Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-01

There are sixty cooperative Grange
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enemies to none-friends to all honest occu-
pations.
Of the duty Of charity in the Grange, it is
said: Charity that dictates that a fraternity
shall stand by and protect each of its mem
bers in misfortune, is not founded on mere
sentimentality, but, like a well conducted
insurance company, gives literally and gains
strength by so doing.
w. Ell. Hill, the manager of the Ohio State
Agency, at Cincinnati, says that a represent
alive of a New York house called on him
a few days ago and offered to sell the Agency
syrup, as good as there is in the market, at
from IS to so cents per gallon, and the best
grades of tea from 50 to 70 cents per pound,
payable in sixty days, or for cash three per
cent. discount, being IS per cent saved by
purchasing for cash.
The State Grange of Massachusetts has re-
solved unanimously to ask the legislature
to tax all property equally-including that
of safety banks, churches, charitable institu-
tons and all other classes now exempt. This
has been lone in the State of Rhode Island,
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cussing the subject, with the view to nave
justice done to the w~orkingman in tax pay
ing.
The quarterly reports Of the secretaries OF
the state oranges of the west for the quar-
ter ending March 81, 1876, show an increase
in the number of organizations in every state
and a very large increase in membership.
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iz;ng, the membership increased but slowly
as the wedding out process drove out many
unworthy members, and they loudly pro-
claimed the speedy downfall Of the order as
it had lost their valuable services. Many
opponents of the order repeated their proph-
and grow stronger as time passed on, and
hundreds of farmers who nave heretofore
stood aloof from the order have Joined it
during the past winter.
Rev. A. b. Grosh, author Of the excel
lent work just published, Mentor in the
Oranges, and Homes Of Patrons of Husband
ry," says:"There was a time.when an arts
tocratic feature existed in the Order. That
was when its founders We're the Order; held
in their hands all its powers and privileges,
and gave or withheld them as they pleased,
when, to prevent any perversion of the
Order by men who might unite with it for
political or other wrong purposes, they lodg-
eel all power over constitution and law in
the seventh degree, and hedged that degree
with guards which none could pass but by
election. But that feature has been remoy-
ed"
Mr.. Henley James, Master of the Indiana
State Grange, fayors making all fourth de-
gree members eligible to Pomona.
The Louisiana State Grange has passed
q resolution asking the privilege OF the Ma
tional Grange to have the ritual printed in
French.
The requirement that members of the
Grange settle differences by arbitrating has
been settled in Iowa. Col. Smedley in
formes us that while lecturing in that State
that in several different counties in Iowa the
courts had met, dockets been examined and
not a case appeared for trial, and they adj
journed upon the afternoon of the same day,
The lawyers did not think that was a very
commendable feature of the Order, but the
farmers were rather pleased with it. Our
exchanges show that arbitration is taking
the place OF long, vexatious suits in every
state, among the Patrons. We have known
OF numerous suits settled by arbitration in
Vermont, which otherwise would have cost
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