Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
TOILING TILLERS
Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin
State Grange---Addresses---
Reports.
Meetinu of the Wool Growers Association in
Whitewater..-The Bee Keepers
at Oshkosh.

G.. Hatch, of Winnebago county, was
made temporary chairman. The COM
mittee on credentials reported that the
following named delegates were entitled
to seats:
Buffalo-Archibald Martin
Calumet-E. butcher, Susan L. butcher
Columbia-E l.. Rupnow.
Crawford-Jonathan Stilby.
Chippewa-John Bates, Chloe A. Bates.
Dane-R. r. Frost, Samuel Clark, Ruth
Clark
Dunn-Thomas Dickson Margaret III. Dick
son.
Dodge-A. I. Burgess, Peter Harger, J. S.
Bern.
Fond du Lac-Isaac Nightingale. Robert C.
Wilson. II. S. Hill.
Green-J. w. Stewart, Lydia R. Stewart.
Grants. A. Hatch, Nancy A. Hatch.
Green Lake-W. w. Whittemore, Eta A.
Whlttemore.
Iowa Henry Prideau.
juneau. F. Patterson.
La Crosse-James Brooks, L. B. Cox, P. d.
d. Proctor.
Marquette Stephen Hill.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Woolit, Mary ]. Woolft
Outagamie-S. c. Torrey.
Portage-N. K. Redlon.
Pepin-S. S. Plummer. Eunice c, Plummer.
Pierce-Samuel Ger lsh, j. S. Copley.
Polk-John Stockman, Elizabeth Stockman,
W. Fl, Wilbur Kerzia Wilbur.
Richland-A. S. Nabb
Rock-L. Finch.
St Croix-George Steele L W. Claude, B.
Brown. G. ID. Parker.
sauk-W A. Sprague, Hattie E. Sprague, W.
H Young.
Sheboygan-C. A. Winn Lucia Wnn.
Trempealeau-Joshua Rhodes. Susan E.
Rhodes.
Vernon-R May.
Wnnebago-W. Sill, Elizabeth A. Sill, H. E.
huxley. Mary Huxley.
II tro
ner.
Waushara-E. j. Davis.
Waukesha-W. S. Travis, John A. Reed.
Walworth-Edward Hanaden, Emiline Ham,
den.
The credentials committee reported
further that Columbia county has but
one grange IN good working order, and
that the delegate from Columbus could
not be recognized because he was not
properly elected.
In the evening, after the annual re-
ports of the officers were presented, the
findings of special committee on y. S.
senator were offered. They are as fol-
lows:
WHEREAS 1t is currently reported taat an eff
fort is being made by the great railroad monop-
olists of this country to pack the United States
senate with men representing their interests
exclusively, and.as the farmers, business men
and sh1ppars demand that Interstate commarce
be placed under government cUntrQl and that
some such bill as the Reagan bill now pending
before congress be passed and enforced; and,
WHEREAS, The state of Wisconsin is about
to elect United States senator to represent, or
misrepresent, our interests in congress for the
next SIX years; therefore,
Res05rsfl, BY the Wisconsin State Grange,
in session in the city of Mil=Eaukee. that
the interests of the people demand the,election
Of a man4to the United States senate who is
not a railroad man, but man whose paramount
interest Ss in favor of governmental contsel of
all Interstate transportation companies.
The report was adopted without dis
sent.
Graad Master Parker thea delivered
the annual address. It began with the
usual reference to the prosperity of the
past year and its blessings It became
his Duty, he said, to lay before the
Grange such information, suggestions
and recommendations as he believed to
be good.
The sanrteenth annual session Of the Nation
al grange held at Washington In November had
representatives from thirty-sx states. Reselu-
tons we're adopted which urged congress to
make the commissioner Of agriculture the sec
rotary q agriculture and a mec1ber of the
cabinet with the same salary as secretaries of
other departments, and that the department. be
sustained and encG raged by appropriations
commensurate with its importance. To this
end petltlons had been sent to ali subordinate
oranges il, the country for signatx res, the Pc
htions tt he transmitted to the members in
congress. The demand was reaseea able. as tits
conceded Etlat agriculture is the basis of na-
tional wealth. Considerably over sone-half Of
the population of the United States is engaged
in tilhng the soil and the value of tie products
ofagric1ltBre for the year 79 was about So 250.-
900 and over rs per cent. of the exports for the
same year were the products of the farms
The average yield OF winter wheat he'd been in
creased xetkm few gears fully tsso bushels
per acre blythe distribution Of new sarieties OF
wheat by the department. The commissioner
of agriculture had gone so far in his expert
ments with tie tea shlIfo that he felt confident
that tea can be raised liz several of the states
for from Is TO 20 cents ger pound, tins open
ing new branch of industry and keeping at
home milEGne of dollars that are row sent
abroad. Unot9r the hea6 of transportation
resolution which was adopted by the national
grange was read. 1t provided for the enact
ment of general law prohibiting ali discrimi-
nation In faWa, OF against: any class loe ality on
interest IN theEransportat On of passengers or
freight; also prc hblting excessive or e1erbitant
rates. 1t hasA been considered OF SUBJ vital
Importance TO the welfase of the people
THAT every encouragement within the power
Of the general government state legislature
aud local aid haG been given to open new Zines
Immense grants Of land had been given ky the
government to sea:lre the building of railusads.
In some cases the lands had spld for enough to
day the entire cosfeof construction States had
exempted the lands from taxation for a tersp of
yeags and localitieflhad gwen siberally of taeir
meaas to accomplish unequal taxation and to
arbitrarily redistrihute the wealth of che
country. When thH state of things was sousht
to beperpetuated by acquiring eolitcal power
and shading legislation through corrupt use of
money the situation became serious. 1t might
be saiG that all evils OF railway hcansportatiof
will in Que course of time be remsdied by com
petition Not SO, however, all the leading rail-
roads of the country sac being btaught under
the contg6l of few mea. So great has their
power become, that by stroke of the pen they
can tax the business of the country a1ilhons of
dollars. 1t they see fit SO do so they can fix
rate of freight upon the products of labor that
viii absorb the entire Profits and tde laws
II the land practically afford no remedies.
A proposition to revise the patent LAYS was
made in the report, SO as to protect innocent
purchaser or user of patented article or i'm
plesuent and make the manufacturer or vendor