Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-17
ing burden-ridden farmers who compose the
backbone of our order.



1t is proper that your attention be called
to few subjects which it is your duty to
consider while assembled for the purpose OF
legislating for the benefit Of the order in
| this State We invite your earnest atten-
ton to the necessity OF establishing County
| Oranges, which. IT in active cooperation,
are valuable ausiiiaries to the State, and
subordinate. The duty OF County Oranges
is clearly defined in the preamble to the
constitution, which says They shall
have charge Of the. educational and busi-
ness interests of the order in their respect
i've districts and shall encourage, strengthen
and aid subordinate Oranges represented
therein" They are the connecting link
between tho State and subordinate ; the
| columns which sustain the structure with
out which it lacks that symmetry 50 neces-
sary to its perfection Should the proposed
amendments to the constitution be ratified
it will be in these Oranges that the higher
degrees of the order will be conferred.
The subject of transportation is one Of
great Importance to individuals and to the
national prosperity. We find no difficulty
in making satisfactory arrangements be-
tween producer and manufacturer, but
ten-times the transp. tati0n of exchanges
has cost more than their actual value. The
producers and consumers together with the
mercantile and manufacturing interests all
feel tho injurious effects of costly transpor-
tation. In country like Ours, where one
portion requires its breadstufs from anoth
or. and has manufactured goods required
by the bread producing States. how i'm
portant 1t is that the means Of exchanging
the products of these remote sections should
be conducted with proper regard for the
people whose prosperity depends largely
upon the justice of the service. Tho Amer
ican Boardtof Transportion and Commerce
hold its third annual convention at Chicago,
commencing its session tomorrow. We
have been urgently requested TO send dele
gates from this Grange. We suggest that
this Grange request the Board to mold its
next annual convention later in the season,
so that State Oranges may Git they desire)
be represented there. More than half OF
the State Oranges hold their annual ses-
sions this week, from which no delegates
can be spared 10 attend to this important
matter.
Next year will occur the Centennial cele-
bratiOn Of our existence as u nation. Many
members of the order will desire to visit
Philadelphia during the summer. The pro-
posed Patrons Centennial encampment has
received such aid and encouragement tina
the scheme will be probably carried out
The question of insurance has created
spirit Of inquiry among the members of the
order in this State Insurance is like mer-
chandise, which Is bought and sold at
price, reasonable or exorbitant, as it bears
relation to its cost. OF late years the in
surance business has come to be character
ICED by great extravaganza in it, expenses
and demands for large profits, and draws
from the community large amount Of
money, which properly belongs to the gen
eral capital Of the community in which in
surers reside. and employs it at place in
the well being ofw hich the persons who pay
the premiums have ne immediate interest. |
As members of our organization Of far !
mers whose chief objects arc TO foster mu-
tual understanding End cooperation, 10 /
escape the eXactlons Of capital and to get |
rid of burdeus5me systems of business by /
which tho people are deprived of their Just 1
profits, it has naturally occurred that Pa
irons Of Husbandry have felt called upon 1
to study ont and place IN operation such
system OF insurance as would be likely to /
meet the evils indicated, and, 50 far "a in
their power. to remedy them. A commit
tee appointed during the annual session OF /
this Grange held at Montpelier. in the /
month OF December last, submitted re-
port. which was adopted. requiring your
executive committee 10 ascertain all pArtic
ulars possible in regard to the plans Of IN |
suTaace adopted by our order IN the west /
and compare the same with tle cost Of III
surinF in our already established home com |
panie- and relnble stock companies That |
Patrons can insure their own property at less |
rates than they n0w pay. only requires an /
experiment TO prove the assertion. What is |
needed at this time are proper rules ard re
gnlati5us and men - G..-tf 70 the bus
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