The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-02-18
Tha National Granqe.


present during the morning session on Friday,
and were highly pleased with the appearance
of the delegates, embracing both sexes. The
business.like arrangements of the hall, which
was appropriately decorated, were supplement
ted By an air of earnestness pervaeing the
members, who seem determined to evoke the
highest good it is possible for this order to Sc
cure the farming community. The Worthy
Master, Mr.. Dudley w. Adams, of Iowa, pre-
sides With grace and dignity. The delegates
from the North and West, in private conversa-
ton, expressed themselves charmed with the
and generous kindness of the
Charlestonians, who did everything to render
their stay agreeable and pleasant. In fact, the
entertainments were so numerous and frequent
that the National Grange was forced to decline
further demonstrations in its honor. We have
only space to make brief summary of pro-
ceedings as follows:
The principal Office of the National Grange,
now At Washington City, will be moved to
more central point, and the Executive Com
mittee has been authorized to select location,
and to lease the necessary buildings. 1t is
conjectured that Louisville, KY, will likely be
chosen. The place of meeting Of the National
Grange for next year has likewise been referred
to the Executive Committee, with power to
act. The Executive Committee as now consti-
tuted is composed of five members, namely,
Messrs. D. T. Chase, New Hampshire; John
T. Jones, Arkansas; D. Wyatt Aiken, South
Carolina VIM. Sanders, Washington City, and
E. B. Shankland, Iowa.
It has been decided to loan the State Oranges
certain per cent. of the money now on hand
in the Treasury of the National Grange, free
of interest. The amount will be apportioned
according to the number of subordinate Granges
in each State which will give the bulk of the
money to the Northwestern States, where the
order is more fourishing than in any other
part of the country. An appropriation has
been made for the relief of the sufferers in
Kansas and Arkansas. 9
The recommendations of Worthy Master
Adams that the subordinate Oranges be foster
ed by the National Grange, and that manufac-
lures in the South be encouraged, were report
ed upon favorably by the committee, and the
report adopted.
The report of the Committee on Transporta-
ton was adopted. The committee states that
several important plans for providing more ex-
tensive and cheaper means of transportation
have been presented to them, including the
Texas Pacific Railroad, the plan for the inn
provement of the mouth of the Mississippi
river, and the project of double steel track
freight railroad from New York to Missouri.
Each of these projects is national in character,
and their successful completion would encour-
age in wonderful degree the producing inter-
ests of the country. The committee declare
that the time has fully come when it is the
mission and duty of the Government to take
such measures as will encourage the productive
interests of the nation, which have hitherto
received too little attention, and the National
Grange urge upon Congress the immediate I'M
portance and vital necessity of such action as
will look to providing cheap and rapid trans
portation between all sections of the country
and markets of the world. The opening of the
mouth of the Mississippi river is pressing
necessity, in view of the fact that so large
territory is dependent on this outlet for its pro-
duets, and we urge upon our legislators the ne
cessity of taking such measures as will open
this river to the commerce Of the world at the
earliest possible moment
The committee to whom was specially as
signed the subject of the Texas Pacific Rail-
road submitted resolutions, earnestly inviting
the attention Of Congress to the necessity of
its speedy completion, and asking reasonable
aid to the company which has inaugurated this
great national enterprise, under such restric-
tions and safeguards as will guarantee the gov
ernment against loss, and protect the agricu-
tural intereste of every section against unjust
in the rates of transportation.
The report on the Centennial Exhibition,
which was adopted, declares that no provision
has been made whereby the Patrons of Hus-
bandry can be accommodated, and suggests
plan by which agricultural lhterests can DE
systematically and fully represented, recon-
mending further consultation with the Direc-
tors for the purpose of securing such facilities.
1t is probable that the National Grange re-
mained in session until Tuesday night, making
two weeks spent in deliberations for the ad-
vancement and promotion of the objects in
view. The suggestion has been made that this
body shall convene only once in every two
years, since the annual meetings are likely to
create plethora of legislation, some of which
will necessarily prove unwise and impolitc.
With biennial sessions, the business will be
thoroughly dgested in advance, and only the
actual needs of the organization will be con-
sidered The suggestion, however, cannot be
made practical under two years from this time,
as the constitution must be amended aud rati-
fed by the State Oranges.