Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-01-15

in Mexico and cleared off mortgage on farm
of seven hundred acres in Audran county
With considerabl" sacrifice he scraped togethe
enough to meet the check for "a, 900.
| The seriousness of the situation brought to
gether the executive beard of the State Grange
who at once sent a delegation, headed b,
Judge Roach, to Mexico. These gentlemen
have spent the best part of week looking into
| Quisenberry' affairs, and found them desperate
enough, They got from him deeds of trust OF
two large farms, and papers covering all h'
possessed, together with bond of fpersonal Sc
curity signed by Thomas Nelson, David Biniar
and John b. Clark the three solid men of Au
drain. They also forced him into promise Il
pay over Immediately $4,000, and on the frs
of next July the balance, Sll 200.
The whole affair has been kept as secret al
possible, the grangers saying that it will prove
almost the deathbow to the order in MisSour
if discovered, and that it will destroy all con
tidence in the management of the State Grange
The publication Of the facts will cause a ire
nendouS sensation among the farmers through
out the whole State. Quisenberry has beer
looked upon as one of the pillars of the organ
izatiou.'
From the above it would seem that, while
the Missouri StNte Grange were very unfortu-
nate in selecting a dishonest man for their
State Treasurer, it is probable that they were
fortunate in not having been able to obtain tn.
funds to tin the contemplated manutacto-
~, since the enterprise would have been almost
sure to have resulted in serious and perhaps
entire loss, under the control of impractical il
not dishonest, management
However. if the estimate in the above report
is correct that the enormous sum Of four Mou
saai doiIIrs WIS absorbed in defraying the ex-
penses of the last session of the State Grange,
i: will readily be seen that four more sitting:
would have absorbed the entire amount sup
posed to have been il the treasury. We have
no means of estimating the value of these meet
ingS to the sturdy farmer who contributes from
his earnings TO the expense; but they woulC
seem 10 be an expensive luxury.
1t is apparent that many OF the old politica
hacks, Tilted politicians, and dead beats gener
ally consider oranges their legitimate prey, ant
| embrace every opportunity TO victmize them
But the frauds perpetrated upon the grange,
are not confined 70 their own officers by an,
means Unscrupulous merchants seeh to palu
| off upon them inferior and damaged goods
claiming TO make special discount to th'
oranges. Brokendown manufacturers of inte
rior, and we might say almost worthless, i'm
| plcmeats ana machinery are clAmorouS for th
! grangcrs' trade, claiming 10 he the friends o
| the farmer. while in reality they are palmin:
| of upon him implements and machinery tina
have not sufficient merit TO secure a RESPONSE
| ble or honest agent under the pretense OF sell
ing TO the farmers direct.
Int, IL snl,i N
| graasers' warehouses has been agitatcd; tn
object being, We presume, TO receive, store
aud market the productions Of the farmer
While WE earnestly desire that the farmer shall
always obtain the highest possible price for hi
= f.. saAs i Al al:Sss vii
hc encountered in his last enterprise; and il i:
/ hardly probable that the grangers viii be abl
! 10 phase their warehouses in charge Of mana
1 gers who Will have the experience, skill, an,
/ S4glCltF 10 comic'e successfully with partie
engaged in the same busiGesS on their own &C
/ count With the most exI'cr'sucel manage
gnent a. is we'll known, large Proportion o
/ the grain aud produce merchants fail. n,sct
| the business i cons .dered extv.-huZardous.
| In conclusion. it appears to us that the beS
guaranty the farmer can have Of receiving III
Zhc>i prices for EIs products and purchasln nj
/ bis supplies on the most favorable terms Is II
the sharp competition Of both buyers ard sell
/ crs and we fee! confident that we advanC
| the true interest OF the farmer when we sdvis
/ him 10 purchase none bat hrSt-class goods, iror
! reliable local merchants, who have reput
ton 10 sustain, and who make their purchase
As nearly for cash as practicable, thus gettin
them AT the lowest possible prices, and to Sc
/ his products to responsible BUYERS at the high
market price for cash only; thus eucouragin
competition in every branch Of business exceQ
. farming