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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-01
KeYNoTEs OF 1HE IDEA.

The keynote OF the wise leaders of the
grange through all these years has been
education; wise plans of cooperative work
have been outlined, covering every field of
the farmers interests OF activity, but it
has been constantly recognized that but
little could be done toward executing those
plans until education and discipline had
prepared the membership for such work
So far as the grange has tailed in any
thing. the failure has arisen from half
informed oranges undertaking WORK for
which they were unprepared and in the
execution of which they disregarded the
plain rules laid down by their leaders as
essential to success.
CO-operation in business affairs was one
OF the first things to be attempted by the
wild Western oranges, and they utterly
failed from their ignorance or disregard of
the nrst principles OF cooperation; they
bought and sold on credit and came TO
grief; in accordance with the unvarying
laws OF human nature they charged this
failure not TO their own ignorance and i'm
prudence, but to cooperation and the
grange. The result was a great falling
OF in membership and the temporary dis
credit OF the grange as an institution, but
many remained; much had been learned :;
. in fact whoever will 60 through the vol
umes OF the printed proceedings of the
National Grange may come to the conclu-
sion that they know it all.
There is no important subject affecting
the farmers condition which is not treated
in those reports in wise and statesman
like manner. What farmers should do
they have indicated; what they cannot do
they have also found out and declared.
The Granger who to-day commits any
economic sin does SO because he will not
read the literature of his own order: or.
reading it, does not act upon it. After
passing through its season of trial it recon-
menced building up. Instructed by expert
ence 1t has become wise, substantial, con-
sentative body, moving slowly, with due
elaboration, and always in the right direc-
ton. 1t has sowed its wild oats. 1t is the
natural and proper body about which all
farmers should rally for their own protec-
ton.
Its cornerstone is education; get the
facts before acting. Its social features are
most admirable. They are perfectly
adapted to the conditions of country life,
whose monotony they break and cheer.
Here the ladies of the order reign supreme,
ministering everywhere to the comfolN and
enjoyment of their brothers. The grange
owning its own hall, with conveniences for
social enjoyment. where weekly or BIZ
weekly meetings are held for social inter-
course, literary improvement, business and
the harvest feast, is a source of perpetual
delight TO Its members.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-01
FLOURISHED A GUN.
Mrs. Leyina Fairbanks Threatens to
Kill W. S. Chase of Castro


W. s. Chase, 1877 Castro street, was
chased by an angry woman with re-
volver in her hand yesterday morning and
averted a tragedy by taking refuge in the
cellar of his house.
The woman with the gun was Mrs.
Levina Fairbanks, q Sixth street. About
two months ago Chase's wife turned sick
and he advertised for woman to take
temporary charge of his house. Mrs.
Fairbanks answered the advertisement
aud was engaged. Before Mrs. Chase re-
covered her services were dispensed with,
as Cha e says she was incompetent.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Fairbanks went
to Chase's house. He was working in his
garden, and she approached him and de-
manded $50 from him to enable her TO
leave the City. He refused to give her
any money, when she pulled a revolver
out of her breast and threatened to shoot
him if he did not give her the $50. The
revolver scared Chase, and he ran into the
house, taking refuge in the cellar.
AS soon as Mrs. Fairbanks took her de-
parture Chase hurried down to Judge
Joachimsen's court and swore out a war
rant for Mrs. Fairbanks arrest on the
charge of threats to kill.
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trade, thus bringing producers and con-
sumers as near together as possible.
2. To establish banks from which farm
ers can obtain loans at reasonable interest.
3. To make arrangements for the pur-
chase OF farming implements, sacks and
machinery directly from manufacturers.
4. To obtain direct shipments on more
favorable terms and storage at lower rates;
drawing upon their products advances at
the lowest rates of interest.
5. To secure the establishment of grange
stores.
6. The gradual substitution of cash for
the credit system.
z. Tie eventual introduction of ship
ment of grain in bulk.
In order to ensure all possible knowledge
as to the best ways of doing all these things
each grange was invited to devise a way of
its own and transmit it neatly written out
to the secretary of the State Grange, who
should formally enroll it in Estate book
OF plans" as a store of wisdom constantly
on tap for emergencies.
In looking at the list of objects as above
set forth by the State Grange we are at
once struck by the distance to which the
purely commercial and vindictive spirit
which then infested the order had
drawn the California Patrons from the
proad and noble purposes of its founders.
In all these resolutions there was no
thought of education; nothing of the i'm
provement of social life; nothing of fra
ternity; it was simply an agreement to
stand'b by each other IN the race for the
nimble doliar-and that they did not do !;
1t was not that these were not good men
and women, or that they were not ready
to appreciate and appropriate that which
was best and most permanent in the order,
but that they simply were not thinking
of it.
They organized themselves for CONNER
cial purposes @enly-at least. that must
have been the case with most of the mem
bership-and when they failed there was
nothing to fall:back. upon; that was the
reason why when the order died, as it did
elsewhere for a time, it died so very dead.
1t revived all right in due time, of course,
when the leayen OF fraternity had had
time to work, but it was in state of sus-
pended animation long time. "
But it did not look so for time, and, in
deed, before it went into retreat the order
did accomplish great material good for the
farmers. 1t broke up habits and practices
which have never been revived.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-01
BEGINNING OF THE LOCAL MOVE.
MENT.

In the spring of 1871 w. Fl. Baxter, a
farmer near Napa, corresponded with Sec
rotary Kelly of the National Grange, and
in August of the same year received a
commission as State deputy to organize
oranges. There had previously been a
small grange organized in Colusa County,
whose projectors, however, did not follow
the matter up, and willingly surrendered
their authority to Mr.. Baxter, who at once
went to work distributing information
about the new order and preparing for an
active campaign. April 8, 1873, the State
Farmers Union met at San Francisco
and passed page after page of sound reso-
lutions and memorials, but apparently
transacted no business causing money to
change hands. Among the reports adopted
was one from a committee, setting forth
the advantages of the Order of Patrons OF
Husbandry, and resolving:
THAT it Is In the opinion of this body
expedient to establish among the farmers
of this State oranges of the Patrons of
Husbandry."
The meeting was large one, attended
by prominent farmers from all parts of the
State, and was able to give Mr.. Baxter u
better send-off than any other State deputy
ofthe order had ever had.
The State Farmers Union never met
again except to settle up its affairs what
ever they were, and formally turn over the
prosecution of it's work to the grange.
Mr.. Baxter went vigorously to work, and
in three months had organized twenty
eight oranges, representatives of which
met at Napa, July 10, 1873, and organized
the State Grange with ]. w. A. Wright of
Turlock master, J. M. Hamilton over
seer, and w. H. Baxter secretary.
The objects of the State Grange of Cali
fornia as set forth in resolutions adopted
at its first meeting were as follows:
l. To establish co-operatiYe systems of
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ORGANIZED FOR FIGHTING.

With this period of magnificent pros
peritys Mr.. Kelly's history closes. The
greatest growth of the order had been
in the Mississippi Valley, whose peo-
pie were suffering from the debt in
: separable from the rapid settlement
of a new country aggravated by the
panic of 1873 and the hard times follow
ing. They were excited, indignant and
denunciatory. !: Believing themselves un-
Justly oppressed they looked to the grange
as a rescuer. and ranged themselves under
its banner for tight.
And it was q war that was raging. The
early oranges were fighting oranges,
attacking entrenched monopolies wherever
they found them, without much knowl-
edge and with no discretion at all, but
with zeal. ever Astounding, and all the
Vigor Of youth and confidence. They made
no, bones OF fighting. and carried into their
contests none of the amenities of polite
warfare; on the contrary they described
:: the sins OF their enemies in the very
plainest English words they could lay hold
of and proclaimed them everywhere. They
were utterly undisciplined, but they smote
their enemies hip and thigh wherever they
found them.
The concrete result Of this first move
ment, which has stayed, and will forever
remain monument to their undisciplined
vigor, was the final establishment in our
land of the principle of State control of
all common carriers. This was distinctly
a granger's fight and gran gers victory.
The grangers, as grangers, did it, and the
cases which settled the principle are in
Yarlably referred to as the granger
cases. The interstate commerce act
which we now have, and which by con-
slant fighting we are gradually perfecting,
il it did not originate in the grange, had
its early and hearty Endorsement. At the
session of the National Grange in 1874,
Worthy Master d. w. Adams, in his an
nual address, said:
II see no solution Of this question but
for Congress to avail itself of its constitu-
IiOnal right to regulate commerce between
the States, and for the States themselves
to regulate the tariffs within their own
boundaries"
While the undisciplined hordes of the
early gTangers were thus rushing into
balr.e and winning victories upon their
own account, the founders and leaders
kept on the even tenor of their way, plan
ming ably, counseling wisely and strength
ening themselves against the time OF re-
action which they knew full we'll was to
come. The National Grange has been
from the beginning remarkably fortu-
nate in its responsible leadership. No
wiser or more statesmanlike utter
ances can be found in our literature
than IN the annual addresses of the
masters and other officers of the National
Grange who have had occasion to touch
upon all legislative and other proposals
affecting the farmers welfare, which DUR
ing the past quarter of a century have come
before the public. The bound volumes of
the proceedings of the National Grange can
not be opened anywhere at random with
out coming upon solid chunks of wisdom
and sound business sense especially is this
true OF the deliYerances of the earlier
years.
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ONE ELEMENT OF WEAKNESS.

In one respect only. has the management
of the grange been weak. 1t has been un-
willing to spend the money essential to its
usefulness. We must spend money to
make money, and the grange has, not been
willing to risk the investment. Except as
this has prevented the building of grange
halls, this has not seriously affected its
social and fraternal features, nor has
it perceptibly lowered the character OF its
official utterances. 1t has constantly
hampered its educational work, its in
fiuence with lawmaking bodies and the
public, and rendered any effective business
organization impossible.
The total revenue of the National
Grange, reported in 1894, was $16,664, of
which the session of the National Grange
cost SOIL, leaving but $10,1 1913 to pay all
the expenses of salaries, postage, printing
and committee expense. 1t is less than
the expense of good city retaI store. 1t
shows economy certainl-, but it will not
buy much service, much education or
much progress, all of which cost money
ana cannot be had without it. The order
seemed to have some money invest
ed, as the accounts of the treasurer
show money deposited on interest ac-
count and the total amount received
for dues for the year was $685. 95-less
than the cost of National Grange session.
The secretary of the National Grange-the
DR.. Trim Bile referred to in the early his
tory ofthe order-receives 500 per month
the salary of bookkeeper9in a city retail
store. This is not right. Living, as he
must, In city, his condition is not so
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-01

wise and energetic Brother D. w. Adams
of Iowa was probably not at all surprised
at the real facts, which, indeed, did not
any longer matter, as, if there was numeri-
cal weakness at Washington. there was
plenty of strength elsewhere, and more
coming. Brother Adams took hold with
the others vigorously, suggesting many
valuable ideas which he had acquired in
first master of the real National Grange,
holding the position two terms.
From this on the growth of the grange
was phenomenal. 1t swept through the
West like cyclone. In 1872, 11O5 subordI-
nate oranges were organized; IN. 1873
1854, and in 1874, u, SIS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-01
MoIoney,s Body Recovered.

The body of Lawrence Moloney, who com
mitted suicide on Saturday last by jumping
overheard from Foisom-street wharf, was re-
covered yesterday afternoon by al Hanlon, 6
boatman, who had been searching for it with
grappling-irons since the case was reported.
Moloney had been sick tor some time and
went to st. Mary's Hospital for treatment on
September IL. He left the hospital during
the early hours of Saturday morning while
delirious from fever, and had apparently been
wandering about the City for several hours be-
fore he was seen to plunge off the wharf. he
was single, about 20 years OF age, and resided
with his parents at 1126 Treat avenue.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-01

Society Item.
The marriage of J. ]. Anderson of Martinez
and Miss Minnie Loring of this City will take
place tomorrow.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-01
Consressnan Aitken

Congressman d. D. Aiken will address the
Independent Foresters this evening at Red
Mems building. The Congressman, by typo
graphical error, was made to belong to the A.
.. L. instead OF the l. o. f.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-13
Eyes differing With "a Malignant

hldcouS laughter that contOrtcd his
viSlSc and twisted his body in con-
vulSiNe writings.
shaking his hand from my arm /
made my way To the door of the shop.
He llobbled quickly after me, wiping
away the moisture that his inward
merriment had brought into his eyes
Coin to Il womanr' he croakcd
'lla. Ia. You are not the first. nor
will YOU be the last that has gone so.
Going to Il woman. that is well. that
is good. Go 10 her. go! You are quite
strong: You have Il brave arm. Go to
her: find her out. and-liill her. Yes.
yes. you will be able to do it easily
quite easily. Go and kill herr!
He stood ut his low door mouthing
and pointing. his stunted figure and
evil face reminding me of one of
Heinrich Ilcine's dwarf devils who
are depicted as piling fire on the
heads of the saints. babe him good
day in an Indifferent tone. but he
mnde no answer. | walked slowly
away. Looking back once l saw him
still standing on the threshold of his
wrctclcd dwelling his wicked mouth
working itself in all manner of grim
aces. while with his crooked fingers he
made signs in the air as if he caught
an invisible something and throttled
it. went on down the street and out
of 1t into the broader tlloroughfarcS
with his last words ringing iii my
ears, go and kill herr"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-13

within their own houses. Everywhere
| Went something bore witness of the
terrible rlvages of the plague. AT al
most every corner l met a funeral
procession. Once came upon a group
of men standing in an open doorway
packing a dead body in coffin too
small for it. There WAS something
truly revolving in the way they
doubled up the arms and legs and
squeezed III the shoulders of the de-
ceased man. One could hear the bones
crack. | watched the brutal proceed
ingS for n minute or so, and then l
said aloud:
You had better make sure he is
quite dead"
The beccamorti looked mt me in sur
prise; one laughed grimly and swore
"By the body of God. if thought lie
We're not / would twist his accursed
neck for him. But the cholera never
fails; he is dead for certain; seew And
he knocked the head of the corpse to
and for against the sides of the coffin
With no more compunction than if it
had been n block of wood Sickened
at the sight, turned away and said
no more. On rcaching one of the more
important thoroughfares L perceived
several knots of people collected, who
glanced at one another with eager vet
shamed faces and spoke in low voices.
y whisper reached my ears, "'rhe
king! the king!" All heads We're
turned in one direction; paused and
looked also. Walking at Il leisurely
pace, accompanied by Il few gentle
men of earnest mfen and grave de-
pertinent. saw the fearless monarch,
Humbert of Italy, he whom his sub
jects delight to honor. He was max
ing Il round of visits to all the vilest
holes and corners of the city. where
the plague RACED most terribly; he
had not so much as Il cigarette III his
mouth to ward off infection. He
walked with tie easy and assured step
OF Il hero; his face was somewhat sad
as though the sufferings of his people
had pressed heavily upon his sympa-
tretic heart. l barred my head rev.
erently as he passed.; his keen kind
eyes lighted on me with smile.
"a subject for a painting, yon White
haired fisherman l heard him say to
one of his attendants. Almost he.
trayed myself. was on the point of
springing forward and throwing N.Y.
self at his feet to tell him my story. 1t
seemed to me both cruel and unnatural
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-13


the waves; they closed over his head.
for he did not try to swim; he iust
sank down. down. like Il stone. Next
day his body came ashore. and pur-
chased his clothes for two francs; YOU
shall have them for four
And what became of the girl:" |
asked.
ooh. she! She laughs all day long.
as ! told YOU. She has new lover
every week. What should she care:"
drew out my purse. Il will take
this suit" said. you ask four francs
here are six, but for the extra two YOU
must show me some private corner
where can DRESS
Yes. yes. But certainly" and the
old fellow trembled all over With.
avarcious eagerness as l counted
the silver into his withercd palm.
Anything to oblige a generous stran-
ger! There is the place l sleep in; il is
not much: there is mirrol-her mirror
the only thing keep of hers.
Come this way, come this way
And stumbling hastily along. almost
falling over the disordered bundles of
clothing that lay about in all direc-
tons, he opened little door that
seemed to be cut in the wall, and led
me into kind of close cupboard
smelling Host yilely, and furnished
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-13

of his countenance. and as for the
Cover. he might have gathered it en-
pasSant. without thinking. or what
was still more likely. the child Stella
might have given it to him, in which
case he would have worn it to please
her. He displayed no badge of mollln-
ing. True; but then consider I had
only died yesterday. There had been :
no time to procure all those outward
appurtenances of woe which social
customs invariably render necessary,
but which We're no infallible signs of
the hearts sincerity. Satisfied with
my own Self-reasoning l made no at
tempt to follow Guido in his walk. I
let him go on his way unconscious Of
my existence. l would wait, l thought,
till the evening, then everything will
be explained.
l turned to the landlord. "How
much to pay?" asked.
What you will. amico." he replied.
81 am never hard on the fisher folk;
but times are bad. or you would be
welcome to a breakfast for nothing.
Many and many a day have done as
much for men of your craft, and the
blessed Ciprano who is gone used to
say that st. Peter would remember
me for it. 1t is true that Madonna
gives special blessing if one locks after
the fishers. but because all the holy
apostles were of the trade; and
would be 10th to lose her protection.
Yet" >,
l laughed and tossed him a franc.
He pocketed it ut once and his eyes
twinkled.
although you have not taken half a
francis worth" he admitted with an
honesty very unusual in Neapolitan!f
'.but the saints will make it up to you,
never fear"
II am sure of that" said gaily.
"Addio. my friend. Prosperity to you
and your lndy's favor"
This salutation, which l knew to be
n common one with Sicilinn mariners,
the good Pietro responded to with
amiable heartiness, wishing me luck
OH my next voyage. He then betook
himself anew to the polishing of his
glasses and passed the rest of the
day in strolling about the least FREE
quented streets of the city and long
ing impatiently for the crimson glory
of the sunset, which, like wide flag
OF triumph, was to be the signal ofy
nv safe return to love and happiness.
Gro Be Continued)
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-13

praises for this additional and uncX-
pcctcd SUN. and protesting by all the
saints That he and the entire contents
of his shop We're mt the service of so
generous Il stranger. he ut once pro-
,luceu the articles ! asked for. ] put
them on. and then stood up thorough
ly equipped and ready to make my
WAY back to my own home when
chose. But | had resolved on one
thing. Seeing tlnt WAS so grcatly
changed | determined not to go To- the
Villa Romani by daylight, lest
should startle my wife too suddenly.
Women are delicate. My unexpected
appearance might give her Il nervous
shock which perhaps would have So
rious results. ] would wait till the
sun had set. and then go up 10 the
house by Il back way knew of. and
try to get speech with one of the SER
wants. might even meet my friend.
Guido Ferlnri. and lie would break the
joyful news of my return from death
to Nina by degrees. and also prepare
her for my altered looks. While these
Thoughts fitted rapidly through my
brain the old lIgpickcr stood near me
with his head on one side like Il mcdi-
tatlvc raven, and regarded me i'll
tcntly.
Are YOU going far:" he asked at
last. with Il kind of timidity.
res" answered him abruptly;
every far
lie laid Il OBTAINING hand on my
sleeve. and his eyes glitlcrcd with II
malignant expression.
Tell me- he mn,tcrcd eagerly. tell
me: ! will keep the secret. Are you
going To Il womHn:"
looked down upon him; half in dis
dain. half III amusement.
Yes" said quietly; Il am going
to IL woman
He broke into IL silent laughter