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The Grange Movement in Texas, 1873-1900
the Alliance took over the fight of the Grangers against the rail-
roads and, as has been seen, the Grangers looked upon the election
of Hogg as a victory for their Order. They urged upon him J. M.
Callaway of Galveston, a Granger, as a person suitable for a place
on the commission.'7 But instead the Governor appointed John H.
Reagan, L. L. Foster, and W. P. McLean.
Another political issue that interested the Grangers was immigra-
tion. As the Order was vitally concerned in the welfare of agri-
culture, it welcomed anything that tended to hasten agricultural
progress. With the unoccupied lands of West Texas settled by
good farmers from Europe and the Eastern States, the Grangers
believed that money would flow in from every direction. This
feeling was very strong during the seventies, and they took steps
to distribute literature eastward to attract imigrants; but since
the unsettled economic conditions made it difficult for immigrants
to prosper in the West, the number thus attracted declined rapidly
after 1880."
The reform program of the Grangers called for a reduction of
the legal interest rate to eight per cent per annum when specified
in a contract, and, when not specified, six per cent.78.
The Texas State Grange took up the fights of the National
Grange for the abolition of the protective tariff, for the establish-:
ment of an interstate commerce commission, for the elevation' of
the bureau of agriculture to a position in the President's Cabinet,
for the correct labeling of adulterated food, for the reduction of
postage and express rates, for the issuance of more fractional cur-
rency, and for an amendment to the Federal Constitution provid-
ing for the popular election of United States senators.
its position as the commercial "gateway to Texas." Galveston DaiZy News,
February 2, 3, and March 8, 1885; Potts, Railroad Transportation in
Texas, 113.
76Rose to Hogg, January 20, 1891, and April 13, 1891, and Rose to J. M.
Callaway, January 19, 27, and July 5, 1891, Rose Letter Book.
77Daily Democratic Statesman January 1, 1880.
In July, 1880, the Southwestern Immigration Company was organized in
Austin, and Master W. W. Lang became its president. The Grange endorsed
the company, the railroads interested in the western lands favored it, and
Governor Roberts supported it. Lang opened an office in New York City
and turned immigrants southward. He went to Europe and opened an office
in London in 1881 and was in Europe until 1886. Dallas Daily Herald
(Dallas), March 9 and April 9, 1881; Daily Democratic Statesman, July 30,
1880, and July 19, 1881; Galveston Daily News, July 24, 1884.
78Rose to Texas Farmer, January 15, 1891, and Rose to Hancoek, Feb-
ruary 28, 1891, Rose Letter Book.313
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