The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-07-11

degree conferred on lady members. on
all after thirty are admitted-also. an
annual fee a. twenty Ave cents for
each member Of the Order, Out OF
the latter ten cents have to Be paidD
the National Grange. The probaMe
amonnt that will be recsived for fenr
! quarters will be abS0t from lou.
1 thousand five hundred dollars TO five
/ thousand dollars.
| The miscellaneous expenditures for
! the year may reach seven hundred
/ dollars, which are chargeable to trav-
cling expenses of special agents and
Executive Committee il the prosecu-
ton of duties connected with arrange
ments required to be made for the
movement of farm products out of the
State; for the purchase of agricultural
machinery. &c; for expenses Of dele
gate to National Grange; for printing
OF blanks; for postage; for temporary
assistance in Secretary's Office, &c.
| Not an officer or agen. of the State
Grange receives cent Of compensation
for services. which. if paid for, at only
three dollars day. would amount to
several thousand dollars. There is not
an Order in existence that receives, so
I much grattitous service ~ that of the
1 Patrons.
| Taking the highest probable amount
of receipts, 5000, and deduct there
from the probable expenditur res.
adding thereto the proportion Of The
receipts paid TO National Grange,
estimated at 500, there will be left an
estimated balance in the Treasury a I
the close Of the year. OF $500. Now,
what is TO be dooe with this large
amount, will be the natural inquiry OF
those who are not advised of provis-
! ion in our Constitution TO pay ten
cents a mile, one way of travel, to one
attends the meeting of the State
/ Grange. In all probability, from
| some five or six hundred Oranges in
existence at the close OF the year,
there will not be less number than
four hundred delegates in attendance :
If only an average of ten dollars for
each Is required the aggregate will be
four thousand dollars. Adding this TO
the other drafts upon the Treasury,
the receipts may not be sufficient TO
meet the drafts upon it.
There is q belief existing In the
minds of many in the Order that the
charter fee Is paid into the Treasury
Of the State Grange. which is mis-
take as the whole sum is paid into the
National Grange, for which the
Oranges receive the rituals for all the
officers, and several blank books and
forms of several kinds. And il is
charged by outsiders that the initia-
tory fee Of members Is also paid into
the Treasury Of the State Grange-on
the contrary It remains in the Treas
ury OF the Subordinate Grange.
A full report ofthe receipts and ex-
penditures OF the Order in this State
| will be made To the State Grange in
January next. If the receipts are
found to be too large the sources from
which they are derived can readily lie
cut down-and if there should be q
large surplus at that time, vote oil
the State Grange can order its return
TO the Oranges pro rata, and in every
respect do as it pleases about the
finances and the objects for which
money should be drawn. The State
Grange had nothing to do with fixing
the dues required from Subordinate
Oranges, only permitting them to
continue as fixed BY the National
Grange. The experience Of two years
In Iowa will detsrmine better than
any other way whether these dues
should continue to be exacted and rs
every Grange can. and in all probable
ity will. have representative 10 act
for it, their joint action. whatever that
may be, will of course be based upon
the experience of the past, the wants
of the future, and the general good OF
the Order in the State.
WM. DUANE WILSON.
Sec'y State Grange.