108 THE ORDER OF PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY 



G. To encourage co-operation in trade, in farming, and in other 

 branches of industry, especially those most intimately connected 

 with agriculture. 



7. To promote the true unity of the Eepublic, by drawing the 

 best men and women of all parts of the country together in an organ 

 ization which knows no sectional bounds no prejudices and owes 

 no party allegiance. 



DECLAKATION OF PURPOSES. 



Declaration of purposes of the ^National Grange.,_adopted at 

 StT TJOUIS, February, 1874; also by the State Grange- of Califor 

 nia, October 10, 1874:&quot; 



Profoundly impressed with the truth that the National Grange of 

 the &quot;United States should definitely proclaim to the world its general 

 objects, we hereby unanimously make this Declaration of Purposes 

 of the Patrons of Husbandry: 



1. United by the strong and faithful tie of agriculture, we mu 

 tually resolve to labor for the good of our Order, our country, and 

 mankind. 



2. We heartily indorse the motto: &quot; In essentials, unity; in non- 

 essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.&quot; 



3. We shall endeavor to advance our cause by laboring to accom 

 plish the following objects: 



To develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood among 

 ourselves. To enhance the comforts and attractions of our homes, 

 and strengthen our attachments to our pursuits. To foster mutual 

 understanding and co-operation. To maintain inviolate our laws, 

 and to emulate each other in labor to hasten the good time coming. 

 To reduce our expenses, both individual and corporate. To diversify 

 our crops, and crop no more than we can cultivate. To condense the 

 weight of our exports, selling less in the bushel and more on hoof and 

 in fleece; less in lint, and more in warp and woof. To systematize 

 our work, and calculate intelligently on probabilities. To dis 

 countenance the credit system, the mortgage system, the fashion 

 system, and every other system tending to prodigality and bank 

 ruptcy. We propose meeting together, talking together, working 

 together, buying together, selling together, and in general acting 

 together for our mutual protection and advancement, as occasion 

 may require. We shall avoid litigation as much as possible by ar 

 bitration in the Grange. We shall constantly strive to secure 

 entire harmony, good-will, vital brotherhood among ourselves, and 

 to make our Order perpetual. We shall earnestly endeavor to sup 

 press personal, local, sectional, and national prejudices, all un 

 healthy rivalry, all selfish ambition. Faithful adherence to these 

 principles will insure our mental, moral, social, and material 

 advancement. 



4. For our business interests, we desire to bring producers and 

 consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into the most direct and 

 friendly relations possible. Hence we must dispense with a sur 

 plus of middle-men; not that we are unfriendly to them, but we do 



