The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-22


it's national meeting, to wEichslom the
representatives OF all the states. Col. j..
M. Thompson, of Joliet, Ill, represent
ing Mr.. Hati's state OF Illinois, Gov. A.
6. Luce, Michigan; Gov. Frederick Role,
Maine, and other good and true men
aud women from all the states.
The last session OF the national grange
was held in Sacramento, California. and
the great state OF California recog-
'nized tins great organization THAT Mr..
Half thinks died) by appointing a spec
cialccnmission to entertain this nations
al body of farmers at the expense of the
state OF California, and for two weeks
after the close ri the convention We were
shown about al over the state. In
1883 the session vas i'll the state capt.
tol at Topeka, Kansas, ana the Year be
fore at Lansing, Michigan, and this CON-
ing November it will be held at Atlanta.
Georgia.
AS to the $4,000 which NIr. Halt
says, 'no man knows where it WENT" l
can tell him that it never went out OF
the custody Of the executive committee
OF the national grange. 1t has been we'll
invested and has now increased to over
$4,000, is annually reported to the
rational body and the income used for
the general good OF the organization.
AT the present time j. H. Bingham, OF
Ohio, is master OF the organization, the
Rev. John Trimblc, secretary, with office
at SIS +. ST., w. v. Washington, D. c.
Hon. Mortimer Whitehead, now at the
head OF the agricultural division OF the
eleventh cencus OF the United States is
lecturer and II. II. Woodman, OF Michi.
gan; Leonard Rhore, OF Pennsylvania:
and X. X. Chesters, OF Virginia, are its
executive committee in the little state o.
Connecticut. Alone we have over 10C
subordinate organizations with ovel
10000 membership. Maine has4O,OOC
members. Massachusetts and New
Hampshire $4,000. New York 5000
Pennsylvania more than that. Mr.
Haff's state of Illinois gained some 10,
900 members last year and yet he
thinks it ga dead organization" The
truth is, it is Il careful, solid, substan
tial organization, not rushing into bust
ness or political matters that it cannot
handle, but quietly teaching the farmer
how to better attend to his own bust
ness. Still i'll Il quiet way it has 6
strong political influence and our spec
ial legislative committee at Washington
last winter has had a hundred times
more power in shaping agricultural legis
lation than all other organizations
combined. In the new tariff bill, what
ever is in it, in the interested agriculture
was put there by the Ways and Means
committee OF the national grange.
at the great Chautauoua assembly
held each year, one day Is set apart as
"Grangc Day" This year it WAS Aug
ust LIST and more than 10000 people
were present to listen to the address by
GOV. Luce, Of Michigan, Mortimer White
head, lecturer OF the national grange
and Grad C. Brown OF the Pennsylvania
state grange.
Next week at Williams Grove, Penn
]sylvanin, will open the Changers inter
state picnic and exhibition shat has
been held annually for the past twelve
years. Often us many as $4,000 people
have been Oh the grounds i'll asingled day
Another great camp OF grange people
closed it's work at Lake Newton county
Mississippi, " few weeks ago. In Ney
, Hampshire the grange annually holds
state fair. But my time and your spac
!, this grand organization is doing to hel
make pleasanter and happier homes IL
over this broad land OF ours.-J. L
Hale, in Exchange.