The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-08-21
FARM, GARDEN AND
HOUSEHOLD.
Farmers Declare for Protection

| At the Changers Conference at the
New York Chautauqua Assembly, Gerard
Z. Brown, State Lecturer of Pennsylva-
mia, took occasion In his remarks to
ignore the traditional proviso Of the
Grange forblddlng political discussion by
a merciless attack on the Mckinley Pro-
tective Tariff but, to the great disgust of
the audience, which almost emptied the
hall by unceremoniously leaving It. On
his conclusion, Hon. Mortimer White
head Of New Jersey, Lecturer Of the
National Grange-whOm members Of the
Maine State Grange will remember as
having addressed the State Grange, most
eloquently, In Meonian Hall In Augusta
few years ago-promptly obtained the
floor, and availing himself Of the gap
which State Master Brown had made In
the above named conservative ruling
which has hitherto obtained In this Oldest
and largest farmers organization, he very
effectually used up his Free-Trade pre-.
decessor In an off-hand impromptu speech
which was remarkable for Its eloquence
and convincing In Its logic. The Nation
al lecturer truly illustrated the truth OF
the scrlpturAl axiom, that tout Of the
fullness Of the heart the mouth speaketh"
for his utterances had the impulsive gush
which characterizes the outflow of q
torrent. Selecting the central theme of
Worthy Master Browns vituperative
TRADE as his objective point, he de-
molished II without mercy. From his
speech a. reported In the New York Tri-
bune, we make the following extract:
II congratulate you on the progress
the Grange is making. During this year
we have already established nearly double
the number Of new Oranges that were es-
tablished In the whole Of 1889, and last
year there were more new Oranges than
in any other year Of the decade. There
record, but we think we have now men,
oership Of upwards Of l 900 900 In good
standing, with q following Of, perhaps,
2,00O, 900 more. We are proud of the
Mckinley bill, which secures US . fair
measure of Protection. With an increase
Of duty on hay from % to ~, and rails
Ing Of that on potatoes and eggs to rs
cents bushel and cents q dozen, we
are able to defy the pauper farmer of
Europe and to hold our own with the
merchant and the manufacturer. 1t Is
only fair that the workman who receives
better wages should pay US better prices.
We are doing our best to compel agricult-
ural colleges to stop turning themselves
into literary institutions. and the Morrow
bill We will oppose tooth and nail. We
have already succeeded In Massachusetts,
Michigan, Kansas and elsewhere, and
within six weeks Browns University In
Rhode Island, thanks to our efforts, has
agreed to turn over its agricultural fund
to the people for founding a separate in
stitution."
The reference made by Mr.. Whitehead
to the recent change Of front at Brown
University from Free-trade support of
British fadism to developing an advocacy
Of American interests is of great import
ance as an Offset to the pernicious tend
ency Of Yale, under tho mischievous
manipulation of Prof. Summer and other
Mugwumps. Grand Lecturer Whitehead's
noble advocacy of Protection to
American labor may be regarded as an
authoritative and official acceptance Of
the same by the time-honored and mighty
farmers organization of which he Is the
recognized mouthpiece-the noble order
Of patrons of Husbsndry."