The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-30
Statistical Information.

THE GRANtis.-These figures may not
be very new, but they are interesting,
nevertheless, and contain quite history
in themselves. The order contained last
November 1920 subordinate oranges or
lodges, having 761 1868 members square
in the books" and total membership of
100000; the revenue Of the National
Grange or central body was S216,3S102 /;
the imitation fees paid into the treasures
of the subordinate oranges have exceeded
$1,000, 900, and the annual income ofthese
and the State Oranges (some of which
bodies have sums in excess of $4,000 in
their ofices) is in excess of 81 100000.
The grange has some twenty State pur-
chasing agencies at least, three of which
do an annual purchasing business of
100000.
During the past year it has had in active
operation five grange banking associations,
one of which Cat San Francisco has cap
ital of $4,000, 900, of which $4,000 was
paid in; five steamboats, or packet lines /;
thirty manufacturing associations, whose
capital range from 5000, 900 to $500, 900;
fifty associations for shipping goods and
other shipping purposes thirty-two grain
elevators; sixteen grist mills, one of which
produces one hundred barrels of -four per
day; twenty-five warehouses for storing
goods three tanneries and six smitheries,
These are distinctly grange enterprises
started with capital contributed by mem
bers Of the order, managed by them, and
producing for their benefit. In addition
there have been established 100 grange
stores to furnish members with supplies at
wholesale prices, plus freight and hauling,
the customers, who are stockholders, d.
viding the potts. The order has also
dedicated IA halls, built or bought to
serve as places of meeting, one of which
cost SIC, 000.-Southern Farmer.
OPP FELLowsHIP.-Ex.Mayor Joshua
Vansant lectured recently to large audi
ence at Odd Fellows Hall, Baltimore, upon
the peculiar objects of the order and their
benefits He spoke of the beneficial infu-
ences exerted in this country by the |. O.
0. f., and said under the domain of the
Grand Lodge of the United States there
were 81 grand lodges, 40 grand encamp-
ments, 6,558 subordinate lodges, 1851
subordinate encampments. There were
463,0S7 members in the lodges and ST.
253 in the encampments. The revenue
for the year ending December 81, 1875,
was S4,590,090. The amount discussed
in assisting members and their widows and
orphans was 81 100000, The plumber Of
brothers relieved during the year was 49,
322 number of families $3.50. The
aggregate revenue of subordinate depart
ments of the order from 1880 to 1875 was
sos, 0,774.31. The aggregate disburse-
ments for relief during the same period
was S22,08l,772 In speaking of the
reason why women were excluded from
the order he paid beautiful tribute to the
sex, and said their instincts lead them
naturally to all that was good, and kind
and charitable, and they needed no organ
ization to incite them in their efforts.
The stubbornness of figures is hard to
get over. Here is formidable array pre-
scented by writer in the New York Sun
England collected S175,O0O,OOO from
customs last year, and We collected the
same amount; England paid two and three
quarters per cent. for collecting it, and the
States paid fourteen per cent; she taxes
10 articles, we $50; she has 10000 office.
holders, we have 100000. England has
gold for legal tender, we have paper rags;
England has two-and-a-half times as much
tonnage as WEI We have no ships to speak
of that can go to sea, whereas We used to
have as many ships as England"
The Chief Signal Officer in his annual
report of his department for the last fiscal
year, states that during that period over
SO per cent Of his probabilities" of the
weather were verified. This is quite an
improvement in accuracy over previous
years, but the Chief Signal Officer
thinks that an average of 80 per cent. is
attainable. Owing to the lack of appro.
priations the receipt of signals from the
West Indies has been suspended There
are 145 signal stations maintained in the
United States.