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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14
A LESSON FOR THE SOUTH.

The present terrible distress in Ireland
contains valuable lesson for the South,
if our people will take the trouble to
learn it.
The prime cause of the existing trouble
in Ireland is to be found in the fact that
the people are almost entirely dependent
on oney branch of ndustry-agriculture
When the crops fail, famine is the inev-
table result. Not SO with England. Du-
ring the past year, English farmers have
had to contend with the worst imaginable
weather, and the crops of all kinds of
breadstuffs have fallen vastly below the
average. England has not produced any
thing like food enough to sustain its pop
ulation, and, therefore, if England had
been purely agricultural nation, like
Ireland, starvation would even now be
walking abroad in the land. But, on the
contrary, England manufactures the fab
RIGS, does the banking business, and con-
trolls the carrying trade of very large
proportion IF the worlds population;
and, with the ample profits, current and in
vested, derived from these sonrees-~she
has been able to supplement her deficient
food supply by purchases in open market.
The converse of this lesson the South
learned at fearful cost during the civil
war when a blockade of the ports de-
prived the people of all the little luxuries
that made life endurable to a civilized
people.
1t was plain enough, in those dark days,
that no amount of agricultural wealth can
supply the place of diversified industry
which makes nation self supporting and
self-reliant. We call attention to this mat
ter at this time because we fear that the
present large crops and high prices will
lead the South to abandon everything else
for the culture of sugar and cotton. No
greater mistake could be made. Manu-
features offer wider and more certain
field than agriculture. If the South can
learn to manufacture its own products, all
will be well, otherwise all the great crops
that may be made will count for very little.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

used at an enormous advance .. -
inal cost. Our exports are orr - us orig
of which the transportation COM pn,ouucts,
ceive by far the larger share p'"esre.
Another great obstacle in tbo
agricultural prosperity is that degr "dy Of
sometimes attached to personal fo a;IuatIon
community will ever flourish AMI NIL No
rich when it is thought more resnos grow
to be genteel loafer than to oct peetable
est living by the labor of the hand an non.
Upon the success of the agricnl,u.
depends the success of the WHO'LL ,niSt
Let drouth or any other misfortnno "orid,
failure of one of our cereals anJ cause
the result! Upon such an event n, marx
ness is deranged; the Commercial 49, ouSl'
OF the world proves unequal to the cr,;"
sloops of war and frigates become car rtsN'
of grain; warehouses, canals, railroa ,JIS
and ports, prove insufficient for tho aus
gency; the specie boarded bv tbo e Al,
world, finds its way to the cabins of .I
far away prairies; manufactures and ,aI e
lie improvements stop in their CO.. puo'
famine and pestilence invade prov;nos'
and States, and the pale survivors roos
less of those ties which bind mankirJ n
their birth place, brave storms and sb;n "
wrecks, sickness and death, on the rnn p
to new and untried regions. AgricpItu.es
has become Essential to life. The for.
the lake, the ocean, cannot sustain tbe :"
creasing family of man. Popplstiqn d.
6iaitieoSns i have ceased to exist with the ev
tinction of it.
In classic Greece and Rome it was ,bo
theme of the popular poets of the age and
was not deemed unworthy of distin,
guished warriors and statesmen. w.
read of Cicero at his Tuscolan Villa of
Cato at his farm, of Cincinnatus leayna
his plow to command the armies of the
Republic. In England at the present dav
whose mobiles shrink from all connection
with trade, yet take great interest in their
agricultural fairs, reading essays on the
culture of root crops, and manufacture Of
composts. 1t is with mingled pleasure
and pride. that we recur to the fact that the
hero and statesman who led our armies to
victory and peacelin the revolution was
himself practical farmer. And we find
at the present day large majority of our
statesmen pride themselves on being the
owners of broad acres to which they re.
tire sooner or later to seek that quiet no
where else SO attainable--.S. 7. Hobsor
IN Grange Bulletin. ....
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
WAYNE COUNTY.

Editor Patron: Being constant reader
of THE PATRON, | desire to give you
few notes from this section of the country
You will recognize me as the ex-Secretary
of Mutual Rights Grange, 6I6, of Greene
county. My brethren have seen proper to
place me in charge of Mutual Rights
Cooperative Association at this place
We commenced business Jan. 18th. We
get some trade outside of our own, and
think that as soon as we are able to keep
a full line of dry goods and groceries, we
will have very respectable business, not
withstanding the powerful opposition
against us here. To see and know the
condition of the poorer classes, who are
working for the rich that these may grow
richer off their labor, is certainly distress
ing. We, as Patrons, are opposed and
ridiculed not only by merchants, but by
many farmers who ought to be Changers.
Many persons seem to think it presump-
tuous for laboring man to try to do any
thing for the we'll being of himself and
family outside of his daily occupation as a
farmer or laborer.
We greatly need some champion of CO.
operation like Worthy Master Darden to
labor with us awhile. Our people here as
a class al poor ana uncOuCdtcu, lucy 10
not read enough, therefore they are not
aware of the great gulf that is yawning
beneath their very feet, as it were, to swal-
low and hide them in darkness forever.
rl.~I~ s.1~ MANY uicu, WLhte anu
black, engaged in the turpentine business
in this and surrounding counties, and it is
a remarkable fact that none but the owners
of stills who run supply stores in connec-
ton with them are making any money;
they manage very nicely to bring all the
parties who get and haul the crude turpen
tine in debt at the end of the year, and
though these poor laborers work hard and
economist in every way, they never get
out of debt Fraternally,
State 1.-The, Feb. 9. JOHN WEST.
The farmer who opposes the Grange,
or ridicules his brother farmers in their
efforts to further their interests by estab-
fishing a co operative store, is stupidity
blind to his own interests, or he has his
money invested with some some merchant
or is in debt to his merchant and afraid to
stand up for his rights like true man.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

1Weisend copy of this issue of The
PATRON to the Master of each Grange in
Georgia. AS it is to The interest of all Off
GERS in that State to have their members
fully informed of the work and progress of
out the South, we hope each one receiving
this number will send in a large club of
subscribers.
Through the efforts of Worthy Master
Smith and few other Jealous Patrons,
quite number in Central Georgia have
become subscribers, and since the adop
tion Of THE PATRON by the State Grange
as its official journal, we hope to receive a
large club from every Grange in the State.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

ESv1, - !. - =. - -.-t s--.
The Grange in North Carolina is getting
in splendid working condition L Some. of
the District Oranges are attracting con-
siderable attention by their large meetings
and effective work. The State Grange
met at Charlotte last week, and the mem
bers of the Order in other States may look
for good reports from that body. 91a aHI
The Order in Georgia and Tennessee
will be heard from next, and we venture
the prediction that in less than year it
will be stronger and more efficient in those
States then it ever was! The men at its
head are fully imbued with the true spirit.
and are determined that there shall be a
thorough revival of the Order in their re-
spective States. ia.ijR 5neq5 sbnim fatI
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

Upon the subject of keeping boys on
the farm, an old farmer has this to say:
7"My eldest son is near FL years of age,
and the other boys in the neighborhood
younger than he have left their parents.
Mine have stuck to me when | most
needed their services, and attribute this
result to the fact that have tried to make
their kone pleasant. have furnished
them with attractive and useful reading.
and when night comes and the days
work is ended, instead of running with
other boys to the railroad station and adj
joining towns, they gather around the
great lamp and become interested in their
books rand papers, zoos
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

Perhaps the first thought suggested to
the MUD of the uninitiated by the word
Grange" is that OF CO. cooperation, and the
frstresult expected is pecuniary gain; but
when the subject is discussed in detail we
find that hardly two can be found who
agree as to desired results. 2r-
Cooperation is simply united effort TO
accomplish what individual effort has fail
ed to realize; and the first condition of sue
cess is that there be an earnest, honest, union
of effort to realize a certain definite result.
-With these conditions and purposes and
with that perseverance which knows no
such word as fail, success is sure in what.
ever direction we choose to labor. The
theory of cooperation is all plain and SIM
pie, and looks remarkably clear on paper,
but business CO operation that looks to
practical results means, intelligent, earnest,
painstaking labor. In the successful
grange, we have had such effort and we
see the results, whether the object has been
social, educational or material progress
without such effort no grange will sue
coed. If we are to be the progressive,
aggressive organization that we claim to
be, cooperation must be our watchword.
SIN essentials unity" Middlemen care
have, how many corporations we organ
izc, how many resolutions we adopt, how
much fault we find with high prices or
large profits, so long as we do not put them
in practice, but allow ourselves to be
flceced as heretofore. grs
Fire and life insurance agents care not
how much we talk of Patrons insurance
companies and mutual aid societies so
long as we allow them to gather our dol
lars at their pleasure, although it takes
seventy per cent. of their receipts to pay
their running expenses. Politicians care
not how much we may declaim of our In
dependence and our determination to act
| in the interest of our own class and occu-
patton, solong as we yield abject homage
to the sceptre of king caucus, and voe
for party in disregard of interest. And all
these several interests will smile on US and
bid us godspeed IN the zVo,k which ne are
not doing: But when insurance companies
aid societies, Patrons G cooperative
stores right in the city of Portland
and boilers from party nominations when
lawyers are served up to US, become living
realities, we at once find how small IS
| their love for u.s. Worthy Master 1hiHs'
| Maine State Grange. $500
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

There is a ridiculous little movement in
the Legislature of. this State, to regulate
railroad charges. 1t is a, piece of dema-
,gogneism which will deceive no person
of ordinary intelligence. This question,
I if it is ever settled in the interest of the
people, must be done by Congress, and
Reagan's bill npwdbefore that body will
doit Let the Legislature metnorialize
Congress to adopt oReagan's bin, and
stop wasting its time over what the mem
bess know is an utterly impractical meas
ulc'af' fi1.w SOB T9tli9sA 80 tNefss o@ g.a
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14
TENNESSEE STATE GRANGE.


The meeting of the Tennassee State
Grange at Brownsville, on Tuesday next,
promises to be, well attended, and its ac-
ton viii be looked to by the members of
the Order and all Intelligent farmers
throughout the State with deep interest.
There is deep, strong Grange current
setting in, that will gather volume this
year, and sweep onward with resistless
Tennessee must and will take her natu-
raj position as one of the leading Grange
States. With3t the lawyer politicians, ner-
chants and other enemies of its principles
and purposes weeded out and the organi-
cation in able and reliable hands, tens of
thousands of her farmers will now rally
to their organization and give it an earn
est, enthusiastic support. This they will
surely do if the leading spirits act wisely
and vigorously at the State Grange!
The Order is reviving throughout the
entire country. The reasons for this are
plain and simple The more intelligent
- '1ANi" M" IAiAI q SOHIp pact OISdIllZ3-
ton of their class for protective operations
in business, educational, social and politi-
cal affairs, is absolutely necessary; that
without organization, they cannot cope
with the combined power of other classes
which are concentrated to build up their
peculiar interests and enlarge their power;
and that ends now sought to be attained
through the Grange organization are at
last made clear and practical. b.. .... r.
Upon the great questions of co-opera-
ton, home manufacturing, and the public
shoots, we hope the Tennessee, State
Grange will speak strongly and earnestly.
The farmers, those who belong to the
Grange especially, should not be content
until the schools of their State are not
only made efficient, but brought under
their own control. =. 49, ~:
Earnest, vigorous action by the State
Grange on all questions affecting the in
terest of the farmers of Tennessee, will be
promptly responded to by the masses.
Let their State organization display the
spirit and capacity to lead this great
movement, and there will be no lack of
support from the masses. a-322t T..
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

There is a feeling among the represen-
tatives of foreign governments in Wash
iugton that European war is impending.
They say that large sums of money are
being sent to this country for investment
by those who are in a position to know
something of the actual situation of affairs
Inquiries have also been made to ascertain
the capacity of our manufactures to fur
nish arms. 1t is not at all improbable that
war will break out before many more
weeks of the present year have elapsed
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

although our Grange does not in
crease in numbers, we are determined it
shall not die"
Such is the tone of many letters we re-
ceive almost daily. If the members of all
Subordinate Oranges were imbued with
like spirit, dormant Oranges would
cease to be as prickly thorns in the Order.
1t but requires determination 70 live;
then all indifference and dormant fnttu-
ences will not stalk abroad as a devouring
element in all that is good and mutually
beneficial. Patrons and Matrons, it is
scarcely necessary for us to exhort you
further as to your duties, in order to per-
petuate the cooperative blessings in
our cherished Order. But yet we think it
will not be reckoned amiss if we once and
again impress upon your minds the all
important work, which, if promptly and
wisely performed, will eliminate in mu-
tual success and long life to the orgrniza-
ton of your choice. In this year of jubi-
lee, ct all evidences of dormancy cease to
be a demoralizing element in Grange
work.-Farmer's Friend.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

Brother John H. Frrman, leading
member Of the Order in South Carolina,
and formerly a member of the State Ex-
ecutive Committee, writes us that the
Grange prospects in that State are bright
ening; the worthless members have been
Topped off, and those remaining are more
alive to the real purposes of the Order.
He has been subscriber to this joul nal
since 1875, and alludes to it in his letter:
81 regard THE PATRON as the staunchest
and most whole souled Grange paper in
the country, and think what it has done
in advocacy of the Clement Attachment
is alone sufficient to entitle it to the graft
tude OF the Order and of farmers general
ly throughout the South" 81. &.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

The Secretary of the Ohio State Grange
reports the Order in that State as in a
vigorous, healthy condition and sound
financially. After paying the expenses
for the year 1879 balance of 81, 5o9.oI is
in the treasury. $1,000 was appropriated
to be used by the Executive Committee in
sending Lecturers through the State dur
ring the present year.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

Bro. c. c. Post, ex-Secretary of the
Indiana State Grange, has been very &C
tive in securing signatures and forward
ing petitions to Congress, praying for the
passage of the Reagan bill. Last week
he forwarded single petition over
twenty feet in length. He has received
numerous petitions from different parts of
Indiana, and has forwarded them all
to Washington.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

10 Thecu of the country to-day is the
power which the professional politicians
are enabled to WELD in public affairs by
forming ''rings" ard controlling newspa-
pers. The people, the toiling millions,
must either unite and destroy the power
of the politicians by selecting capable and
patriotic men for all public positions, or
submit to ruinous oppression.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

Washington papers say: "There is in
Washington at the present time one of the
strongest and most powerful lobbies that
has been in that city for many years, the
object of which is to prevent considera.
ton of Reagan's Inter State Commerce
Bill first, and, failing in that, to defeat its
passage. All the trunk lines are repre-
sented in the lobby"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

Southwest subscribe for and read said
paper. ~. +. LEAGUE Lecturer
The above preamble and resolution
was adopted by unanimous vote of Con
cord Grange at regular meeting on the
24th of January, 1880, and ordered spread
upon the minutes, and copy sent to THE
P.ArRoN OF HUsBANDRY for publication.
JAMES CHERRY, Sec'y.
tGiddings, Jan. 81.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

We print in this issue of The PATRON
summary of the proceedings of the re-
cent cent annual annual Session Of the Texas State
Grange, which will be found interesting
to members of the Order in other States.
The great length of the Masters address
prevents our reproducing if, but we will
publish extracts from it. ~,. ..,~ :"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

If the farmers of the country at large
only knew how many strong, earnest
Oranges have maintained their organiza-
tons intact and hold..regular meetings, and
the amount of important work they are ac-
compiishing, they would rally as one man
tothe Order; and unite and labor Jealous
kwith the noble spirits who have re-
NAMED faithful to the cause. The unn-
formed masses see so little mention of the
Grange in the political and agricultural
papers, that they really believe it is dead.
We will mention few Oranges in the
Southwest that are working quietly but
with splendid effect:
Prairie Point Grange, Noxubee county,
miss, which is presided over by Bro. J.
Fs.McLeod, numbers over eighty active
members. It has a large two-story hall,
the upper rooms being elegantly furnish
ed and having fine organ and large
library The lower rooms are used for a
school, in which two excellent teachers
are employed. This Grange will have a
cooperative store and cotton factory af
ter awhile:
/ eopfevilfe Grange, Shelby county,
Tenn, has been hard at work with salts
factory results. 1t has cooperative store
in successful operation, and its next step
will be to establish ''new process" cot
ton factory. The Secretary of this Grange,
Bro. Fred. NJ. Malone, is one of our most
entertaining correspondents.
Concord Grange, near Giddings, Lee
county, is the second Grange in point of
numbers in that State, having considera-
bly, over one hundred members, Salado
Grange, No. L, of Bell county, being the
first This Grange has large co-opera-
tive store that is doing an immense bust
ness, and its..members have just formed a
company to establish "new process,
cotton factory. 1t has strong, earnest
leader in Bro A. F. league, and an ex-
cellent Secretary in Bro. Sim R Carothers.
In Arkansas, the Grange near Texar-
kama, presided over by those earnest, pa
triotic Patrons, Bros. Thomas Orr and T.
V. Scott, both of whom are leading spirits
in the State Grange, is strong both in
numbers and good works. 1t has CO.
operative store, we believe, and is taking
steps to put up cotton factory.
In Decatur County, Georgia, Bro. w.
Berrie Mcdaniel is at the head of a
Grange that is full of life and pushing
its work with great zeal That enthusiast
tic Patron has exerted potent influence,
under the splendid leadership of the State
Matter, Bro, T. J. Smith, in reviying the
Order in Georgia. .g9 81
These are but few of hundreds of ae-
tive Oranges in each of these States that
are doing great work, not only for the
immediate benefit of their members, but in
getting the Order in position that will
make its future progress steady, healthful,
and overwhelming.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

AS the cotton picking season has clos
ed, tramps are moving north to await the
wheat harvest.
Cholera swept away over 100000 Jap
anese last year, yet in 1878 the United
States were Mortified at a yellow fever
mortality of only $4,000
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

Worthy OVERSEE. Rose, of the. Texas
State Grange, writes that letters are reach
ing him from Patrons in all parts of Texas
of the most encouraging character CIV.
erything is booming" he adds; a"fine rains
and the farmers are bouyant.""
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

: The New York Financial Chronicle oil
the 9th makes the visible supply of cotton
2 25,464 bales, an increase over last year
of ISo,9S3, decrease of $3.50 from 1879
and 364,7o7 from 1877. The American
supply is IS4,II2 more than last year
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

We hope the leading members of the
Order in Georgia will contribute regular
ly to our columns. The reports of their
work will interest and encourage their
brethren in other States, thousands of
whom are regular readers of our journal.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

3 The cotton mills at Langly, S. C., have
sold as many goods as they can MAKE
within the next month, and are declining
orders.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

1t is believed that cattle-raising WIN
soon supercede cotton. growing in soms
portions of Georgia.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14
WORTHY MASTER DARD5EN

Of the Mississippi State Grange, is
making arrangements to engage immedi-
ately in the active canvass of the State
As soon as he makes out list. of ap-
pointments we will publish them in our
columns.
The Oranges Throughout the State should
take immediate action upon the appeal
made to them by the State Grange, which
we print in another column. We regard
this plan to keep the Worthy Master in
the field as the very best that could have
been adopted to revive the Order in this
State. Earnest and fearless in the advoca-
cy of the cause, he will secure the atten-
ton of the masses, and thousands of them
will be drawn to the Order by his feryid
eloquence. We will give full accounts of
the work and progress of this worthy
leader who has displayed SO much patri-
otism and made SO many sacrifices to build
up the Grange in Mississippi
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14

Henry o. Devries, of Howard county,
is the newly elected Master of the Mary
land State Grange.