The Van Buren press., 1875-10-19

OF debt and deeds OF trust | will an.
swer your enquiry about bagging and
ties from Louisville. One Of our execu.
tive committee has been specially charged
with making arrangements for these ar
ticlcs. | will send you price list Of all
the other articles you mention. visited
many Of these manufactures in my late
tour. and asctrtaned from Msmselves the
amount ef the business of our order with
each, in the last year, and the discount al
lowed us. With the Wayne Agricultural
Co. Gilman Mower ani Reaper Co ),
Motherhead Morris 4 Co. stoves and
tin. and Whltuey Sewing Machine Co,
our business amounted. in the year, to
81 ,I25 900, our discounts to 84I5. 900
only with these fovr firms. not the largest
We deal with, by any means. The Wayne
Agricultural Company was the csmbina-
ton that once published = circular that
they would not deal with the oranges.
They repentcd and came to Us. The
president Of the company, Mr.. Lawrence,
told me this himself. and that last sea
son they could not supply our orders by
1000 cultlvators and 1000 corn drills
They manufacture only two other atti-
e!es, feed cutters and scales. Manufac
turers. who entered into arrangements
with our order. cautiously and upon con
dition that it should be confidential, lest it
might injure their business with the trade,
make no such conditions with MS now.
They are seeking our custom every
where, realizing that our cash trade 10
preferable to credit, and allowing us
more than they have their county agents.
The agencies of our order IN the north
west, where So large business 10 being
done, are not working on commission,
but u stated salary They gil orders from
any State as we'll as their own, without
commission or tee Of any sort There
will be general meeting Of these agen.
cies with us, at Louisville. the first Of
next month We will have the reports
of the business of each. The amount
will as.ouish our members generally
The savings amount to millions OF dol
lars Some had expressed apprehensions
that our New England oranges would
oppose the proposed plan OF co.opera-
tios. and especially its intention to direct
trade with Europe through the Mlssissip
pi Valley Trading company ..Injastice is
done to the New England farmers by
identifying them with the monied monop
alies et that section. | have met the
representative men of the grest agrieultu.
raj interest Of this country, In our na
!, 1lf' sranos assemblies, from the lakes
"a plsyment ant. ~ tbs .Raeise ~ the
.. lLpfs3 siRa Or. with pride, to the pub.
lshed proceedings Of these assemblies,
for proof OF the absence Of such section.
al feeling A,the meeting Of the nation
al grange in St. Louis, in February, 1874,
the influence Of the whole order was
brought to bear upon Congress for its
improvement Of the Mississippi river,
and the establishment Of a permanent
outlet from II to the gulf To make that
influence more potent, no other measure
was recommended. At the same session
the north and north. west united with the
south in recommending to our section, in
a circular letter, sent to every one OF our
oranges, a greater diversity ofcrops, and
especially that we should raise our own
food At our meeting in Charleston,
South Carolina, last February. they voted
for the report which had the honor of
presenting, urging Congress to secure
the speedy completion Of the Texas and
Southern Pacific Railroad, as an act Of
Justice to the south. That session was held
in Charleston, once the hot bed Of scces
ion, by their unahim ous vote. New Eng
land is represented Oh our executive com
mittee. and voted for my report in favor
of the Rochdale plan of co operation and
ito extension to international Commerce.
through the Mississippi Valley Trading
company In your letter you refer to the
present apathy of the grange in your
section, and asked me to write something
that you may publish to encourage them
to action. have written this hastily, At
late hour Of the night. after hard
DAYS laber in my Office. Ii you think it
may, to any extent, serve the purpose
you desire, use it as you think best. 1t is
a mere glance at one Of the important
subjects our great order is graphing with,
to do Justice to which wonld require a
two days talk, such as We had at our
grand grange gathering in north Arkan
sas on the 9th and 7th of August. After
the approaching meeting ofour executive
committee. hope to present this bust
ness subject to our members in form for
practical operation. The system is not
speculative, but not only of thirty years
tried success in Europe, but in our neigh
boring State, Missouri. at Sedalia, co
operative store has been in operation
since 1872 Their last quarterly report
exhibits a saving TO their members At the
rate OF one hundred per cent per annum.
Others are being established in that State.
The Wisconsin oranges have already es
rahlished Al co operative associations for
selling goods and manufacturing, and 20
insurance companies, all fourlshing. and
representing capital to the amount Of "a
0o0, ,O09. We need not fear on nccou /
of the million Of capital which it is said
has been raised to break down our bust,
ness again. The annual income ofmany
Of the co operative stores OF Great
Britain Commenced on capital of less
than S200) is now from 81, 1000 900 to
80. .000. 600, while the sales Of the sreat
English wholesale society rose last year
to 80, 500, 900, and that Of the combined
societies in Great Britain, according to
the official returns, reached, in 1858, S75,-
600, 900, arising from the purchases Of
over FIVE hundred thousand members
With such cooperation pledged to us in