The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-07
FIR dM MISSISSIPPI.
Nnzfnn County.

NtwtOn County.
Editor hatyon: OF all means for
consolidating capital and keeping
it in pfonr shape to Cypress the
poor and bild up monopolies, there
is nothing Ike cooperation. 1t has
been a success every time that 1t
has been properly applied;
By cooperating with small
amounts Millions are concentrated
onsone Object. And by the co-ope-
ration of Intellect these millions are
used successfully for the advance
ment of airy object the combination
may wishto accomplish. 1t makes
success possible where it would be
impossible
When any great object is to be
accomplished, whether for National,
State or Individual purposes, the
first thought is, how many men or
how much capital can be had to CO.
operate ID this enterprise so as to
make it d successful undertaking?
Struggling, undisciplined soldiers
never woa a battle; nor they never
will, for they are either killed or
captured In detail. One man can
not captive an organized company,
but one organized company can
capture an army, one or two at a
time.
Now ve, as Patrons of Hus-
bandry, have a great work before
us, ans It's is, therefore, of vast i'm
ports, and, all that 10 cooperate closely
in all that we attempt to do. We
should unite in our social relations
for the advancement of moral and
intellectual development. And we
should cooperate in the Grange, so
as to make our meetings interesting
and profitable to ourselves and the
community we live in. By coop
Grating we can maintain good
school in each neighborhood. Each
live Grange can start and success
fully carry on a cooperative store.
There is no community SO poor but
that they can raise money enough
to start one, and once started they
can, by united cooperation, run it
as long as they wish. The success
of the Patrons of Newton county is
to- day one of the strongest argu-
ments that can be offered in sup
port of cooperative stores. The
county is but an average as regards
the lands, and the farmers about
the average, yet we have five stores
in successful operation and two
more talked of this fall Patrons,
you can succeed if you will only
unite. Forty Patrons at $40 each,
is $500, and that is sufficient to start
with. Sell at fair retail price even
if merchants sell at less than cost,
ne will not do it long for no purse
can stand such a continued leaking
without giving out. Patrons, here
is one fact, there has not been, nor
never will be, Grange store prop
erly managed broke. No amoGnt
of capital can break them if their
members are true, for there is al
ways trade enough among the Pa
irons to pay the clerk hire, and the
farmer can make a living without
the $40 invested in the store, and in
few years Mr.. A will find himself
broke instead of breaking the
Grange store. 1t would be one of
the best things that could be done
for every Grange in the United
States to have its store, then we
could build up central wholesale
stores at all the centers of trade at
once. 1t will eventually be done,
and, perhaps, it is best to go slow.
Too many Patrons think it will
be an easy matter. is, if all the Pa
irons have money and will unite
and never sleep on duty. You will
always find plenty to do. Patrons,
save all the dram money and all the
tobacco money for two or three
years and you will have enough to
begin with. Begin you must or you
will always work for some one to
do your own business.
Fraternally, HAMILTON COOPER.
Decatur, March 80.