...independence, and to advocate the contrary is unworthy of the sons and daughters of an American republic. For our business interests we desire to bring producers...into the most direct and friendly relations possible. We wage no aggressive warfare against any other interests whatever; on the contrary, all our acts and...

...independence, and to advocate the contrary is unworthy of the sons and daughters of an American republic. For our business interests we desire to bring producers...into the most direct and friendly relations possible. We wage no aggressive warfare against any other interests whatever; on the contrary, all our acts and...

...taken from "The Declaration of Purposes of the Patrons of Husbandry." "For our business interest« we desire to bring producers and consumers, farmers...manufacturers. into the most direct and friendly relations iwesible. Hence we must dispense with the surplus middlemen, not that we are unfriendly to them, but...

...Faithful adherence to these principles will insure our mental, moral, social, and material advancement. For our business interests we desire to bring producers...possible. Hence we must dispense with a surplus of middle-men, not that we are unfriendly to them, but we do not need them. Their surplus and their exactions...

...our order perpetual. We shall earnestly endeavor to suppress personal, local, sectional, and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry, all selfish ambition....our mental, moral, social, and material advancement. For our business interests we desire to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into...

...our order perpetual. We shall earnestly endeavor to suppress personal, local, sectional, and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry, all selfish ambition....possible. Hence we must dispense with a surplus of middlemen, not that we are unfriendly to them, but we do not need them. Their surplus and their exactions...

...our order perpetual. We shall earnestly endeavor to suppress personal, local, sectional, and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry, all selfish ambition....our mental, moral, social, and material advancement. For our business interests we desire to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into...

...Patrons of Husbandry, known as the Grange, -was established, one of the planks of its platform being: " For our business interests, we desire to bring producers...possible. Hence, we must dispense with a surplus of middlemen, not that we are unfriendly to them, but we do not need them ; their surplus and their exactions...

...New England farmers. The Declaration of Purposes of the Maine State Grange contains the statement: "For our business interests we desire to bring producers...friendly relations possible, hence we must dispense with surplus middlemen, not that we are unfriendly to them, but we do not need them. Their surplus and their...

...our Order perpetual. We shall earnestly endeavor to suppress personal, local, sectional, and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry, all selfish ambition....possible. Hence we must dispense with a surplus of middlemen, not that we arc unfriendly to them, but we do not need them. Their surplus and their exactions...