The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-12-14
IHE OBJECTS or THE GRANGE.
A Mastery Expedition by Worthy Mnstcr
Lipscomb Ia his Annual Address before
the State Orange In Columbia.


the State Orange In Columbia.
COLUMBIA, December G.--tDl. J. y
I.ipscpmb tho Worthy Master of tie stat.
Grange, read his annua! address 10 the
Grange on Tuesday night He rCmiadei
the members Of the order that j: Was
their duty 10 show that the Grange iS not
selfish, contracted or untricudIy hsspcI
alton, but u Grand order founded Up, II
the cardinal principles of Faith. liOp".
Charity ana Fidelity, and that although
controlled by IL class IL was designed tor
the good Of all CLASSES o! our population.
He gave an Interesting account uf III"
| harmonious proceedings Df IL" late Ma
tiOnai Grange, aud incorporated in hi.
address the report to the National Grange
Of Its committee on transportation, Of
which! h" Was = ;i:e!nbnr.
The report il very long but able and
interesting. 1t is chiefly devoted to a can
vass Of the attitude of the railways to-
ward tho agricultural Interests Of Tie tn-
ion. After showing the selfish impulses
| and making plain the expressions "f III"
| railway corporations tho report cnniIn-
| ucs 1.-The people, patient ana long sui.
icring as they are cannot Weld all They
must still DO supreme. They dcsir" 10
contest, but ifit must come they VIII ri.
urmph at any cost. III" creature cannot
| be greater than the power that creates
II viii not do to trust the varied indus
tries at this country to corpDratiuns that
| throttle thcM whc:i the operation turns
| temporary profit to their Golfers 1t vii
no, 10 u subject commerce 10 the dis.
| terminating desire of masters who SAY:
"A! this point IL SUITS US 10 develop. u.
| that tO rcpress' ss''-inasters who may sub
| tract IL hundred million from the value Of
| agricultural products the day after the
| return, from u fruitful harvest are com
plctcd and it is no fiction 10 say that
| this Subtraction has more than once been
| made. There must bc govern.
| mental supervision, if not control, OF rail
road transportation. Happily several
States, moved by instincts of sclf.rrcscr
| vaiion, have established supery isDrv
| commissions. an important step, because
| OF the publicity that will thus lie given to
| methods hitherto concealed, and cOnsc.
| 4ucnt enlightenment that "ill serve to
illuminate further progress. ReSuIa.
| ton by the General Government, III so far
M it may be applied without impairment
| Of vested rights. will be another very i'm
| pOrtant step, and it should bo taken at
| once.
The report rccoinm ondS the improve
| mcnt OF waterways until they attain
| their highest degree Of usefulness. in -.
der to check by competition the despotic
power of tho railways. The report con-
cludcs. 'Wo ask that certain elementary
principles of railway management be rs
| tabliShcd by law; for instance, IiXitY or
! rates, publicity OF accounts, tho absolute
| prohibition Of all determinations as be-
tween individualsor localities, such rules
| To be provided and enforced by tho States
interested and by the General Govern
ment ns their respective rights may re-
Iuire.'
| After referring to this report US an em.
nently conservative document, Col. Lips
comb said: This great transportation
| question las already acquired such vol
| mi VI ii, M
| and West and is iusllinS over all opp0si-
ton with such giant strides that il adc
| luate relief IL not soon given hy State ac
ton, the Federal Government will bc
| called upon a.d forced to act and that
radically 1t is now frequently, publicly
and confidently asserted that tho only
satisfactory solution of tho great problem
Is to cut the gordian knot by forcing the
| Federal Government to own and furnish
| all railroad transportation and end COM
pietely all private interest or control i'll
| any OF them.
Tho Worthy Master suggested that any
amount Of State acticu would bo better
| for the railroads and the people than
| Federal control and advised the Grange
to tako such steps AZ would secure Just
and equitable action upon the subject by
| the state Legislature.
| The National Grange instructed its
executive committee 10 make II full state
ment to Cnngress of the interests Of tho
farmers M affected by Federal taxation,
and also passed IL set of resolutions
strongly protesting against tho exemp-
4 tion from local taxation and tho cupse-
| qucnt imposition Of undue taxation upon
land and labor.
The Worthy Master said that "while
| tho Drdor has not increased rs one would
like it should, during the last year III
| this State there is nothing to discourage.
New Oranges have been organize, and
dormant ones rc.organizod, and as inter
| est flags in one county il increases in an
! other Iio advised all the members of
the Order to do everything within their
power to strengthen and perpetuate tho
| organization.
The Worthy Muster commended the
State department of agriculture to the
| special consideration and support of the
Order, and concluded his address with
| appropriate reference to the conclusion of
his official connection with the Order
News and Cburicr.