Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-21

made farmers and warehouscmen
good SO fa0 but fails to tell who
made the Granger" now Mr.. Editor,
friend III" must have read the COM
munications referred to at night, af-
ter hearty supper at this season Of
"hog and hominy" when night mares
run riot, and hard days work and
full stomach, naturally make one
dull and open to attacks, of half a
W Ike, half dreaming fits, of shades.
and shadows, hobgoblins aud ghosts
where no substance exists.
We thought all well informed peo-
pie knew that the Grange was far
mer's organization, composed of far
mcrs, by farmers and FIR farmers,
having charter recognized by both
national and state governments and
had he read more atteniively the ar
ticles OF "a Granger" and "a Patron"
perhaps he would have seen less Of
teeth and ruflled tempers and
learned more OF tie origin and in
tent of the Grange.
al" states without wishing to say
word that would irritate shat the
Board of Trade of Hopkinsville is
composed of all Buyers and Sellers of
Tobacco who are in good standing
(this includes A PatrolD meeting with
open doors and also inviting all who
are in any way connected with the
trade etc." Again we wish to thank
an. We confess ignorance, for
''the plain statement of facts" so
highly commended by al" told us
plainly that the Board of Trade
was composed of Buyers ann Ware
housemenH and the meeting was held
for the especial benefit of Ware
housemen (farmers Sellers and Pa
irons were not once mentioned) ex-
cept as the action of said Board
applied, directly to Changers, and
farmers who threatened to join the
Grange for the protection it offered
them. Now will friend al" please
tell us when "Our Board" meets, how
often and where? This is the first
intimation we have had of our hon
orable connection, and we are quite
sure there are hundreds of the hum
BILE farmer members equally igno-
rant. "This is light indeed tell him
to give "timely" notice of time and
place Of the next meeting and pre-
pare spacious room or if it is "Sum-
mer' again select a shady grove near
some good spring so that we who
have been so long absent may come
up with the Stated calf" spring
lamb etc, after the old order of
things, and renew acquaintance and
friendships and talk this matter over
so that we may better understand
why we have been so long neglected.
Perhaps we'll relcnt.
Friend al" offers an explanation
of the design Of "our bylaws" and
claims that at is the confound-
ing the action of Board
of Warehousemen with the Board of
Trade which produces the fog. The
Board of WarehOusemen resolved
that it wonld give no rebate, placing
asmall planter on an equal footing
with large one, etc., all of which
was sanctioned by the Board of
Trade. Now we would like to know
if there was single Granger or far
mer not engaged in the trade, or
owning stock in warehouse property
present when said action was rati-
fed? Verify, no. Again what bus
mess had the buyer with it, and why
was the seller, "a Patron" and 9TH
ers left out? AS to the "hewers of
wood and drawers Of water,' the
man who boxes the goods rolls the
| hogshead, ETC., that is none of onr
fight and for all we know he too may
have a "Board of Trade" and thereby
secure his own interest, but be that
as II may we feel quite sure he was
not represented in the meeting referr-
ed to, and if warehouse charges
were double what they are now ;
cooperage and hogshead-rolling
would have to take care of itself or
starve. "Such bowels of mercies.' !,
III" in his effort to throw light on
the matter, appears to have written
with caution, suffering ray to fall
here and there, as his cause demands.
He fails to tell us why the service of
a Grange or Granger is not as accept
able to warehousemen as that of any
one else provided he accomplisshes a
much, or even in proportion to what
he does. He fails to tell us why some
of the Board of Warehousemen
would have been willingGf free to do
SOY to have taken our tobacco for the
current year upon the same terms as
we had last year, and at the same