CHAPTEB XLIX. 



WHAT THE GROUNDSWELL HAS ACCOMPLISHED. 



THE GOOD WORK IN CALIFORNIA. 



In California the Granges have done noble work toward 

 disenthralling the people from the power of some of the 

 combinations and rings that heretofore have held the indus 

 trial interests in their grasp. In the fight for political re 

 generation, they have exercised their power (though not as 

 an organization), against monopolies, and with decided sucr 

 cess. The brilliant and convincing arguments of Governor 

 Booth (lately elevated to the United States Senate) con 

 tributed much toward the triumph of popular rights. The 

 entering wedge has found a lodgment in that State that 

 will, it is believed, rend the gnarled stump of corruption 

 there. Large amounts of money have already been saved 

 to the members of the Clubs and Granges, and the farmers 

 of the State have been brought into closer brotherhood. 

 The fraternal feeling thus engendered is constantly making 

 clearer the fact, so often demonstrated, that in co-operation 

 toward a given end lies the power of the masses for good. 

 That an organization so young as is the Grange in California 

 should have accomplished so great good, seems truly sur 

 prising, until we reflect how great was the necessity for ac 

 tion there. It speaks well for the intelligence of the people 



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