River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-10-15

ADJOURNED 10 hufsday night.
Remarkable spread Of the Grsnges.
IN y SUM-
The nomination OF MIR. Piolette by the
Democrats of Pennsylvania for the Office
OF State Treasurer attracts much atten-
hon 10 Grangerism, as he IS known to
be the most prominent leader
of tie Patrons IN that State.
and an incorruptblc reformcr. But to
one who keeps himself thoroughly IN
formed upon the progress OF the Order of
Patrons Of llusbandry, the nomination Of
Mr.. Piolette is only one among thousands
of signs Of its rapid growth.
The progress of the cooperative move.
ment in England is pointed at as won.
der; but that has been about forty years
in maturing, while Grangerism has swell.
ed to its present proportions in about
three years. The truth will be apparent
70 any one who carefully examines the
facts that new power IS arising from one
end TO the other Of The land, Of sort
that is without precedent, and whose
future influence therefore cannot now be
measured.
newspapers with nominal capital Of
f6.00lOOO hayd come to uaught since the
panic OF 1873. The new papers arising to
take their places, in the West at least,
seem to be largely disposed to announce
themselves. even in their titles, as taking
the side of the Grange. A rehearsal of
the most prominent Grange organs by
States will do much to open the eyes of
some people to the magnitude Of this
movement.
1t is an interesting fact that scarcely
any Grange papers are published his
side Of the Allegheny mountains, and
there are very many more in the South
yhan in New England In all Down East
| find no manifest Grange organ, and
only two OF three public workingmcn'
papers. 1t is said that many OF the mill
owners will discharge a hand who persists
| in taking paper that is devoted exclu-
sivcly TO the interest of that class.
Now York has apparently no Grange
| papers, except sort Of price current IN
tins city, unless the Elmira HuSbdndmaR
is Of that sort. New Jersey had the
/ Vineland I1tdepeRdcRt, calling itself the
NeW Jersey Granger last year, but the
bullet that entered Uri Carruth's brain
! drove the ''hay-seed" out of his hair
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and
| West Virginia content themselves with
two Grange papers-the Farmers Friend
and Chesapeake Granger. Virginia has
the pirgiHid Patron. South Caro-
| lima rearS the standard
in the Rock MI Grange
| Georgia has the Georgia Grange at At
lanta. Mississippi has the Columbus
Patron Of Husbandrg the Jackson
| IHdicdtOr and the Canton Mail
grunge. Louisiana has the Co-0pera-
| tire NtwS and the Son Of the Soil. Texas
has the Te.rdn Patriot at Crockett. Ar
kansas has the Weekly Grange at Little
/ Rock. Tennessee has the Southern
Granger at jackson, the Grange out
| took at Knoxville and the independent
| IIorkiHgmda at Nashville. Missouri has
| the Missouri Granger at Macon, the
Missouri Farmer at Boonville. ColmdR' S
Rardt at st. Louis, WeSterR Granger at
llartylle, JoHrhdt Of Commerce, Kansas
City, and Patron Of HuSbdndry, Sa-
yannall. Kansas has the Kansas FARM
e., Topeka; StdHddTd Of Reform, Law
renee Farmers AdrO,d te, Salina, and
the Spirit of kdH.dS Nebraska has
the Ncmaha Granger and the Salem
Grange RcritU. Wisconsin has the
Wisconsin Granger at Madison and the
/ UiSc0RSiH RHtictiR. Minnesota has the
dRti- MoRopotist at st. Paul, and the
Grange AdrdRce. Iowa has the Pat
| ron $ Helper ut DeS MOincs Michigan
has the National GrdRge, Detroit; the
/ Northern Grdnger, Owosso. Illinois
has the Industrial Ace and the Work
iHgmaR's 1drocdte, Chicago; the ID.
peal, Bloomington. and the HiaoiS
GrdRger, Macomb. Indiana has the Sun
and the Indiana Farmer at Indianapo.
lis; the HooSier Patron and Lddy
GrdHger at Muncie: the Western
GrdRger, Lafayette; the JGg C0uatu
GrdHger, Portland, and the Grangf.
TeTre llaute. Ohio has the SHnddg
Times, Cleveland; the Patrons Id.
rdRcc, Batavia; the american Patron,
Findlay; the arrange Tisitor, Spring.
field; Union and Patron, Urbanna, and
the GrdHgs Bulletin. Cincinnati. Or
egon has the Ogt- CoHHfy orange the
Oregon granger, Albany; the villa
Httftt Il UfHftI, Cdlciil. ana inc EWGChf
CITY GUdrd. California has the Pacific
Rural
All these papers are knoSn to be earn
est advocates of the Patrons Of Husband
~, bu, there are scores more not tho
roughly identified with the order, but
working for it. I'm fact it is getting Gus
tomary for nearly all the Western coun-
try papers to devote a column or two to
Grange matters.
TREMENDOUS CoNsrlTU ENCY.
when one considers the fact that re-
ligiouS. Masonic, and other mutual aid
societies, established for many years in
tins country, only support two or three
organs apiece, il becomes apparent that
an order that is already supporting and
giving tone to several score Of papers
must have tremendous membership and
a strong hold upon the popular affections.
There Is a singular difference between
the organs Of the movement in different
States. In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, KAN
sas and Missouri, they are SO taken up,
us general thing. with letters, speeches.
and aigum .uts Zoo favor ol erctuback eur.