(EB EXECUTIVE

Michigan State

JDIONTHLI

COMMITTEE 

Grange, P. of H.

V OL. 2.—-No. l l.

SCHOOLCRAF T, FEBRUARY. 1877.

Whole No. 2 3

THE GRANGE VISITOR,
Is Published Monthly,
AT THIRTY CENTS PER ANNUM,

lnva riably in Advance.

  l”_N' : }Pnblishing Committee.

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

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

Officers Michigan State Grangey

M-J. J. VVOODMAN, - -
0.—-P. W. ADAMS, - -

L.-—C. L. WHITNEY, - -
S.-H. FLEMING, - - - - Pontiac.
A. S.—-W. I-I. MATTISON, - - Ionia.
U.~SALMON STEEL, Bear Lake. Manis’e Co
SEc.——J. T. COBB, - - - Schoolcraft.
T.—S. F. BROWN, - - - “
G. K.——A. N. WOUDRUFF, - W'atervliet.
CEBES.—MRS. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.
POMONA—MBS. W’. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
FLoRA—MBs. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.—Mns. W. H. MATTISON, Ionia.

Paw Paw.
— Tecumseh.
Muskegon.

Executive committee.

J. ‘WEBSTER CHILDS, Chairm'n, Ypsilanti.
F. M. HOLLOWAY, - - Jonesville.
GEO. W. WOODWARD. Shelby, Oceans. 00.
SAMUEL LAN GDON, Bowen Stat’n. Kent Co.
C. G. LUCE, - - Gilead, Branch Co,
S. E. J EFFRES, - Okemos, Ingham Co.
WESTBROOK DIVINE, Belding, Ionia Co.
J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Officiu

State Business Agent.
J. H. G.-XRDNER, Centreville, St. Joseph Co.

Deputies.

C. L. WHITNEY, General Deputy, Siuskegon.
H. A. DANVILLE, Nor-th’n Mich. P.O. .\I-arilla.
\Vl11.K1LPA'l‘RICK. Lake Co. “ Baldwin City.
ALBERT DAY, \Vayne “ “ \\"uyne.

W. 0. SMITH, Osceola “ “
WM. F, LEWIS. Oceana “ “
GEO. B. DELo.\'G, Monroe " “

(‘rupo.
New Era.
Monroe.

The Grange "isitor.

Subscriptions to the VISITOR have
been very satisfactory since Jan. 1st,
but while we are at it, we might just
as well mail a thousand or two more
each month. I hope these Brothers
and Sisters who have taken an inter-
est in extending its_ circulation will
not relax their efforts.

We hope any subscriber who does
not receive his paper before the end
of the month will notify us by card,
and the missing number, will be sent.

Some Granges appropriate a suffi-
cient amonnt from the Treasury of
their Grange to provide a copy for the
head of each family. This is not a
bad move, and we hope other Granges
will follow their example.

The January edition was exhausted
two weeks ago. Shall have a thousand
additional copies printed of this num-
ber, and expect Patrons will order
them all.

Address of F. Hodgman. Master
of Climax Grange No. 72.

Brothers and Sisters of the Grange .'

In accepting the trust youhave con-
fided .to me I feel the responsibility it
carries with it, and appreciate the kind
feelings which prompted you to select
me to preside ove1' the deliberations of
our Grange.

I feel too, the difliculties to be over-
come, but having a firm reliance on
your hearty aid in both word and work
I trust that together we may be able
to make the coming year one of profit
and prosperity, and that it may be the
beginning of a brighter era in the his-
tory of our Grange. We live in an
age of centralizing tendencies. Peo-

le now more than ever before realize
the truth that in union there is
strength. Men of every walk in life,
artisans of every trade, combine among
themselves to secure greater power to
promote those interests which they
hold in common. He who would hold
his own in the race of life must join
the ranks. '

Farmers were the last men to learn
the lessons of the hour, and many of
them do not yet appreciate the situa-
tion. Those who do not avail them-
selves of every ligitimate, honest ad-
vantage to promote their own welfare
are sadly lacking in common worldly
wisdom. A Grange, properly con-
ducted is one of those advantage. Now
what does the farmer want that he
cannot obtain as well without as with-
in the Grange? It is not legislation.

The laws of trade have stood for a
thousand years, are stronger than
statutes, and are broad enough to cover
all his needs. VVhen the farmers, are
strong enough to compel the execution
of statutes they will be strong enough
to enforce all just demands without
the aid of special laws.

On the other hand there is nothing
which tends to promote the farmer’s
individual welfare and extend his in-
fluence among his fellow men, that
cannot better be obtained with their
assistance than without it. The aid
which a man receives from a well dis-
ciplined society is as much more effec-
tive than that which he receives from
the world at large, as a trained army
is more effective than a mob.

We want a better education, not
only that which is found in books, but
that fund of general information which
we gain from contact with our fellow
men, from newspapers, magazines and
lectures. We need to learn what peo-
ple about us are doing, what_ their de-
sires, aspirations and necessities are.

We need to learn what we ourselves
do really want. Aside from his gen-

eral education the farmer needs to ac-

quire a larger fund of special knowledge

relating to his avocation in life. This

oftentimes receives too scanty atten-

tion. We take things as we find them,

labor on from year to year, sometimes-
profiting by our own experience, but

too seldom availing ourselves of the

experience of others or assisting others
with our own experience. It is often
said that the farmers life is a continual
round of toil and that he has no chance
to learn ‘or to do better than he does.

Yet you may search the world over
without finding among men who live
by the sweat of their brow, any class
who have the splendid opportunities
for self-culture that the farmer has.
Years ago, when some of the natural
sciences were yet unborn, and the rest
were in their infancy, it was held with
a good show of truth, that in order to
become a scholar, one must study the
languages, that there was no other
road to profound learning and true
disciplin of mind than that which pass-
ed through the desert of the classics,

where the fallen fruit of dead men’s
lives lay dry and withered on the
ground. All this is now changed.
Geology, Botany, Zoology and their
kindred natural sciences have grown
to blooming youth, ruddy with health,
rejoicing in their strength. He who
will may travel with them on the road
to wisdom, through paths shaded by
green trees, beautiful with flowers and
rills, and Waterfalls, where the ear is
gladdened with the songs of birds and
the lowing of herds ; where the butter-
fly flits by, and the sweet odor of blos-
soms mingle with the aroma of ripen-
ing fruit. No other laboring man has
such incentives or such opportunities
for walking in these paths and gather-
ing these fruits of knowledge as has
the farmer. In no department of
knowledge are there richer and more
substantial rewards than in the fields
of natural science. He who would
reap these rewards needs only to make

a diligent use of the faculties which
God has given him. As he wanders
o’er valley and mountain, through

meadow and wood, he .will see the
frost and the rain, the sunshine and

- storm, beating down mountains, filling ‘

up“valleys, dissolving the rocks to
make them fit food to nourish the plant.
He will see plants with their tiny root-
lets permeating the soil thus formed,
and with their myriad mouths draw-
ing in the liquid food and sending it
upward from cell to cell ’till the leaf


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is reached. where the sweet breath Of
the air and thejoyful light of the Sun
strain out the impurities and send the
sap backward through every twig and
branch, git-mg them life and health
and strength, laying up food and fuel
and clothing for every animate being.
He will see earth, air, and water teem-
ing with living beings which in turn
subsist upon the plant. _ He will see
all nature, animate and inanimate, at
work, and when he car.fully observes
the processes he will see fine analysis
which no chemist may equal, struct-
tures ofheauty and Sl;l'enf_),‘Ll'],-\’Vl’ll(.:l'1 no
builder can imitate, and pictures of
cloud and sky, and bird and brook,
and flower and tree, which no-painters
brush may ever hope to rival: No
one should be more interested in all
this than the firmer. No one does it

prosperity as he. No one labors in
natures own workshop with natures
own tools, as does the farmer. No
one should know her ways so well as
he, and yet how often do we see him
walking right through the midst of
all these things as lostand lonely as a
stranger in the crowded streets of a
great city. When We have a perfect
farmer he will know all the laws of

He’ will hear and understand the lan-
guage in which she speaks to him.
He is the best farmer today who best
knows and applies these things. Every
farmer should study closely the work
of nature and remember what he sees.
He should question her and bear in
mind the replies she gives. Nature
never refuses to answer questions and
always gives direct answers. The
whole art of farming has been built
up from this series of questions and
answers, this experimental study.
VVhen' we would learn_ What the re-
sult of a certain process will be we
try it and-are certain of finding out.

There are a. great many things
yet to be learned about farming that
must be found out in just this way.
In this work wlll be found one of the
great benefits of combination. No
one farmer has the time, the means
or the ability to do the whole work
himself. But if any considerable
number of farmers can be induced to
work together in harmony, each per-
forming his share of the work and ad-
ding his mite to the common fund of
information, we shall soon see such
advancement in agriculture as the
world has never yet witnessed. VVhen
we have a perfect Grange this will be
one of the leading branches of its
work. It is a work upon A which I
think we may enter with profit dur-
ing the coming year.

There are many questions to be set-
tled as to what processes of field cul-
ture are best and most profitable, as
to the absolute and relative value of
difierent maiiures, and their effects
on different soils and crops. Many
questions arise in regard to the best
methods of reclaiming wet lands and
when they are reclaimed what they
are worth and what crops are best
suited to them. Hundreds of such
questions as these are waiting solution
at the hands of good practical farmers.
Many of them might be regarded as
already solved if we could but collect
together and aggregateinto a single

mass the vast number of facts bearing
upon them, which have been picked
up by individual farmers all over the
land.

These isolated items of knowledge,
disconnected and sacattered far and
wide, carry but little weight with
them. Mass them, and they may
move the whole productive world.
VVe wi~h to learn by our own obser-
servation, and also by the observation
of others. We wish to mass discov-
eries. Can we not begin the work in
our Grange this year? Can not each
one of us who has land to work or
‘stock to keep, take some one experi-
ment adapted to his means and incli-
nation, carry it out carefully and re-
port its results ti the Grange for the
benefit of all. The practical value of
the results we may obtain from these
experiments and their discussion in
the Grange will be very great. if they
are carefully and intelligently carried
out. Negative results from these ex-
periments are not without value. If
plaster is Worthless as a fertilizer for
corn it is well to know it, and so of
many other things. One disadvan-
tage we have labored under in our
Grange has been the want of talking
members. The great reason has been
because you had nothing to say, but
let matters come up which each one
of you is personally interested in and

acquainted with, and I have no doubt.

you will find enough to say to make
our meetings enjoyable and profitable.
There is not one of you who can not
tell in regard to the culture of a crop
what he did, and why he did it-.

We Wish, also, to avail ourselves of
the experience of farmers outside of
our own vicinity and Grange; and I
wish to suggest to you the plan of se-
curing a variety of papers and having
them read regularly in the Grange at
every meeting. Let each of us who
takes a paper so arrange that we may
take different ones, bring them with

‘us to the Grange, and thus select the

cream of all. Let us have the Michi-
gan Farmer, the Ilusbandmen, the
Country Gentlemen, the Amer2'can
Agriculturist, ll/[oore’s Rural .ZVew
Yorker, and others read regularly in
the Grange by our members. Let us
also, occasionally have papers of our
own, on subjects appropriate to the
time and occasion.

I think we should also make a great-
er use than we have done of the busi-
ness arm of the Grange. Other Granges
around us have been using it with
profit and satisfaction, but we have
thus far been too much like the man
who should purchase a.fine team and
tools, put them in the field in the
morning, all harnessed and ready for
work, leave them and return at
night expecting to find the field well
plowed and planted. Things do not
happen in that way. Fields are not
cultivated Without labor.

If we do not purchase through
Grange agencies they profit us noth-
ing.

It may not be amiss in me to allude
to the plaster question. It ought to
receive your careful attention. Indi-
vidual members of our Order have
pledged themselves for the payment
of certain moneys to enable a. friend-
ly firm to_ furnish the Granges of this
State with plaster at reasonable

prices. They did this on the express
pledge of the State Grange that the
Order would sustain them morally
and financially; and relying on the
good faith of Patrons to make their
purchases of this firm and thus reim-
burse and secure them for the money
they had given their individual notes
to advance. They have succeeded
for the present in breaking up the
great monopoly. How long think
you it will stay broken if we assist in
breaking down the Grange plaster
firm by purchasing our plaster of the
monopolists who are now cutting uu-
der on prices for the'very purpose of
destroying our friends and leaving us
delenceless in the «hands of our ene-
mies.

I trust the Grange as an Order will
never become so blind to its own in-
terests, or so regardless of its good
faith, as to permit its own agents to
be sacrificed by the members of -the
old Plaster Ring.

And now in closing, let me urge
each and every one of you to aid what
you can in making our Grange better,
more interesting and more profitable
every week of its existence. Success
does not depend on numbers, although
numbers are very apt to depend on
success. Ten live members are bet-
ter than a hundred dead ones, and if
each ofyou will do what you can, I
give my pledge that no efforts shall
be wanting on my part to make our
Grange a grand success.

\Vo1nan at the Agriculture Col.
lege.

EDITOR of the GRANGE VISITORS

f Is it not a curious fact that of all
the educational institutions of Michi-
gan supported by general taxation,
the Agricultural College is the only
one whose doors are closed against the
admission of woman?

In ever-increasing numbers women
are being admitted to the high privil-
eges of the University, and this full
recognition is now afiirmed by almost-
universal assent. The co-education of
the sexes has, with us, almost ceased
to be a question and so another step
has been taken in the progress of chris-
tian civilization.

Woman is no longer regarded as a
toy to be played with ; but ‘as a
capable human soul to -be educated
and adorned with immortal graces of
character. .

The State Board of Agriculture, by
recent action, have called the atten-
tion of the Legislature to this subject
and have declared in favor of admis-
sion. Indeed there seems no obstacle
to the introduction ofour daughters to
the Agricultural College but the ab-
sence of a suitable building for their
accommodation. '

Unlike certain other schools, the
opportunities for board in private fam
ilies are extremely limited here.

A cottage to cost $5000 or 360009
where thirty or forty girls could be
placed under the charge of a matron:
would be sufficient for the first expefl
iture. - _

This is not an entirely new proposi-
tion. It was prominently before the_
Legislature of 1873, when a course of
study was indicated for the “techno-
logical training of ladies in Cookery»
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Materials usually wasted, Cleansing
by acids and soaps, Bleaching, Dye-
ing. Manufacture of soaps of different
kinds, Disinfection, Fermentation and
Neutralization of poisons.”

To view these subjects in the light
of scientific research would lighten
the task of the housewife, convert
drugery into a pleasing intellectual
pursuit, and encompass the way of
routine work with the wondrous revel-
ations of chemistry and microscope.

Ventillation would be another very
important subject of study in connec-
tion with household affairs. Besides,
botany, landscape gardening, floral
ornamention and matters of taste gen-
erally, and also literature would be
indispensable; and why not music,
painting and kindred arts.

If desired there certainly could be
no objection to their taking the present
college course for young men.

That any present movement would.

not be in advance of proper demand
for it, the numerous applications for
the admission of ladies received by the
president of the college, already suf-
ficientl y attest.

That the farmers of the State would
be in sympathy is evidenced in the as-
sociations everywhere, by their just
and generous recognition of woman’s
higher nature.

If this be so, should we not immed-
iately acquaint the Legislature, by pe-
tition, with our desires in this regard C?
“A word to the wise is sufficient.”

If, as has been said, the “Agricul-
tural College, Farm and Grounds are
to be madethe most beautiful place in
the Peninsula,” how shall we reach
the completeness of these more than
“classic shades,” except there be to
grace the scene a goodly number of
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NILES MICH., Jan. 13, 1877.
To the Grange Visitor .'

Berrien County Grange, No. 1, at a

a regular meeting held at Buchanan,
Jan. 10th, 1877, elected the following
officers for the ensuing year :

Master.—Thomas Moors.

Secretary.-—Burns H elmick.

Also Berxien County Co-operative
Association at a regular meeting held
Jan. 11th, 1877, at same place, elec-
ted for the ensuing year the following
officers :

Pres2'olent.-—Wm. R. Rough.

.Secretar3/.—Enos Holmes.

Treasurer.—Geo. H. Rough.

Directors.--Thomas Mason, John
B. Metzger, J. F. Peck, Burns Hel-
mick, David Best, E. Wagner, Wm.
Burris, Levi Sparks, J. H. Feather.

Auclz'tors.—C. F. Howe, Thomas
Maars, D. R. Harding.

_We started this store about the
middle of May last, with a capital of
$1,600 on the Rochdale plan, and at
the end of less than eight months have
been able to declare a handsome divi-
dend back to the Patrons. We are
!1_0w working up a plan of co-opera-
t1ve selling our surplus products by
establishing an agency in Chicago.

Yours Fraternally,
JOHN B. Mnrzenn,

Sec’y. Morris Chapel Grange, N 0. 13.

-The Grange teaches co-operation.
Write and send Bro. Gardner an order.

 

gasteifs gepartment.

J. J. VVOODMAN, - - - PAW PAW.

Annual W ord.

For instructions how to obtain it,
see Master’s Department of January
Vrsiron. _____ >___

Good VVork.

It gives me great pleasure to be
able to announce that most of the
delegates who attended the session of
the State Grange, have visited the
Subordinate Granges which they rep-
resented, and given the instructions
and information they were requested
to. Great good must result from
such prompt and efficipnt work.

Law and Usage.

The Laws and Rules of the Order
now in force, are to be found in the
Constitution and By-Laws of the
National Grange, By-Laws of the
State Grange, Parliamentary Guide,
issued by the National Grange, and
General Rules by the Master of the
State Grange, to be found in Febru-
ary, March, April, May, June, July,
August, and October numbers of the
Vrsrroa. -

Dormant Grangcs.

There are some weak and dormant
Granges in the State, which need aid
and encouragement ; and I call upon
all good Patrons to visit such Gran ges,
and by their presence and counsel
enable them to see more clearly, and
realize more. fully the objects and
benefits of our Order. County
Granges and Councils, should make
it a prominent part of their work to
“aid, strengthen, and encourage” the
weak and dormant Granges within
their jurisdiction, by sending com-
mittees and speakers to visit and in-
struct them.

Many Granges in the State are re-
ceiving great benefits from the Order,
and all may, if the necessary eflbrts
are made.

I am constantly in receipt ofletters
asking if members can be admitted
to a Subordinate Grange for less
than the constitutional fees; and as
most of these inquiries come from the
newiy elected oflicers, I infer that they
have not been regular readers of the
VISITOR, hence the necessity for re-
ferring to this subject again.

One correspondent asks, “if there
would be any objection to a Grange
taking members for a less fee, pro-
vided the full amount required by the
constitution was paid to the State
Grange l” Another “asks the privil-

‘ege of taking in members for $3.00 for

men, and $1.00 for women, as certain
other Granges do ?” (naming the
Granges.) Another desires to know
“if members paying full initiatory
fees, cannot, by vote of the Grange,
receive credit for a portion of the
same on dues in advance ‘F’ Another
enquires, “if it would not be legal to
receive the full amount of fees with
the application, and after the candi-

date is initiated refund a portion of ,

the same ?” Another “2'7zsists that the
funds in the treasury of the Grange
belong to the Grange, and that it has

aright to dispose of the same as a
majority of the members may vote;
and may refund a portion or all the
fees if they choose to do so I” And

another Grange “could get a number v

of members, provided the initiatory
fee was not required before initiation,
and the new members allowed to work
it out on their new hall 1"

In answer to all these inquiries, to-
gether with a score of others upon
the same subject, it is only necessary
to say, that the constitution of the
National Grange is the highest law of
the Order, and every member is ob-
ligated to support it. Article Gth
reads as follows :

“The minimum fee for membership
in a Subordinate Grange shall be, for
men $5.00, and for Women $52.00, for
the four degrees.”

It must be conceded that any at-
tempt to evade this clear provision of
the Constitution, either directly or in-
directly, so as to admit a candidate
without the payment of the full fee,
before the initiation ; or to appropri-
ate funds from the treasury to refund
any portionof the fee after initiation,
would be, not only a violation of the
constitution, but of the obligation it-
self.

The National Grange submitted an
amendment to the constitution, giv-
ing to each State Grange the full
power to regulate its own fees and
dues; but this amendment has not
been ratified by three-fourths of all
the State Granges ; and it becomes
the duty of all good Patrons to Cl.]( er-
fully submit to the Will of the ma-
jority. 'lhe present fees do not seem
high, when compared with the fees of
other similar organizations ; and
truly, they are I‘e3.SOU§‘1«bl<. for the
benefits ofa well conducted Grange.

WHAT Gnx. VVASI-IINGTON SAlD.—-
On the 10th of December, 1799, VVash-
ington wrote to the manager of his
farm: "Economy in all things is as
commendable in the manager as it is
beneficial and desirable to the employ-
er; and, on a farm, it shows itself in
nothing more evident, or more essen-
tial, than in not suffering the prov-
ender to be wasted, but, on the con-
trary, in taking care that ex e.-y atom
ofit be used to the best advantage;
and, likewise, in not permitting the
plows, harness and other implements
of husbandry, and the gears belong-
ing to them, to be unnecessarily ex-
posed, trcdden under foot. run over
by carts, and abused in other respects.
More good is derived from attend-
ing to the minutiw of a farm, than
strikes people at first view; and ex-
amining the farm-yard fences, and
looking into the fields to see that
nothing is there but what is allowed
to be there, oftentimes is the means
of producing much good, or at least
of avoiding much evil.”

——Hon. J. J. Woodman, master of
State Grange, will install the oflieers
of Pomona Grange N o. 11, and give
a public address at Newaygo, in Ne-
waygo Co., Mich., March 21, 1877, at
10 A. M. All Patrons are invited.

A. E. Urrox, Secretary.

—The State Grange, by Resolution,
made it 9. duty of Secretaries of Sub-
ordinate Granges to procure subscrib-
ers for the Visrron.


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§2cretary’s éepartment.

- - SCHOOLCRAFT.

Oflicers and members of Subordinate Grranges
in corresponding with this office, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

Plaster—'l‘he Situation.

Six weeks ago I was assured by a
manufacturer of plaster in the city of
Grand Rapids that “Grangers would
buy plaster where they could buy it
cheapest—Grangers were not the
men who would change the universal

, law of trade,”—that "our $2.00 offer

will capture the whole lot.”

To which I replied : You don’t
know what you are talking about;
you don’t deserve the support of
Michigan farmers, in or out of the
Order of P. of H. These men have
made you rich, and now you say sub-
stantially this—that there is no hon-
esty or integrity in thern—-rather a
poor return for the patronage you
have received from them through all
these years, when they have paid you
fifty per cent. on your investment, and
then paid an intermediate party for
standing between you and them.

Now, what is the situation to-day?
These few weeks have developed con-
clusions.

The support of Day & Taylor by the
Patrons of Michigan has become a
fixed fact. The jeers and sneers of
manufacturers who were sure that by
their combination they had hedged
us in, of agents who were sure of
that dollarper ton for handling plas-
ter, and the whole herd of sympa-
thiziug middlemen, who saw in our
baflled condition last year, the failure,
not only of this enterprlse, but of the
Grange movement. What of all these
now? One general expression of as-
tonishment that farmers, that Grangers
will stand by and adhere to resolu-
tions adopted by Granges all over the
State for the last two years In short,
these gentlemen are surprised that
these Grangers are honest with each
other, and have sense enough to see
through their foolish schemes, de-
signed to entrap, weaken, and demor-
alize the Order.

These fellows now give it up, and
admit that these Grangers stick to-
gether, stick to their promises, stick
to the Executive Committee, stick to
Day & Taylor, stick to common hon-
95‘-Y. and perhaps after all know
enough to take care of themselves.

In the January Vlsrron was pub-
lished a number of communications
from _different parts of the State,
pledglng support to Messrs. Day &
Taylor. The February number might
be filled with communications of the’
same character. I should like to give
each one a place, but the size of the
VISITOR will not .permit—shall have
to summarize all these letters. giving
only enough to indicate the spirit and

it of an average Michigan Granger

Bro. James Cook, Secretary, sends
a resolution that “Adrian Grange No.
213, will purchase plaster only of Day

5; Taylor, and use all honorable means
to induce others to do the same.

Danby Grange No. 185 “Resolved
unanimously that they would buy all
plaster wanted this year of Day &
Taylor.” .

BERRIEN Conxrr GRANGE N 0. 1
“Resolved that the members of this
Grange hereby pledge themselves to
sustain the State Executive Commit-
tee, and order plaster through our
State Secretary of Day & Taylor.”

\Vyoming Grange No. 353 “Re-
solved that F. Godfrey’s $4.00 plaster
of last year could not be sold to them
this year for $2 00 and give a reason-
able profit to the manufacturer, so
they conclude not to use it at any
price.” '

Irving Grange No. 55, “Heartily en-
dorse the action of the Executive
Committee of the State Grange, and
resolve that we will. not buy a pound
of plaster of any one but Day 6; Tay-
lor.”

Bro. Haslett, Secretary of Buchanan
Grange No. 40, writes that “Our co-
operative store is doing a good busi-
ness. Our Grange is flourishing, and
has adopted a resolution not to buy
plaster except of Day & Taylor.”

Vergennes Grange No. 221 adopt- ‘

ed a series of resolutions endorsing
Day & Taylor and pledging the sup-
port of its entire membership.

Sparta Grange No. 340, “Resolved
that we buy no plaster this season ex- i
cept of Day & Taylor.” 1

From Sister Lillie E Hamilton, !
Secretary of Sturgis Grange No 332, l
I received a lengthy preamble and
resolutions adopted by said Grange.
reciting the manifest purposes and ,
intent of the combination, and pledg- l
ing the unqualified support of Sturgis 3
Grange to Day & Taylor. 1

South Lowell Grange No. 113, 
“Resolved that we buy our plaster of 
Day & Taylor, and that in case that 1'
firm need more assistance .than our 1
patronage, that we as a Grange offer ‘
to advance to said'firm $10.00; and '
would recommend every Subordinate '
Grange in the State to do the same
thing.”

Monitor Grange No. 553, “Resolved
that we will buy all the plaster we
want of Day & Taylor, in accordance
with arrangements made by the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the State
Grange.”

Thornapple Grange No. 38, ~“By
preamble and resolutions endorse the
Executive Committee, and pledge ;
their support to Day & Taylor.”

Wright Grange No. 307, “Resolved
to sustain the Executive Committee
and Day & Taylor, and that each
member should be a committee of one
to solicit orclersfor plaster from farm-
ers outside the Gate, and report at the
next regular meeting.” \Vright
Grange further resolved to appropri-
ate sufficient funds from the Grange
treasury to supply the head of every
family in the Grange with a copy of
the GRANGE VIsIro for one year.”

With this resolution came a money .
order for $7.20.

“Keystone Grange No. 2:26, propose
to buy plaster of Day & Taylor as
per arrangement by Executive Com-
mittee of the State Grange, regardless
of the price asked by other compan-

ies.

Centerville Grange No. 76, “Re-
solved that We heartily endorse all
the resolutions in the January VISITOR
in regard to the purchase of plaster
of Day & Taylor, and that we con-
sider the circulars received from
other firms an insult to the Order and
the intelligence of its members.

Scipio Grange No. 106, “Resolved
that we will not use or~buy a pound
of plaster other than of Day & Taylor,
as we believe in «standing by those
that stand by us.”

Central Grange No. ‘.220 is reported
by Secretary Reynolds in a flourish-
ing condition, fully alive to all the
interests of the Order, and ready to
advance to Day & Taylor $10.00, if
needed, and take plaster at some fu-
ture time. - ,

Otsego Grange No. 364, “Resolved
that the members of this Grange will
purchase their plaster of Day &. Ta_v-
lor, regardless of the tempting offer
of the bull-dozing monopoly.”

Penfield Grange No. 85, by pre-
amble and resolutions endorse the
Executive Committee, denounce the
combination, “ and believe pure
plaster ground fine is far superior to
any offered by stucco-makers.”

Lafayette and Emerson Grange N0.
521, “Resolved that if this Grange
buys any plaster it will be from Day
& Taylor.

Quincy Grange No. 1522, “Resolved
that we will buy all the plaster we
use this season of Day & Taylor,
though other parties ofl"cr at halt‘ the
price.”

The LIVINGSTON COUNTY ‘COUNCIL
at its meeting Feb, 6, “Resolved that
We heartily endorse the State Secre-
tary in reference to the plaster mat-
ter—that we will not buy a pound of
plaster except of Day & Taylor ‘or
their successors, while they remain
faithful to their agreement with the
Executive Committee of the State
Grange.”

The Secretary, Sister VV. K. Sexton,
adds: “The prospect of the success
of the Grange movement in this
County is very encouraging.”

Bro. Geo. VV. Woodward writes un-
der date of Feb. 5th from Shelby,
Oceana County: “The Order in this
county and vicinity, seems to be gain-
ing ground. I am speaking once or
twice a week, and installing oflicers.
\Ve do not use much plaster this way,
all we want in this county will be
bought of Day & Taylor.

The baited hook of $2 00 per ton,

, offered by members of the Associa-

tion, wont catch Patrons of the north
woods. I trust no Grange will be so
weak as to bite at it.
Bedford Grange, No. 65;
“Resolrverl, That we as a Grange

«stand by Day & Taylor and buy our

plaster of them."

VVe believe the would be monopo-
lists will find that the manhood of
some of our members is not for sale
for the paltry sum for which they
would be willing to sell theirs.”

In addition to the foregoing, I have
received many letters from individual
Patrons indicating the prevailing feel-
ing on this subject all over the State.

From all this let me say the con-
clusion reached is most gratifying.

The Patrons of Michigan have 1'6-
sisted a temptation, resented an in-


tor. .
‘ I have sent a copy of the Proceed-

 

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

sult, and now .command the respect
alike of friend and foe.

I am receiving many letters of en-
quiry asking if Day & Taylor will be
able to fill all orders for plaster this
season. To which I answer, I think
they will.

The plaster season commenced
early, and the orders have been, up to
this time, so well distributed that I
think all will be supplied throughout
the entire season.

They shipped 1,300 tons in January,
which was a pretty good opening for
a seasons work.

Their only trouble so far, has been
to get cars. It has been next to im-
possible to get L. S. & M. S. cars.

I have just been informed that af-
ter this they will be able to supply
the demand.

Any over charge of freights, or
charge for detention of cars by local
agents, I hope will be promptly re-
ported to me, and the matter will be
set right.

While a local agent may be un-
reasonable and exacting, relief is of-
ten found by applying to the Gener-
al Agent.

The freight schedule as printed in
the Jan. Number, has been corrected
and some other lines added to the list.

BLANKS AND PETITIONS.

On the 17th inst., I sent blanks for
Secretary’s Quarterly Reports for use
April 1st. Also headings for petitions
to the Legislature. These headings
should have been sent long ago. My
only excuse for delay lies in the fact
that your Executive Committee of
the State Grange have a convenient
way of leaving all the work they can-
not do when in session, for me to at-
tend to. Some of the work will not
admit of postponement. Correspond-
ence must be attended to. ’ The Pro-
ceedings of the last session of the
State Grange prepared for the prin-
ter. The VISITOR must be got in
shape. The printing looked after,
and the whole prepared for distribu-
tion through the mails. But the
lzgavy work which the committee
generouly turned over to me, was
this plaster business.

Having accepted this labor and re- ,

sponsibility, I have given my best
efforts to make it a success, and am
well satisfied with the prospect.
These several matters are in excess
of the business that legitimately be-
longs to this office, and I state the

.case to justify apparent neglect or

minor matters.

Bills covering the several subjects
embraced in these petitions have been
introduced into the Legislature.

I hope Secretaries will secure
names to these petitions at the first
meeting of their Grange, and forward
the petition to the representatives
from their districts or to their Sena-

ings of the last Annual Session of the
National Grange to the Masters of all
Subordinate Granges whose election
has been reported to this office.

The State Grange igistructed me to
have printed in the proceedings of the
last session, the name and number of
each Grange, with the name and ad-
dress of each.Master and Secretary.

I desire a complete list, and though

 

: Vandalia,
. JACi;so2~.'. LANSING k SAGINAW. VIA. G. 19.. v. R. R.

Bro. Woodman has called attention to
this matter, and I have lost no oppor
tunity to urge Secretary’s to send, me
an election report, yet the following
Granges are not yet reported. .

1,2, 15, 28, 36, -14, 52, 71, 93, 98, 105,
109, 111, 116, 117, 119, 120, 131, 132,
136, 139, 141, 150, 164, 165, 184, 193,
201, 205, 207, 210, 211, 212, 215, 224,
231, 233, 236, 240, 254, 257, 277, 299,
302, 305, 306, 310, 311, 312, 319, 324,
341, 347, 319, 352, 354, 357, 365, 369,
396, 397, 398, 402, 405, 409, 410, 412,
413, 416, 419, 531, 434, 436, 444, 449,
453, 466, 467, 469, 473, 477, 486, 489,
492, 493, 498, 501, 504. 506, 507, 512,
515, 524, 525, 527, 5,28, 341, 543, 546,
550, 569, 571, 572, 573, 575, 577, 576,
586, 594, 601, 607, 609, 615, 621. 626,
627, 630.

Freight Rates on Plaster from Day &
'l‘aylor’s Mill at Grandville to Stations
on the several Railroads ofthe State.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL-GRAND RIVEIL VALLEY DI-

 

   

VISION.
Bowen, Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313 80

Caledonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14 60

Middleville, Irving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16 20

Hastings .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 80

Quimby, Sheridan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 60

Nashville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19 40

Vermontville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 20

Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21 00

Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21 75

Eaton Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 25

County Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24 00

Onondaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24 70
MICHIGAN Cn:<'rnAL-—MAIx LI1\‘E——GOI1\'G EAST.
Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325 00

Michigan Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27 15

Leoni, Grass Lake . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . 28 50

Francisco, Chelsea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 29 10

Dexter, Scio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30 90

Delhi Mills, Farmer's, Fostor’s . . . . . . . . . . 81 50

Kellogg's, Ann Arbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 70

Geddes, Ypsilanti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32 10

Denton’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33 90

Wayne Junction, VVayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34 50

Dearborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 35 00

Grand Trunk Junction, Detroit . . . . . . . . . 30 00
some WEST.
Sandstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27 75
Parma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28 50
North Concord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 10
Bath Mills, Newbcrg Mills, Albion. . . . . 25 00
Marengo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27 00
Marshall, Emerald Mills, Ceresco, White's
Augusta Bedford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 29 00
Mattawan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 00
Texas  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22 00
Lawton, White Oak, Decatur, Johnsons, 29 00
Grlenwood, Dowagiac, Pokagon . . . . . . . . . 31 00

SOUTH HAVEN DIVISION OF M. C. R. R. VIA. C. H:
M. L. 5. FROM GRANDVILLE.

Brcwnell’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316 00
Hopkins, Alanio...'....  18 00
Williams, Kendall's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 00
Pine Grove, Gohles, Bloomingdale . . . . .. 22 00
Bear Lake, Columbia, Brown’s, Geneva,
Kibbies, South Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 00
MAIN LINE—-M. C. R. 11. VIA. C. & M. I.. s. R. R.
Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .812 00
Cr.-instook, Galesliurg, Battle Creek, . . . . 18 00
Oshtemo, Bertran, Southd Bend . . . . . . . . . 20 00
Three Oaks, Galien, Wilsons, Dayton, Bu-
chanan, Gitchell s Niles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 00

CHICAGO, MICH. LAKE SHORE E. R.—S0‘UTH.
Holland to Grand Junction inclusive . . . . $12 00

Breedsville, Bangor, Deerfield. .  ..: ._ . . 14 00

Hartford, VV'atervliet, Columa, Riverside
Benton Harbor, St. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . 16 00

Stevensville, Bridgman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 00

Brown's to New Bufialo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 00

C. a M. L. s. it. R.--'\'0RT1I.
All points to Muskegan inclusive . . . . . . . . 14 00
VVhite Hall to Pentwater “. .  . 20 00

Twin Lakes to Big Rapids "
MICHIGAN CENTRAL-AIR LINE.

Three Rivers.._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 00
Colon, Centerville . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . , . . . 23 00
Homer, Clarendon, Tekonsha. Burling-

ton, Union City, Sherwood . . . . . . . . . . . 25 00

Snyder:-1. Concord, Paulaski, VVassepi,
Corey's, Jones       27 00
Cassopolis, Diley Barron Luke, 29 00

Rives Junction, Leslie, Chapin‘s, Mason.
‘ 32'

Delhi, . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 50
Lansing, North Lansing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 00
Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 00
Chandler's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 00

Langsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31 50'

:.'f..... 16 oo.

 

5
Bennington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 82 00

Owasso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 75

Henderson's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 30

Oakley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33 90

Chessaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30 90

St. Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35 00
Tittabawassee, Saginaw City, East Sag-
inaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 36 00

F. kt P. M. Junction, Carlton, Zilwaukee 37 00

FORT WAYNE. JACKSON k BAGINAVV R. B.-—SOU’.1‘H
OF JACKSON.

Baldwins. Hanover, Stony Point. Rend-

ing, Waterloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27 00
Mosherville, J onesville, Banker's . . . . . . . . 25 0()
Auburn, Auburn Junction, Summit. . . . . 29 00
Montgomery, Pleasant Lake . . . . . . . . . . .. 31 00
State Line, Freemont, Angola. St. Johns,

New Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33 00
Fort Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30 00
nnrnoxr, HILLSDALE -k SOUTHERN VIA. 1-"r.

wAI'NI~: A: JACKSON R. 1:. '
Bridgewater, Manchester, Watkins Brook

lyn, North Adams, Hillsdale . . . . . . . . . .$2-'') 00
Saline, VVoodstock, Somerset, Somerset

Center, Jerome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ()0

FLINT .2 P. M. R. 12. VIA. M. C. R. 1?.
Plymouth. . .. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 32 00
N orthville, Novi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 00
Nixons.Flint........  .  38 on
Milliord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 39 00
Highland, Clyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 00
Grand Blanc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 42 00
Genessec, Ortonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ~14 00
Mt. Morris, Pine Run, Birch Run, Bridg-

port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  46 00

LAKE snoms AND MICK. SOUTI:IEBN—SOU'1‘H.
Byron, Dorr, Hilliards, Hopkins . . . . . . . .814 00

Allegan, Abronia, Otsego. Argentn . . . . .. 16 00

Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 00

Portage, Flowerfield, Moorepark . . . . . . . . 20 00

Three Rivers, Constantine . . . . . . . . . . 21 00

White Pigeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 00
L. s. it M. s. R. n.—-some EAST.
Douglas, Sturgis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 00

Burr Oak, Bronson, Batavia, Coldwater,

Quincy.A11ens. ........  ........ .. 26 00
Lansing, Eaton Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 00
Dimondale, Rockway, Springport, Dev-

ereux, Albion, Condit, Homer, Litch—

field, J onesville, Hillsdale, Osseo, Pitts-

ford, Hudson, Clayton, Napoleon, Nor-

vell, Manchester, Clinton, Tecumseh,

Adrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..' . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26 00
Blissfield Junction, Blissfield, Deerfield,

Petershurg, Ida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28 00

Ottawa Lake,Sylvania, Monroe, Toledo,

Stony Creek, Rockwood, Wyandotte, 31 00
L s. is M. B.-—GOING WEST.

Middlebury, Bristol, Elkhart . . . . . . . . . .. 24 00
Osceola. Misliawakee, South Bend, W'ar-

ren, Laporte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 U0

DETROIT a MILVMUKEE R. R.

Berlin, Ada, Lowell, Saranac, . . . . . . . . . . .316 00
Ionia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 00
Coope:-ville, Muir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 00
Nunica, Spring Lake, Ferrysburg, Grand

Haven, Pewamo, Fowler . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 20 00
St. Johns, Shepardsville, Ovid, Owossc,

Corunna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 (I0
Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24 00
Durand, Gaines, Linden, Fenton, Holly,

Davisburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 00
Clarkston, Waterford, Drayton Plains,

Pontis.c,....      . 28 00
Birmingham, Royal Oak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 00

GRAND RAPIDS 6. INDIANA R. R.-NORTH.

Rockford, Edgerton. . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13 00
Lockwood, Cedar Springs, Sand Lake . . . . 15 O0
Pierson, Maple Hill. Howard City . . . . . . . 17 00
Morley, Stanwood, Rust, Byers, Big Rap-

ids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 00
Paris to Reed City inclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 00
Ashton, Leroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 0()
Tustin, Traverse Cit , Fife Lake . . . . . .. 25 00
South Boardman, to eetsville, inclusive 27 .00
Havana to Cascade, inclusive . . . . . . . . . . . 28 00
Simons to llowens Falls, inclusive. . . . . _ 29 00
Miller's Putoska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 00

SOUTH.

Plainwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . 15 00
Vicksburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 00
Mendon....' . . . . ..  20 00
Sturgis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 00

CHICAGO k LAKE HURON R. B. VIA. vICKsBIrRG—
Marcellus   . . _ _ , _ _ _.1k21 00
Volina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 00
Jamestown, Cassoplis, Edwardsburg Mis-

hwake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 00
Valparaiso . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 00

VIA. vICKsBURG—EAs'r._
Indian Lake....      2100
Scott's, Potterville, Sebastapol. Lansing 23 00
Climax. Madison, Bellevus, Olivet, Pine '

 

Lake, Durand, Bancroft . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 00

Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . 26 30

Dawson....  . . . . . . . .. 28 30

Flint, Davidson, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . 30 00

Elby, . . . . . . . . . . ..3 50 Lapeer . . . . . . .. 31 75

Attica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 08


make arrangements.

___._._..___

Capac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . .- _

Emmet, Port Huron, Thronton. . . .  . . . .55 00

Durand, Bancroft, Pine Lake. 0l1V€ty
Belvue, Climax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 00

DETROIT, LANCING & LAKE MICH. Vlfi. IOXIA.

Collin’s, Lyons, Palmers, Woods Cqrners, .822 00-

Portland, Kiddsville, Belding, Chad-
wicks, Tcnwick, Greenville . . . . . . . . . . .
Sheridan, Danby, Eagle . . . . . . . .
Colby’s, Staten. Grand Ledge. . . . . .
Iugersoll’s, Delta. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 00

Freight for Stations marked thus " must be
pre-paid.

gusts $321113; éepalrtlment.

CENTREVILLE.

.1. ll. GARDNER, — -

I am constantly receiving enquir-
ies for dealers at Detroit who will do
business for Patrons, and fill orders
for goods of different kinds. I have
therefore made arrangements with
Thomas Beck, 106 Vfoodbridge St.,

- west, to sell grain in car lots for one

cent a bushel ; and butter, eggs, dried
fruit, &c., for five per cent. commis-
sion on the sales. I believe him to
be reliable, and would advise all who
send their produce to Detroit for a
market to try him. M. Limbach, 116
Woodward Avenue, dealer in stoves,
iron, nails, builders hardware and
mechanics’ tools of all kinds, will fill
orders under seal, to be paid on re-
ceipt of goods. T. A. Parker, 91
VVoodward Avenue, continues to sell
groceries on sealed orders, to be paid
on receipt, if the orders are for whole-
sale quantities ; but requires that the
orders be large or in original pack’-
ages, as he can not put up small bills,
and requests me to give notice ac-
cordingly. .

George Peck & Co., dry goods, De:
troit, will fill orders it the money ac-
companys them, but not otherwise,
and I am unable to find any dealer
that will send out goods to be paid
for after receiving them.

If orders are sent to me I can have
them filled and sent direct to you, at
New York prices adding freight. I
have now a stock of groceries and
boots and shoes on hand, which will
be furnished at cost to all who send
cash with their orders: but please re-
member that I can’t give long credits.
Also a quantity of fiannels, socks, and
yarns. For general groceries Chi-
cago is the best market to buy in by
the quantity. It is best to put your
orders together and make up as large
an amount as possible at one time,
thus saving something on freight.

All needing wagons during the
Spring season had better buy soon,
as the probability is the price will ad-
vance. I can now furnish either the
Niles or Buchanan wagons for $58.00,
warranted to be equal to any made,
for finish or durability. I have yet
some Esty Cottage Organs on hand
at very low prices, Pianos as low as
8175. Glover and timothy seed is
firm, now quoted at $9 50 for clover,
and $2.25 for choice timothy. For
plows, cultivators, and farm tools, if
1 could know soon the number want-
ed. I could contract for them ; but un-
til I receive definite orders I cannot
I am now look-
ing after lumber and shingles, and all
who intend to build had best consult

me for prices.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

Report of Committee on Educa-
11011.

Your committee visited the State
farm and Agricultural College, at a
very unpropitious season of the year,
to ascertain its practical working.
We were transported in very com-
fortable conveyances and immediately
began a tour of inspection, begining
at the Labratory, where we found Dr.
Kedzie in his speciality, which is
chemistry, who exhibited the lecture
room, his study, where is an ingen-
ious application of the Animomitor,
registering the rate of the wind, the
experimental room, where forty~eight
pupils can study at once and are re-
quired to study there three hours per
day. Next your committee visited
the library which we found under
charge of Prof. Fairchild. The library
is open two hours daily, from four to
six P. M. to all students. Students
are allowed to draw books from the
library for personal use. It consists
of 3,700 volumes at present, including
nearly all subjects, but more largely
those which pretain to agriculture.
This library was started by a gift from
the State Agricultural Society, which
donated their library enlarged by a
donation from a publishing company
as a model for a township or district
library. and by the State Legislature
of duplicates from the State Library,
personal donations and an appropria-
tion of $1,000 at the last session of
the legislature. .

The Museum presented an interest-
ing and instructive exhibit of Zoologi-
cal, Mineralogoyical and kindred col-
lections.

In the Green House we saw some
--100 varities, and 3,000 individual
plants, among which an orange tree
bearing fruit. The building is warm-
ed by heated water which rises up
through the rooms by convection.

In the barns we saw many large ex-
hibits of thoroughbred stock of all
ages and sizes. Uf cattle, Shorthorns,
Ayrshires, Alderneys and Galloways,
were the principal breeds. Sheep in-
cluded Merinos, Cotswolds and South-
downs. Swine, Berkshires, Essex,
and Suffolk.

The farm comprises 676 acres,
about half of which is arable land di-
vided by a farm road well fenced on
both sides, making two nearly equal
parts, which are again divided by
fences into fields of about twenty-five
acres.

During the past year 156 students
have been in attendance at the farm

and college, whose average age is ;
The system of self l
government among the students which f
the faculty encourage is commendable if

about 20 years.

and worthy of affuller notice.

With regard to former, and perhaps
not unfounded criticism of an unfav-
orable character, to the effect that the
institution was too much given to
theoretical work, to studies which
might be pursued elsewhere and give
an opportunity to do more practical
farming, and another that the students
did not become farmers. your com-
mittee would say that we believe it is
at present, nearly relieved from the
former objection, and that under the
eflicient management of Prof. Gully
whom we believe to be one of the
most practical and competent farmers

of the State, the farm is_ now an im-
portant part of the institution and re-
ceivesits proper consideration. With
regard to the latter,that students have
not become practical farmers, you
have only to refer to the catalogue of
the present year and the President's
address before the House of Repre-
sentatives of our State Legislature,
March 4th, 1875, to determine that
more than forty per cent have gone to
farming, fruit raising, and the nursery
business, as their chief or only busi-
ness, while many others are engaged
in teaching those things.

And now as it is impossible for
your committee to even allude to the
hundredth part of the matters of in-
terest Which this institution presents
to us, we recommend that each mem-
ber of this State Grange carry home
with him a copy of the Annual Re-
port of the Board of Agricultural, and
not lay it away upon the dusty and
unapproached shelf, but read it, pass
it to his brothers for the same pur-
pose, and then order it placed among
the documents of the Grange as a val-
uable book of reference.

Your committee would not dis-
charge its duty without saying that
its present success has justified the
wisdom of placing its control in the
hands of the agriculturistsof the State
and that the Board of Agriculture are
deserving the entire confidence of the
members of this-Order, and of the
farming and laboring classes generally
and we recommend that our legisla-
ture make liberal appropriations for
all its necessities whether for build-
ing, other improvements or current
expenses, and also a sufficient sum to
enable the faculty to provide for the
attendance of young ladies, which is
at present admissible but improssible
with the present accommodations.

‘We reccommend that we express
our satisfaction with the courteous
treatment and liberal transportation
to the farm, by a special vote of thanks
of this body to l"rest. Abbott, the Fac-
ulty and Board.

Your committee also recommend
the establishment of a course of study-
in veterinary science and practic, un-
der competent managers and instruc-
tors. be required strictly to follow it.

All of which is respectfully sub-
mitted.

R. A. INGERSOLL,

C. E. HOLLISTER,
Mus. L. A. JENNE,
WM. HULL,

Mus. J. M. BRIGGS,
P. Z. SKIXNER,

MRS. S. STEEL,

Mrs. J. M. WILTSIE,
Mes. A. D. BATES.

Committee.

Report ofCommitee on Co-oper-
‘ ation.

From Proceedings of State Grange.

Worthy Jllaster and ‘Merzzbers of
the Mzclizgan State Grange .'

Your Committee on Co-operation ‘

to whom was referred the general sub-
_]ect of co operation and transporta-
t1on,_as well as sundry memorials and
petitions in regard to the details of
various plans for co- operating togeth

91‘, respectfully report that we have
had the subject under consideration
and submit the following as the result


 GRANGE VISITOR. 7

of our deliberations, and urge its adop-
tron:

Your committee believe that oneof
the first lessons to be learned by the
members of our Order is to adapt
themselves to, and avail themselves of,
the methods provided for co-operating
together in promoting the general
good. -

Your committee desire to impress
upo_n the, State Grange and through
you upon the members of the Order
throughout the State, the absolute
necessity of reaching out, Grasping
and realizing all the means that this
Order can devise or command for pro-
moting our financial good, as well as
to increase our physical comfort and
to develop, educate and elevate us
morally, socially and intellectually.
In order to derive the highest good
through our organization this must be
done. This duty devolves upon the
subordinate Grange and the members
thereof. Without this support and
patronage the wisest and best devised
plans are useless.

Your committee recommend a con-
tinuance of the policy pursued for the
last year in regard to the appoint-
ment and employment of a business
agent. We are clearly of the opinion
that the agent should be paid a salary
for his services, and charge or receive

_no commission Whatever, but in all

cases the purchaser should receive
his purchases at actual cost. _

Your committee recommend that
the business agent be advised and in-
structed to confer with the agents of
other states in relation to the sale of
our surplus products, and for the pur-
chase of goods articles or products of
other States-that we may require.
Thus extending the benefits of co-
operation to the widest extent.

We also recommend that the busi-
ness agent operate and correspond
with the agents of all co-operative
stores connected with our Order, now
existing or that may hereafter be es-
tablished with a view to benefit "all
parties concerned. We also recom-
mend that an earnest efi°ort be made
by the Executive Committee and busi-
ness agent to provide additional fa-
cilities for the sale of farm products.

' We heartily concur with the senti-
ment expressed by the National
Grange, that-it is not advisable for
Granges, as such, either subordinate,
county, or state, to take shares in bus-
iness or manufacturing enterprises,
but for the purpose of business co-
operation endorse thc following rec-
commendation of the National Grange
and commend the subject to the fav-
orable consideration of our Order.

We understand the following to be

the leading and essential points that.~

ought to be adhered to:

1st. The cash system of business.

2d. Sell for a fair marginal profit.

3d. A fixed interest on share capi-
tal. ' ' .

4th. Quarterly settlements.

5th. Division of profits among pur-
chasers.

6th. Full dividends to shareholders
on purchases?

The same principles, rules and reg-
ulations that are necessary to govern
a local association may aply to larger
or wholesale establishments.

And Wecoznmend to the favorable

consideration of cooperative associa-
tions in this State the subject of’ aid-
ing in the establishment of wholesale
houses at large commercial centers.
With these two systems in operation,
one through the State business agent,
and the other through the local co-
operative associations, the business
wants of our Order will be fully met,
and the true principles of co-operation
disseminated and persistently taught.
In regard to transportation, your
committee are not prepared to make
any new suggestions, but would re-
fer to the report of the committee on
that subject at the last session of the
State Grange, in which your com-
mittee most heartily concur. All of
which is most respectfully submitted.
J. W. WING,
A. LAMPMAN,
R. E. Janus,
M. L. STERNES,
C. E. Wrurrrnnn
Committee.

Labor, Capital, and Co-opera-
tion.

The great problem in political econ-
omy is, without a doubt, how to se-
cure a more equal distrbution of
wealth. In every branch of industry
the laborers, the real producers, re-
ceive but a small share of the results
of their labor. Especially is this the
case in very populous countries
where workman are plenty and wages
low. The_ disproportion between the
rewards of capital and the rewards of
labor of which we complain in this
country, is much greater in all Euro-
pean countries, particularly in Eng-
land. The laboring classes there
were, therefore, led much earlier
than we to consider and adopt means
for securing for themselves a larger
portion of the profitsot their own in-
dustry. Still the subject has not
gone unconsidered here. Our work-
ingmen have long had their “Unions”
and suicidal ‘ strikes" and they have
latterly embarked somewhat in co-
operative enterprises.

But yet, neither in this country
_nor elsewhere; have the efforts to
render theprelations between capital
and labor more equitable been suf-
ficient to materially better the condi-
tion of the laboring classes. The la-
borer still bears much the same re-
lation to the product of his labor as
the lathe or engine that he runs does.
He receives for his work little more
than enough to keep him in good
working order. This lack of success
arises not so much from the fewness
of the efforts as from the misdirection
of them. If the money expended and
time lost in carrying on fruitless
strikes had been employed in estab-
lishing co-operative enterprises the
benefit to the workin men would
have been much greater and much
more permanent. “Strikes” proceed

_on the assumption that the employer

is always responsible for the unequal
distribution of the profits‘ of labor
and can in every case rectify it. The
strikers compare only what each re-
ceives with the whole of the capital-
ists returns. They often fail to con-
sider the large number of his em-
ployes and how a large a proportion
of his income is paid out in wages.
The employer, on the other hand, al-

ways looks at the aggregate sum that
he pays out as wages, and seldom re-
flects how small a proportion of the
whole profit of his business goes to
each workman. Hence the laborers
usually consider their empolyer less
generous toward them than he really
is. while he regards his payment to
them as more liberal than it really 
Strikes are, therefore, frequent, and
the employer is usually so obstinate
that they result in a loss to the strikers
Even when laborers receive the de-
manded increase they have to work a
good while to make up for time lost
in obtaining it.

Thus far the only certain useful
method of making the rewards of la-
bor commensurate with its value is
co-operation. Co-operative enter-
prises whenever they have received a
fair trial, have been astonishingly suc-
cessful ; and, proceeding, as they do,
upon the. principle of making each
laborer an employer, or part proprie-
tor, and thus giving him an addition
to ordinary wages a share of the pro-
fits, they can never fail to be so ex-
cept through mismanagement. In-
stead of one man furnishing machin-
ery and materials and receiving there-
for a much larger compensation than
the men who work it up, the work-
men ‘ themselves supply these and
themselves receive the large compen-
sation.

A liberal reward for his labor is
not the only benefit conferred upon
the laborer by co operation. It be- -
gets a habit of economy that the ord-
inary system of disinterested labor
does not. Co-operation societies se-
cure a working capital by requiring
each member to pay into the society
treasury certain weekly or monthly
dues. Their profitableness depends
largely upon the prompt payment of
these dues. Members are, therefore,
usually careful to save at least so
much_ of their earnings as will ena-
ble them to meet their society assess-
ment. They must save something in
order to get for their work all that it
is worth. If, on the other hand, the
reward of labor and capital should
be equalized by eachindividual em-
ployer taking for himself only a small
share of the profits and distributing
the balance among his workmen, if,
in short, wages should be largely in-
creased, there would result no addi-
tional inducements to economy on
the part of laborers. No doubt,
many who now spend all, would then
save something. But this would be
from desire rather than necessity. A
failure to save would not directly re-
duce their wages. Under the co-oper-
ative system, however, it would.

But the superiority of co-operation
over a direct increase of wages is a
matter of slight importance, since"
workingmen are not likely to be
called upon to choose between them.
Employers will never pay more than
the market price for labor and they
will combine to keep the market price
low. The only way for laborers to
secure'a larger share of the profits of
their labor is by becoming their own
employers. When we consider how
productive of good results most co-
operative undertakings have been,
and from what small beginnings they
have usually sprung, we cannot but


8

MTI-IE GRANGE

VISITOR.

wonder that they should have been
so few. They are, however, increas-
ing gradually, and each year brings :
forth some new enterprises and makes ;
the principles of co-operation better ,
understood and appreciated. The
time when co-operation shall become

so general as to have very materially V‘ " ''

improved the condition of all the 121- =
boring classes may not be very near
at hand, but it will come some time.

iviiicr LIST of SUPPLIES

Kept in the office of the Secretary of
MICHIGAN S 'l‘ A '1‘ E GRANGE.
And sent out I ’ost Paid, on Receipt of Cash Or-

der, over the seal of a Subordinate Grange,
and the signalure of its Master or Secretary.

81 20

Ballot Boxes, (hard Wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. .

Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to
keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . . 1 0

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,

Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . .

By-Laws of the State and Subordinate
Granges, single copies 5c, per doz., . . . . .

New kind of Singing Books, with musi
Single copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . .

Rituals, single copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“ er doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent
free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blank Applicationsfot Membership All Po-
mona Granges, furnished free on appli-
cation.

Blank “Articles of Association” for the
Incorporation of Subordinate Granges
with Copy of Charter, all complete,. . . . .

P-atroii's Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra-
mer, Cloth, 60 cts., Moracco with tuck, . 1

Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. . .

J. T. COBB.
SEc’Y Mien. STATE GBAXGE,
SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH.

Address,

snubs:

The Best Offer Yet!

The Best and most desirable Seeds 5
furnished at a Discount of 50 per cznt.
or one half the usual rates for all
Seeds in small packets.

I make this a special ofier to Patrons of Hus-
bandry, Clubs, &c., which will enable them to

save one halt‘ in procuring their Garden and ,
Flour Seeds. Address, G

EZRA \'vi|.L1AMs,
Rochester, 31. Y.

The Mentor in the Grange

-———ANI)--

HOMES of P. of H.,

t

Ought to be in every Grange and read by every ,‘

Order.

member of our _ _
Four copies for $:.O0.

Price, 82.0‘ D.

The “ Ma.tron’s Household Manual,”

By SISTER SKANKLAND, is the best Cook Book
known to us. 75 cents each ; four copies to i
one address for 32.50. One copy of the “ Men-

mr" and one copy of the “ Manual” for 82 60. '

Address, 0. L. WHITNEY. Muskegon-

: Breaks, at low rates ; also small Fruit Plants.

PARTIGULAR.

MNTGOMERY WARD & co.,
The Original Wholesale G L

GRANGE SUPPLY HOUSE

237 do 223 VVABASH: AVENUE.
JOBBERS IN

DRY GOODS, CLOT I1\TG,
Hats, Caps, Trunks, &c., &c.

VVE now have our incomparable FALL AND WINTER
CATALOGUE, No. 17, Ready.

These catalogues are in neat book form, contain 154 pages of just such information as

1 every one needs, regarding name and wholesale price of nearly all articles in every day use.

THEY ARE FREE TO ALL. PRICES ARE VERY LOW’ NOW’.

SEND US YOUR ADDRESS. _
MONTGOMERY WARD It CO.,

Opposite the Nlatteson House, Chicago.

13 __'I'E.‘E'. PATRONS’ PAINT COMPANY are man-mm
. tilting the ING ERSOLI. RE.~lDl'-1|! IXED P.—l1.’\'T.S', and
‘I; RI-'SHI~'.‘S, and selling then: at full trade dist-.nunts., delivering; them freight
paid, and no nionc-y required until the goods are rec:-.ived——niakin,'.{ then: cheaper
than even the ninteriul can be bought t-.lse\vhere. They are an absolutely pure
an riicle, possessing great endurance and brilliancy, and are _:-;iring great satis-
faction all over the country. \Ve have a Patron friend vvho saved enough alone
on Paint. purchased to pay his Grange expenses for a life-time. They also sell
ROOF PA 1.-Y1‘ 30 per cent. cheaper than any one else. It is to the interest of
all about painting to \vrlte and have sent. free their book. “ Every One His Own
l'ru'nfvr.’-' It xvill save niueli nioney, “rhether you buy their Paint or not. Ad
'4‘i.<- 259 FRONT STREET. NEW YOR.I{.—(I":-om “ Favrnmrs’ F-riend.’-')

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HEDGE ‘PLANTS! Whitney Sewing Machine.

GRAPE VINES!

I THE PIONEER MACHINE,

1

|'l‘o recognize and adopt the Grange Plan of
1

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V ‘ ) , T _v 1 st,»

‘S1 RE‘ (’ 01’ 18 ‘ ‘ ' bringingthe CONSUMER and PRODUCERin
close business i-elations—dispensin‘g with ex-
pensive ageiicies~aiid giving the purchaser the
benefit of wholesale prices.

We have pleasure in saying that the most
prominent members of the Order have heartily
approved and recommended our plan, while
State, County and Grange Committees have ex-
amined, tested and approved, and warmly com-
mended the high character and excellence of
tllie Wllilitney Machine. VVe have already sup-

; p ied t ousaiids of Patrons with the Machines,
‘ which are giv'iiig unqualified satisfaction.

HENRY COLLINS, i H T , -, -—,
Box 311, \\'hite Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., Mich.  “[ACI{I“\ Es SE) F TO PATRO) b
* ON 20 DAYS TRIAL.

I am prepared to furnish strictly tirst class
Osage Orange Hedge Plants, one year old. for
$2.25 per 1 000. Concord Grape Vines.
strong one year old Plants, S 1.00 per dozen;
$5.00 per 100. l.’ati'ons would do well to
avail themselves of the facilities afiorded by
their frequent Grange Meetings to co-operate
and order by the lU0. Fifty at same rate.

Orders for Hedge Plants snould be sent in be-
fore April 1st.

;\'. B.——Eveijgreen Trees for Lawns or W'ind-  _ _
- For Price List and Inforniation address your
. State or County Purchasing Agents, or

TI-IE VVHITNEY MF’G C-0.,
CHICAGO. ILL.

HALL; PATTERSON & 00.,

livetlnckEummissiunMerchanls. ‘Ho, Fag }g,g" Wm gt
Union Stock. Yards, Chicago, Ills.,

Round-trip Exploring Tickets to
B()NDED AGENTS:

IOFVA >AND JVEBRASKA.
OF THE

' For full information 9.110 for charts andl_¢les-
PATRONS OF ,HUSBANDRY.

I croption of the
BEST FARMING LANDS
REFER BY .PEB.MISSIO‘N to all the Masters of
State Granges in the North-Western States,

in the West, call on or send postal card to

FRANK B. WHIPPLE, Kalamazoo, Mich.,
and to the members of the Eecutive Committees
of the same.

Agent for B. and M. R. B... for Van Buren
Kalamazoo, and Calhoun Counties.
Ofice, 19 North Burdick Street.