The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-14

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yonr machinery for buying and selling
and providing some simple and relia.
BILE plan by which yon can bny and
sell collectively and in the aggregate.
and not as individual citizens. it is
being done by Patrons In other States,
saving to them thousands of dollars,
and it can also be done by you, saving
you untold thousands, which is the
price you pay for your individual
business Independence. You have
only to look back and sec what partial
and imperfect plans did for the coun-
tics of Anderson, Darlington, Colleton
and Newberry few years ago to con
vince you of the feasibility Of immense
savings, If you can provide the plan.
III you cannot agree upon and arrange
to suit you i'll the State, then study
and use the arrangements made and
provided by the State Oranges of
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, which
can be used by you on exactly the
same terms as Patrons citizens of
those States, and the safety secured
beyond question.
The great want of the Order in the
State is to be thoroughly canvassed
and lcctured by one or moro Jealous.
enthusiastic lecturers. / have tried to
get the Worthy Lecturer of the Ma
tional Grange sent here, and could not
get assurances of meetings sufficient to
warrant me in any guarantee. This
lccturing must be i'm localities where
the subordinate Grange is dormant or
languishing, and done independent of
any local invitation or arrangement.
Strong, wealthy Oranges invite lectur-
| crs and strange meetings at which
they can display such prosperity and
efficiency as to deserve and obtain the
admiration and praise of visiting Of
ficers of the State Grange or Order.
Contra, weak, dormant and Door
Oranges do not invite lecturers or try
to arrange for meetings, dreading fail
urc and discrcdit and ridiculc. TO the
latter, and to localities where no
Grange was cvc: orguni"cd, should
our lecturers go of their own arrange
mcnt, and as by the books of the
Worthy Secretary and Master the field
may be indicated when tho labor is
needed. Money raised by the strong
Oranges and expended for this pur-
pose would do moro to add strength
and power to the Order in this State
than any one thing / know Of. At
least the fund now in the Trcasurcr's
hand for this purpose should be cx-
pended i'll this way, and SO do what
good it can.
Having considered and concluded
rs to your interest and action as to the
foregoing appcrtaining to the machin-
cry OF the Order in the State, then il
bchOOvcs yOu to calmly and carefully
survey the situation and condition of
affairs in the State in which YOU are rs
agriculturistS and citizens interested,
using your organization to discuss and
decide what is wrong and injurious
and how to correct or remove it; what
is good and desirable and how to OBJ
tain and secure it. This field covers
much, such as taxation and expcndi-
turc, education, transportation, lcgis-
lation, commercial affairs, trade and
many others.
Have you been doing, or are you
now doing, anything to control these
matters and have them conducted in
such way as to secure you Justice and
equality with other classes and inter-
csts2
In the recent past you did exert de-
cided influence. 1t was this Order
that trained and educated the rural
population of this State in organiZa-
ton and concert of action that cna blcd
them to secure the redemption of our
loved State in the political revolution
Of 1876.
Your influence and effort obtained
the usury law restricting interest to 7
per cent. per annum. Your influence
caused the first effcctual check to be
put to the unlimited cxtortion and dis
elimination of public carriers, and the
ruthless and lawless tyranny of monop-
olies. Your influence was cxcrtad
and left in many other things and
ways, and was a benefit and blessing
to the whole people. Would to God
after and discuss these and other oucs-
tions of public interest and policy ;
ceased to have an opinion Of your own
or to form the opinion Of others.
consequently your voice is no longer
heard or your influence felt. What
has become OF your usury law, and
who had it rcpealed2 What influence
have you on the legislation on trans
portation or any other question? Let
the scenes of last December i'm your
capital answer. When the magnates
OF corporations stood openly and bold
- SupNi NioihS tiiC uCllDClullODS Ol
your Legislature, and were congratu-
lated upon their victories, while you
were delving and toiling miles away,
each an individual victim, in profound
ignorance of how you were being
sacrificed. 1t is not for me in this
office and on this occasion to pronounce
upon the wisdom Of legislation had,
but it is my duty to you to try and
impress You how little you are having
to do with your own interests and
how much you should, and how too
much they are Influenced and con-
trollcd by strangers and interests for
ci9n to you. Are the educational
affairs Of this State being conducted
to your satisfaction and interest? And
what are you doing or intend to do to
correct or control them? 1t is time
you should think and act for your
selves in looking after and managing
your affairs, agricultural, educational,
social, commercial and political.
A Senator happily describes us when
he SAID awe are n rich government
and poor people," "The operation