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on these rules in sufficient number to supply all 

 . and to furnish them to the same at cost, on 



plication in form prescribed by this National Grange. 

 This form to be so prepared as to make it convenient for 

 a registry to he kept at Secretary's office of the National 

 Grange of ah stores organized on this system. 



a! that the National Grange further provide, as far as 



- hie. from time to tim< . practical information and 



instructions for properly conducting inted 



lets, or otherwise as in its judgment ma i st. 



As a rule we do not think it ad Gran.. 



such, either Subordinate, County, State or National to take 

 shares. Granges have nothing to sell, and need to buy 

 but little. It is the individual members that have pro- 

 duets to sell, and have to purchase supplies. Then let 

 individual members take shares of stock, as their inclina- 

 tion or ability will permit, and incorporate a business 



ssociation — elect their own directors, officers and busim 

 managers, and adopt their own rules and regulations as 

 nearly as possible in accordance with the rules adopted by 

 the National Grange. 



Xh( same principles, rules and regulations that arc 

 necessary to govern a local association, may apply to a 

 county, district, state, or inter-state association, with slight 

 modifications. In any great business centre, the incor- 

 poration should provide for a commission and wholesale 

 business. In these, individuals, local, district, state, and 

 inter-state associations should all be encouraged to take 

 shares of stock. 



To the end that the business wants of our order be met, 

 let the true principles of co-operation, as recommended 

 by the ninth session of the National Grange, be now fully 

 disseminated and persistently taught. The principle of 

 conforming to the customs of trade has insured it an 

 acceptance in the commercial world. 



Its principle of pro-rating dividends arising from the 

 business, after defraying expenses of conducting the same, 



