The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-10-19
Correspondence baltimore County Union.
THE GRANGE.
"Old Fogy" Again Heard From.

Messrs. Editors We have received some light
on the Grange and willing to confess that we
were in error in one point, that in which we stated
that all excepting owners renters of farms were
excluded from the Grange When those who have
taken the subject up and so severely criticized our
first letter informed of the fact that got our
information on that point from full dedged
Granger perhaps they will forgive the errors into
which an sold Fogy" has been led.
We most heartily thank our friend 3D." for his
expressions of sorrow in our behalf and kindly
inform him that we have recovered from the bad
attack of nightmare under which he claims we were
laboring. We might return the compliment by
saying that such an article as his might have en-
mated from person labOring under double
breasted nightmare with few clothes horses
thrown in but-charity forbids.
There are few points in Cd 8" letter which
need some attention. Hesays: 'When the Grange
is better understood by farm laborers they will
find that instead of being enemy it is their
friend" Now it is well known fact that the
larger the combination of those engaged in any
pursuit the sooner the work is accomplished then
why not make the principles of the Order so plain
that the "wayfaring man, though fool" can I'M
derstand them.
The sentence quoted above is an admission on
his part that the principles of the Order are not
plain and not generally understood, otherwise it
would not require so long time for farm laborers
to find out that the Order is their friend and not
their enemy.
Again he says: GAS an evidence of this the fees
have been reduced as to bring it within reach
of this class of our community" That NAV be
the case in the section in which he lives but is
not the case In our section Here the entrance fee
Is as high as it ever was, and must be paid when
the person makes application for admission, be-
fore ne knows whether his application is accepted
or rejected.
nlo 10 6rek Io3ko H.
he would take up the "midde-man or agent one
OF the greatest anomalies connected with the
Grange" We waited patiently for whole week
to see what he would do with the "middle man."
The end of the week came and the middle man"
is still enveloped in mystery. If he took him up
he let him fall again as suddenly as dog does a
hot potato. His ventilation of this point is as
great an enigma as the "middle-man" in the
Grange is to an "old fogy." He tries to get away
from this point as soon as possible by saying chat
as "Old FOgy's" premises are wrong his dilation
must necessarily be So" Now, hold on nv friend.
don't be in such hurry; come back to the rack.
fodder or no fodder. "Old Fogy" didn't make ali
these assertions for fun They are facts that can't
bedisproved. "OldFogy" knoicst that there are fer
TIMER agents an the Grange who ask farmers who
are not Grangers one dollar more per ton for fer
tizers than agents who are not Changers do for
the same kind We don't know what thew ask
Changers, but as sd" referred us to 18th chan of
list Corinthians, we will ask him to apply the 46th
and 47th verses of the 9Th chapter of Matthew to
this case.
"0ld Fogy" knocs there are hucksters in the
Grange who are said to pay Changers less for their
marketing than they do those who are not Granp-
ers.
Again cd" says: "If the man who tramps the
rough fields day after day, or who swings a heavy
cradle in harvest, is not actually engaged in 40.
riculture, will "0ld FOgy" please inform us who |
81" "Old Fogy" never disputed this point. but |
on the contrary claimed that he should be admit |
ted on terms of equality with the owner and rent
or. Neither would we have been in error in re- |
gard to the admission of farm laborers had the |
Granger from whom we received our information |
been as familiar with the Constitution of the Ma
honal Grange as he should have been.
There are other points which might notice but |
have said all that intend to say in regard tn This
matter. "Old Fogy" is not an enemy of the
Oranges neither is he prejudiced againstit in any
form, but believes that if its principles are prac
ticed it will be blessing to all engaged in aor-
cultural pursuits, and that its greatest benefits
will not only be the gaining or saving of dollars
and cents, but in promoting socabity in agricul-
tural communities by bringing all engaged in ag-
rcultura pursuits together to have an interchange
of ideas.
In conclusion "0ld Fogy" desires to return
thanks to the editors of the UNION for publishing
his first article on the Grange, which has been the