The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-13
Resolved, That the following. isl off

| Soiutthh eleIeWltn ana submit them f6
their respective Oranges at their regular
monthly meetings. x3ai 2Ea hh9 - ..
Resolved further, That after review and
correction by the Oranges, these reports
shall be transmitted by the secretaries un-
] der the grange seal to the State Commits
sloner OF Agriculture and immigration at
jackson to assist him in making up his
annual report on the condition and pro-
gress Of the State. u go IL -
| Questions: Amount, condition and
yield of all grain crops, grasses, cotton,
fruits, gardens, and other products; num-
| Der, condition and loss of work stock; in
crease OF other stock; condition of fences.
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
| 4. r5.l. w. L. HARPER,
.. e.'l-s'. d. B. IIILL,I lyte,ssttsf.. :
!. F. MCLEOD, % q.
.5. MARY L. DAREEN. ~
ADOPTED. '4' Committee.
Committee on Law and jurisprudence
submitted the following report, which
was adopted y natieS9s - n5daf s..a
81 Wortty 1fasfer. Your Committee on
Law and Jurisprudence, to whom was re-
ferred the proposed amendments to the
Constitution, recommend that said amend
ments do not be adopted. = ~ s...l5.
10. 80 B. B. BOONE,
-ft =. r. Chm'n Com.
ID The hour for the special order having
arrived the Grange was called off until
after the address by Bro. ]. L. Cooper.
/ After the address the Grange was
called to order and motion prevailed to
take a recess until = o'clock Pm. 49,
q .sr.z-- t..-..,r,-.,F.
bod AFTERNOON SESSION, THIRD DAY.
b Grange was called to order at p O clock
P. NJ. by Worthy Master Darden. ' i.@..
Committee on Grange Press
made the following report, which was
adopted: 49, - -. z,.''' 10
The undersigned, Committee on Sug-
gestions for the Good of the Order, to
which was referred that portion of the
Worthy Masters address relating to the
press, would respectfully recommend all
the suggestions therein made Knowing
and feeling the great service and useful
ness of those papers working in the inter-
est of our Order, we earnestly recommend
not only the special and liberal patronage
of our State organ, but also kindred pa
pers in other States, whereby a mutual
and reciprocal feeling would be engen-
dered in the national Order.
9 r Respectfully submitted.
.ssS.l- a1=.5s,. w, 1. HARPER,
. J. -g~ =. -.- J. F. MCLEOD,
rt4 ..1. ....t 49,. D. B. HILL, = '.s
& ...,. ..-r..,.,f ..,....5 Committee
Committee on Memorials submitted the
following memorial, which was adopted
unanimously:
Mastery our Committee on
Memorials to which was referred the mat
ter of the revival of the ''Valuation Law"
laid over at last meeting of the State
Grange, ask leave to submit the following
memorial for the adoption of the Grange
to be referred to special committee with
instructions to press it upon the attention
of the Legislature at its next meeting, viz:
The undersigned Committee appointed
by the Mississippi State Grange at its late
meeting to memorabilia the Legislature of
said State, beg to represent that owing to
the confusion of our labor system by the
results of the war, the great expansion of
currency Immediately on its close, thereby
causing an inflated value for every article
offered in the market, the people of our
State-especially the farming class, COM
posing the bulk of its population and
wealth-were forced to become borrow
ers on a vast scale to supply the capital
necessary to start afresh their business op-
erations. We would further represent
| that the stagnation of trade since Septem-
Der 1873, followed by the contraction of
the currency to specie basis, caused an
| unprecedented decline in every article of
produce insomuch that the debt of our
people predicated on. IS or 20 cents for
| cotton has had to be met by prices not
over half those figures. as!. III .beL.as
The Consequence has been but few
have been successful in paying off their
their obligations Many have been closed
out and thousands more must be in the
end unless some measure of relief can be
devised by the Legislature now in SEES
| sion, to stay execution in such cases until
/ the full revival of trade and consequent
advance in prices will enable them to set
tie their debts with the cash., -.. 81 -
+ j As measure to meet the present con
dition of our people, we would therefore
refer your honorable body to an old stat
ute to be found in 5Hutchinson's Code
page o15, adopted by your predecessor:
| thirty years ago under circumstances ex
actly resembling the present, which stat
ute was known as the sValuation Law,
and which if revived and amended by
making the stay of sale two years instead
of one, will in our opinion do much
towards helping our people out of their
business endorsements; and that too
withour impairing the obligation of con
tracts. So -.1-- Z,
l9a We would further represent that in re
enacting this much needed statute at tn.
present session you will but follow thu
example of nearly all the States of the
| Union, whose policy it generally is t
]. protect the debtori not only by home
i stead mptions--which is all he has il
our State-but also by some such provis
lion as the above named Valuation Law
! as, for instance, Louisiana, Iowa, Ken
lucky, &c, whilst our neighbor Tennesse'
has one known as the Redemption Law
IL L L To.