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me
The Patron of Husbandry.
V. II. WORTIIINGTON, Editor.
COLUMBUS. MISS., DEC. 20, 1S79.
MISSISSIPPI STATE GRANGE.
The following is a list ,of the member
of the State Grange, which .convened at
Forest, Dec. 9, 1879: ' .
OFFICERS."
Master Put. Darden, of Jefferson county,
Overseer V. II. M. Durham, of Holmes.
Lecturer B. B. Boone, of Alcorn. .
Steward J. B. Bai'.ev, of Newton.
Chaplain D. B. Hill, of Clav.
Treasurer II. O. Dixon, of Hinds.
Secretary V. L. William';, of Alcorn..
Gate Keeper B. C. Callaway, of Pontotoc.
Cere? Mrs. M. L. Darden, of Jefferson.
Pomona Mrs. F. Q. Willis, of Monroe.
Flora Mrs. L. L Robertson, of Scott.
L. A. S. Mrs. II. A. Aby, of Claiborne.
DELEGATES. -
Alcorn county B. B. Boone, W. L,. Williams.
Clay I). 13. Hill.
Choctaw J. R. Bovd. .
Claiborne W. II. Ker.
Coahoma J. A. Peace. . . . .
DeSoto W. S. Weisinger.' '
Franklin G.M.Cain.
Hinds L. F. Alford, Will. J. Crisler.
Holmes Baxter Wilson. .
lefferson W. L. Harper, Mig. A. E. Harper.
Lauderdale J. G. McArthur, Mrs. M. E. Mc-
Arthur. ;
Leake M . I.'.e, Mrs. M. Lyle.
Lincoln S. J. Hodges." -"
Lowndes . A. Neilson. W. H. Worthington.
M mroe Mrs. K. Q,. Willis.
Newton I. B. Bailev. I. L. liar Jv. Mrs. T. 13.
flailey.
Noxubee T' F. McLeod.
Oktibbeha V,'. II. Ellett.
Pontotoc C. B. Calloway.
Rankin T. N. Norrell.
Scott W. T. Robertson, Mrs. L.J. Robertson.
Union V. A: Funk.
Warren L. Wailes. t
Wilkinson D. L. Phares. ' '
Winston M. J. McLean. r "
The action of the Mississippi State
prange in directing Worthy Master Dar
ken to devote the cominsr year to active
vork, visitinsr the Subordinate Granges
nd addressing the farmers throughout
he State, will be gratifying to all the ear-
rest, workinsr members. -We regard this
?
5 one of the wisest measures adopted by
he State Grange to revive the Order in
.Mississippi. Worthy Master Darden, by
Iiis strong, earnest and eloquent appeals,
fwill draw the farmers to the Grange by
jthoHsands. We hope to see a general re
sponse from the Granges of the State en
dorslng this action of the State Grange.
I The election of Worthy Steward Bailey
Xo fill the vacancy in the Executive Com-
nittee by the Mississippi State Grange,
vas a deserved compliment to one of the
puest, most earnest and efficient Patrons
?ti the State. A better selection could not
piave been made. Our State Executive
Committee is now composed of the very
l'est matprJTl
liro. T. J. Carver, Manager of the
Southwestern Co-operative Association
t New Orleans, attended the recent ses
sion of the Mississippi State Grange,' and
- - - - ' v. .iv ii ucuv w l tvi auu 1 voo vaa s
operation and explained the system upon
which the Southwestern Co-operative
Association is conducted. His .explana
tion of the Drinciples ' and practice
of the Rochdale co-operative system was
decidedly the clearest we ever heard, and
produced a marked effect upon the mem?
kers. Brother Carver Is a gentleman of
rst-class ability, thoroughly informed in
husmess affairs, a clear, forcible speaker,
earnest, energetic and reliable. His man-
a"fmint f 4.1. ia-.. --..i-- a : 4-:
o "i me anairs 01 ine xssuv.iouu
Has been mnrtor? V.;.Viocf nrAer nf
capacity, and has given complete satisfac
tion to the officers, stockholders and pa'
irons, and must eventually become the
central house for Co-operative Associa
tl(ins in the Southwestern States.-
v e shall endeavor to lay before our
our readers in full the admirable address
f Hrother Carver. :
I I he newspaper correspondents of New
j i ork and other cities are already writing
the new National Agricultural Asso
jciation. That organization, which bodes
tn good to the Grange, will be strongly
supported by the political, and agricultu
rai press of .the country. The farmers
t lould rally to the Grange.
- V-r vl? w' '1 lilt II 1 1 II I iMiff - - 'Lfl vsS&f 4s w in": !r-'.' f. ' KUnasH ... -; &,
i! Official -Journal." of . tHeiState Granges
It was the boast of such leaders as Wor
thy Masters Darden, of Mississippi, and
Eshbaugh, of Missouri, at the recent ses
sion of the National Grange that? there
had been no failures of co-operativejstores
that were established and conducted on
the Rochdale plan. nj,J. :'"V
- The proceedings - of : the Mississippi
State, Grange will beysent. to ' us in
time for onr next issue. " We vyill also pub
lish the proceedings of . the Georgia ,,and
Florida State Granges as soon as received.
vThe Texas State Grange will meet at
Austin, on the second Tuesday of January
next. '. We expect to publisn the proceed
ings m full.
The interest which the Clement Attach
ment is exciting among' the farmers of
North and South Carpliria, .Georgia ; and
Alabama, is simply wonderful.-, ,They are
becoming thoroughly aroused to the im
portance of the "new process" system, and
hundreds are daily visiting the little fac
tories in North and South Caiolina. And
the capitalists and manufacturers of. the
North are waking up to the impending
revolution in the cotton manufacturing
system of the country, and are sending
their agenfsdowvn to investigate the little
wonder. The next thing will be, these
capitalists and manufacturers will get con
trol of the patent, and leave our plodding
farmers in a worse condition than ever.
But the farmers, if they will act in time,
can easily organize co-operative associa
tions, concentrate their capital, and secure
complete control of this 'great industry
which is destined very soon to be the lead
ing and most profitable industry, in the
South., -j'r ' ' ' ' ' '
The Granges and farmers of the differ
ent counties in this and the other Cotton
States should combine and purchase the
county rights to the Clement Attachment.
They will save many thousands of dollars
by prompt action. Let the capitalists of
the North get control of it, and it will cost
the farmers a great , deal more .than the
sewing machine monopolies did. .. ....
There will be a tremendous effort made
to put the people, the Democratic party,
completely , under the feet of the National
Bankers. . This movement will be led by
such politicians as' -Bayard, Lamar,' and
Hampton and supported by such journals
as the New York World and Louisville
Courier-Journal. But it .will fail. The
people will never support a policy or a set
of politicians that will put them, bound
hand and foot, at the mercy of the Money
Power. The bill offered by Senator Bay
ard to destroy the greenback, will be met
by a storm of popular indignation. ' -
We would suggest to Patrons and far
mers who desire to take a Northern polit
titical journal, to subscribe for the Union,
published at . New Haven, Connecticut.
That journal is" published weekly at the
low price of one dollar.' It is the determ
ined foe of the - Radical party .and the
money power, and an able, fearless cham
pion of . the down-trodden people of all
sections. We regard the "Union" as. the
best weekly published in the North.
In this connection we would urge the
Southern people to have nothing to do 1
with' the: New York World, which, we
regret to say, is getting: a very large cir
culation in our section. .That paper , is a
tool of the Money,Power, and must nec
essarily wield immense power over the
minds of the farmers that read it.: It is
the reading of such papers, as the World
that will reconcile' the working classes to
ignorance and serfdom.
The largest crops .of wheat and corn
ever raised in the .united States have been
harvested this year, .The wheat Crop, of
this year exceeds that of last by 26300,000
of bushels; the corn crop Is greater by
3oo.oob.ooo of VushelsT - Prices are high,
and farmers to'a great extent will reap the
benefit of the high prices; J 11 " - ;'""'i'J-M
If everv person would be half as good
as he expects his neighbor to be, what a
heaven this world woufd be.
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, DECEMBER 20, 1879.
FARMERS, SPEAK OUT!
A petition is circulating in New .York
and other Eastern States, which the lead
ing bankers, merchants, railroad mag
nates, and politicians are signing, in favor
of the, passage of Bayard's Bill depriving
the Greenbacks of their legal tender func
tion.
nil
. If this bill becomes a law'i it will be in
the power of the National Banks to drive
the greenbacks from circulation and force
their redemption at any time. They have
only to refuse to take them on deposit to
take them in and pay them Out. When
greenbacks shall be no longer bankable,
they will cease to pay debts or, to make
purchases. Being redeemable only at the
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sub-treasury at. New York, and that only
in sums of fifty dollars and upwards, they
will fall below par throughout the coun
try, and especially in ' the1 rural districts.
They . will be bought up by; the money
changers at a discount. : The loss will fall
on the farmers, the workingmeii, the pro
fessional meni and the retail dealers.
' As fast as the greenbacks pass into the
greedy maw of the bond-bank ring of the
East, they will be presented for ' redemp
tion and cancellation. When the present
specie reserve in. the Fedenlt treasury ia
exhausted, the General Government will
- !
be torced to borrow over two nunnrecl
millions of dollars or to levy a speedy tax
for that amount,' wherewith to redeem the
greenbacks, and preserve its credit. The
tax ' will fall, for the most , part, on the
same parties who, bear the loss by the dis
count on the greenbacks. -
Farmers of America! This is the en
tertainment prepared for you by your
wrould-be masters in the financial centres.
Are you ready to submit to it? If not,
let a petition from eyery neighborhood go
up to Congress by the time it convenes
again, against the passage of the Bayard
Bill. Let your Senators and Representa
tives know that if they 3 vote for this bill,
their seats shall be made too hot to hold
them,' and the places which, know them
now shall know .themjno more forever.
Worthy Master Darden, of Mississippi
State Grange, and a representative in the
National Grange, : says that the ; reports
from nearly all the States are of the most
cheering character, and that the almost
unanimous: testimony of the delegates in
attendance' shows the Grange to be on a
permanent basis and increasing in strength
and .usefulness. . He further says: "The
evidence before us lis that the Grange is
not dead, or even sleeping,- but that it is a
livivg, working institution."' Such glad
tidings from a live Patron, as Put. Darden
proves himself to be, should reassure our
friends everywhere. JFartners Friend. -L
. General Malone will be the successor
of Mr. Withers from Virginia in the Uni
ted States Senate.' He is a Greenback
Democrat; more Greenback than Demo
crat since he declares that he will never
support a hard money candidate for Pres
ident and says that Virginia will not.
of Arkansas; Florida .and
From the Georgia' Southron. . .
KING COTTON ,
AND HOW TO MANUFACTURE IT SAGE
- iADVICE FROM AN OBSERVANT WRITER. '
Editor Southron: On the" nth instant
in company with some friends we visited
the Wesminster factory, situated two
miles trom Westminster, fc, C
Our ob
ject in doing so was to witness the Clem
ent attachment process of making yarn
from seed coUon. We found " several
other gentlemen,' there actuated by the
same motive. ' " "' " . ,
Several friends before and since my
visit there have requested me to write for
publication my1 opinion of the Clement
attachment, which I now hand you for
publication. '
My opinion of the attachment runs into
a great many things. I think it the great
est and simplest invention to facilitate the
putting of cotton into yarn that has taken
place since Whitney's invention of the
cotton gin ; or Fulton's application of
steam. The gin of the Clement attach
ment is only an improvement on the- old
Whitney gin in this: the saws are. only
eight inches, in diameter, the ' teeth are
finer, consequently more of them in " the
same space on the periphery of the saw,
runs slower and hence does not cut or nap
the fibre, and discharges ihe. seed much
cleaner than the old gin." It samples bet
ter makes a prettier,.stroriger yarn- The
me lint Irom the seed, the brush
lf
lr
takes it from the saws, the card takes it
om the brush, and after carding and con
densing deposits it in a tin can shaped
into a most oeautirui rou. xnis consti- tacture their cotton at home has been my
tutes the method of the operation of the hobby, for, forty years, and were I in a
Clement attachment. The after process banquent of nations called upon for a Ben
is the same as seen in all cotton factories. . timent. I would pive "The cotton rro-
Now, Mr. Editor, as you and hundreds
of others know that 1 have tried for a
number of years to convince the people
of all the "cotton growing btates that it
was to their interest to manufacture their
own cotton at home and hot ship a pound
of raw cotton from the South, it is my
opinion, then, that the Clement attach
ment is the entering wedge destined to
brinsr about that desideratum.
be accomplished? I answer, let every
cotton State . buy the right to run the at-
tachment, make the heirs of the inventor
I understand he is dead rich, and hot let
them die, as some others benefactors , of,
mankind and their heirs have died, in
overty, contempt ana hunger; men let
he risht to run the attachment be dis-
losed free to all citizens. Every one
then would have the right to run it. , It is
my opinion that any mecnanic ormacnin-
ist could so modify and remodel our com-
mon gins now in use ana appiy mem 10
the carding deparment with success. If
then I am right in this, not one gin now
in use would be lost or a gtn maker thrown
out of employment. . Ihen let each ot .the
cotton States put the lawful rate of inter-
est to six per cent, and exempt from tax -
ation, for ten years trom the date ot such
investment, an capital invested in macnin-;
ery of every kind. This would cause pop-
ulation and capital to now into tne soutn -
em States by thousands, and instead of
our taxable property being lessened, be-
lore that ten years ran out " wouiq De
. -. t 1 1
trebled. isut au mis wm require rime,
and my advice is, don t wait, but go into
the operation as soon as possible. , I am
aware that but few persons have any idea,
Unless they have, made the calculation, ot
the loss 10 me planter m ireignis, waste,
bagging and ties, to ship cotton to .u-
rope. I know it is a delusive , idea, com'
rnon ; among planters, that they get paid
back for bagging and ties because nothing
is deducted irom me weignt oi me Daie at
the time , of selling. But my friends let
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snippcu, .x-xcw xwiiv auu tiivciwui n..
will be priced in those two. places. And
in'; the meetings of cotton brokers', and
merchants these subjects are discussed
and cotton priced accordingly.,
Now let us cipher a little: suppose the
crop of Georgia alone to be 600,000 bales
and that amount is shipped to Liverpool,
the freight at $S per, :bale is $4,Soo,ooo.
Cotton ginned on tlje,, common (gin and
made intojaoricsio u s -u
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ol 5,pe t w C'
on the 6oq,o ba .S
bales, which if left at home would make
fi noo tons of the best manure. Bagging
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for 6oo,ooaba es at 5 yards per bale takes
ft takls sStiefS
yard is $375 000. Then H takes six ties to
the bale, and 30 ties weigh 56 pounds t-
king 6,720,000 pounds of ties whi.h at6
cents per pouna win amuum
This then is the loss of freights, bagging
and ties on ooyxjo v - -
together makes the pretty little sum of
$5,595,000 which the planters of Georgia
lose by the shipment of 000,000 Dales ot
Mississippi;
cotton to Liverpool, besides the loss of
30,000 bales ot waste. . , : . .
Now multiply these losses .by nine and
you approximate to the loss of the South
ern States by not manufacturing their
cotton at home. . j -y, . , ; . ; . , . :
Now let, the cotton: States adopt the
Clement attachment and all this loss can
be. saved. -The producer would also have
the right to price his own cotton at home.
iMy opinion further is that the attach
ment will bring about a complete revolu
tion in the manufacture of cotton in this:
it will cause . cotton to ibe manufactured
where it grows.,
It will save to the Southern States in
the way of shipping raw cottonnol thou
sands but millions of dollars. . It will bring
into our country population and capital
by thousands. ; It will give employment
to .thousands,' gladden the hearts of the
poor, diversify the cultivation of our lands,
add millions to its production in the way
of manure, and open market at the door
of every farmer for all and everything he
can-produce. It will remunerate the cap
italist and add:wealth to his. coffers. Fi
nally it will wake up dormant enterprise,
cut the bands that have for the last hun
dred years made the Southern people the
hewers of wood and drawers of water to
their English ancestry and northern broth
ers, and will make the ; Southern States
financially the rulers of the world. .
Cheatham is visionary and the Clement
attachment a little thins:.
Be it so. As
to myself, I care nothing.
To induce the
people of the Southern States to manu-
ducine States of North 'America: thev
must and will manufacture their own cot
ton ,; at home." And ! thank my Maker
that I .have lived to s see, as I think, the
ball in motion.
These are my opinions, thoughts and
views. ... it they are in any way ot oenent
to my fellowmen, or will cause the South
ern people to thinks I am satisfied
Asto; the attachment being a little
in?, that is. literallvjjtrue; it. is : a little
thine, but the orettiest little thine for ma
ninulatinfr cotton into a roll that I ever
have seen. I would like to see it started
n fl the cotton.counties in Georgia; but
would advise all pioneers .to go and see
one that is running. The one at West-
minster I think well arranged, where you
wm find the two Mr. Striblinsrs. not only
pr00d mechanics and machinists, with a
fun(j of piactical common sense, but model
gentlemen, ready and willing to give any
information you may desire. There you
may learn more m two hours than 1 could
write in two weeks.
My advice to all beginners is to start
but one machine at a time, but build your
1 house with a view to enlarge it to the ca
pacity of two, four, or six, if necessary. I
j would never run over, six in the same
building. In this way, by starting only
one machine, the first hands would. be
COme capable of instructing the second,
j and so on. : : ; .
And now, Mr. Editor, a few words to
the neoole of Gainesville and this commu
i : t- . tr . .
nication, which is already longer than 1
intended, will close, r
My friends, by all means start a cotton
factorv in vour town. It is not necessary
for me to tell vou how to start one. The
sieht of the one at Westminster and a
conversation with .the proprietors will
p-ive v0u all necessary information, but 1
have a little knowledge in outtinc: up ma-
chinery and in putting cotton into yarns,
an(j T nromise if vou start one and. I am
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aDie to get to it, 1 will assist in putting up
the machinery and. in initiating the hands
i until VOU Pel UOUCTltf1 lii.au v av , auu nui.
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cnaree vou a cenuoi.
Joiin I. Cheatham.
THE LABORER IS WORTHY OF
: HIS HIRE. "
' When will the 3 Patrons of Husbandry
individually and the farmers of the coun
try collectively learn that their duty and
interest are to protect the producer and
I nut uiv urtiaojiK,
the farmer and not the
forestaller or speculator; that even-hand
ed justice does not permit him who does
nothing either to produce or increase the
article to profit unreasonably
uy. , uii
irom me iaci mat it utiascs, tiiiuug". 1113
hands?: Xhe time is no distant when the
world will wonder that it ever allowed
such swarm of blood-suckers to fatten
. themselves with
ufe.bi0od of ite nfost useful members.
cu- af Kc
V
, Arkansas will produce this year 100,000
more bales of cotton than she did last
year and will receive $15,000,000 more
- than last year,
Number 46.
ADULTERATION OF ARTICLES
OF COMMERCE.
: Competition has become the; bane of
modern civilization. It has been carried
to such fearful extremes that there is -hardly
an article of commerce which has not
been subjected to deterioration or adulte-'
ration. Adulteration, especially, has in
jured the quality of almost everything that
the consumer purchases. In regard to a
large percentage of goods which the far
mer buy's, he has no assurance whatever
of the quality of his purchase. His tobacco
may be largely adulterated with molasses,
sugar, aloes, licorice, gum, oil and lamp
black, alum, tannic acid and iron, logwood,
and such savory leaves as rhubarb, chico
ry, cabbage, burdock,' coltsfoot, and an'
excess of salt and water. Chemical anal
ysis has shown that all these ingredients
have been liberally used , to season the
weed to make it more heavy and less valua
ble, TheJadulteration of garden and field
seeds is a loss of thousands of dollars an
nually to the farmer Turnip seed is adul
terated with rape, wild- mustard or char
lock, the vitality of which has been de
stroyed by kiln-drying at a high tempera
ture; old turnip seed is also used f dilu
ting fresh seed; and it is well known to
not a few of our large dealers that such
seed can be secured in commerce by the
ton. Clover seed is often dyed one of
the commonest frauds being to dye trefoil
ana to sen ic ror red clover; the brown tint
and metallic look being given by a weak
solution of logwood and alum, i When
white clover seed has become changed by
age and has lost its yellowish color, it is
dyed with an infusion of tumeric and then
toned down with the fumes of burning
sulphur; in fact, these fumes are 'used to
brighten up all sorts of seeds that have
acquired a dull, dead look by reason of
age, but they destroy entirely their vitality.
This fungoid growth of adulteration
runs along all the lines of commerce and
through all the branches of manufacture,
and is the poisonous outgrowth of thi9
vile system of- competition, which is the
chief corner-stone on which our half-,
fledged scientists build their political econ
omies. If the co-operative methods-of
dping. business recommended and partial
ly adopted by the Patrons of ; Husbandry
had done no more than to make the term
competition, and all it implies; contempti
ble to men of sober and thoughtful minds,
it has accomplished an amount of good for
which the next generation will be grate
ful. When competition has been rooted
out by the better principles and practices
of co-operation frauds in business and
adulterations in articles of commerce will
have passed away. Spirit of Kansas. -
In. the game of politics now being
played in the National House of Repre
sentatives, the farmers of the country have
made a point worth noting. On the 4th
of December, Mr. Aiken, who is
member of the National Grange,
presented "a memorial from that body,
asking the enactment of laws which will
relieve the country from the exactions of
transportation companies; and requested
that it might be read. Mr. Garfield, of
Ohio, objected, saying it was not custom
ary to read memorials, except when com-
ing irom otate .uegisiaiures. mr. vikcii
explained its import, and Mr. Garfield
withdrew nis objection. rpeaKer ivan
dall took it upon himself to say that in
view of the fact that the paper came from
a large and influential body, it should be
read, ine lawyers ana politicians 01 our
own day are recognizing the importance
of the f ct, never forgotten by their elders
and their betters of the early days of the
Republic, that without a prosperous ag
riculture there is no national prosperity,
and in the future we may expect better
things of them. And one of these, is the
enactment of a law providing for a .Sec-,
retary of Agriculture, who shall have
equal powers with other Cabinet officers,"
in his own line. Such a bill was ' intro
duced at the last session-by Col. Henry
L Muldrow, of the first district of Mis
sissippi, and he. has promised to push the
measure the present session. , Indeed, it is
among the Southern members of Con
gress that the farmers of the country may
look to find their staunchest friends; not,
perhaps, because these gentlemen are so
much more friendly to them and to agri
culture than the Northern representatives,
but because the States the former; repre
sent are agriculturally, it not otherwise, m
a deplorable condition, which Southern1
representatives recognize and are seeking
to improve. New York paper,
, There are many masked faces in life,
and if by some superhuman power these
masks should be suddenly torn off what
a sight one-half of the world would pre
, sent to the other.