Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-12-21

of that body Of the earnestness and into.
rity of our order in these negotiations, ana
their reference to Mr.. Neale and our cons
missioner, by whom important modiflcatim,
and changes of the original articles won.
agreed upon, submitted to the executive
committee of the company on the other sido
and ,assented to by that committee. Comics
of the original article, the notifications ,na
changes, and the report of the executive
committee on the other side asserting tha,o
to. will be placed in the hands of the sec,e
tary for your use. These papers were sub.
mittcd to your executive committee at thei,
meeting in July last, when a resolution was
passed requesting me to submit to them
at their next session, my views as to what
steps should be taken to insure the practical
benefits ola business connection with theco.
operative societies of Great Britain.
In compliance with this resolution, AGAIN
brought before the committee, at their lata
session in Philadelphia, the proposed articles
of association of an Anglo American coon.
eratiye association, With a plan of organiy.
inc the American section thereof, published
ilf my circular letter of July l4th, copies oil
which are also III the hands of the secretary
for your use. The executive committee will
report to you what action they have taken
in these matters.
| commend this whole subject to your|
careful consideration, us one. of supreme|
importance to our order, trusting that, byl
your wise action, the system OF co-operation|
recommended at your last session may bel
perfected, and that the articles provided forl
it's extension to international commerce
through an Anglo-American association,
may be found acceptable, and may berec
commended to our members. Every safe
guard which the experience Of British col
operators, and the most careful consider
alton on our side could devise, is thrown
around the whole scheme.
The plan Of organizing the American sec
ton of this association, which submit, mayI
be improved by your joint wisdom and unit
ed intelligence of the extended field fa
which it is designed. BY some it may If
regarded as yielding too much of the author
ity and fostering care, which our consihI
ton wisely provides the National Gransd
shall exercise, directly, and through sun
ordinate oranges, over the business intereaa
of our order, in becoming only an advisor
body. -
On the other hand, it may be OBJECTED
that the National Grange is not elected bl
those who may be stockholders in these en-
terprises alone, but by the representatyi
of all the members, and therefore shoudnQz
exercise supervision over their interess4
OF these opposite opinions, the last woul 4
lead to consequences, think, fatal to o1a
order, and our cherished hopes. The pu7a
poses of our order are so Blended each Y
in harmony with the others, and 50 depend
ent upon one another, the seperatloa
one (and especially that one which is the II
blood of the whole) would paralyze the H1
TEN. It is not to the share capital in tne
enterprises that our members will look +
the greatest benefits, but in the faclnlt
they will afford for the sale of our prodN
and purchase of our supplies. The memo
that holds but a single share will be ennue
to the same benefits, and have an equ
voice with a member holding the maximum !
Some of our members may not be able 70 1a1*
single share, yet such may contributelou
profits, by their custom, more than oa''
holding the maximum of shares. an'
such members have no representation II r
purely Patrons enterprise, to the supp
of which they contribute perhaps the NY
aSt shara ?