The weekly clarion., 1882-03-08
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HENRY CHRISTMAS,
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TARIFF, AND TAXATION, -

| .s.et -. TARIFF AND TAXATION. ussit.
WHEREAS, Protection has ever been ban,
to American agriculture, imposing burthen
| upon class least able to bear them, retard
| ing the prosperity of the nation, and build
ing up interests which threaten our repub
lcan institutions and endanger the liberties
Of our people, therefore st.ia.ss5e - -s
ReSOtued, That our Congressman be re-
quested, in the name of this State Grange
to make every effort to revise our tariff law;
at this session OF Congress! s..
ResotUed, That the present unwise and
unnecessary internal revenue tax on
matches, bank checks, saving bank deposits,
proprietary medicines, etc, be removed at
once.
Which was, after discussion, adopted,
and resolution passed that copy, under
the seal of the State Grange be furnished
to the Senators aud Congressmen from this
State.
sPEcULKrING IN FUTURES.
Bro. Dixon presented the following which
was'ad0pted: .'s'' 't
Resoioed, That the selling and buying of
cotton FUTURES" now established in most
of the markets, is gambling in its worst fea-
ture, as it is injurious to all producers of the
staple, even though they do not participate
in the game, and should be placed under the
same prohibitions and penalties with faro
banking and other gambling, as they are
demoralizing to society, and that the I4egis-
fature of this State is hereby respectfully
requested to enact a law prohibiting, under
severe penalties, trading or gambling in 'sfu-
lures" ot. any raw product OF agriculture.
EDUCATION.
Brother Wilson, Chairman of the Com
mittee OH Education, offered the following:
Your committee beg leave to report that
there is no feature of our Order that demands
more earnest, Careful and deliberate consid-
GRAFTON than does its educational feature.
The sons aud daughters of our farmers are
virtually growing up in Ignorance. aud in
stead OF being fitted for higher manhood
and Womanhood as our Order contemplates,
they will be forced to take a lower station
in life than was occupied by their ancestors.
How many of our sons and daughters have
graduated at first-class colleges ana hold as
an evidence oft diplomas from such insti-
tutions? The answer must be, verH, rerg
fear. While.much is being done through
the. he.instrumentality of the Grange in educa-
ting its members, thereby remedying this
evil, nevertheless the whole work cannot be
done there. We ask our members to take
this subject home with them and study it
more than they havee ever done before, and
By the next meeting of this State Grange to
be able to recommend something that will
meet the demaf1d of the times.
We point with pride to ouE cherished in
stitution, the Agricultural and Mechanical
College, located at Starkville, and regret
that its capacity is not sufficient to accomO-
date all who make application for admission
into it; therefore be it
ReS0lred, That we memorialize the next
Legislature to make further appropriations
to Mechanical College, and call the special
attention of the Legislature to former re-
port that we have. made to this body,
ENDORSEMENT OF THE WORTHY MASTER.
The following was offered by Bro Christ
mas and adopted unanimously:
ResOLved, That we, the members of the
Mississippi State Grange and representatives
of the farmers Of the State. desire to express
our confidence in our Worthy Master, Broth
er Put. Darden, and to say that his manner
of addressing the masses of farmers who
have focked to hear him during his lee
turing tour through the Stale this year,
meets our hearty approval, and we pledge
him the cordial support of our people when
he makes his canvass of the State ii the
interest of the. Order the coming year.
RosOlved, That the resolution be published.
in The Patron Chickasaw Messenger and
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