The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08


means total, voluntary and honorable
servancc from the Order, and "demits,
which are given tor the purpose o.
transferring membership from one
Grange to another.
The Patrons Of Drew county, Arkan-
sas, are taking active measures to en-
courage immigration to Their county
They have issued 10000 circulars de-
scribing the soil, &c., OF the county, and
setting forth the advantages of settling
in it. Somewhat similar steps are IN
contemplation by the members OF Des
Arc Grange.
The male members of Stephenson
Grange, Mass, 719, agree to give one
bushel of corn piece to the Grange, to
be given in premiums to the ones that
raise the first, second and bird best corn
lots of six acres. The ladies also came
forward with an offer of a pound Of put
ter each, to make up premium for the
sister showing the best butter.
Pelican Rapids Grange, 51S, has re-
solved to plant one hundred kernels OF
corn and award three premiums for the
greatest Weld. The members OF Hope |
Grange, 273, have each agreed to plant
fifty hills of corn, the product to go to
the fund now being raised for the con-
struction of hall. This Grange, which
last winter purchased pair OF thorough
bred Berkshire pigs, contemplates addi-
tional stock purchases, especially OF
sheep.
The Patrons of South Carolina are
: fully alive to the important questions
now being discussed throughout the Or
; der, and are by no means inactive. Sew
eral Changers are uniting for the pur-
t pose of building a Grange Cotton Mill
] on the Saluda River We hope this is
: the commencement of many similar en-
a terpises in the State We shall be glad
to receive further particulars of this en-
e terprise from any OF the Patrons inter-
: ested.
d F. S. Lord, master of the recently
It formed Grange at Conneautville, Craw-
ford county, Penn, invites the atten-
;. dance of Patrons from all parts OF the
: country at the Crawford Agricultural
= Society Fair, which is to pc held on 3Oth
2 Sept. A valuable exhibition OF blood
: stock, including some of the best Ham,
bletonian and Clydesdale horses, is one
" of the best inducements he holds out to
= intending visitors.
:, Mammoth Grange, Oregon in connec-
ton with other Oranges, is about to erec'
warehouse at Independence, in which
/ to store wheat At Albany, where the
= Patrons already have warehouse capa,
= BILE of containing S12O.OOO bushels o.
= wheat, they are making arrangements
for the construction of another building
te of similar capacity, and also intend put
IN ting up Touring mill that will grlnt
~ 100000 bushels of wheat this summer
a. and thus enable them to flour their owl
corn.
re At Lewiston, Winona county, tint
rs two-story Grange store and hall fort,
d. feet by twenty has been opened. In
ey Rice County Grange Mill Company ha
i'd commenced operations. The Patrons
Goodhue county have organized manu-
= featuring association with capital Q
70 70 800, 900 in $50 shares. Bulger Grang
SO has been buying groceries by wholesal
ot at Chicago, thereby saving fifteen pc
ii cent, and by similar transactions in dr.
" goods they have saved from twenty-1v
to thirty per cent. The Patrons
- Stoughton have raised $4,000 toward
81 starting cooperative store. tn
~ Grange mill at Faribaalt is now shippn
=, ~ "a car load of flour every day.
=. We still continue to receive report
of suffering and distress among the IA
mers of Missouri. What with tn
as drought, chinch- bugs and grasshopps
We last summer and fall, and the youn
Ell gras,hoppers again this spring, there
40 no doubt they have suffered severel
te' The State Grange has distributed twent
OF eight car loads of corn gratutiously, an
Brothers Roach and Allen are workin
are manfully throughout the State collectlr
ase donations, but more aid is urgently r
ng CURED We imagine that few membe
lb- Of the Order would object to a sum b
be- ing appropriated out of the funds in t
nth possession of the National Grange. +
ely the relief of the Missouri farmers. LII
action would be quite in accordance wi
and the principles and objects Of the Orde
ted The suffering and distress are due to !
ties fault of the farmers, but to visitati
ate OF Providence. and this renders 1t
ed. case where the principles Of cooper
ate. ton and mutual aid should be prompt
ing put into action. 1t is highly creditat
to the Patrons of the State that at
son time have their Changers reported
The punctually as during this trouble.
tate ne New i DTk WDFtN 10 uNS'"1Ais -
tall opinion that if the State Grange mas
ials formation to communicate to Subor
for nate Oranges within its jurisdiction,
ded such necessary information shouid
the conveyed in an official form under se
:. or else be given imPartialiy to the
pers which circulate among the memb
2 OF OF the agricultural class. The conn
ores ton OF anv Office Of a State Grange v
arm any such publication is to be deplor
sea In the first place, no such paper !
one preserve its independence, but must
nore timatelv degenerate into the SER
l apoloaist for the errors Of its owners
bout the extreme advocate Of their retent
reas in places of profit or power. In the
"a. 80 ond place, it cannot be but admitted
the when the officer Of State Grange Z
his position to press his own enterp
1em- and seizure their success, he takes an