Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-11-28
ne nasIssai Grange.

Tbs session of the National Grange At
Concord. y. H.. finally adjourned sias dir
On Friday, nong tie matters which re-
ceiyesi attention and decision on the closing
day were the following Resolutions pro-
testing against parper immigration; 10
arrange for Sstiona. Grange headquarters
at the Columbian Exposition; fayorieg the
organization Of loan ami banding assoeia-
tons among the oranges a. means for the
investment Of the small earnings Of the
former and securing money TO save his
home: arging the passage By the
Senate Of the pure food bill and
the anti-opsion bill; votes of thanks
and closing exercises The pro-
ceedings Of this great body of intelligent
farmers has been characterized by great
canton. wisdom AMI ability. 10 one Of
.ss sessions il soted against SUNDAY opening
Of the Chicago Fair BY nearly three 10 one.
The graage sanctioned the movement for
forestry and the means proposed 10 stop
the destruction Of New Hampshire and
Maine forests. Il took moderate ground.
on economic qnestions-againss social
issie raids On capital ard the degra-
dalton Of labor. Secretary Rnsk's work m
the agricultural department was endorsed
ssris4 observance of the interstate com
ueree act was urged and such amendment.
a. may be required to make il effective. IL
asked OF government the dsily weather bull
letin for the farm. The farmers also shoulj
have better mail facilities, and we hope the
time il at hand when they viii regard the
newspaper "a important a. bread, the teie-
graph and the telephone necessity INSTEAD
of a luxury. Good nlacadamized roads are
Of pre-eminenf importance. The service
of the grange TO farm life is
commanding, and il is due to the fact that
its inspiration is social and Industrial, with
out commitment to sudden and dangerous
departures from the lines of industrial eSo-
linton The farmers who iItelligently rely
on themselves get on those who rely on the
State do not get on. The State can assist
BY suitable reeognitions. bat the unphil-
osophicaI AMI unscieniiie meddlesomeness
Of government emana,ing from soeialistic
agitators, will arrest rather than assist
the we'll being of farm life. We I've
IN an age of consolidation, which necessi-
tates changes on the farm, in harmony
with changes in the instruments and meth
DDS of other forms of industry. All life
tends to closer contact. The country and
the farm v i'll soon become the suburbs Of
large ci,ies-the result Of railways, electric
roads and better highways. Now what
farm life wants, i, not leap in the dark
of unheard Of experiments, but more scien-
tifc agriculture AMI closer touch with the
life of cities by means of quick transit
and electricity. There are wholesome in
dicaiions in this direction. Any movement
that benefits the farmers directly or inlireet-
ly benefits the entire community, since il is
upon their labors that the general prosperity
depends With better condition of affairs
among farmers there viii be less migration
from the rural districts to the cities and less
crowding. misery and crime in the latter
Make farm life more attractive and pros
porous and the country will hold its own
with the city, to the advantage of all con-
cprnpd