The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-01-25

plains for the coming generations, though
rude be their construction, and humble
their pretensions?
"Nor study only practice what kou know:
Your life. your knowledge. to nankind you
owe.'
This brings me to cooperation In
buying your supplies and selling your
products, there is no doubt but Co
operation is the only remedy for lack OF
money capital, against the rapacity OF
deceiving Or overreaching spectators.
There is no law of God, nor should there
be of man, whereby our hard earnings
should be snatched up and unjustiy ap-
propriated by non.laboring schemers,
without proper remuneration. nat
ever trade, art or calling can make It.
self recprocally beneficial to us by hon.
est means, let it live and thrive. But let
| it deserve our support We have right
| to sell in the dearest and buy In the
checpea markets of the world. see
by The attention paid to the suffice. by
| The National Grange that the plan of
cooperation is to be one OF the great
ut-comes of oar National Grange Leg
| is!ation. Thus our material prosperity
will be enhanced, our mem bers encOur>
| aged. and our order strengthened and
| sustained, But the social, the intellect
ual. the cooperation In buSiness.-sea-
! lures Of the Grange-are not the all there
| il ofthe intellectual, the economical. CT
the cooperative duties or privileges of
our order. There is political feature
OF which | propose to treat.
We need knowledge Of the acts OF our
opponents. "Fore-warned-fOfe- armed"
Learn lesson from history. When the
Danes, in the 9Th century, environed
| England for purposes OF plumber, Alfred
lne heroic King, then without navy,
declared, ave must meet the enemy
In his own clement So, brother pa
irons. must we. If they invoke legisia~
ton, so must we. Ifthey influence nom~
! nations, so must We Ii they vote TO
sustain their peculiar interests, so must
we The Grange is, or should be, po-
litical. Not in an odi0us and deeply
partisan sense ;uot as espouslng this side
or that. OF old Evolutionary predictions,
or for obtaining appointments for parti>
zan sergices-but for protecting our own
interests. The Grange has not been ag-
gressive.
The bankers OF the nation have recent
~ held National Convention. calling q
! former member Of the American Cabi
net. and now London banker across
the sea to address them. Now, il the
American farmers should hold such 8
convention and should resolve on d
scheme OF class legislation, such as they
and such rs would initiate against al
) other interests, it would create wide.
spread alarm. and bankers, lawyers, anC
spectators would accuse us OF becoming
political, and the average Patron wouit
1T once commence to tremble andimme-
diately take up the cudgei against IN
own Class and Order. In reference tt
! political action. speak only OF those
matters of pubic policy that affect GU
material interests. The farmers, me-
; chanics and laborers OF the country con
| stilute the majority OF the voting popula
ton The political power Is In the hand
. Of labor. as against capital, making
!, possible to protect our rights and inter
ests in every particular. But let III
ask, seriously, does labor rultP or IS
ruled? Our numbers would make us tn
: majority in every legislative body G
e the land. Does the laborlng class con
a stituto that majority? How many G
r that class in the Senate? How many /
the House OF Representatives OF our Ma
= t,onal Congress- 4 former reierenc
will answer the question. Even /
:, Mother Britain the farmers produced
!" Cromwell. and Louis the XVI. {
: France. summoned the Third Estate, TIA
= six generations had not seen assembled
=. and which power when once evoked
. dethroned and beheaded kings, hurled
landed aristocraeY from their Feud
estates and divided them amongst II
actual tillers OF the soil. The extremel
wealthy men OF the world are few
7. number. but by concert OF purpose the
- permit kings to make war, and comp
. them 20 make peace. Their fewness nj
~ common interest make combinatiC
x Easy, which they dc not fail to d,
'n What are politics TO them but perfon
" interests Cannot Oranges learn & lie
h. son? The Revolutionary motto OF O.
liz fathers was, Unite or die"
Sisters and Brothers, you will susta
or me in saying, that We. As class, ha
IN been The .orbearino--haye borne t
i'll burdens. almost TO kneeliug for the bu
III utBs AuH SCstSGAF SSiu FA0AAah5 eish
last leather has been laid upon U.s. '
have asked no; for special privileges
nd asked no advantage over any other ella
-ss. or calling. but only asked our rights
er that the blessings oil government shot
.s.e be- like the dews of Heaven, she'd ali
upon The rich and the poor. In so lar
na 10 promote such objects should
- Grange Do political. Suppose our St'
-. or National legislature should Do SO
-. forgeliu oil the principles Of equity as
- enact = law that all the property OF cit
- and villages, embracing town 10
- books OF buildings. merchandise. mon
and corporate stocks and United Sfa
-. Bonds. should be exempt from taxali,
- and the burdens Of government laid alt
N the farming OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
what would ,on dos Would you end
il patiently. uucolnplainingl,7 | conf
lecture not. | nope not | have
oe- abiding conviction you rorld not
think you would arise s.as the Ion ari
when he shakes tho dew from his man
and hurl every despot from powe
the every class legislator from his seal I
we reform aud purify the whole body p