Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume], August 17, 1876, Page 6, Image 6

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P'P"T1 . OF HUS.BAIIRY.
- T ?he--fily invite menhbers f our Order to
noutriU.iteto'this dcpartment. Short, jpoijte41 arti
cle for the good of the Order, news of its progress,
io-o~itattiv business pilans, edueationat interests,
etc., cspeially: soiicited.
IlhR EC T RIY.
:NATIONAL GRANGE,. ..
MASThR--JOIIN T. JONES,.Arl1ansas,
SECRETAR'Y-O. H. KELLY, L Touisille, Ky.
TaisolI:n--F. M. M. McDOWELL, N. Y.
TERRITORIAL GRANGE OF MONTANA.
MASTER--JOTIN JONES, Helena,. Lewis
and Cldrke County.
OvERSEER---A. W. SWITZER, Virginia City
Madison ,County.
LECTURIET-A. L. CORBLY, Bozelman,
G' allatin County.
'8TEWARD-.-8 B.'COPE, Bozeman, Gallatin
SComuty.
4SSISTANT STEWARD-E. A. MAYNARD,
Virginia City, Madison Co.
CAPikLAIN-MII'S. . A. W. SWIT.ZER, Vir
ginia.City, Madison County.
TREASURt--J. C. C. McFADDEN, Center
ville, Meagher County.
SECRETARY--P. B. MILLS, BoulNer, Jeffer
son County.
GATtE KEEPEwI-W. B. McADOW, Boze
mg n, GalUatin County.
C sE s-M l. JOHl JONES,.. Helena,
Lewis aid Cltarle County.'
POMONA-MRS. E. A. MAYNARD, Vir
ginia City, Madison Cotlnty.
F'LORA-MIS. W. B. McADOW, Bozeman,
Gallathi County.
LADY 4SSISTANT STEWAns -3-RS. G. C.
McF .At EN, Centerville, Me.gher Co.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
JOf~ N JONES, Helena, Lewis and Clarke
County.
A. W. SWITZER, Virginia City, Madison'
County.
DAVID BURT, New Chicago, Deer Lodge
County. .
P. B. MILLS, Boulder Valler, Jefferson, Co.
A. F. BURNS, Helena, Lewis and Clark Co.
G. T. LEWIS, Sheridan, Madison County.
S. B. COPE, Bozemnan, Gallatin County.
BUiMness AGENT-E. A. MAYNARD, Vir
ginia City, Madison County.
" !ISTitICT DEPUTIES.
1st District--WM. WALLACE..
2d District-A. F. B]ltNs.
3d District-P. B. MILLs.
"4th Disi-tet---A. W. SWITZER.
5th District-A. L. CORriLY.
iSUBO4DINdATE GRANGES.
Star of the WestNo. 1-Meets first and third Sat
urdhyni~hts of each month. G. C. MldFadden,
ih.eter; J, W. Kejper, Secretary.
• Boseman Grange, No. 2-M-eets
TV. H. MeAdow, Master; John McCormick, Sec'y.
.a1 Gallatin, No. 3--Meets second. and ibouth
Saturta_ nights of eaci month. C. L. We'aver,
Master; W. j.S :ipe, Q ooretary.
1Egystoer Nn... - Mleata first and third.: Wednes
Aday evenings of eachlitnBth. A. Johison, Mz-ster;
A y . Corby,. 8cretary.,
uFardington Nq.,'5--Meets on the third Saturday
e ening of each month, at 7 o'clock p. in., from the
$.t: of Qetober to:tl. lirsat of AAril, and2 o'clock,
. in. from the first of April to the first of October.
. L. Luce, W. M.; B. M. Datws, Secretary.
S.1k raovc Grange No. 6.-r-Meets second and fourth
itturdays in eich month. 8'S.. Cod'., Master; Jos.:
: lam, Seretar.,
3 jJ T,, ,ol'e , 7'?-Meets asecond and fourth
Saturda.f eh monnth, at half past one o'clook,
pi;T:. onaes;, Master; J. H.Jonies, Sec'y..
Canton Grange, No.1 N-Meet,
Jacob Powers, Master; Moses Doggett, Sec'y.
i..iv ide C(ratige No. 10- teoeta third Saturday in
o ch noth. uIrsr y Heb, lsoter; B. F,. Sanborn,
..... ...T "', or G " : l --- e" ,,
ra Ii 1i Secretary.
1"Mitriwo iag : e 3Y.2.-4Meets seceld and
-:..ttrth .turday,[ maoath.. tLN M. farmuan,,
aster. ames Ciu nnings, ecaretar. .
SheridLa, No. 1#--Meets the first anti foiiibtli .ubs
e yeveilIn gof each oat:. Q. T, eAea, Mater;
t , 0Q 1 ,_.po. -1.ets xthe seond and fourth .sit
u hf.0of each " ionth:h" vJohn B3 Catlin,; ~Is
t t,, lnct Qwo',w ,N . 1;-tQai gtJ scud and·4 fo'urth -Sat
r4y ng t.si of achi-mnth. W. . B ,as, Mastecr;
forte W% -Wg ts19 - ton the last
3 .rt; 68aster; J,
aladison, . 2-M'cets the first and third Satur
lay nights of each month. E. A. Mayuard,'Master;
O. . Smith, Secretary.
M: : itatb Valiey, No. ld.--Meets the, third Satur
1 : or-f Wh e.month. J, A. BaUily, Master; P. I.
.ozf.tar No, -24-Meets every feurth Saturdiay
o i.e a4 h xonth. A. Macomber, Master; W.
t V1paly No. 2 --M.*ita the second and
ti'JS.to i4*.iya of each month, at 1 o'clock p. m.
*0 xMfrk asl r; (lGeo. Arnold, See'y.
Go 'pioNo. *fis- Te ts the ,first and third
b " _ intii , fit 1o'clock, r. m. B.
Fe `te' tix aritey. Secretary.
- fr ( _` ' t the Territory arre
' ested to sun:i:.,yt, 'pointed acounts
f,tlihe :conitoln of o~0 utegms in regard to
'fikthe gr age, eý r o.twy t hing hich
t i lk wtsq1 :e. of. interest. Short
lad ,ow ma diay .riten on postal
s r t s rtinb t. aofticia conm
tqte Te3lJiqrIal gramgerhould
D.. s. .I3, Nbs euklder . Yalley,
·~ 9R~~OixWl~rry
CO-OPFRATION:
The. following correspodence on co-oper
ation which we take from- Colmnan's Rural
World-will, we think, prove interesting and
instructive to our readers:
We have also at Mt. Pleasant a co-opera
tive store, establishled upon the National
Grange plan, and it is doing -a good business
-and it is in reference to this phlan that we
wish to ask a fewv questions.
First, that part of rule fifteen, which pro
vides that non-members shall receive, in pro
portion, one-half the dividends paid to ncem
bers. Some-want this feature stricken out,
and some want it retained. The first think
that, as no-members take no stock to help
build up the enterprise, the ~etting goods at
reduced prices which results from the estab
lishment of a grange store in any neighbor
hood, ought to satisfy them, and they should
ask no more. Which do you think would be
best ?
Secondly, inregard to rule ,sixteen, if a
member purchase goods -to the amount of $5
per quarter, he shall receive interest up to
fifty cents, and itf his purchases amount to
$10, he shall be allowed interest up to $1,
and so on. We want to know the design of
this rule, and'whether it-had not better be
stricken out also. Light is what we want
in. our business relations. We want the
grange to become a greater liower in the
land than it now is. At the beginning of
this great movement, many expected that
the grange was going to make them, with
out any elfort on their part. Disappointed,
they grew weary and fell back. It would
'have been about-as reasonn;bl for- this class
to have sat oil a l;ock in a meidow-, and wait
ed for a cow- to back up and- be milked, as
to expeetbenefits from the orderi without an
eflort. This, the members who- have acted
so inconsistently are now begihniug to see,
and as a result, the order here is getting in
to a more healthy condition, and the bene
fits of organization and co-operation are be
ginning to be realized. S.
Touching dividends to non-members, we
rreomrre ýC1TA1:tiop.ioi tof the principlebon
the ground of' its beinevolence and justice.
Though Patrons of Husbandry, the above
letter shows that all have not yet givnc up
their selfishness. It cannot be expected that
all will see clearly the advantages of co-op
eration. Tliose.who!lo, lave an opportu
nity of sihow;lng i s advantages to those who
do not, by allowing., them some participa
tion in the prolits. That is its benevoleilt
or.good-will feature. Its justic may be more
clearly shown by illustration. SSuppose a
co-operative store has one hunl i~ed custom
ers, onie-fifth of whom are aidn-share hold
ers. Suppose all had traded alike, and the
storL had done a business during.the year of
$50,000. Onu-fifth of that business would be
j10,000, leaving $40,000 as the aggregate
trade of the eighty shareholders. Allowing
twenty per cent. gross profit on $10,000,
gives us $%,000; or, allowing $5,000 for ex
penses, which would include rent, salary, li
,pense, axes, interest, etc., etc., leaves $3,000
aa:tlie, net profit oT the eiglity members.
But here chines in an outside t.rade of $10,
000, with its profit of twenty per cent.
Umpuntlpg.iti the ;ggregaate to $2,000, 'which
increases 1ihe total niet profits of the business
t"-$5,000. Is it not sinple justice .and equl
ty t rupognize therilght of those who hayve
o.ntributed to this increase of lrofits, to a
proportionate share ?. Is it not therefore,
plain that it pays a co-operative society
financially to allow dividends to non-mem
bers? But is the true Patron to be gov
erned in his actions solely by the considera
tion of dollars and cents? Is this the better
man hood which the.. order is to.. develop
through co-operation?.
In. regard-to rple sixteen, we confess, we
do not clearly uinderstir_A. its meaning. It
seems to mean that np interest will be al
lowed on capital invested, if the purchases
of'the mnember are less. than $20 per year. It
seemsas if ,the desig-t of ,the rule was to
compel meml.ars to:trade at their own store,
and to exclude them from .parlicipation in
any ofits benefite, if they did not. We
should be pleased to arove an explanation
from the committee who -framed the rules,
upon this point. The .last seoftence 'of rule
four, declares that no F gou shall coqtinue
t member (of the associati.n) unless he pur
chase goods to the anmount of $20 per year.
This restriction would obstruct, rather than
facilitato the establislhmlent of. co-operative
stores.. The Rochdale Society, very early
in .its careetr,.discussed this question of com
pelling members to trade at the store, but it
was voted down as an infringeinent of indi
vidual right and freedom. '1lThe ultimate con
sequence attehding the enforcement of that
rule was not, in our opinion, clearly forseen
by the committee. Every inducement to in
vest in co-operaitive enterprise of ever kind,
should, we think, meet with encouragement
in the order. The two greatest obstacles
just noV' to the estabishment and progress
of co-operative stores and other enterprises
in the order, are to be found in a want of
conlidence .to undertake the work, and this
want of confidence is due to the want of a
more thoroitghi acquaintance with the prin
ciples of coolperation, and especially of their
practical application. This s one of tjie-ob
stacles. The other is the active and direct
opposition shown by those who ought to be
leaders in the movement, on account of their
intelligence and business qualifications. But,
as a prominent meniber of the order said of
the grange stores in his own State, they had
gone a head in spite of what himself and
others could do to prevent them.
The subordinate granges are awake to the
necessity. and importance of the requisite
lEnowledge for the efficint and successful
management of co-operative stores, and the
rapidtty with which these stores are estab
lished, is the hand writing on the wall for
those Who have givcn them no encourage
meat.
THE PROGRESS OF THE GRANWE.
To great institution ever popularized it
sell so rapidly witli the 'soil tillers as the Pa
trons ofllusbanidry. From nothing it has
arisen within a few years to be the most po
tent society of men and women in the entire
land.
Sectarianism and politics were esclhewed
at the very beginnfug, yet politicians joiiaed
the Order expecting to make capital by be
ing found in good company, but the deep
thinkers of the Order would not tolerate
them in' their eindeavors tixeonymrt the itsti
tutoitl into an arena of political strife.
Tile aims and objects of the Order were to
produce a higher condition of agricultural
excellence and to educate the mass of farm
ers into thinking for themselves.
The mere pecuniary saving was only. an
attachmlent, not the real motive of the
Grange leaders; while the social and educa
tional features were the nucles around which
all other objects were made to cluster.
The result has been that, notwithstanding
the aeuCsations of conservative opponents
and the interested machinations of monopo
list-cliques, the great Patron mass have held
the even tenor of their way, untiL.the worst
cnemics have been forced to acknowledge
the wisdom of their actions. Tile future eof
the Order Is bright, not through an enthusi- I
astic adhesion to an Order antagonistic to all
industries except its own, but because the
reason of men has been engaged, and the
mass have been taught to think, to speak,
and :act oi all subjects that immediately
bear upon vital, intellectual, moral and eco
nornical conditions of: man.-rNational
Granger.
WHEN MAY ELECTIONS BE ]n1
In answer to this question, T. R. Allen,
Worthy Master of the Missouri State Grange,
says :
This question has frequently been askedl
by members of granges, where the day- was
permitted to pass without attentling to that
duty--i some cases for want of.a quorum
on that day, and in other cases where granges
were so-demoralized, from various causes,
as to be unable to perform the, duty. We
have no law precisely covering.., such
cases. The.common usage in .societies is,
for.the old officers to hold over uutil. the
next regular election; but in many cases,
where granges are reviNing from a dormant
state, -a change is desirable, and in some
cases the.old officers desire that an election
be had-for, though wi.ling to serve, .they
do not wish to do so without a re-indorse
ment. Therefore, it is ruled tlhat; in all such
cases, it is proper to hold an electio:i at any
time, for the remainder of the year, and to
immediately report the new officers {.aster
and secretary), with postofflce ad to the
Secretary of the State .Gange.
GRAN GE ITEMS.
At the meeting of the Secreta:ries of the
State Granges to be hel, in Philatd1lphia, in
September,. there will be present many
members of the State Executive Cnuillit
tp es, the gene'ral prl)pose of all being to ar
range methods ftr the woriiln. s of the
Order. I're:sent indic tnins show that there
will be a good number of the Secretaries on
hand ready to -discuss the, various plans on
whichi thie b!u.ines.s of their respective offi.rs
is colit-Led.-f;, Gi an ri ilor.
F'ora the Nation:l (Gralnt:er.
The recent lhurge ortlr's to (1rang'o agen
fies for frtil zers show the l., imme good
that agricultur:l papers ;:' doilngi :lmnoi,
the farmers. They are beginniilg to tidmidtiat,
an increase of yield per aere pays much bet..
tor than the old system of no imanire ~andl
lar-ge acreage.
'fi'e report of Bi',. Wi'rght, by showing
that Eugland: enters lhenrtiiy with us in the
great work ofeco-operation, has ' rousedP:,
trons tihrougimout the United States; to a sense
of its importance, a-; is evideit'd by the' nn
merons letters we are receivi:ng from Various
sectiOns asking'inlfor'miation for 1,he pla and
by-laws for (co-opcrative i c ti0olls0. The
Gran:gers very y thilik lthat they have
brains enough to (lo their own selihig and
buying.
Politici;idus who strivcd so ardently to
break down the order of Patrons : f Hlus
bandry have discovered that it is a ',x(d fuel,
and ingratiate themselves with the Crange:rs
by -rofe.si1g to be in faull ecord with the
great f:armers' moveiment. Pat ros lihon"hl
look well to this matter, and see that only
such men receive their votes a:s will advocate
the rights of the lab)oring cl.s:ics, and work
to break up the rings ,and monioolihes that
are sapplng the life blood fronI llu:nest toilers.
.izaIlly suoordinate cG rng' and large 11nu
bars of memicbeirs have, aan wiV ll, no doubit,
become lulhewrm j1n their aetivihy. 'hifits
is natur:l, because tles: e were tl, olsprilg
of excitement anid tl ( 1..C-i:- hoUpe of in
mediate gain in dollar.s an c'-'a1s, without
action on their part, ad like al dronces they
will depart froIm the hive grecat~ to he re
lief of tihe true workers, but this will strentai
en tthe body by givi;g;r a more ig'or'ous
imemberslip alo, g'! i:e wvhoie line. Over
twenmty-five thousaid U- y(,es are now in
working oguder, which will bŽ suitticient to
educate the ngricultlural masses and make
them know how to become better citizens
and more skillful agn ruitu rits.
There are a few-wi'o do not see the :ad
vantage of uniting with Ithe grange and say
ing a large per cent. on their mpurchases.
.They think it very iltce to have the sewing.
machine- agent bring a machine to their
house, and save them the tr;ouble of going
after it; never once r:ealizing the great (lit
ference there is between" paying-$45 al' the
office and $75 to the agent.
rOTICE "TO M' ,TI'-, B.
Uniled States Land Oiltc;:
Ilelena, Montauna, August 12, 1870.
'Mary Nolan, whose post o1fice address is Diamond
City, Meagher county, Montana, has this day
lileit her application to enter as agricultural land,
under the Preenmtion laws, the south half of the
southeast quarter and the south. half of the south
west quarter of section 8, in to.wnship No. 9 nor:h,
range No. 2 east, which land'is Hrulpended from entry-.
N'ticcis hereby given that a hearing will be-had ,at
this otlice, on the 19th day of Septtmber, A.1D., 1876;,
at 10 o'clock a. inm..to denermieii 1 ts ttemineral or.
nion-minerae cbt.:lcte~rof said.land, zandtestimony
to be inbl upon said hearing will be taken before
T, Es Collins, County Clerk of Meagher county,
Territory of Moultana, at Diamond City, on the 16th
day ofSe iteniber; A. D.4876 ,1 t J0o'elock a. m. It
is alleged that there aren noknownl mines normniniug
improvements upon said land
aun 17, t187-3S0-.uw, J. II. MOE, Register.
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Photographls .
H. 1. 1ERAIN, Photographer, Cutler street, near
the head of Main, 'Helena; Montana, does all kinds
of work in the neatest tyleo.' Having decided to
go East about the middle of August,; those witshing
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