The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-16
OBJECTS OF THE ORDER
: II. EsHBAuGH, MASTER OF THE MIS-

OBJECTS OF IEe0ReEK. -
ny II. EsHBAUGH, MASTER OF THE MIS-
SOURI, STATE GRANGE.
We concluded our article last week,
saving that the obiectseofa the Grange or,
fioanization, as a general rule, were well
IN derstood but. the method how to- ae-
complish the object sought was not SO
well understood. - A
Tn Investigating this subject, we mo
the idea of developing better ana
higher manhood and womanhocd among
the farmers and make them more usefui
TO themselves and to others. To unite IN
the bonds of union and brotherly love the
AGRICULTURAL classes, to unite them in an et-
fort to reclaim their former standing IN
society, to secure their just rights IN the
government and to save the Legitimate
profits of their own labor, etc. How to do
all this is of first importance, and Whiie
it is well understood by many-there are
too many that do not understand it--who
have never taken pains to inform them
selves. Teachers and lecturers have failed
to teach the proper method by which the
great work can only be accomplished.
The great trouble has been that IN the ed
ucational work the method of cooperation
has been neglected. It is not enough to
simply urge the social culture, or that we
must educate ourselves, and that we
should co operate in our work, but how
to cultivate the social feature, how. to ed
ucate ourselves, and how to cooperate,
for the good Of each other, are the impor-
tant lessons to be taught and understood.
And while social and educational features
are of the utmost Importance, and their
value all that we have represented 1T IN a
previous article-and we repeat here that
the advantages of these can not we'll be
over estimated-but with all their value,
there is no denying the fact, that in order
to make the organization a success, the n
nancial feature dare not be neglected, and
the interest and advantages of this. viii
hold the Order well together to make a
success of the social and educat onal work.
You can not cultivate social clements by
isolation, nor educate single handed.
There must be meeting together, and
wherever the iancial advantages were
made available to the members of
Grange, there you see no lack or failure of
meeting together for social or educational
purposes; and very often at these meet
ings there is more educating done alta sim
ole session than there is at half dozen
picnics, or half dozen lectures ESQ called)
that lave nothing tangible in them. Hence
we see the necessity of providing for the
financial advantages of all members. And
with this end in view, the State Grange
has legislated at every session, and has
given discretionary power to its Execu-
tive Committee to provide for the fnan-
cial advantage Of the Order in the State.
Business arrangements were accordingly
made so that members could and did save
tens of thousands of dollars in purchasing
their supplies, etc. But these advantages
did not reach all the members; neither
were the advantages as great to those that
did profit by it, as they might have been,
for the simple reason that the true princi-
pie of cooperation was not sufficiently
understood, to be successfully practiced,
as general rule. The Executive Com
mittee at the January session made extern
sive arrangements for business advanta-
ges, whereby true cooperation could be
put into general practice, and by the es-
tablishing of sub-agent, who would look
after the business affairs in their respective
counties, and by proper management have
supplies shipped to such counties, and by
car lots, thereby saving a very large per
cent on freights, which is often very high,
when shipped in parcels or single lots,
thousands of dollars could be saved on
frieghts alone in a single year, to the
membership in the State, did they prac
tice true cooperation. Manufacturers
were indeed liberal in their contracts, be-
lieving that members by this time had ed
ucated themselves to realize the advantage
there was in a good thing, when offered
them, and that by the opportunities pre-
scented for CO operation, successful results
MOULD f0lloxx1. Tha n e. |
tee were unanimous in their conclusions
and recommendations in entering into the
arrangement, and as soon as their work
Order commenced their work of
opposition The committee said thew
did just the very best with manufacturers
that could be done; they had contracted
for the best goods in the market, at the
lowest cash price, with full guarantee as
to quality, etc. And that the services of
a st,b-agent, in working up the co-opera-
tive effort would be paid by manufactur
ers, but before the preliminaries were ar-1
ranged, necessary to commence the work.
they found the same oppesitienused with |
in the gates, and without waiting for
facts, opposition was commenced, contra. /
dieting evey assertion made by the Exec.
tive Committee, as to the business interest.
virtually holding them up as falsifiers oil
the entire plan, one going so far as to saw 4
that the committee was divided, and did |
not agree upon the plan,- when, in fact. it
was well known that the committee were |
unanimous in their conclusion and action
In the work, and no body of men have
acted more unanimously upon any SUBJ |
Ject, than did the committee on the bust |
ness arrangements; and in this way extra |
ordinary efforts were made to hinder the
business progress in the Order SO as to
destroy the value of the financial feature. |
and prevent cooperation, and thus hold |
IN check the general prosperity of the
Order thouphout the STATE I1Ih,r LAG