e, and rob them of their
just profits. We are not enemies to capital, but we oppose the
tyranny of monopolies. We long to see the antagonism between
capital and labor removed by common consent, and by an enlightened
statesmanship worthy of the nineteenth century. We are opposed to
excessive salaries, high rates of interest, and exorbitant
per-cent. profits in trade.

We shall advance the cause of education among ourselves and for our
children, by all just means within our power. We especially
advocate for our agricultural and industrial colleges that
practical agriculture, domestic science, and all the arts which
adorn the home be taught in their courses of study.

We emphatically and sincerely assert the oft-repeated truth taught
in our organic law, that the Grange--national, state, or
subordinate--is not a political or party organization. No Grange,
if true to its obligations, can discuss political or religious
questions, or call political conventions, or nominate candidates,
or even discuss their merits at its meetings.

We always bear in mind that no one, by becoming a Patron of
Husbandry, gives up that inalienable right and duty which belongs
to every American citizen, to take a proper interest in the
politics of his country. On the contrary, it is his duty to do all
he can in his own party to put down bribery, corruption, and
trickery; to see that none but competent, faithful, and honest men,
who will unflinchingly stand by our industrial interests, are
nominated for all positions of trust; and to have carried out the
principle which should characterize every Patron, that the office
should seek the man, and not the man the office.

To enumerate the achievements of the Grange would be to recall the
progress of agriculture during the past third of a century. It has been
a motor force in many helpful movements, and in many ways has organized
and incorporated the best thought of the most intelligent farmers, about
means for rural advancement. It has been an integral part of, and a most
potent factor in, the expansion of American farm life.

The greatest achievement of the order is that it has taught the farmers
of America the value of co-operation and the power of organized effort.
The lesson has not been fully learned, it is true; but the success of
the institution testifies th