Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-05-17
Trade.


Soclanohs OF aST'Sui'St
Thai there has eesn II
much devotion on The pa1 * anSSy,
Patrons to buying apd scslas and ioIf
much disposition tol:Se the order as II ity
were nothing more than trade assoc'.. ,
lion, no one will deny. And none, pros-
bly,, will deny that Whenever this tendency
is displayed. an earnest effort should b.
made to check il. The social ana educa-
tional features, must, undoubtedly, be TIE
features of the order, ii ills ever 10 become
the refining and elevating society, winch It's
founders intended ii should, and which It's
wisest and best members nope ii VIII be-
come. An Institution which DOES nothing
different for a farmer. tn1n supply him
With sugar at twenty o. thirty pef cent be
low the usual retail price, does not, II must
BE- confessed, do very much. ior MN. Al
leaves him as uninforned, is unsoclao!e.
as ungenerous. probably as poor iai-
mer, As little a man. As il found hun. Sucir
IN institution is certainly very tar fFom
being what any of us desire the order TO be.
Yet. notwithstanding tina, an ASSOCIATION
employed By its members, solely 10 ~
them in getting money, would not ireefthe
farmer from the evils which now ne>e5nnl,
it would be 4 very great mistake 10 aepuve
The order Gifts commercial feature IL may
be true, that the men VINO are attached 10
the order by its trade facilities, do mol
make the best Patrons: but Il is also tru-
that these men are. maRy'of them, the per
sons who stand rc<St in need oi the I'M
prove.aenis- which its friends desire that tbs
order shall work in its members. Some oi
them are men who have hard work TO live.
and are forced to buy very little, or else 10
buy at very low prices. They need the
order TO inform them that bad luck
is bad management; and 10 teach them IN
what good management consists. Some
Others are. perhaps, close and graSping,
and use the order for buying purposes, be-
cause they can thus increase their boards
more rapidly. Surely these have need OF
the softening and hberaiizating OF "sO-
cial educational y association.
That none but :. suitable" persons be
received into the order. is a good rule, and
should be more generally observed than II
Is. But there is more Misrepresentation as
to who are suitable persons. The fault
less few who become active Patrons mme-
dtately on their admission TO the order, and
who are generous, intelligent, polite and
refined, are not the only suitable per-
sons. A man is suitable for admission. if
there is only probability that he will be-
come 4 good Patron-a high-toned. lber-
al-minded, intelligent man-some time.
Temperance societies are not formed only
of people who are fixed in temperate habits;
they are composed for the most part o.
druuLaryIS. VINO have united with them in
order to be aided in fighting their bese,ting
sin. In ike manner the oranges should re-
ceive as members, the iarmeas who are
most in need of refining, educating intiuen-
ces the men who know little beyond their
own lives. and care for no one besides
themselves. This claes, the business fea-
ture, attracts to the order-it attracts 9TH
ers. too-and this class will be attracted |
by nothing else than a business feature.
The business feature, therefore, works in |
theinterest of the educational and social |
features; it supplies the material from
which the order is to mould vessels of hon |
Or, and which nothing else could supply; !
md is. therefore, MISUNDERSTANDING !
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