The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-07

d fi ati.aNt lalfNk liit Country aNN- US
nor aIe they conscience stricken that
their gains arc The Joss aud materisl
destruction Of other classes Of men.
I'D orler % eQuahzs and make bal
snce against the great corpcrslious
of the day, il Is necessary TO con
front them With forces in some
degree commensurate with their
strength The consolidated power
Of lev men Of talent ensconsced in
The security Of a corporation are @
match in business ability for a thous
and men Of ordinary ability. They
sit serene and unmoved, though the
people cry out against them and beg
Tor help 70 save them from a mon.
ster which like the Devil fish reaches
out its long arms to draw in It's vic
tim and feed upon its life blood Is
there no escape or must the people
one by one be absorbed TO swell the
bulk Of unsuitable greed; or can they
not with one accord, With q mighty
upheavsl. and a wide and vast
accumulation Of strength, create a
public sentiment too strong to be
resisted Il is the power OF mum .
bers-the universal voice OF the peo.
pie and this only, thsn can success
fully cope with monopolies and cor
porations.
To the accomplishment OF this end
the Grange has set itself to work
and is moving steadily ahead to the
attainment OF this object. It's rapid
and unprecedented growth Was ow-
ing to the general demand for relief.
Men felt burthened, and sought
blindly for something 10 remove the
pressure from them
The Grange was an institution
perfect when first formed, but it took
tune to decide upon what feld to put
| its machinery in operation; hesi-
fancy and some blundering were in-
evitable; the experience OF the past
however has been very beneficial.
Having seen its errors, the National
Grange feels no hesitation now in
recommending what course to pur-
sue to win for agriculture respecta
bility and a recognition by the gov
ernment, and it Is clearly our duty
as patrons to accept in good faith
the suggestions and recommends
tions eminating from that body and
carry them out to their legitimate
results
/ recommend to every Subordinate
Grange and indeed to every Patron
and farmer the careful perusal o'tht
splendid address Of the Worthy
Master and the reports OF the Stand
ing Committees of tho Nauona
Grange made at the last meeting ID
Washington City. They contain Tia,
observations, conclusions and re-
Communications Of the most advance,
thinkers Of the Order The Com
mittee' on Agriculture recommends
that American farmers cultivate
thought, as il opens to tie vision
the sources Of pleasure, happines;
and the material blessings that at
tend a well ordered life; and th,
Committee Oh the good Of the Ordel
says: I'VE may talk as eloquently
as we will Of the necessity OF intel
lectual and social culture and mora
elevation, and Of their paramount
importance and value, but after al
has been said, and its truth aoknoWl
edged, stfll the great fact remains
that to open the way for progress il
these directions the pecuniary cir
oumstances must be made comfort
able" and further on, that "Whor
we contemplate the wonderful agri-
cultural productions Of our country
and the vast column Of statistics, 81
furnished by the Census Bureau anC
Agricultural Department, we mus
not forget that il is not from thes'
aggregates that the wants Of tai
farmer and his family are to be sup
piled, but only from the few cents o
profit arising from the operation
Again we see it stated that, "Agri
culture pays taxes for the supper
of the Government far beyond itI
ljust share. Its possessions arr
spread out to public view, tangible
and real, aud Dever escape" Thl
effect OF these depressing influences
among farmers, is a loss Of sell re-
spect, and the decay Of manhood
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