ISSUED

ii-3 EXECUTIVE

Michigan State

MONTHLY

COMMITTEE «QB

Grange, P. of H.

VOL. 2.—No. 1o.

SCHOOLCRAFT, JANUARY. 1877.

Whole NO. 22

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“ The Grange Visitor” for 1877.

THE need of some medium of communication between the Ofiicers
of the State Grange and the Subordinate Granges of the State was so
manifest, that in January 1875,v’the Executive Committee authorized
the publication of the GRANGE VIsI'.1joR. Prior to that time, such mat-

ter as must be communicated to
tary, or Executive Committee, was 9.»
irregular intervals, as a necessit.-,_'5”

Jr;

stamp. This was both expensive 32.31:‘

tee determined on the experiment of

price was fixed at 50 cents per annum,

to 30 cents with the expectation that
justify this reduction. We have not
of the committee, and admitted
was of interest to the Order.

dorsement from the members

the-

Granges by the Master, Secre-
iut in the form of 2. Circular at

.se, each sheet under a penny
unsatlsfactary, and the Commit-
a monthly paper.
but one year ago it was reduced
its increased circulation would
gone beyond the original purpose
no matter except such as in some way
The VISITOR received a very cordial en-
of the State Grange at its last session, and

At first the

we had many volunteer promises of aid in extending its circulation.

It should be in the family of

every Patron in the State

That it would

serve to build up and strengthen the Order, give confidence in the Ex-

ecutive Committee and State

Business Agent, and add to the, material

interests of the Order wherever read,Lwe have abundant reasons for be-

lieving.

should be so treated by its friends.

The Order of Patrons of Husbandry has come to stay, and it
Every Brother and Sister who be-

lieve this, should be willing to do something to make this fact univer-

sally

recognized. We are asking but little of you, Brothers and Sis-

ters, when we ask you not only to subscribe for the VISITOR yourself,

but ask you to present the matter to other

members of your respective

Granges and try and send us some additional names.
You will bear in mind that this appeal is not in the interest of any

individual.
ury of the State Grange.

The profit or loss of the enterprise affects only the treas-
So far it has only been made to pay its way,

and that is all that we have asked for it. Whenever the receipts give a

profit,, the price will be

farther reduced, or the sheet enlarged. Until

our subscription list is very much increased, no change can be safely

made in either direction.
VISITOR, we think it equal to any

In the make up and mechanical work of the
other Grange publication and far

superior to some. For the Good of the Order, we ask every Brother and
Sister _to aid us in extending the circulation of the VISITOR. To adver-
tisers it furnishes unusual opportunities to bring their business to the

attention of a large number of people.
each month over the State.
address on application.

An edition of 3500 is scattered

Sample copies 5_0f the VISITOR sent to any

Let us have a response to tliisfa fyseal; for aid in increasing our cir-

culation that shall prove that in

‘M‘i(.";r. ,
“ dying out.” Price, 30 cents per -011111

j.;, at least, the Grange is not
_-'5 invariably in advance.

Address all comm1inica*_'-dgnificflmf . COBB, Schoolcraft, Mich.

J. J. WO0DMAN,}Publishi?1g
J. T. C0313, Committee.

Officers Michigan State Grange.

M.—J. J. WOODMAN, - -
O.—P. W. ADAMS, - -

L.—-C. L. WHITNEY, - -
S.—H. FLEMING, - - -
A. S.—W. H. MATTISON, - - Ionia.
1:.-SALMON STEEL, Bear Lake, Manis’e Co
SEC.—J. T. COBB, - - - Schoolcraft.
T.—-S. F. BROWN, - - - “
G. K.——A. N. WOODRUFF, - Watervliet.
CEBES.—MBS. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.
PoMoru—Mns. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
FLoBA—Mns. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.—Mns. W. H. MATTISON, Ionia.

Paw Paw.
- Tecumseh.
Muskegon.
Pontiac.

Executive committee.

-7- WEBSTER CHILDS, Chn.irm’n, Ypsilanti.
F'- M. HOLLOWAY, - - Jonesville.
GEO. W. WOODWARD, Shelby, Oceans. 00.
SAMUEL LAN GDON, Bowen Stat’n. Kent Co.
0. G. LUCE, . - Gilead, Branch Co,
3. E. J EFFRES, - Okemoe, Ingham Co.
WESTBBOOK DIVINE, Balding, Ionia Co.
J. J. WOODMAN, J. 'r. cons, - Ex. Oilicio.

State Business Agent.
J. H. GARDNER, Centreville, St. Joseph 00.

Deputies.
C. L. WHITNEY, General Deputy, Muskegon.

THIS number of the V1sI'roR has been
delayed to obtain Freight Rates on

Plaster. We have not been able to
give rates on J. L. & S. north Of Lan-
sing—have only learned that there
has been no change from last year.
Those interested can get the rates
usually, by enquiry of the Local Agt.
We shall not load the next VISITOR
with Plaster.

Do not neglect to ask your friends
to subscribe for the VISITOR.

Address of Leiut. Gov. Sessions
upon the organization of the
Senate.

Although the VISITOR is devoted ex-
clusively to matter relating to the
Order of P. of H., yet I cannot with-
hold from its readers the address of
Bro. Alonzo Sessions, Lieut. Gover-
nor of Michigan, upon the organiza-
tion Df the Senate.

The propositions set forth address
themselves to our common sense, and
are commended to ourjudgment by
their manifest truthfulness.

While we have such representative
men of our class in our Agricultural
State shall we always send nine law-
yers to Congress from the nine dis-
tricts of this State. Brother farmers,

law :”
Senators :

Without any effort or desire on my
part I find myself in the position of
your presiding officer.

My business, my habits and my
duties heretofore have not been such
as to make me familiar with the ser-
vice I am expected to perform. My
age and condition makes it diflicult
«to learn new ways and to adopt new
methods. I realize very sensibly the
responsibilities that rest upon us and
the difliculties that surround me. I
shall need your kind indulgence and
your constant friendly aid. In return
I can only pledge you industry, faith-
fulness, and a desire always to be im-
partial and just. *

You make your own rules. You
make them to expedite, not to retard
the public business. If they are not
satisfactiory to you, you can change
them ; but whatever they may be, one
of the duties incumbent upon me will
be to see that they are rigidly enforced.
It is a duty that I cannot escape, and
with your aid, which you will not
withhold, the task will be possible and
perhaps not diflicult.

In our system of government the
senate is made a part of the legislative
body in order to secure deliberation,
care and caution in the enactment of
laws, and to protect the people against
hasty, crude and inconsiderate legis-
la ‘a I1. The theory is that senators
wi ‘G be older, more experienced, care-
ful, cautious men, and being a smaller
body‘, there will be more time for de-
liberation and wise and prudent decis-
1 n.

0 Is it not well to consider whether
this object has not been lost sight of,

this State, also whether the interests

let us have “more justice and less

or obscured in the past legislation in _


THE GRANGE VISITOR.

of our people do not demand less legis-
lation and better laws? ,

The wealth, the power, and the pros-
perity of the State depend upon its
quiet, silent workers, that never clam-
or here, that ask no special favors or
privileges, and only desire that no
needless burdens be placed upon them
and no obstacles placed in their way.
If you do anything for them, give
them what they need, and they will
appreciate more justice and less law.

Neither your sympathies, your ef-
forts or your acts can change the in-
evitable law that establishes a penalty
for indolence, profligacy and crime,
but you can protect thegindustrious
and frugal from paying all the penalty.
If there must be suflering let the
guilty suffer; they can take their
choice. The aim and object of legis-
lation should be to protect the inno-
cent and worthy, so far as may be at
all hazard.

Senators, we meet here as the ser-
vants of an intelligent and prosperous
people, inhabiting a great and grow-
ing State. May our intercourse be
friendly and pleasant, and may our
duties be so wisely and well perform-
ed, that our State will be honored, and
all its varied interests protected and
prospered.

Encouraged by the confidence I
have that you will bear with me and
aid me, I enter upon my duties.

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$351255 éepartment.

PAW PAW.

J. J. WOODMAN, - - -

The following will answer ques-
tions of correspondence relating to
the several subjects :

1. Election of officers in subordin-
ate Granges.

The constitution of the National
Grange provides that oflicers in the
Subordinate Granges “shall be chosen
annually at the regular meeting in
December, and installed at the regu-
lar meeting in January, or as soon
thereafter as practicable.”

This provision is intended to make
the time for the election and installa-
tion of ofiicers in subordinate Granges
as near uniform as ‘practicable ; and
subsequent to the meeting of the State
Grange, thus making the Master of
the Grange who had served one year
in the chair, with his experience and
knowledge of the wa'nts of the Grange
eligible to membership as a delegate
in the State Grange.

In copying this provision of the
constitution into the By-Laws of the
State and Subordinate Granges, the
language and punctuation has been
so changed as to make the qualifying
words (“or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable,”) apply only to the time of in-
stallation, thus making it imperitive
that subordinate Granges elect their
officers at the regular meeting in
December, and failing to do so the
old oflicers must hold over for anot,h-
er year.

I am clearly of the opinion that
such was not the intention of the law,
and such a construction of it would
conflict with the above provision of
the constitution.

Sec. 1, of Art. 2, of the constitution
provides that “Subordinate Granges

shall meet at least once a month, and
may hold intermediate meetings.”
As these intermediate meetings ‘are
necessarily regular meetings, the By-
Laws of the State Grange very prop-
erly indicate “the last regular meet-
ing in each year,” as the time for
electing officers.

Hence it made the duty of subord-
inate Granges “to elect their officers
at the last regular meeting in each
year, and install them at the first reg-
ular meeting in January following,”
if it can be done without detriment to
the welfare of the Grange. Circum-
stances however often occur, which
render it impossible for a Grange to
elect and install at the above meetings.
The severe storm which occurred on
the last days of December rendered it
impossible for ‘many Granges in the
sparsely settled portions of the State
to hold their last regular meeting in
that month, and consequently officers
were not elected.

Believing that it was not the inten-
tion of the law makers to debar a
subordinate Grange from electing of-
flcers under such circumstances, it is
hereby ordered that all subordinate
Grranges which have failed to elect of-
ficers as provided in the By-Laws of
the State Grange, may do so at a sub-
sequent regular meeting ofthe Grange
provided that notice of the election
be given by order of the Grange, or
by the the Master, at a previous reg-
ular meeting thereof, or served on all
the members in good standing and
accessible by his order at least five days
prior to said election, and officers thus
elected may be installed on the day
of election, or at any subsequent time
to be fixed by the Grange.

Plaster.

I am constantly in receipt of letters
from members of the Order in differ-
ent portions of the State relating to
the plaster question, and asking for
further information upon the subject.
Many of these letters state that par-
ties are canvessing for the sale of
plaster in the interest of companies
that were_ in the late combination,
and exhibiting samples of ground
plaster purporting to come from the
“Grange l3laster Mill,” of a very in-
feror quality, and stating “that all of
the good rock mined by Day & Tgy.
lor was selected and shipped to be
ground in other mills and that only
the poor or inferior rock was ground
for their customers; and further.
that under no circumstances could
Day & Taylor furnish members of the
Order with the amount of plaster
which would be needed.

.In order to satisfy myself upon
‘these points and be able to answer all
questions relating to this matter cor-
rectly, I visited the plaster works of
Day & Taylor and others in the vicin-
ity and am prepared to state that, from
my personal observation, ‘and what I
could learn from plaster men and
other reliable sources, the abov,e al.
legations ‘are devoid of truth and are
a part of the new tactics which have
been adopted by the combination to
crush out Day & Taylor, and thus
destroy the efforts of the Executive
Committee of the State Grange so
successfully accomplished, to supply
the members of our Order with plas-

ter at reasonable rates for a series of
years to come. These. plaster tramps
are but wolves in sheeps clothing, cle-
ceiving only to destroy.

They are the agents of that inter-
est which combined to control the
plaster business in this and other
States ; and have left no stone un-
turned to accomplish that object, and
compel the farmers to pay an exorbi-
tant price for an article which nature
has provided in inexhaustible quanti-
ties, and which should and can be
furnished to them at prices much low-
er than have heretofore been paid.

From my examination ‘of the plaster
works of Day & Taylor, as well as
those of other companies, and from
information derived from other sour-
ces, I became satisfied upon the fol-
lowing points, viz :

 That Day & Taylor are mining
and grinding a quality of rock which
is not surpassed in purity and excel-
lence by any other rock found in the
State.

2. That they are able to furnish any
quantity of pure, fresh ground plaster
which may be needed, to supply the
wants of oiir members, and others
who may desire to order from them.

43, That they make no stucco, and
(fi‘}"fi0t select their best rock for that
purpose, or for shipping, which can-
not be said of other companies.

4. That their plaster is equal to the
best manufactured at any other mill
in the State; and purer and more
valuable than that which comes from
mills which make stucco.

5. That Day & Taylor are honor-
able men, who will deal fairly and fill
all orders as promptly and satisfact-
orily as any other firm in the State,
and the contract price, $3 00 per ton,
is but a fair price for plaster at this

ime.

6. That the cards sent out to the
Granges in this State offering to fur-
nish them with plaster at two dollars
per ton, is a reflection upon the intel-
ligence and integrity of the farmers of
Michigan, and a direct insult to every
Patron. Failing to crush us by the
concentration and combination of all
the advantages of capital, ‘influence
and power which corporations have
over individual enterprise, they turn
and offer to buy us with a bribe, a
hook -with the point concealed by a
‘sugar coated morsel in the form of

'a~=.4lollars per ton less for plaster,
»th?\'._,__f01jmerly charged, and one
dollar ess than our contract price
with Day & Taylor, confidently ex-
pecting that we will violate our con-
tract, go back on our friends, forfeit
-our honor, our integrity and good
name, abandon Day & Taylor and our
true interest, with all the advantages
we have gained in this contest, as
well as the principles inculcated in
our noble Order, and take the insult-
ing bribe, swallow the hook that they
may again suspend us by the gills
where they can hold us for all future
time, and make us subservient to
their biddings.

It is only necessary to place this
matter before the members of our Or-
der in its true light and prevent their
being deceived, to unite them in the
support of the Eexecutive Committee
and to procure their plaster of Day


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& Taylor, even if the combination
give it away.

I ask the Master and members of
every Grange in the State to cause all
information upon this subject which
they may receive, either through the
VISITOR or by circular, to be read to
the Grange.

In conclusion let me say that the
outlook is most encouraging. The
resolutions of Granges, letters from
members and orders for plaster come
thick and fast. I have yet to learn
of the first instance where a member
of the Order has taken the bribe, but
all seem to unite in treating the in-
sult with the contempt it deserves.
Public Meetings Hall Dedica-

tions. are.

Since the meeting of the State
Grange, I have spent a large portion
of my time in attending public meet-
ings, hall dedications, installations,
&c.

To give a detailed account of the
many pleasant meetings which I have
had the pleasure to attend, where
sumptuous tables have been spread,
sweet and stirring music dtscoursed,
and where brothers and sisters in our
noble fraternity have intermingled
socially and fraternally without the
forms. ceremonies and alfectatiou
usually found in social gatherings
and which robs social life of half its
charms, its real enjoyment, and its in-
spiring and elevating influence over
the minds and hearts of men, would
take more space than the columns of
the VISITOR will permit.

As it is absolutely necessary for the
prosperity of a Grange that it have a
perminent place of meeting, conven-
ient and accessible to all, I will brief-
ly mention two dedications which I
have recently attended. South Bos-
ton Grange, No. 175, in Ionia County
dedicated their new hall on the 27th
of December. The whole building
was filled to overflowing with mem-
bers and visitors. The choir did
credit to themselves; and the cere-
monies of dedication were well per-
formed and impressive. The large
dining hall was a scene of, great activ-
ity, and no effort was wanting on the
part of the oflicers and members, and
especially the ladies to make every
one happy and comfortable.

This hall is located six miles from
Lowell, and about the same distance
from Saranac, in a rich and beautiful
farming country. It is a magnificent
and imposing structure, well furnished
and beautifully ornamented, costing
over $3,000 and paidjor. In connec-
tion with the hall is a beautiful plot of
ground with out buildings, and stable
accommodations for over one hundred
head of horses. As I have the promise
of a description of this hall and its sur-
roundings for the VISITOR I will only
add that no language can be more
complimentery to the members of
South Boston Grange, than the simple
mention of the fact that a Grange with
seventy-five members have shown their
devotion to and confidence in the Or-
der, by building such a. beautiful
Grange home.

On the 10th inst. I dedicated the
new hall of Groveland Grange No. 443,
in Oakland County. This hall is lo-
cated in the country, six miles from

Holly. The number of members in
the Grange is not large, but they are
intelligent enterprising farmers. They
think for themselves, act for them-
selves, and are capable of taking care
of themselves. They have received
great benefits from the Order, and their
love for its principles and faith in its
perpetuity is unshaken. Their Hall
fs 9. model of its kind, perfect in all of
its parts, store. stone cellar, kitchen,
ante rooms, ladies room and attic. It
is a beautifully constructed building,
painted white, with green blinds, and
was built at a cost of $1,200 and is
nearly paid for. The decorations of
the main hall, and the sumptuous
tables spread for the guests at the ded-
ication, convinced every one present
that the Matrons of Groveland Grange
possessed not only ataste for the bean-
tiful and ornamental, but a due ap-
preciation of the wants of the inner
m in. The occasion was a very enjoy-
able one, and will be long remembered
by all who participated in its social
festivities.

The Legislature of the State is now
in session for the purpose of enacting
laws for the public good. Iam con-
fident that it is composed of fair mind-
de honorable men, who desire to do
equal justice to every interest in the
State, and will consider every question
which may be presented to them with
candor and impartiality. Every
County and Subordinate Grange in
the State should discuss all questions
of State Policy relating to agriculture,
education and the productive indus-
tries of the State; and petition the
Legislature for such changes in the
present laws, and reforms as may be
needed.

The question of interest on money
loaned, securities for the same, fees and
foreclosures, assessment taxation,
and transportation ,-are all immediate-
ly connected with the interests of ag-
riculture and the laws regulating them
should be carefully and thoroughly
revised; not in the interests of agri-
culture alone, but for the just and
equal protection of all.

The laws of the State require that
all property shall be assessed at its
“true cash value.” The Governor in
his message says that it is estimated
that not one tenth of the personal
property of the State pays any tax
whatever. The plain inference
from this seems to be, that the owners
of real estate bear nearly all the bur-
dens of taxation; which is doubtless
true. It is also stated that real estate,
or farms “are not assessed for more
than one fourth or one third of their
“true cash value.” This may be true
in certain localities, but as general rule
I think farms are assessed higher in
proportion to their “true cash value,”
than the mortgages upon them, where
the mortgages are assessed at all.
VVhat is the true cash value of a farm

‘or other property '2 is the question to

be considered. If money, or cash,
which is the standard of values, can be
loaned for ten per cent interest pay-
able annually, secured by a mortgage
upon a farm, or other real estate, is not
the true cash cash value of afarm that
sum, which a man having money to
invest can aiford to pay for it in cash,
with the assurance that he will realize

for his investment an income or profit
equal to the interest on his money. Is
there any other equitable and honest
method of estimating the true cash
value of real estate for the purpose of
taxation? and how much higher must
the farm of this State be assessed than
they now are, to bring them up to this
standard. Farmers and assessors think
of this matter, and ask the Legislature
to give us a law which will secure a
fair “cash valuation” of all kinds of
property for the purposes of taxation.

List ofG1-anges and their Oflicers

In order to enable the Secretary of
the State Grange to perfect and pub-
lish a list of the county and subord-
inate Granges, with the names and
address of the newly elected oflicers,
it is necessary that the secretary of
each County and Subordinate Grange
forward to the Secretary of the State
Grange immediately after installation
the names and post ofiice address of
the Master and Secretary of the
Grange, together with the name and
number of the Grange, and the county
in which the same is located. The
names should be correctly spelled and
plainly written.

The Master of each Grange is spec-
ially requested to see that the Secre-
tary of the Grange performs this duty
without delay.

The Masters of Subordinate Granges
entitled to the Annual Word, who do
not receive it from the delegates who
attended the State Grange, can obtain
it from the Master of the State Grange,
by sending an order for the same, un-
der seal of the Grange, signed by the
Master and Secretary.

County Council, P. of II.

The following resolutions were unan-
imously adopted by the Ionia County
Council, P. ot'H., at the Odd Fellows
Hall, Ionia, Jan. 4, 1877:

Resolved, That it is for the interest,
as much as the duty, of every Patron,
to buy their land plaster of Day &
Taylor, of Grandville.

Resolved, That the Master of each
subordinate Grange of our Council,
and each delegate or member, whose
attention is called to this subject, he
requested to call the attention of mem-
bers of the Grange to the importance
of sustaining Day & Taylor.

Resolved, That all the Patrons be re-
quested to advertise the superiority of
Day & Taylor’s land plaster, and to
induce, when practicable, those who
are not members of the Order to pur-
chase of them.

Resolved, That these resolutions be
published in the GRANGE VISITOR,
and a copy sent to each subordinate
Grange of our Council. also to Day &
Taylor. JAMES L. FOWLE, Sec’y.

AUGUSTA, MICH , Jan. ’77.
 .7. T. Cobb, Sec’y State Grange:

SIR—-The following is a copy of
resolutions passed by this Grange on
January 6th, 1877:

Resolved, That we, the members of
Ross Grange, No. 24, buy our”plaster
of Day & Taylor, of Grandville.

Resolved, That a copy 01 these res-
olutions be sent to Day & Taylor and
another to the Secretary of the State
Grange. C. L. YOUNG, S

Sec’y Ross Grange, No. 24.


4 THE GRANGE VISITOR-

THE GRANGE Visiron,

Is Published Monthly,
AT THIRTY CENTS PER. ANNUM,
Invariably in Advance._

.1. J. Wooniiia,
J. r. coma, -

All communications should be addressed to
J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich.

Remittances should be by Registered Letter,
Money Order or Draft.

: }Pub1ishing Committee.

BLANKS.

Blanks that are sent free from this ofiice on
application are:
Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of Sub-
ordinate Graiiges. _
Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of P0-
mona. Granges. ‘ _
Blank application for organizing Pomona
Granges.
Blank applications for Membership in Pomona.
Granges.
Blank Bonds of Secretary and Treasurer.
Blank Election Reports of Sub. Granges.
Blank Certificates of Election to County
Convention.

V Blank Certificates of Representatives elected to

the State Grange.
Blank for Consolidation of Granges. _
Blank Application for Certificate of Dimit.
Blank Plaster Order.
Blank Certificate of Incorporation’.

gestetatfs gepartment.

J. T. COBB, - - - - SCHOOLCRAFT.

Oificers and members of Subordinate_Granges
in corresponding with this oiiice, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

The Visitor.

We send this number to many sub-
scribers whose time expired with the
December number. We hope and ex-
pect ageneral renewal of subscription.

Blanks.

Blanks were sent to all Grange Sco-
retaries for reports for quarter ending
Dec. 31st, 1876.

Election Reports.

Reports of Masters and Secretaries
elect for 1877, have not all been re-
ceived yet. I have no time to write
to each Secretary who has neglected
to make such return, and as Secre-
taries under the decision of the State
Grange, will no longer receive the Vis-
ITOR free, it becomes necessary for
each Master to know that such a re-
port has been sent to this oflice. Do
not overlook this matter.

Delinquent Gran ges.

To See. 6, Art. 7, By-Laws of State
Grange (which prescribes the duties of
Secretary) was added “ He shall keep a
a list of Granges delinquent more than
one quarter in reports or payments of
dues, standing in the oflicial paper of
the State Grange, and shall correct the
same monthly.”

Granges delinquent mo1'e than one
quarter in reports from Secretary:

No. 7. 12, 15, 36, 52, 54, 70, 71, 93, 105,
109, 111, 116, 117, 119, 120, 131, 132, 139, 147,
150, 164, 165, 184, 201, 204, 205, 210, 215, 224,
231, 244, 246. 257. 26-3, 277, 286, 299, 300, 305,
306, 311, 312, 324, 341, 349, 352, 354, 357, 365,
369, 377, 378, 396, 397, 398, 409, 413, 416, 418,
435, 436, 444, 449, 467, 470, 489, 490, 493, 504,
506, 507, 512, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 529, 532,
538, 541, 543, 546, 550, 555, 561, 569, 571, 572.,
576, 577, 578, 586, 587, 598, 601, 607, 609, 611,
615, 617, 621.

pecial Lecturers.

As the Master of the State Grange
and the public speakers of the Execu-
tive Committee are daily receiving
invitations that they cannot possibly

accept, to lecture to or address Gran-
ges and public meetings, it Was
thought best by the Eexecutive Com-
mittee to arrange with some of the
Brothers and Sisters of the Order,
who are accustomed to public speak-
ing, to hold themselves in readiness
to respond to invitations when called
upon. We give the names of the
Bros. and Sisters who have signified
their willingness to serve the Order
in this State, with their Post Olfice
address. The conditions of this ar-
rangement are, that they shall be paid
by the Grange or parties inviting
them, $2.00 per day for time spent,
and necessary travelling expenses:

THOAMS F. Moons, Adrian, Mich. _
L. R. BROWN, Rawsonville, Wayne Co., Mich.
REV. A. M. Fircii, Albion, Mich.
GEO. W. WOODWARD, Shelby, Oceana Co.
Mas. A. B. STEEL, Bear Bake, Manistee Co.

§'Mics. C. D. BLAKEMAN, Kalamazoo. 7,,
Past Master S. F. BROWN, Schoolcraft.
R. A. INGERSOL, Kalamazoo.
R. E. JAMES, “

Brother Patrons .'——Since the last
issue of the VISITOR, the plaster fight
has taken a new turn.

Two of the strongest firms of the
Plaster Association have each sent
postal cards to all dealers, agents, Sec-
retaries of Granges, and others known
to take any interest in plaster, ofi'er-
ing to sell plaster on cars at Grand
Rapids for $2 00 per ton, just one-half
the combination price of the last two
years. This attempt to break down
Day & Taylor by putting the price
below cost, is in keeping with the
course pursued by the association from
the beginning of this contest.

It has been a matter of surprise to
me from the commencement of this
controversy that shrewd business men
should be so slow to see the utter folly
of arraying themselves against their
own customers.

In this instance we are reminded
of the old adage that “It’s an ill wind
that blows no good.”

This last move will result in fur-
nishing cheap plaster to the farmers of
the State Who are not Patrons, and to
the weak and unfaithful of the Order
who cannot see that cheap plaster to
them this year may easily make clear
plaster to them next year.

The Association have a large amount
of plaster on hand that would have
been sold one and two years ago if it
had not cletey-nzinecl to make us buy
through Its agencies at their prices.
How much of this has been ground a
long time I do not know, and whether
it is better orworse ior being ground
a long time before it is used, I leave
for every one to decide by his own
observation and experience. They
have determined to dispose of the ac-
cumulated stock at some price, that
they expected to sell to us last year
at $4 00 per ton. They have determ-
ined to test the integrity and honor oi
the Patrons of Michigan. They have
determined to break down Day & Tay-
lor and place themselves in condition
to control the price of plaster in the
great North West. The question be-
comes at once pertinent. What are
you going to do about it? I know
what Patrons who attended the late
session of the State Grange either as
delegates or visiting members will do.
This subject was so thoroughly dis.
cussed and so well understood that all

such will sustain Day & Taylor with-
out any regard to the price of plaster
offered by the members of the combi.
nation.

I think it fair to assume that the
farmers of Michigan are willing to pay
a iair price for any article of necessity
or luxury, that they require. As a
class they only ask an equal chance
with their fellow citizens, and the Or-
der of P. of H. is aiding them to attain
the position to which they are enti
tled.

Under the head of communications
will be found some good reading on
this subject.

When ordered plaster will be furnish-
ed in bags or barrels without extra
charge for fi1ling—“A” bags 200. bar-
rels 36c.—I would advise ordering in
bags rather than barrels, as bags are
not injured by using once, while bar-
rels have to be so thoroughly nailed
that they are nearly worthless after
having been used.

Freight Rates on Plaster.
The Freight Rates on Plaster have been
changed but little on any of the Railroads from
last year. he schedule here given are rates
from Grand apids, to which must be added on
all shipped over the L. S. & M. S. R. R., 86 00
per car ; on all shipped over the G. R. & I. or
Grand River Valley Roads. $5 00 per car; on

all shipped over the D. & M., 34 00 per car.

MICHIGAN CENT1?.AL—GB.AND RIVER VALLEY DI-
VISION.

Bowen, Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..8 8 80

Caledonia 9 60

Middleville, Irving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11 '20

Hastings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1'2 80

Quimby, Sheridan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 60

Nashville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14 40

Vermontville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15 20

. . . . . . . . .. 16 75
18 25
19 00

Eaton Rapids.
County Line . . . . .
Onondaga     19 75
MICHIGAN CENTRAL-—MAIN LI1\'E-GOING EAST.
Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820 00
Michigan Center. . .

Leoni, Grass Lake . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Francisco, Chelsea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Dexter, Scio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Delhi Mills, Farmer’s, Fostor’s . . . . . . . . . . 26

Kellogg’s, Ann Arbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Geddes, Ypsilanti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Denton’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28

Wayne Junction, Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 29

Dearborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Grand Trunk Junction, Detroit. . . . . . . . .
GoiN$ wnsr.

Sandstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22 "'

Parma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23

North Concord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bath Mills, Newberg Mills, Albion . . . . . . 20 00

Marengo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22 00

Marshall, Emerald Mills, Ceresco, White‘s
Battle Creek, Bedford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24 00

Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 00

LAKE snona AND MICK. soU'ri1ERN—- SOUTH.
Byron, Dorr, Hilliards, Hopkins . . . . . . . .3 8 00
Allegan, Abronia, Otsego, Argenta. . . . .. 10 00
Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1'2 00
Portage, Schoolcraft, Flowerfield, Moore-

park 14 00

Three Rivers, Constantine . . . . . . . . . . .. 15 00
White Pigeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 00
L. s. & M. s. 12. n.—oome msr.
Douglas, Sturgis  ....    .18 00
Burr _Oak, Bronson, Batavia, Coldwater,

Quincy, Allens. . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 00
Lansing, Eaton Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 00
Diinondale, Rockway, Springport, Dev-

erellxy Albion, Condit, Homer, Litch-

field, J onesville, Hillsdale, Osseo, Pitts-

ford, Hudson, Clayton, Napoleon, N or-

Ve11.. Manchester, Clinton, Tecumseh,

Adrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . 20 00
Blissfield Junction, Blissfield, Deerfield,

Petersburg, Ida . . . . . . . . . . . . ..‘. . . . . . .. ‘22 00
Ottawa Lake, Sylvannia, Monroe, Toledo,

Stony Creek, Rockwood, Wyandotte,

Detroit....    

L s. 5. M. 5.-—ooING wasr.

Middlebury, Bristol, Elkhart . . . . . . . . . . . 18 00
Osceola, Mishawakee, South Bend, War-
ren, Laporte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 00
msrnorr, mucmo & LAKE men. via roan.
Gr-eenvi1le,Bolding, Kidvllle. Chadwick, 15 00

25 00


TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

5

Palmers, Lyons, Stebbinsville . . . . . . . . . . . 14 00
Portland, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 00
*Danby, Eagle, North Lansing, Lansing. 16 00

 

Grand Ledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 00
*Delta, *Ingersol,....    ..  18 00
Okemos, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . 19 00

Meridian, Williamstown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21 00

Laroy. . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 00

Fowlerville, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 00

I-lowel, Brighton, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24 00

Green Oak, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 00

South Lyon, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26 00

Salem, Plymouth, Livonia, . . . . . . .  .. 27 00

Fisher, Redford, Stanton Branch . . . . . . . . 29 00

 

Gowan, Trufants, Maple Valley via How-
ard City, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 0b
Freight for Stations marked thus * must be

pre-paid.

SOUTH HAVEN DIVISION OF M. C. E. R. VIA. C. 52
M. L. 5. FROM GRANDVILLE.

Brownell’s............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$l6 00
Hopkins, Alamo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 00
Williams, Kendall‘s. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 00
Pine Grove, Gobles, Bloomingdale . . . . .. 22 00
Bear Lake, Columbia, Brown's, Geneva,
Kibbies, South Haven. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 00
MAIN LINE—M. C. B. E. VIA. c. s M. L. s. R. R.
Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$l2 00
Comstock, Galeshurg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 00
Oshtemo, Bertran, Southd Bend . . . . . . . . . 20 00

Three Oaks, Galien, Wilsons, Dayton, Bu-
chanan, Gitchell s Niles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 00

CHICAGO, MICH. LAKE snoan R. B.——SOUTH.
Holland to Grand Junction inclusive. . . . $12 00
Breedsville, Bangor, Deerfield . . . . . . . . .. 14 00
Hartford, Watervliet, Columa, Riverside

Benton Harbor, St. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . 16 O0
Stevensville, Bridgman . . . . . , , . . , _ , _ _ __ 18 00

Brown’s to New Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 00
C. & M. L. s. R. B..——NORTH.

All points to Muskegan inclusive . . . . . . . . 14 00

White Hall to Pentwater “ . _ . .  _ 20 00

Twin Lakes to Big Rapids “ . . _ . , _ . _ 16 00

FORT WAYNE, JACKSON & SAGINAW R. R.—SOUTI-I

OF JACKSON.

Baldwins, Hanover, Stony Point, Road-

ing, Waterloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$'22 00
Mosherville, J onesville, Banker’s . . . . . . . . 20 00
Auburn, Auburn Junction, Summit. . . . . 2% 00
Montgomery, Pleasant Lake . . . . . . . . . . .. 26 00

State Line, Freemont, Angola, St. Johns,

 

New Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28 00
Fort Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 00
nnraon‘ st MILWAUKEE R. B..—EAST.

Ada, Lowell, Saranac, Ionia-. . . . . . . . . . . .314 00
Muir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15 00
Pewamo, Fowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 00
St. Johns, Shepardsville, Ovid, Owosso,
Corunna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 00
Vernon, Gaines, Linden, Fenton, Holly. . 24 00
Davisburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 00
Clarkston, Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 00
Drayton Plains, Pontiac, Birmingham,
Royal Oak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 00
Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 00
GRAND RAPIDS s INDIANA E. R.—NORTH.
Rockford, Edgerton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 8 00
Lockwood, Ceder Springs, Sand Lake. . . . 10 00
Pierson, Maple Hill, Howard City . . . . . . . 12 O0

Morley, Stanwood, Rust, Byers, Big Rap-

   
 

ids . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16 00
SOUTH.
Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .312 00

Sturgis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 18 00

Battle Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 00

Plainwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10 00

Vicksburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 00

Scotts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 00

Climax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 00

Mendon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15 00

 

LOWELL MIcn., Jan. 15th, 1877.
Wortlzy Sec-reta-ry .'

At a regular meeting of the Lowell
District Council, the following resolu-
tion was passed unanimously, and the
Secretary ordered to send copy of
same for publication in the VISITOR:

Resolved, That all members of the
Order of Patrons of Husbandry of
Michigan, are in duty bound to buy
their plaster of Day & Taylor. and_ In
so doing they are not only fulfilling
their moral obligations, but are also
getting more value for their money.

E HANOOME,
Sec’y. of Council.

gist: ggenfs gepartment.

CENTREVILLE-

J. H. GARDNER, -

I commend the following from the
Farmer-’s Frieml to the consideration
of Patrons in Michigan as being ap-
plicable here as well as in Pensylva-
nia:

“The State Business Agent has

i been. and will continue to be, wronged

and embarrased, if you only “pay as
you go.” He must advance the mon-
ey when he purchases, it he would get
the best goods at lowest prices; for
cash in hand is worth several cents on
the dollar to a merchant above the
promise of payment in a week or two.
If your Agent pays cash out of his
own pocket he must wait ’till he can
send the goods and the bill—then ’till
you can send him the money—before
he is paid back again—several days ;
and if you are sick, or absent, or out
of funds, or careless, he may have to
wait several weeks at great disadvan-
tage and uneasiness.

If he has many such “Patrons” C’)
to work for, he loses interest on hun-
dreds and thousands of dollars, with
risk of losing principa1—a risk worth
some per cent. Therefore, if you
would do as you would be done by,
if you would be honest (as every Pa.-
tron should be,) pay in advance—re
unit with your order, about as_ much
as the goods will amount to, if a little
more, the agent will return it, and
you and he will feel much better for
it. “Pay as you go ;” but if that will
cost the agent loss, or even only anx-
iety. pay in advance.”

The attention of subordinate Grange
is called to the importance of having
a Secretary that is responsible and
trustworthy, so that the seal of the
Grange may carry confidence and as-
surance that contracts will be met
promptly. This suggestion is made
from the fact that we have cases in
which goods have been ordered and
payment delayed for months, and in
some instances no pay has come at all
and probably never will. Some man-
ufacturers refuse to send their goods
unless pay is sent with the orders;
and unless money is sent to me I can-
not forward the order to the manu-
facturer.

The price of sugar and cofi'ee which
I gave in the December VISITOR,
were the prices at New Orleans ; and
the freight from there is about a. dol-
lar a cwt. including cartage. I state
this again as some understand it to be
the price here. A mistake in the type
makes that article read : “These are
pure sugars from the plantations and
have not been mixed with common
sugar &c ” For common sugar it
should be com sugar. I have now
just received a lot of sugar, rice and
coffee direct from the south which
will be sold at cost if orders are ac-
companied with the money.

I can now furnish kerosine oil,
Michigan test, here for 38c a gallon
I have a few nice corn shellers on
hand, also some wagons from Buchan-

an and Niles.

’ I will be obliged if all when writ-
ing to me will use sealed envelopes;
don’t forget to put the name of your
post oflice at the head of your letter,

and don’t neglect to sign your name
somewhere on the paper in a. plain
hand writing. I can read almost any.
thing about business, but names are
not as easily made out.

At a meeting of the St. Joseph
County Grange, held at Centreville,
on January 4th, it was resolved to use
no plaster the coming season except
that made by Day & Taylor, of Grand-
ville, and the subordinate Granges of
the county were requested to do the
same.

flanzmunitafiaits.

Will The Grange Succeed.

If the Grange succeeds in accomp-
lishing the objects it originally had in
view, it will be because the members
will have performed their duty. If
the Grange does not accomplish
those objects it will be because the
members neglect to perform their
duty, and refuse to use the means to
better their condition.

The foundation is laid for great
work. The opportunity is offered to
every Patron to assist in accomplish-
ing a much needed reform in business
transactions. Will we improve it?
We complain of wrongs and usurpa-
tions. The opportunity is offered by
which these wrongs can be removed
in a great measure, if we will do our
duty ; and reward is sure, but never
without some eliort on our part.

A co-operative Grange Store can
flourish only if two conditions are sup-
plied : First, the members must fur-
nish sutficient capital Secondly,
they must patronize it, do their trad-
ing there. With a competent busi-
ness agent enough capital and plenty
of patronage a co-operative store is a.
sure success and a paying enter-
prise. It will prove a. success like
any other business transaction the
Grange may engage in if the members
do their whole duty.

Such is the case in regard to the
plaster enterprise, whether it fails or
succeeds, depends entirely upon the
members of the Order. A few promi-
nent and leading members of the Or-
der, have by diligent and persistent
effort, and by assuming pecuniary lia-
bility for the good of the Order, made
it possible for members to buy plaster
at a reasonable price directly from the
manufacturers at a. less price than
that fixed by the association. The
little shabby scheme of the association
to compel all the farmers of Michigan
to buy plaster of the agents of this
combination has been set aside.

These companies who proposed to
monopolize the plaster trade and
make the farmers pay dear in the end
for their plaster, have put the price
down because they are determined to
break down Day at Taylor and crush
this movement of the Grangers.

Brothers shall we permit this thing
to be done? Shall we sell our man-
hood and our honor for a few shillings
or shall we stand by those who have
stood by us?

Where principle, honor, duty and
interest all point in the same direc-
tion, it seems to me that one brother
should know as well as another what
to do. A. FANKBONER.

Prairie Ronde, Jan. 10, 1.817.


5 '7 THE GRANGE VISITOR.

HALL or ST. Jonas GRANGE, No 140,
A St. Johns, Jan. 1877.
Bro. Cobb .'

With this find preamble and resol-
utions unanimously adopted by St.
J ohms Grange, No. 140, together with
the answer to card of F. Godfrey &
Brother, inviting us to dishonor the
name of Patron, surrender to an
enemy in the moment of victory, dis-
regard our obligations to the Execu-
tive Committee of the State Grange,
and to Day & Taylor. by buying plas-
ter of said Godfrey & Brother at $2,
per ton.

The spirit of“stand by those who
stand by us” is the spirit of this
Grange.

WHEREAS, A firm of the plaster‘

ring by their authorized agent in
Nov. 1874, did enter into a contract
with the Executive - Committee,
through the State Secretary to fur-
nish Patrons with plaster on board
of the cars at their mill in Grandville
at $3 00 per ton, and

WHEREAS, Said company did after
such contract was fairly made, signed
and sealed with its corporate seal, re-
fuse to comply with the terms of said
contract, and

WHEREAS, An arrangement was
subsequently made with the Grand
Rapids Plaster Association to furnish
plaster on orders under seal of a
Grange at the advance price of $4 00
per ton upon as favorable terms as
the agents of the several firms com
posing the association were supplied
and

WHEREAS, The association did
break faith with us, refusing to recog-
nize us or our agents, and accepting
orders for plaster from us only when
the plaster ordered was paid for in
advance, discriminating against us
their customers who number thous

ands and in favor of a few dozen‘

agents, and

WHEREAS. We recognize in the oF- *

fer of Godfrey & Bro., of Grand Rap-
ids, the hand of this same Plaster Ring
who have more than once dishonored
their word, and

WHEREAS, We have through our
agents contracted with Day & Taylor,
whom we have reason to believe are
honorable dealers, therefore

Resolved, That the Secretary of this
Grange be instructed to return the
card of said Godfrey & Bro. with the

. assurance that we shall not take or use

their plaster even if delivered on cars
free of charge.

Resolved, That we believe it to be
the duty of Patrons throught the State
to Sustain Messrs. Day & Taylor in
the investment and enterprise in
which they are engaged on our behalf.

Resolved, That a copy of this pre-
able and resolutions be sent the State
Secretary for publication in the
GRANGE VISITOR.

ST. JOHNS, Mich., Jan. 1877.

ivessrs. Godfrey (f: Bro.,
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich:

Your card “To
old dealers and the tradegenerally,”ad-
dressed to O. E. Brown,_Secretar_v of

fit, Johns Grange, offering plaster de-
livered on board the cars at your
mill for $2 00 per ton, was duly re-
ceived. The same was brought for
consideration before the Grange. The

price was considered low enough
without abatement.

Were it not in consideration of the
bad faith and treatment received at
the hands of the Plaster Ring the
past few years by the Patrons and
farmers generally throughput‘ the
State, the offer might meet with a fav-
orable reply, but past facts are not
wholly forgotten and in this offer the
St. Johns Grange No. 140, of which I
am the Secretary, imagine they see
the hand of the same monopoly which
worked acorner in the plaster busi-
ness one and two years ago, repudia-
ted their agreement and fleeced the
farmers of the State out of large

. amounts of money.

Acceptance of this offer, liberal or
more than liberal as it is, if based as
we view it, upon the idea of breaking
down Messrs. Day & Taylor because
they dared assume the independence
of standing aloof from the ring and
recognize the right of the farmer to
deal direct with the manufacturer, it
would be a very fatal error for the
Patrons of this State to commit.

Hence I am directed by the unani-
mous voice of this Grange to return
your card with the assurance that no
proposition will be accepted having
in view the abandonment of Day &
Taylor and the building up of a new
and more powerful combination, even
should the same propose placing plas-
ter ]i'e_e on board the cars at their
mills.

We speak not from a spirit of re-
venge, but fairness towards those who
have shown no disposition to betray
or take advantage of us as a class. If
the price paid for an article is only a
fair compensation for its production
it is all we ought to ask, for labor the
product of wealth unrewarded, is in
the end destruction to our best inter-
ests as a class.

Yours &c.
O. E. BROWN, Sec’y.
Di;x'rsi: GRANGE, P. of II. No. 351.
DEXTER, Jan. 8th, 1877. 3
Bro. Cobb .'

Please find enclosed our dues to the
State Grange for the quarter ending
Dec. 31st, 1876.

Our Grange at its meetinz on the
6th inst, adopted the iollowing resol-
utions unanimously: -

Resolved, That we heartily endorse
the action of the State Secretary in
reference to the plaster matter.

Resolved, That we will not buy one
pound of plaster of anybody but Day
& Taylor or their successors while
they remain faithful to their agree-
ment with the Executive Committee
of the State Grange, and we will buy
what we want of them. '

W. D. Siirru, Sec'y.

The following resolution was unani-
inouly adopted by a rising vote at the
meeting ofthe Calhoun County Grange
held at Battle Creek, on Thursday,
January 4th, 1877:

Resolved, By Calhoun County
Grange No. 3, that we will not patron-
ize the Michigan Plaster Association,

and under no circumstances any agent

outside the Grange, nor any agent in-
side the Grange, who procure-s plaster
from any source than that provided
by the Executive Committee of the

State Grange ; and further, we urge
upon the members of the Grange every-
where the importance of taking the
same position. _
E. VVHITE, Sec‘y. pro tem.
LOWELL Micir, Dec. 1876.
Bro. Cobb .'

Under suggestions‘ for the good of
the Order, I would say :

1st. N ow is the time above all others
to stick to your Grange, stick to your
State Agent, stick to your Grange
principles, stick to everything that is
for the interest of the Order, and
above all stick to that which pertains
to finance, stick to the State Executive
Comuiittee, who have led us over one
of the greatest monopolies yet formed
against us in Michigan, viz: The plas-
ter ring. Any Patron who buys plas-
ter through any other source than our
State Secretary of Day & Taylor,
knowingly or ignorantly, I believe
gives suflicient cause for his expulsion
from the Order.

I might say much in regard to the
business of the Order.

1st. That every dollar we purchase
should be done through our Order, all
that can he should be bought through
our State Agent, that his purchases be-
ing large, he may buy at the lowest
cash rates. Every dollar so spent
strengthens our Order, and every dol-
lar spent in dicker or barter, weakens
it in so much as we should buy and
sell for cash.

Every Grange should have a hall of
their own; if they expect to prosper
they must have onelbelieve, and more
than this they must have a purchasing
fund, also readings, discussions _and
some intellectual entertainments, some-
thing educational at every meeting so
much so that no member can be absent
without feeling that he or she has lost
a rich feast they never will be able to
avail themselves of again. And any
member who does not take part in
one or more of the above, and who has
no money in a purchas':ng fund or in a
good hall, fails to receive the benefits
he should.

Of all the benefits we receive from
the Patron movement, the educational
is of the greatest importance, conse-
quently should receive our careful at-
tention to that extent that we will look
forward to the time of our meetings
with interest, and our children will
look forward to them with anxious ex-
pectations.

Meetings conducted on the above
plan cannot fail to benefit every mem-
ber taking part in them and the world
be better for their having lived in it.

All of the above and many more
suggestions I believe fur the good of
the Order. Fraternally Yours,

J. C. ENGLisii.

P. S.—I think it is for our interest
to sell our products together in large
quantities. as possible if we would do
so and wait until each kind was wanted
we would nearly get fair returns for
our labor. J _ C, E,

Maunsco MicH., Jan. 1st, 1877.
Bro. Cobb .'

You will please find inclosed the
report for the last quarter of Excelsior
Grange, No. 101. Also the dues for
this quarter and the previous quarter.
Also the election notice for 1877.


THE GRANGE VISITOR. 7

And I am requested to give the fol-
lowing notice, that

WHEREAS, The arrangements made
by the Executive Committeee of the
Michigan State Grange for plaster
are perfectly satisfactory to this
Grange, therefore you can depend on
us to do all we can, to dispose of as
much plaster outside of the Grange
as well as to Patrons, as possible, and
we pledge ourselves to not buy or use
one ton of the combination compa_ny’s
plaster at any price. I have received
their card offering plaster at their
mills at $2 00 per ton.

Yours Fraternally,
FRANCIS HOGMIRE, Sec’y.

NORTH LANSING, Jan. 1st, 1877.

J. T. Cobb, Sec’y. State Grcmgez

I thought I would drop you a line
as an illustration of what We can do if
we will only try, and make use of the
facilities we have at our command.

I shipped before christmas to Quick

& Reed, N . Y. :

217 lb Geese, 40. here Rec’d 10c. net.
34 “ Ducks, 5c. “ “ éc. “
54 “Turkey 7c. “ “ 13lc. “

Making a total net saving on the
bill ($33 6-1) of $18 40 or over one
hundred per cent., whichl consider
will do for any Patron.

Yours Fraternally,
CORRILL GOODNOE.

UNADILLA, January 12th, 1877.
Bro. Cobb :

The following preamble and resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted by
this Grange at its last session.

VVIIEREAs, The arrangements made
by the Executive Committee of the
Michigan State Grange for plaster,
are satisfactory and the parties that
arrangements were made with are
ready to fulfill their part, therefore,
be it unanimously

Resolved, By the members of Una-
dilla Grange, No. 6, that we will buy
all the plaster we use the coming
season through these arrangements,
although Godfrey & Co. have offered
to furnish the same to us in bulk at
$2 00 per ton.

Resolved, That we firmly believe in
the doctrine of standing by those that
stand by us and who fulfill their agree-
ments with their patrons.

Unaclilla Grange, No. 6.
ollice address Chelsea Michigan.

P. VV. WATTS, Sec’y.

Post

JoNnsvrLLs, Jan. 10th, 1877.

Rro. Cobb .'

At a meeting of the Hillsdale
County Grange, held on the 3d inst.,
the following resolutions were adop-
ted 2

Resolved, That we, Patrons of Hus-
bandry of Hillsdale County, will buy
all the plaster we want this year of
Day & Taylor, in accordance with ar-
rangements made by the Executive
Committee of the Michigan State
Grange.

Resolved, That it is the opinion of
this Grange that the Executive Com-
mittee should use all honorable means
to induce the L. S. & M. S. R. R. to
construct a spur from Grandville Sta-
tion to the plaster beds of Grandville.

The choice of officers resulted in
the election of H. D. Pessell Master,
E. J. Hodges, Secretary.

HALL or-Lrrcnrmtn GRANGE,
January, 6th, 1877.

WHEREAS, The Michigangnd Ohio
Plaster Association have in every way
they could, tried to beat Day & Tay-
lor, and are now offering plaster for
just one-half the price fixed by them
for the last two years, therefore :

Resolved, That we, the members of
Litchfield Grange, will not buy or use
a. pound of plaster manufactured by
any firm that is, or has been, a party
to the association or sold by its agents.
That we will buy what we want of Day
&. Taylor, through the authorized
channel of such purchase—-that we
firmly believe that the doctrine is
sound and the practice honorable of
“standing by those that stand by us.”

Resolved, That this preamble and
resolutions be sent to Sec’y. Cobb,
with a request that they be published
in the next number of the GRANGE
VISITOR.

B W. FREEMAN, Master.

J. B. LINSDAY, Sec’y.

DECATUR, Jan. 17th, 1877.
Bro. Cobb .'

The following preamble and resol-
utions were adopted by Hamilton
Grange, No. 355, P. of H., Jan. 13th,
1877 :

VVHEREAS, The plaster companies
of this and adjoining States, combined
and advanced the price of plaster to
an unreasonable rate, and

VVHEREAS, The Patrons of Hus-
bandry were compelled to establish a
plaster mill to protect themselves
against said combination, and

WIiEltEAS, Said companies are now
contracting to sell plaster for less
than cost of production, for the avow-
ed purpose of breaking down the
Grange Plaster Company, and

WHEREAS, We have every reason
to believe that if they should succeed
in so doing we should have to pay
higher rates than ever before for plas-
ter, therefore

Resolved, That all true Patrons of
Husbandry throughout the State
should sustain the Grange Plaster
Company.

Resolved, That any 'Patron who
will accept of an agency for any other
company under the present circum-
stances is not worthy the name of Pa-
tron of Husbandry.

Resolved, That the Patrons of
Hamilton Grange, No. 355, will buy
at no other but the Grange Plaster
Mill at any price.

Resolved, That a copy of this pre-
amble and resolutions be sent to the
GRANGE VISITOR for publication.

We shall send an order for plaster
in a short time.

Yours Fraternally,
S. H. MALLORY, Sec’y.
Buns OAK, Games, No. 303, }
January 15th, 1877.
.BI”0a  .'

Please find inclosed report of elec- I

tion of oflicers, quarterly report, or-
der for plaster and club of thirteen for
the VISITOR with draft for amount of
$9 36.

Our Grange is alive and means busi-
ness. ‘Vs have all kinds of oifers on
plaster but we heed them not, we will
stand by our men, We have an order
list for two car loads, but have no

place to store it. so must take it one
load at a time and distribute it from
the "car.
Respctfully Yours,
s W. H. FAULKS.

To the Ofiicers and Jllembers of Paw

Paw Grange, No. 10, P. of

Your committee appointed at the
last meeting, to draft and report reso-
lutions relative to the subject of rail-
road monopolies and the necessary
legislative changes respecting the
same, would respectfully report the
following:

VVHEREAS, Corporations, and es-
pecially railroad corporations, 9. r e
usually in the habit of combining their
wealth and influence, thereby forming
monopolies, inimical to the interests
of the people, working great injury to
both producer and consumer, by which
the farmer is deprived of a large por-
tion of the rightful fruit of his labor,
and the latter compelled to pay great-
ly enhanced values for articles trans-
ported for consumption;

AND WHEREAS, It is a well estab-
lished principle that “ the creature is
not above the creator,” and therefore,
that all corporations are proper sub-
jects for legislation, and that those
that trench upon the rights of the peo-
ple by extortion, should be summarily
dealt with, by the enactment of strin-
gent and wholesome statuatory pro-
VISIOIIS;

AND, WHEREAS, The several rail-
roads of this State, and particularly
those operating under special charters,
have been for a long time, and are yet,
charging enormous and unjust rates;
therefore,

Resolved, That it is the imperative
duty of the Legislature of this State,
now in session, to most thoroughly
examine into the great evils growing
out of the immense railroad power,
inasmuch as the charters of several
railroads of the State, operating under
special corporation privileges, have
now expired, that we respectfully ask
our legislature to bring all such roads
under the general railroad laws.

Resolved, That the general railroad
laws should then be so amended, as to
require all roads to establish um:/orm
maximum rates, according to the dis-
tance of transportation, for the carry-
ing of. all produce and merchandise
over their lines.

Resolved, That we request our State
Executive Committee to take immedi-
ate action, whereby the principles of
the foregoing resolutions shall be
promptly placed before our legislature.
and further recommend that a copy of
the foregoing preamble and resolutions
be published in the GRANGE VISITOR,
and that blank petitions be forwarded

- to the several County and Subordin-

ate Granges of the State, for general
circulation among the people.
T. R. HARRISON, «
A. C. GLIDDEN, g
0. J. GRAVES.
MARSHALL M1cn., Jan. 12, 1877.
Our Grange is in a flourishing con-
dition and we dwell together-in unity.
Enclosed please find orders for
plaster. _More are coming in soon.
We rece1ved a card from Godfrey &
Co., offering plaster for $2 00 per ton,
on- track. Upon which the Grange


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adopted the following resolution
unanimously :

Resolved, That we respectfully de-
cline the offer of Godfrey & Co. of
two dollars per ton for their plaster.
and instruct our Secretary to say to
them that we cannot honorably accept
their plaster even if offered to us free.

Respectfully Yours,
G. S. WOOLSEY, Sec'y.

BOWEN, KENT 03., MICH.

Resolved, That in case Messrs. Day
& Taylor need farther assurance that
the Patrons of Michigan will support
them in their effort to furnish us with
plaster, we, as a Grange, offer to ad-
vance to Messrs. Day & Taylor ten
($10) dollars, and would recommend
every Subordinate Granges in the
State to do the same, and by so doing
make assurance doubly sure, and
break the plaster IlIl0‘.

Please insert this in the GRANGE
VISITOR and never say die.

M A. HoLcoiiB,
Sec’y and Past Master.

Bro. Cobb:

Morenci Grange passed a resolution
at its last regular meeting pledging
its members to buy all the plaster
they use this season of Day & Taylor
even if other parties offer to sell at a
less price.

Yours Fraternally,
VV. S. G. MASON, P. Master.

PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES

Kept in the office of the Secretary of
MICHIGAN S T A T E GRANGE,
And sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash 01'-

der, over the seal of a Subordinate Grange,
and the signature of its Jllaster or Secretary.

hlonaxci GRANGE, No. 280,
January 16th, 1877.

Ballot Boxes, (hard Wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 257
Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,. . . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to
keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . . 1 00
Blank Record Books, (Express paid), . . . . . 1 00
Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the
Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . .
Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,
well bound,
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound,. .
Cushing’s Manual, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Applications for Membership, per 100, .. . .
Membership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Withdrawal Cards, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Illustrated Visiting or Traveling Cards,
each,
Diniits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . .
’By-Laws of the State and Subordinate
Granges. single copies 5c, per doz.,. . . . .
New kind of Singing Books, with music,
Single copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rituals, single copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“ per doz.,  . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent
free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blank A plications for Membership in P0-
mona ranges, furnished free on appli-
cation. *
Blank “Articles of Association” for the
Incorporation of Subordinate Granges
with Copy of Charter, all complete,. . . . .
Patron’s Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra-
mer, Cloth, 60 cts., Moracco with tuck, .
Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. . .

Address, J. T. COBB, ~
Sac’r MICE. STATE GRANGE,
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