The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-25

kuihciy hnu Couuuentiy expect ana pre-
dict that it will be great and magnifi.
centsucceas; annually growing in strength
and symmetry aonuaily expanding It's
sphere and scope $,f work and d'usefulness /;
bringing money, muscle and brain to aid
in redeetning and rebuilding oar state
and developing its immense resources,
aud ,yaried information, useful, beneficial
p.ercaDtiie and professional Community
now within our bofderg. and inducine
many from without 10 come In. Let me
bespeak for it your confidence and sup
port, in return for which it will prove q
blessing to this State and people. And
now having been SO Handsomely and lib
orally recognized as q class b. our own
State. Government, let us all, as agricul-.
turist and as people, use our right of
petition and our Influence, and join oar
voices TO SO many Thousands of others
throughout this broad Union, TO induce
Congress to make the Commissioner of
Agriculture Of the United States Csbi-
net officer, and raise his department. to
equality in dignity and efficiency with
the others.
In view of the immense importanceit it
could be to, and the untold good it could
do for, that great producing class who
support the whole government and peo-
pie; the niggardly support given, and
the indifference shown by Congress 10
the Department of Agriculture, is an out
rage and 9n insult that should no longer
be endured by civilized and enlightened
people. On this subject have letter,
urging notion, from Bro. D. Wyatt
Aiken, sWorlhy Past Master of this
Grange, and now one ofthe Representatives
of this State ia the United States Con-
gress, which will lay before you.
Z Patrons, We are here in council to de.
wise and determine for the good and
welfare of our beloved order, of our wives
and little ones, our people and our State.
Let us think for moment, and tbon try
to realize the immense power sc can
wIeiu, tTe immense g0oa We c1n do, and
the grear obligation resting upon us to
fully exert lat power and to do that
good. Then at os:1s TO work utilize this
Order. While you strive to increase,
build up and strengthen It; at thu same
time use it; make L work for you; keep
it bright and smooth by constant use.
Use it how2 Use it for everything good
that any social. educational. financial or
civic purpose that will benefit or interest
us and ours. All men have some special
order, organization or association to sub.
serve and promote the special interest Of
special class; and to get its benefits
for that single speciality, they expend
any amount of time, thought, toll and
money needed TO succeed. This order,
thus used, end thus treated, will return
thousand fold for all expended upon it.
Then sustain it we'll, and use it we'll.
Use It at home, in the neighborhood, in
the township, in the county, in the
State, in the Union and with foreign
countries. Use it from the minutest in
terests and objects of the home and fami-
ly to the grandeBt schemes of statesman
81 , and diplomacy. 1t is actually i'm
possible for us agriculturists and farmers
to any longer derive sufficient profits from
our toll and labor to feed and support
our families, without this or some similar
Organization by which we can relieve
and protect ourselves from the ruinous.
exaction Of State and Federal legislation,
and customs Of trade, and the unjust and
extorfionate DETERMINATIONS of corpora
tions and monopolies. The earth yields
hountiful crops, improved implements,
aud increased Intelligence enables the
husbandman to reap more aud more each
year; the prices of produce at points of
consumption are good, and q fair de-,
mand for the whole supply exists; but
still with all this agriculture is on the,
decline; the farmers are getting poorer
each year each year more and more of
them become bankrupt; each year the,
number of landowners becomes smaller
and smaller, and unless soEe change is
made, or remedy applied, it is only a
question of time when wholesale bank
rnltcy ard ruin will oyerwhelm them as
q class. Why is thisf Because there is
an abnormal and undue amount of or
ganiZation and combination antagnnIstin
to agriculture, aud absolutely none in its
defence or behalf. The poor individual
farmer stands aingly ard alone confron.
ting an army of thousands, trained, drill
ed, offcered, organized, armed. equipped,
supplied and "ready to move at O
moment's notice !" and there stands the
farmer with nothing As one of our eol-
dieIs once complained, nothing to cat
aud nothing 10 cook it in;' nothing TO
shoot, and couldn't shoot he had; no
ammunition but dozen bird shot, and
aspoonful of vet powder all mixed TO-
gether in his "breeches pocket !" no sup
plies bnt little Glen, t'dry salt" meat :,
no one 10 help him, and he can't help
himself 30 wh5ta the Contest beginh
who can and will get the most of the am
nual crops Of this poor farmer while IL 10
IN trdJasitu from him to the consumer
It can be easily seen now much chance
he stands. It iB q wonder he gets any al
"a. 5.ss.Fi;s bis & =si=@a. annnally until
hard work and hard living bring him
premature death TO end his misery. Il
this picture true? Look and Judge for