472 HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OR, 



Granges. This list will be regarded as strictly con- 

 fidential, and one copy only will be furnished to each 

 Grange. 



" Large orders can thus be made up by the consolida- 

 tion of the orders from Granges in the same State or 

 vicinity, and special terms for freight, etc., arranged with 

 transportation lines, thereby effecting another large 

 saving to the purchaser. 



" Manufacturers of all articles used by farmers, who 

 desire to avail themselves of this means of disposing 

 of their products directly to the consumer for cash, 

 thereby avoiding the losses incident to the credit sys- 

 tem, or the storing of goods in the hands of commis- 

 sion merchants or agents, are invited to send their cata- 

 logues and wholesale price lists to, and to correspond 

 with 0. H. KELLEY, 



" Sec'y of the National Grange, "Washington, D. C." 



This circular embodies one of the principal features 

 of the Grange movement, and one which will render it 

 indispensable to the farmers. The Grange recognizes 

 the fact that the farmers have been charged too much 

 for the majority of the articles they purchase, and it 

 undertakes to save them from this loss. 



The method of cooperative buying adopted by the 

 Grange for this purpose, is very simple. A State agent 

 is appointed, whose duty it is to correspond with manu- 

 facturers and wholesale merchants, and ascertain the 

 most favorable terms upon which they will sell their 

 wares to members of the Grange. If these terms are 

 satisfactory, they are communicated to the subordinate 

 Granges, the members of which make up^their orders, 

 and accompany them with the amount of the purchase 



