Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14

e ry of railroads, costing hundreds @
millions in single State, and il
: which the irresponsible commission
: has not dollars interest. How lon,
> will the railroads stand such shame
: less interference with their rights
Shyster pettifOggers and granger dem
agOgues have had their way too long
and il is time that railroad manage
ments take an active hand in polite.
and put their friends in the legisla ure
and on the judicial bench. Ifthe rail
roads combine and work in earnest
they can control every Legislature in
the United States, and wipe out the
obnoxious commissions appointed to
annoy and humiliate them"
1t also shows their plan to get con-
troll of the law making power. Cam
not we take this advice to ourselves =?
That the State has a right to limit
the charges of Railroad Companies for
fares and freights, has been decided
recently by the Supreme Court of the
United States, thus putting this ques-
tiOn, beyond all future controversy.
again we see a powerful Corpora
ton building its road through the
farms of our citizens, taking that
which is of intrinsic value, and not
giving value therefore, and the farmer
has nothing left to do, but submit and |
this, after getting its very life from the
votes of farmers. We are not enemies
of railroads, but we should like to see
that fairness, which should exist be-
tween all men.
IMMIGRATION.
Through the action of this State
Grange one year ago, bill was pre-
sented to, and passed the last Legisla-
Lure, creating Board of Immigration
fnr the State. We are gratified to see {
That one Of our most active members, [
ana member of the State Executive {
has been made member {
If this Board. Their work as vet is in
Is infancy, and necessarily incOm- d
'lete, but as knowledge is gained by Il
experience in this work, and with q
Iue wisdom and proper foresight
'rought to their aid; aud with sub
tantial cooperative effort from the 1
eOple, the benefit to our Common n
lealth will be very great. The "
'range can point to this as another of u
,s good works, that have proved ben y
cial to the whole people. n
AGRICULTURAL FAIRS, D
; at present, managed are detriment- m
rather than encouraging and use d,
u to agriculture. They have become al
laces of mere amusement. Gambling tr
nd poOl-selling are allowed, and the ~
eneTal tendency is demOraliZing to
'ciety. on
n many sections the Grange has or an
!nized strictly Agricultural Fairs er
ith the best results, and / believe w
'uld do so in this State with every th
'ospect of success. This subject is re
orthy your consideration. an
GRANGE WORK. tn
now wish to call your attention to or
'lctly Grange Work. l am instruct fir,
by the National Grange to submit flo
e following proposed amendments sm
the Constitution, namely: fet
Amend Section 2, Article III, by di
ding the following:
UNLESS BY VOTE OF THE STATE
sANGE IT IS ORDERED TO MEET b.
Il adopted, the section will read: l
SEC. 2. State Oranges shall meet
nually at such time and place as the
ange shall, from year to year, deter
ne, unless by UOte Of the State Grange II is .
cred to meet bienniaHy.
Amend Section 3, Article III:
Strike out the words THE THIRD
where they occur in
, first line, and insert in lieu thereof
J words "WEDNESDAY AFTER THE
JOND MONDAY"
f adopted, the section will read:
'EC. 3. The National Grange shall -,
ct annually on Wednesday after O''
second Monday, at such place as
Grange may, from year to year, pa
ermine, &c. ="
mend Article XII.
trike out the words "RELIGIOUs and
POLITICAL" where they occur in
first line of said Article, and in -,
in lieu thereof the words "SECTA- SOl
N OR PARTISAN"
adopted, the Article will read:
or partisan questions will
be tolerated as subjects of discus
! in the work of the Order, and and
political or religious tests for men, gOoC
'hip shall be applied.
Onsider them carfully and intelli- of q
tly, and with due deliberation and
fy or reject them, as you deem MI
for the good of the Order. and'
oRcA NIzATr0NT patr'
3 before stated, fur new Oranges
e been organized during the past -
r. This, think, will entitle US, to M @1
same position we occupied one ar
r ago, that of showing a greater It'll