Farmers’ Granges

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 22, 1873

“Farmers’ Granges.”

We have several times been questioned about the object of these societies, and the propriety of uniting with them. The following from the Cleveland Daily Leader is worth considering:—

“We learn that on Saturday last, two hundred farmers of Ross County, in this State, met to consider the scheme of forming a grange. They had before them the regulations of the National Grange Association, requiring each grange to pay a large enrollment fee, or something of the sort, into the general treasury. The Ross County farmers discussed for a long time the question what this big amount of money could be wanted for. Not being able to solve the question satisfactorily, they concluded not to organize any grange, and dispersed. There are other people besides the Ross County farmers who would like to know what all the money is wanted for. If to buy up legislators, judges, and small newspapers, then this farmers’ grange movement is a thing to be watched. There is no legitimate work before the granges that can require a formidable treasury. The public would like to know more about this.”