The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-09
FARMERS oRGANIZ ATOMS, Pc.
LIIICAL PRINCIPLES AND
PARTISANSaIP.

NJ. D W. Working, q leading mem
Der OF the g -anga. is peculiarly appli
cable to Conditions ia the Alliance. LIE
every AIlianceman or FIX. Aliisncemsn
read it and substitute the word CALI
aDc4" for the word Orange" whereveI
it appea rs The article fits condition
in our Order exactly. Says Mr.. Work
ing:
a great many good people lack good
sense. They mean we'll enough AND
are really willing and ven anxious tt
make the world over and MAKE it jus
right-blt don't know how aud cannoI
be convinced that they don't know
how. Their good intentions become
miefOrtunes to their neighbOrs. L
sometimes happens that a good block
head is ss pe-tIlent az an Intelligent
vIllain-especially il the good block
head hap pens TO be terribly in earnest
The Daak believes that there are
some blockheads and few villains in
th4 Grange. Tnere are also some C 1m.
mon fools. Exec Jting these and the
busy boo les and the small fry politl
clans who try to make the Grange a
help to them in their political aspIra
tioDs We are a pretty decent lot of PEG
tDle. JustnoR we are p~estered0y certain
of ths class who want to know why
they can't use che Orange to advocate
particular DarGisens and partisan
measures + rrtunately, Worthy Mas
ter J lnes, of the National Grange, has
gpod senss and q srrf backbone. he
dectar, q that che CIR snge will De kept
from partisan bIe s"-Wherein he is
right.
The folio wing paragraphs were writ
ten more han eight years ago Oy the
editor OF this d parUment, and express
Gne maturer view Of their author az
we'll as he could exOr' 81 IG now. Pos
q bly, their age Will give them a better
Fl .vOr or IF CT.
Among Ene m any good men and wo
men who earnestly desire TO build up
the characters and increase the com
forts and infusnce OF their neigh0ors
in the humOl-r walks OF life, there are
some who are 80 ANXIOUS TO see i'm me
date results that thy defeat the maIn
purpose Of their lives. They want TO
sea and or ~ tue rIpened fruit before
the rec is oil enough to put forth its
Olos IONS Tney are not unlike the DO,
who digs up the acorn to see if it has
sprouted, or the girl who pulls up the
cutting to seeing il it ha begun to
put forth root II the acorn Is good,
and was planted in g liable soil, it will
produce an oak. The cutting will be-
some a rose tree and delight the senses
With it's beauty and fragraUc. But
9acl must be gwen tin9-shsS cheap
eat of all things which comes whether
ara or are not willing.
Particularly in those ORGANIC ationa
have for their purpose the edu-
aud social culture Of their mem
ars is there danger that impasieoce
Will lead to carelelsness and lack OF
.oncsnCretion OF eff rrt. Men and Wo-
nsn do not realize chat education is q
onR process, r q lrring years and yer
centuries to produce sAtisfac ,ory re,
ults. I5 does not occur TO many Of
ham that their own most cherished
'pInions are the result OF many y1sra
Il reading and thinking along p9rticu-
ar lines. tn .ir confidence IN the COR
ec5ness of their own notions m4k-a
ham think that others shouid edopt
heir ideas Win little or no hesitation
,aIs is the great mistake. We mus
ID ready TO taacl ~pA5IenGly, and again
again, tru5hs that SEEM as easily
Understood as is the fact that water
ways runs down hill. Line upon
Inc, line upon line; precapt upon pre-
cot, precep5 upon precept; mere a lIE
le and there a llGGle"-EhIs must be
ur method.
IL cIs5s TINA, patience, AMI a vast
mount OF WOr6 GO e1u3ate a genera
OF psoole; add Gne work never
nds, though the tendency is always
II is vain TO expect to &C
omplish great results wltnou grea
Let this be K pit in mind and
at it be remAm 1ered also and al wsvs
hat well dIrec ed IF Irt is not wasted
Bus the man who beats his head against
a0li1 sE00a wall IOS zoo hiS lahor ord
himself for usefnl work.
Toe purpose of tue G. range is to edu-
6rst, It's mem oera; after ward, all
Vho come within the range of it's in6u
nee. Nov. the purpose of education
g TO help the man to discover himself
md his powers, and 60 train him in the