The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-13

! IS VI IudG SOIts NcW.5 OclStH uau Tue
/ Yineland Independent, calling itself the
Nesv 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-thc Farmers Friend
and Chesapeake Granger. Virginia has
the Virginia Patron. South Caro-
| in the Rock Hill Grange.
Georgia has the Georgia Grange at At
lanta. Mississippi, has the Columbus
Patron Of Husbnndry, the jackson
Vi7adicator and the Canton Mail
Grange. Louisiana has the Co.opara-
tiue Meas and the So,, of the Soil. Texas
has the Texan Patriot at Crockett. Ar
kansas has the Weekly Grange at Little
Rock. Tennessee has the Southern
Granger at Jackson, the Grange Out
look at Knoxville and the Independent
Workingn,am at Nashville. Missouri has
the Missouri Granger at Macon. the
Missouri Farmer at Boonyille, Colma7o' s
Rural at St. Louis, Western Granger at
IIartville, JonrnaL of Commerce, Kansas
City, and Patron Of Husbaaldry, Sa.
vannah. Kansas hes the Kansas FARM
er, Topeka; Standard Of Reform, Law
renee; Farmers Advorate, Salina, and
the Spirit of Kaa1tds. Nebraska has
the Nemaha Granger and the Salem
Grange Review. Wisconsin has the
! Wisconsin, Granger at Madison and the
WISCONSIN Bulletin. Minnesota has the
Aui.Monopclist at St. Paul, ana the
Grange Advance. Iowa has the Pat.
ron Helper at Des Moines. Michigan
has the National Grange, Detroit; the
Northern Granger, Owosso. Illinois
has the Industrial Age and the Worh-
imgmaa,'s Advocate, Chicago; ;: the Ap.
peat Bloomington, and the Illinois
I Granger, Macomb. Indiana has the Sum-
and the Indiana Farmer at Indianapo-
lis; the Hoosie4~ Patron and Lady
Granger at Muncie; the Wester51
Granger, Lafayette; the jay County
Granger, Portland, and the Grange,
Terre Hautc. Ohio has the Sunduy
Times, Cleveland; the Patro71's Ad.
rance, Batavia; the american Patron,
Findlay; the Grange Visitor. Spring
field; Union and Patron, Urbanna, and
the Grunge Bulletin, Cincinnati. Or
egon has the Ogle County Grange the
Oregon Granger, Albany; the Villa
neette Farmer, Salem, and the Eugene
"City Guard. California has the Pacific
R1rdl.
All these papers are known to be earn
est advocates Of the Patrons of Husband
ry, bu: there are scores more not tho
roughly identified with the order, but
working for it. In fact it is getting Gus.
tomary for nearly all the Western coun-
| try papers to devote column or two to
Grange matters.
| A TREMENDOUS CONSTITUENCY.
When one considers the fact that re-
ligious, Masonic, and other mutual aid
societies, established for many years in
| this country, only support two or three
organs apiece, it 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 q singular difference between
the organs of the movement in different
States. In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kan
sas and Missouri, they are so taken up,
as a general thing, with letters speeches,
and arguments in favor of greenback cur.
rency, that they have not room for many
Grange particulars. In the Northwest,
the original seat Of the movement, they
are still hard at work in their anti.
monopoly fight with railroads.
Indeed, the people of this
country, as a general rule, seem to think
that Grangerism simply means war
against railroad extortions. In Pennsyl.
vania, on the other hand, the Farmers
Friend has been all summer forc,bly H.
Illustrating the practical character Of the
Pennsylvania Dutch and Quakers. Its
columns have been full of letters describ-
ing the picnics that have been held all
over the State. At first was rather
annoyed at these seeming vain repeti-
tions, but soon different view presented
ITSELF These letters showed truly mar
vellous advance; for whereas dozen
years ago writer's and speakers were adj
vocating in vain to the most advanced
communities the benefits of cooperation,
here now *erc thousands Of the old con-
sentative Pennsylvania Dutch farmers
throwing themselves heartily into the
work Of an order, the chief feature of
| which is cooperative buying and selling
by producers.
EMINENTIY PRACTICAL
It is noticeable that Though the long
picnic stories in the Friend dwell mostly
on the crowds that attended this and
that festivity, and tell rather what they
had to eat than what the speech makers
said. they usually conclude with very
practical statement about the thou.
sands of dollars worth of
goods bought by the Grange
through it's agents. The Pennsylvanians
now have State purchasing agent, with