The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-11-05

Pioii'o, anu uiiVe out the I'M
moral, the deception, short weights
and short measures, and paper shoes
and heavy dressings in fabrics, &c.
that are found to take the place of
leather, cotton, silk and flax, &c.
The only change the Grange asks
or teaches, is to change from decep
the profits in proportion to their
custom and let each pay his pro-
portion of the expenses in the same
ratio, thus enabling every one.
whether large or small in his Gus
TON, to get his supplies and ex
changes at its actual cost and actual
expense and no more. This Coop.
Grafton does. And to do this and
not antagonize business it is recon-
mended to do business upon the
business plans of the world so far
as buying and selling is concerned.
That Is buy at the best markets and
on the best possible terms and sell
at the regular retail prices of the
locality where you sell. Make as
much money as any body on the
same amount of business, but re.
turn it all to the customers, in place
of letting it all belong to the one
who does the business. This cures
the consumption that finally drives
the producer "West" or takes him
to his grave by moral modification.
1t fulfills the law-''love thy neigh
Dor as myself"
No one is asked to pay for this
prescription nor for the remedy,
you are only asked to take it.
Invest your motley not give it,
bat invest it at interest in business
OF your own. Let a whole neigh
borhood invest and hire one of your
own number to manage it. Let
the Manager send the money to the
Cooperative Association in Calves
ton, Cincinnati, New Orleans, or
St. Louis, which ever place may be
the most convenient to get supplies
and get what is needed upon the
same principle of the profits return
ing from that to the customer.
Send your produce to these As
sociations to be sold on the same
principle. What matters it, if you
can get few cents more at home
for your produce, if you buy from
the man who buys from you and let
him have the profits in what YOU
buy from him? 1t will more than
consume the little advance you may
have got on your produce!
1t is best to have your stores upon
the cooperative plan at home If
you have not got them started send
to the central Associations, as indi-
viduals, and get what you want.
Suppose get wagon from the
factory for $4tso, or less, and send
it to you for $3.50. If there IS any
of the dollars difference left, or
whatever the difference, after pay
ing the expense of the business that
is yours. Suppose you buy it from
the man at home for the same, the
profits his!
There are some things on which
there is no profit to the business
here. Some other things on which
there is very little, on key of nails
we can some times make to the AS
ISOLATION 10 cents, but you can't get
it at home with that small profit on
it; so with a barrel of -four, SO with
meat, and never a cent on matches.
But you can't get any of them at
home that way, nor could you get
them here that way yourself. Some
things pay better, but your own
merchant can get them from their
central Associations at wholesale
and so can you individually if you
send here.
1t is best to get your goods by the
car load and you save in freight.
Cooperative business can afford to
tell you what it is doing for it is
your own business. But it will do
you no good unless you practice it.
If after you know what it is doing
you will allow another at home to
do for you what cooperation pro,
poses to do, you in that prevent Co.
operation and as soon as you pre-
vent that you are again at the mercy
of him who is in business for the
gain at your expense.
Practice Cooperation aud take
THE PATRON OF HUsBANDRY and
you will hear from others and more
from WEN. MAXWELL.