The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-10

different Subordinate Oranges lease fouring
mills Ia their respective localities, and hour
| their own wheat, keeping the bran and shorts
for feed, ana not sesd any raw mat rial into he
| Eastern market, but instead, app int business
agent at >. Paul, To receive tue Hour and ship IL
| TO the agent in New York city, who shall sell IL
on commission. Now who will be the agent the
Ma ional Grange will appoint To re Give it,"
! McDOwefs an wer 10 tins was characterized by
cautiousness and wise fores ght. He said In
! relation To Touring IN ! aud commission idea
| this Is matter fraug Z with much 20 d or
evil, not only for individual patrons, but 10 the
| order itself. and for the present / should do
no hing but discourage it, or at least take IL on
thought. failure here would be ruin, and we
| cannot afford TO take any sucn risk.
This matter presented to the National
Grange at its first annual session. April Is, 1862
and failed To receive an Endorsement there
| Hence IL appears that the system OF cO-opera-
ton, which proved such signal failures ana ope-
| rated disasCrously TO the Order IN some OF the
West rn and Southern States, did not originate
| with the National Grange, but, prac -ically with
| the organizing deputies. Members OF SuOOrdi-
nate Oranges had become such by y omises Of
great financial benefits Money moved mo the
State Grange treasures which they had pad in
fees aud dues, and the demands went up To tn :
State Oranges to use it In Business enter rises.
| Some State Oranges yielded TO the demand and
engaged in milling and manufacturing enter
! prlses, with the FUNDS IN their treasures, and
upon Their own responsible "
1t was not until thu National Grange became a
Representative Body tnat business co-opera-
tUn secured its sanction and en- -ouragem mt.
State Agents, under bonds for fat full work,
were recommended at the ninth annual session,
| aud at the same meeting resolution for the s.
| Establishment Of National Business Agencies"
| was dcleated by the decisive vote OF 80 10 4.
| | call attention 10 these facts. 10 show
that the National Grange has ever been con-
! seryatiye on this question OF cooperation, and
| that all systems recommen led, or indOrsed by
| it. have been thoroughly matured and well
guarded. Had the advice OF a majority OF the
| founders of the Order and the recommendations
Of the Nationa era ge, beeI needed ana prac-
ticet, these business failures and caamitles
would have been avoided The pri cipal cause
OF failure was in placing enterprises, backed by
the funds OF the State Grange, into the hands
OF agen1s who Were wanting i'll business expert
ence and qualifications necessary TO manage
them
Correct business habits and real cO-opera-
ton among the members OF our Order Is a.
essential to its prosperity and parp3tuity, as
breath is 10 physi al lifs, ana Is indissOlubly
connected with ITS educational system AZ
household economy, the production OF crops,
care and managem mt of domestic animals, or
Identifying and adjoining Our homes. IL can
not reasonably he eXpe~te that persons
VINO have had no practical experience
or, special trailing in mercantile business
milling or manufacturing, can be quail
fed To successfully manage such enter
prisCs. Bushes, men do not spring UP like
mushrooms, but grow like the II ltely oak,
which gradually rises and spreads its Drsn inches,
under the genial and vivi ying influence OF the
sunshine and the rain, and strikes its roo =
deeper and more firmly INTO the earth when
beat upon and swayed by the wind AMI the
storm. So men must be educated for any usi-
ness avocation in life, and he made strong and
well grounded by experience derived from sue
ceSses and losses
Business co operation should have place in
every Subordinate Crane, however small the
beginning am limited the means and II well
managed ana paUronlZcd, IL cunnot fali To pros
per, and not only benefit the members financial
~ but educate Them into correct and practical
business habits.
GOVERNMENTAL AID TO AGRICULTURE.
The history OF the human race has fully dem
onstrated the importance OF agriculture TO gen
eral prosperity. From the earliest Ieioi OF
mans existence upon the earth, down Though
the ages 20 the present Nime ali progress in cav
ilizat ION. the develop Aent of sci ences and the
arts. and the rise md fall OF naCiol as, has been
marked at every period OF he world : history
by the importance and encOura cement that has
been given 20 the cultivation OF the SOIL.
7 Tne earth il, in fact, naJure great store
house, ON which, by mtcligcn, and well-di-
rectcd labor, man derives only tlc neceS-
saries but the choicest blessings and comforts
OF lite, and the ma n inspiration TO moral and
intellectual deVe. pmrnt. n missionary VINO
has spent many years in heather lands has sal
You must send the Intelligent farm ana I'm
proved pillow and other agrlcultur impl .ments
with the missi Snary. The h athen lands need
20 be III wed up. deeply subs lie i. lanteI an0
sJwod, and with each returnil ~ harvest Wi
be gathered crop new ideas: and the d AL
bCcloudcd mtclleCts OF hit benz Snted people
VIII tnen beIin to act, and they will liter un-
der stand the plan OF DIVINE Wisdom for edu-
eating, civiiZing and christianlZing the human
family.
or the importance viii agriculture bears C
national prosperity, DR.. 10 insOn said: "Agri
culture not only gives ri,h = 10 a nation, hut
the only riches she can call her own" Wash
ingtOn said: Il know no pursuit in which III n,
real and impoita service can be rendered C
any country than in improving lis az iculture.
Jefferson said: Agriculture Is the h z les
calling OF man and the sureSt rOa and sale.
guard to a nations prosp rlty and liberty.
And vet there is scar ely another civilized
nation but what does more 10 aid aud encourage
its agriculture than the United States. In 1871
France appropriated for tn support of agri
culture and comm rec over 5000 90 q: Rus Sia
for agriculture and public lands, nearly $1,000
600: Austria and Hun gary, for a-riculturs alone
S55DOOOd: Great Britain, 10000: Sweden, S65 J.
U0U: the United States for the same year appro
priatcd $l7l.6S6.
Ii will thuS he seen that Russia, our creates
competitor in the markets OF the world for agr
cultural products spends, for the aid OF he
agri ulture and cave o. her public lands, seventh
tim much ~ this coun ry, and little Swedei
three times much AZ this get ma ion doe
for the support OF the industry upol which H.
prosperity ana pcrpetui.y depend.
These appropriations among the progressv,
Europ an nations, ar used. p,inci ally. tor tn,
support of national arr cultural de artmcntS
experiment stadOnS. with III dol forms attached
stock farms aud dai farms, agric ltutal col
leges and farm schools, and tOr III ,-emiuatin.
information relati ~ 10 practi al and sciCnth
agriculture, all aiming TO / crease the tertl ity
of the sol. and the amount and value OF its prod
II Is: and these results have been fully real
iZed Both wise polite economy and sount
financial policy seem 70 demand thai such ait
should be given To the agriculture OF tut
country may be necessary to produce Xix
results. | desire 60 direct attention { what
have said upon this question in previous com
munications To this body.
PATENT IGHT QUESTION.
The bill TO amend the patent laws. 80 az 4
, give some degree of protection To innocent pur
| G asers OF Uatented articles, which passed tn
IIou of Representatives, and was lying i'm til
, hands of the Sc at committee, at the time o
, our last meeting, has not been fayorably heart
from. and consequently n relief has been givel
TO the people. except that Xperienced from tn
apparent SUSPENSION If work among paten
, right claimants in commencing new suits ant
} starting schemes OF eXtortiOn Can ID be tla
! this Is strategy on their part. TO qui pubua in
, dignation. and thus defeat legislation? IL
cncou aging, however, 10 know that i'm tn
meantime the Iowa court mas made decision
! in the Driven Well Case. favorable to the PEG
pie: and which savors much of just CT, tina
, n il confidently believed that
: will be confirmed by the Suprem
Court, shout il he carr ed up to tina
, body We should not cease to agi.ate i
GU stion. until the peoples rights are secure,
p by an amended law.
, AGRICULTURAL FAIRs.
, Agricultural societies have done much goc
by establishing fair: vet tn sc are generally tn
work of n few right minie !, en- hu ia tic men
. al omctimes by a. Diring politicians.
70 these fairs the attractions general are nipple
: ments and works OF art. whLt tue products q
D the soil offer the least attra ion. and. q br,n