Year: 1873

ing resolution offered by Capt. Paist, the
Secretary of the State Grange, was then
adopted, and repeats the above resolution.


Now what are the facts The Secretary
Of the State Grange furnished The GRANGE
ADVANCE with the proceedings Of the
State Grange. Among the proceedings
thus furnished we find the following:


"Resozsed, That we urge the members of
all subordinate Oranges to read and circu
late all the reading matter pertaining to ag-
riculture, and particularly recommend them
to form clubs for the official organ Of our
State Grange the Farmers Union Resol"-
tion tabled"


There was another resolution offered in
which it was recommended that "the men,
bers subscribe for THE GRANGE ADVANCE
and the Farmers Union, or any other paper
which in their opinion is the best calculated
to further this idea but that sce do not rec
ommend any paper as the official organ Of this
Grange'


Both of these resolutions are suppressed
by the Union. And why? In order to
deceive its readers, and make them believe
that the Union was made the official organ
of the State at the late session Of the
State Grange No man could read the
Union of the 9th inst, without receiving
that impression if he had no other knowl-
edge of the facts; nor is there any doubt
~ - o1Co i'm,
preston. He we'll knew that the resolu-
tion first above given was tabled by large
majority, after discussion. Now, if this is
not the meanest, lowest and most despica-
bic kind Of lying yet discovered, we ac-
knowledge that we are not posted upon
this subject, and that too hy the man who
aspired to be the organ of the Oranges Of
the State Of Minnesota Surely the
Grange would have been desperately hard
up for an organ to have chosen sheet that
willfully suppresses portion of the pro-
ceedings in order to misrepresent the real
action of the Grange and to deceive the
readers as to that action. Every officer
of the State Grange knows that the impress
sion designed to be made by the editor Of
the Union is false. Every one, or at least
every one of the 600 delegates who attend
ed the Grange, knows it to be false.


This shameless, bare-faced attempt to
misrepresent the action of the State Grange
should be rebuked by Patrons everywhere,
and the sheet that is sordid and mean
enough to do it for the purpose of securing
a few subscribers, should be spurned as
a scorpion.


THE GRANGE ADVANCE publishes the pro-
ceedings of the State Grange just as: they
were furnished by the Secretary. The
State Grange determined that nothing
should be published except as furnished
Or approved by the Secretary. No such
resolution as that taken from the Farmers
Union is found in the proceedings furnished
US by that officer. We have not garbled
his report to suit ourselves, and deceive
our readers.


Let it be known and understood by all
Patrons that The GRANGE ADVANCE will
ever give fair, just and truthful reports Of
all proceedings that it pretends to report,
whether those proceedings favor US or dis
criminate against US. five cannot succeed
by fair, honest, upright and honorable
means, we prefer to quit business at once.


We have more than once intimated our
desire to work in harmony with the Union
in the interest Of the farming community
and in building up the Order of the Pat
rons Of Husbandry, but it has not only ig-
nored the proffered hand of fellowship,
but has permitted the sordid spirit Of jeal-
ousy and malice to control the very limited
stock Of brains and contracted soul that
runs the played out 8. organ.''
=. The Republican thinks it is clap trap to
give An account of the Grange movement
with the causes of its rapid growth, and
has not yet found out that the Patrons of
Husbandry are anything but an agrioultur-
al society. ',@ .~." >>i' ="
The Republican says that it is necessary
for The GRANGE ADVANCE to have IN issue
Of course it is, and We propose to have an
issue Of five thousand within six months.
We confess, however, that we have some
times been considerably puzzled to see why
the Republican should issue at al.