Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-08-21
TAlKiNe 10 FARMERS.
Colonel Martin and Lecturer whitehead
Review the Aiuas OF the Organization.

Colonel Martin and Lecturer whitehead
Review the Aiuas OF the Organization.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
REHoBoTH, August 2l-There were
two sessions yesterday at the annual
meeting Of the Delaware State Grange.
In the morning Colonel e. T. Martin, the
lecturer OF tie State Grange, spoke Of the
work that organization had been doing.
He dwelt on the growth OF the grange
and explained what its objects were He
held, however. that the grangers should
not ask the state to do anything that
they could do themselves, and that the
state should not seek to have the ma
lional government do anything that
the state could do itself He dwelt
upon the legislation that the state
Grange had succeeded in having passed
by the General Assembly He also said
that politics had defeated the proposed
Typographical survey Of the state by the
national Government. It was necessary
that the state should appropriate
| $40. 900, as the funds available by the
national government we're not sufficient.
BY the proposed survey every land owner
IN the state would have at his disposal
/ levels by which he could ascertain best
how to drain his land As All illus.ra-
/ ton Of the necessity OF the survey, ne
declared that in one township in Sussex
county, growing corn, valued at $50, 600,
bad been destroyed because the growers
did not know how to drain their farms
l and could not afford to make their own
survey.
Mortimer whitehead, the lecturer Of
the National Grange, spoke for two
hours ia the afternoon. He covered q
II C.lI 90 We >. n ~, o,.nttc 81 ffaffru
He said that the grange had no connec.
ton with the alliance and other similar
organizations The grange was insti
tuted for educational purposes and to
bring about necessary legislation TO help
the far mers, The grange, he said
favored the reconciliation of silver and
opposed the sub-treasury scheme Of the
alliance people He thought a general
low rate Of interest would benefit the
farmers by equaizing values.
The Grange he said, believed that
there should be a larger circulating
medium, and 1t was considering the
question of an issue Of currency based on
land values. He touched at length on
the benefits the farmers had derived from
the provisions Of the Mckinley act. This
was particularly true, he said, OF those
articles that formerly came duty free
into this country from Canada, eggs,
apples. horses, etc The Republicans
had won in 1888, on protection basis
and they could do nothing else but pass
the tariff act It was not, he said, |
matter Of politics with the grangers, but
one Of self preservation. Mr.. White
head said that the farmers had more pro
lection under the new law than they evel
had. They could thank Mckinley fol
the high price Of eggs last Easter
The members Of the grange had
secret meeting last evening to consider
the attitude Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company in not conforming to the
decision Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission in the matter Of fruit an'
berry freight rates on the Delswar
/. Peninsula.
A complimentary hop was rendered tn
S members OF the General Assembly at thu
J | Eotel HenlOpen last night
e Among the recent arrivals are Senate
q McMullin. Representatives CrsHston
West aud Chapman and Rev. A. w
Green, house chaplain; William q. Nc
: Mullin. John Harrington, Y. Prettgman
: State Treasurer Burnite. Honorable Johl
w. Causey, George q. Huston, y. N
Wright, John Heyd, A. Caldwell, A. n
!, Brown, e ID. Talley.