and
any movement which has for its object,
concerted action, tor the benefit ct mankind,
any association aiming to inculcate brotherly
love and mutual benefits, is moving in accord
ance with Divine laws, and will, if sincerely
adhered to, be successful in the end.
The true spirit OF the Grange is not antagon-
istic to other industries. It is not an enemy
OF railroads. We want them SO conducted that
they shall be blessing and not curse, to the
communities adjacent to their lines. For. cou-
Quoted wisely, they will bless both the farmer
and the railroad man but if extortion is per-
sisted in, it will in the long run, when they
have ruined the farming interests Of the coun-
try, reflect upon themselves, and do evil to
themselves. We war upon no industry, we
would protect our own, tester it, elevate and en-
noble it, make tmore pleasurable, and make it
really honorable, meriting the honor and love
| to all mankind. With all industries,
| we are willing to forget the
bad, and remember the good, only making
benefits mutual, and keeping the bond OF
friendship aud brotherly love, ever bright
| and shining.
The other great industries are all right in
| themselves, but there are the acts of certain
individuals and rings; these the Grange con
demns and wars against, because they arc
cause it is right, and though wealth and fame
may at present be opposed and seem to strip us
bare Of all enchantment, yet in contending
tor that it is contending for man, and for our
country, against all selfish conspiracies. Many
other secret societies even claim that they
worship God, by adhering to and pracicing the
precepts and forms of their rituals. Why moi
the Grange II the requirements. as strictly
set forth BY precept, are followed it cannot
! fall far short Fer II | read the New Testa
ment Alright, there is but one gate, and ons
narrow path leading thereto, and that is thu
pathway OF Brotherly Love, and this is thu
foundation stone OF the Grange.