Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-21

In connection with this explanation aud
statement of fact few general considera-
ton present themselves The first Is that
the action Of the Dummerston grange takes
the form Of a direct boycott voted againstan
individual or concern which is supposed not
30 be ready TO comply with demand made
upon It, The assumption that THE Pho
nix has no room for the grange Is entirely
unfounded. but this does not alter the fact
that the vote If carried into effect means
boycott The question for the members Of
that grange 10 consider is whether they
wish, or can afford, ~ have It understood
throughout the county and throughout the
state that the policy Of the grange is TO de
clare "a boycott against any person who
does not comply with any demand made by
the order. Would such an impression be
| likely to strengthen the grange with far
mers not now members Of the order We
/ do not for a moment believe that this is the
/ general feeling of the grange What we
/ do believe is that the Dummerston grange
acted hastily on misunderstanding and
we shall look to see it correct its error when
the facts are understood
The action of the county grange is less
pronounced but the wording Of its resolu
ton raises the question as TO what renders
| a newspaper friendly 10 the grange
/ Take our own case, for instance. We be
/ lieve cordialy in the grange in its declared
purpose TO arouse, educate and uplift the
farmers and their families In other words,
we believe in the objects of the order as
they were described by Col Brigham, the
master Of the national grange, in his al
dress here last winter. which we heard
with interest and reported with some care
with our own hand All items of grange
news sent us have been printed Just like
items of every other kind If there have
not been enough Of them the fault is with
the grange members themselves in not tax
ing care to send them in.
To illustrate this point let us take case
right at hand The Maple Sugar Exchange
as we understand, had its origin primarily
with the grange. We have spent hours in
consultation with Mr. Alpha Messer, tn,
master of the state grange as TO the best
means of establishing the Exchange anC
promoting its usefulness, and have takeI
great pleasure in the work Reference /,
our files shows that year ago last spring
we devoted more than two solid columns OF
space 10 the preliminary work of getting
the Exchange on TO its feet, to say nothing
of dozens of small items scattered through
our local columns During the spring Jus
past we renewed this work and used every
means at our command to advertise the Ex
change abroad and establish it in the conf
dence of the farmers at home Does worl
like this SAVIOR of unfriendhness TO tn
grange, or did our friends of the codnt
grange act hastily under unwise persona
dictation when they adopted their resolu
ton
If the grangers in this county would re
gard it as helpful to the interests of the OF
der and of its individual members to hav
items of news from the different grange
printed under one head in this paper, ju,
rs Young Mems Christian Associatio
notes or Womens Christian Temperate
Union notes, or Womens Industrial Unio
notes are printed or might be printed an
{ if they will have the matter sent to us
, he edited like any other matter we wi
4 cheerfully give 1t place and the same prom
- iuence as other news matter has W
b should regard the feature an attractive Of
y in the paper But it is not the legitima
f work of any local and general newspap
to lend its space 10 push or boom al
particular organization as we were to
was the purpose in the case in questio
II Cur columns are freely open to discussiC
If as to the general correctness of our pos
I'D ton.