Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-18
2fafisulfilral Department.
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THE PATRONs OF HUsBANDRY.
DtoL1hiffoS or PURPOSES or mn
NLrI1NAEnRANGE

should definitely proclaim, 70 the world
its general objects, We hereby unafiii--
mOusly lake the declaration Of purposes
Of the Patrons Of Husbahdry:
Il. United by the strong and faithful
tie Of agriculture, We mutuallyresolve to
labor for the good Of our order, odrcoun-
try and mankind.
-a,1ve heartily endorse the motto,
lin essentials, unity in nOn-essentials,
liberty; in ar things, charity"
8. We shall endeavOr to advance our
cause BY laboring to accomplish the fol-
loving objects To develop a higher
and better manhood among ourselves.
To enhance the comforts and attractions
Of our homes, and strengthen the attach
ments to our pursuits. To foster mutu-
al understanding and co operation. 10
maintain inviolate our laws, and to en-
ulate each other in labor. To hasten
the good time coming. To reduce our
expenses, both individual and corporate.
10 buy less and produce more in order
10 make our farms self.sustaining. To
diversity our crops, aud grow no more
than we can cultivate TO condense
the weight Of our exports. selling less in
the bushel, and more ON hoOf and in
fleece. To systematic our work, and
calculate intelligently on probabilities.
To discountenance the credit system, the
mortgage system, the fashion system,
aud every other system tending TO prod.
igality and bankruptcy. We propose
meeting together, talking together, buy
ing together. selling together, and in
general acting together, for our mutual
protection and advancement as occasion
may require. We shall avoid litigation
as much as possible by arbitration in
the grange. We shall constantly strive
to secure entire harmony, good will,
vital brotherhood among ourselves. and
10 make our order perpetual. We shall
earnestly endeavor to suppress personal,
local, sectional and national prejudices,
all unhealthy rivalry, and selfish ambi-
ton. Faithful adherence to these prin-
ciples will insure our mental. moral So
cial and material advancement.
4. For our business interests we de-
sire to bring producers and consumers,
farmers and manufacturers, into most
direct and friendly relations possible.
Hence, we must dispense with a surplus
Of middlemen; not that we are unfriend.
ly to them, but we do not need them.
Their surplus and their exactions dimin.
ish our profits. We wage no aggressive
warfare against any other interest
whatever. On the contrary. all our acts
and all our efforts, so far as business is
concerned, are not only for the benefit
Of the producer and consumer, but also
for all other interests, aud tend 10 bring
these two parties into speedy and econo.
mical contact. Hence. we hold thai
transportation companies of every kind
are necessary to our success that theil
interests are intimately connected with
our interests, and harmonious action i:
mutually advantageous. keeping in view
the first sentence in our declaration o.
principles Of action, that '.individua
happiness depends upon general prosper
ity.' We shall. therefore, advocate foi
every State the increase in every practi
cable way, ofall facilities for transpor
ting cheaply to the seabord, or betweel
home producers and consumers. all tn
productions Of our country. We adop
1t as our fixed purpose to open out tn
channels in nature great arteries, tina
the life-blood Of commerce MAJ foy
freely. We are not enemies Of railroads
navigations and irrigating canals, no
Of any corporation that will advanc
our industrial interests, nor of any Ia
boring classes. In our noble order ther
Is no communism. nor agrarianism. W
are opposed to such spirit and manage
ment Of any corporation or enterprise a
tends to Cypress the people and rob tber
Of their just profit We are not enemic
Of capital, but we oppose the tyranny
monopOlies. We long to see the anita.
ouism between capital and labor remove
by common consent and by enlightenC
craftsmanship worthy Of the nineteet
century. We are opposed to excessi,
salaries. high rates Of interest and e.
horbitant profits in trade. They gene
ally increase our burdens, and do n
bear proper proportion to the prof
Of producers. We desire only self DIT
lection aud the protection of every int
est Of our land by legitimate profit
We shall advance the cause Of educati,
among ourselves and for our childre
by all just means in our power. v
especially advocate for agricultural Al
industrial colleges. that practical az
culture, domestic science and all the an
which adOrn the home be taught
their courses Of study.
.. We emphatically and sincere
assert the Oftrepeated truth taught
our organic law that the grange, natio
al state or subordinate. is not a poll
cal party organization. No grange.
true to Its obligations. can discuss mol