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Order not only shows the business relation of individual to 

 individual, but also the business relation of the individual 

 to the Government, and to the community in which he or 

 she lives. 



Buying cheaper and selling dearer, are simply incidents 

 that come in correlatively in the work. A certain class of 

 business men have endeavored to inculcate the idea that the 

 Order was to make a raid upon the various industries of the 

 country, in order to concentrate all business in the hands of 

 the Patrons themselves. But the truth is, the Patrons do not 

 propose interference with any legitimate business ; and they 

 seek, by every lawful means, to build up manufactures every 

 where. When a business or manufacture becomes an onerous 

 monopoly, that seeks to obtain excessive profits by crushing 

 out the weak who seek the same line of business, the counter 

 acting of this iniquity must undoubtedly be regarded as 

 legitimate and proper work for the Granges. They are seek 

 ing to build up business, not kill it. 



A CASE IN POINT. 



The cost of shipping agricultural machinery and manufac 

 tured implements is exceedingly great. It occurred to the 

 Patrons of Iowa that much of this expense might be reduced 

 by making at least some of these at home. Plow factories 

 were started under the auspices of the Order, and now a 

 large percentage of the plows used by the members of the 

 Order, are manufactured in this State, and at prices materially 

 below what they cost under the old regime, when they had 

 to go through the hands of the various agents, employed by 

 manufacturers for the purpose of enabling them to keep up 

 the retail price to the farmer. 



Some of the more sagacious of the manufacturers have 



