Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-22

! ever before. Farmers are not going hack te
'ne CONDITION in which they were once. Tbey
are doing better and will continue to improve
year after year.
glory in the assertion Of your worthy
nasler-"That this glorious organization il
bringing our farmers to the front"
Inc speaker cited numerous instances
~here farmers had come to the front Wher
naro times were upon US they produced i'm
mense crops and brou zht relief. AT Plvmoutt
mock; when the colonies threw off the woke
OF ENGLAND; in forming our splendid coustitu.
ton, the tiliers of the soil were again TO tbe
'front.' ~ 'As
ne speaker was emphatically opposed tc
the tendencies in certain localities of tie
country TO Worship that which lie English
I'D the days when this country was new every.
tning English was despised Why, in Phil.
adeiphia they call the farmers peasants.
Inc educational power of the Grange was
SET Iorth in most telling manner. have
read that knowledge is Power" he said
we have been told that we did not need edu
cation. The man Of muscle has been the one
talked about. In how many homes two OF
thfee boys have been sent to college &c
make sharp, tricky lawyer, doctor, or 8
clergy man, while the other boys are kept al
nome TO be only farmers. This has been the
PsoStiNc tOO nucD.
ne Orange is coming forward in the great
Work OF pushing farmer. to the front. just
as long as farmers interests are to be adj
vanced you will find the Patrons of Husban-
Dry. 1t is permanent organization and i,
Is but question Of time when every farmer
shail De within its gates. There never was A
time when the Grange was so much Respected
as to-day
he speaker eloquently declared against
the theory that muscle was the requisite for
farmers. He believed brains were as neces-
sary on the farm as IN the professions or a
mercantile life. IL you believe in muscle
Why not take off your hats to your oxen
they have more muscle than you. | saw
"Knowledge is Power" The Grange had
aided the farmer in becoming posted on the
prices of his products and what he had to
buy, or their quality. He knows the law $
OF supply and demand better to-day. In fire
and life insurance the Grange has saved the
farmer thousands of dollars.
In Legislative halls the Patrons had made
rapid strides to the front The passage OF
the oleomargarine bill was largely due to
their efforts
Mr.. Whitehead declared in decided tones
against any reduction of the tariff on raw
materials, and the Grange headed off the in
Famous Morrison tariff bill Ii would put on
the free list wool and hay. Remove the tar
IN on the latter and how the Canadian
product would b. rushed into your markets
ana down go prices Corn, oats, rice raw
sugar, hemp, fax, and even potatoes were
aimed at. Nova Scotia ualoads potatoes in
Boston AT fifty cents bushei and pays a duty
OF nfteen cents. Destroy the tariff ana dow
90 your potatoes to thirty five cents. Why
don't they reduce the tariff on manufactured
ar icles? Because any such movement is met
by powerful lobby at the National capitol.
But those fool farmers. Laughter. We
say to the manufacturers if the tariff is to
come of Of raw materials it must aiso be re-
moved from the manufactures.
The very best Knowledge we are getting is
to be better politicians than we were before.
We need honest men aud you need some in
Maine. don't you. The Grange comes in and
educates the heart well "A, the head
| Lecturer Whitehead was alarmed to ee
the number of tenant farmers in tn country
and saw the beginning of gigantic wrong.
Nearly one-hait Of 1000 900 farmers were
tenant farmers English capitalists were
! becoming owners of thousands of acres of
our lands. He would have a law pissed
torbidcing that there should be any foreign
landlords. He desired the people to study
this matter.
There was tremendous applause as Mr..
Whitehead concluded.
EVENING.
The hotels were filled with Granger guests
last evening, and the registers bore lengthy
columns of signatures. 1t was a social Grove
, and no one was more at home than the Wor.
! thy Master, who was favorite among all
Among the new arrivals was Hon. Rufus
! Prince Turner.
J At 80 the fifth degree was conferred on
81 candidates at the hall.
! The finance committee reported.
| The executive committee made their re-
port More than the usual amount of work
has been done the past year. All the officers
of the Grange Rave kept up lively interest
and done what they could for the good Of the
order. About 500 has been added to the
/ balance in the treasury. The State Grange
was requested to take action by which the
! Pomona granger, may be made to have a
general supervision of the missionary work
! in their jurisdiction The committee wanted
different instruction in regard to State
/ Grange festivals.
! he treasurer reported for the fiscal year
ending Sept. 30th. 1886: Amount in the
! treasury Sept. 30th, 1885. Sl.734 rs; 1886,
| 81 ,S29.S2 / he following committe on BY
| laws and constitution was appointed Nelson
/ Ham, D. c. Bowen, J. NJ. jackson, Z. A.
Gilbert, Hiram Conforth; Sisters Hart, Jose
and Reyes.
| The committee on order of business re-
ported the appointment of twenty different
standing committees.
Adjourned.