The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-18
THE CALAMITY WALL.
Master Mars Tells The Farmers 70
Give It a Rost.
His Address to the State Grange This
Morning Bristled With Good and
Timely Advice.
Lansing Republican, 9th.

Lansing Republican, 9th.
The state grange has got fairly to work.
This morning the president and secretary
read their reports, and this afternoon the
treasurer and committees report. Tonight
important topics to the farmer will come up
for discussion, and tomorrow three members
of the executive committee will be elected.
Master Thomas Mars annual address was
read this morning. For the most part it
was of a very good import. After brief
welcome and words about the bOuntiful
harvest of the year, he advised the farmers
To show wisdom, 10 stop the calamity wall
manifest staying qualities and realize good
prices Oh their surplus products, which were
assured in view of the shortage of staple
products in the old world. lie believed that
as a whole the farmers were more prosper
GUS and comfortably situated than amy other
class of citizens in the country and would
compare favOrably intellectually. stop the
calamity wall" were his words, land turn
your attention TO q broader field of education
and be assured you are engaged in the best,
surest and happieSt occupation in this c0un-
try" He spoke of the need of stringent
Legislation and greater representation in
the law-making bodies. 1t was the province
of the grange to study the questions that
were agitating the minds of tie people, and
over which some of the abest minds of the
age had puzzled long; to solve them if pos
sible and to dictate to the government the
policy to be adopted. He did not believe it
right to infiict Oh civic body any political
opinions whatever, and held his peace in
that respect, even going so far as to deplOre
the fact that financial and government lien
questions had been forced upon the national
grange. More could be made, he thought,
lin hn
and drawbacks of the farmers and endeavOr-
ing to reach the goal in that manner. The
gambling by the boards of trade of the cOun
try he heartily condemned, and believed
they should be controlled by law. Tie
system of adulteratng foods also received
his condemnation, and he urged increased
energy in rectifying the same. He con-
graduated the grange on the increase of the
past year, which was greater than any one
year in the past twelve years, and advised
stronger work all along the line, especially
in new territory. Regarding the order
throughout the land, he noted an increase of
many thousand members, and deplOred in
particular Michigan's lukewarmness in lee
ture work. In closing, he cOmpllmented the
pomona oranges on the work of the past
year, and spoke most hopefully of the future
of the state and national grange work.
Over 200 delegates are attending the nine
teenth annual session of the Michigan state
grange, in session i'm Representative hall,
with Worthy Master Mars presiding. Re-
ports read show 213 subordinate oranges in
the state, five new ones with total menu
bership of ATS having been organized and
two dormant oranges revived during the
year. One Pomona grange, that of Kalkaska
county, has also been organized and the
order now numbers i'm Michigan between
10000 and II, 900 active members. A large
majority of the delegates are in favor of re-
tanning the grange plank against the free
coinage of silver and are strongly opposed to
any political alliance with the Farmers
Alliance.
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