The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-11-04
CORRESPONDENCE.
M1DDLEBURG, TaNN., Oct.

To the Patrons of Hus6andry Of Har-
densaR county:
Now is the time to make a grand eff
fort, strong pull, pull altogether, for
free dom. Many of you when you joined
the order, did SO with the view that it
would benefit you financially, and many
of you have become dissatisfied because
it has not done so. Can you expect to
be benefited financially in the grange if
you sit idle and remain inert Do you
expect the mere name of belonging to
the order to help you unless you shake
off your Iethargy, go to work and help
yourselves.
What did you join the grange for
Was it not to strengthen your own arm
by uniting with others to grasp and pull
down the noun tain of oppression Did
you not unite with others to battle
against monopol;es, to crush eztortion-
lists, to free yourself from the bondage of
Indebtedness, because you were too weak
to do go alone You have a work to
perform if you would make the grange
profitable to you. Do not wait one for
another to begin the good work, but all
rise and strike at once for liberty.
There has been some talk ,f institut-
ing a grange st ore in the county of Har-
deman. Some of the patrons are in IA
vor, while others are not. Why are
they not /? There lies the trouble
again here is lack of unity, and we
might say, is a stumbling-block to pros
perity. What can we do if say l will
and you say you will not, what good will
accrue from belonging to the order if
you are determined to have your way and
I am resolved to be governed by my
own viii? This is not a wise policy,
this is not sound Judgement If We are
going to make the grange profit Us we
must work toge her; we must be of one
interest, one mind
There is want of faith in some OF
you, some of you are afraid that the
! grange store is but another bait to catch
the unwary. and forsooth who can blame
you since you have so often bit at bats
ere you became a granger that were not
sweet.
1t behooves you TO be cautious we
commend you for it but you should
know your friends from your enemies.
Every granger is your friend-every
granger has taken solemn oath not on
ly to not defraud or cheat you, but also
to protect you from being cheated or de
frauded by others if 1t is 10 his power.
Then why oppose the grange store :? II
is because you fear that your fellow
grangers will swindle you. or is it be-
cause you fear that it viii prove q fail
ure?
cannot see why grange store would
be unsuccessful; we know no reason
why it is rot the very thing we need. II
we are going to institute grange store
it is high time we were making efforts
towards 1t, for there is more money in
the country now than viii be again be
tween now and next fall
are you a afraid it will prove unsue
cessful2 To show to you that there is nc
| danger but what it will be a success, we
could give you the history ola similar in
stitution in England.
five cannot have grange store and
prosper in it, it is because we viii no
cooperate, it is because We are too fear
full of losing few dollars in the attempt
Place your surplus money where i
will do you the most good. Take shares
in the grange store, help yourself anc
help your brother grangers.
MEMO.
There is quite diversity of opinion
among patrons in the United States upor
the practicability of the subject treated
above. Ga the question Of manufactur
ing, there is q well-defned argument o
opinion. The account of cooperation
/ Cleft oct of the articie) in England, y a
eminently successful-othe r adventure
have Leeu failures. As the subject la
been widely considered by ADLER pen
than urs, we publish cur friends view
without adopting or rejecting his arg u
ments-ED
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