Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
The state Grange.


The 29th annual session Of the State
Grange was held at Trenton last Wednes-
day. Thursday and Friday. State Master
G. ". +. Gaunt, of Mullica Hill, presiding.
Aaron James, of South Bend, Mich,
Worthy National Master, occupied seat
beside him.
Mr.. Gaunt made an appeal for farmers
organizations, saying that all other classes
are now making combinations Organlza-
tion, he said, is the watchword OF the
twentieth century.
The condition of the order in the State
was shown to be prosperous and it's outlook
bright.
The speaker also told of the progress
made during the past year in the matter OF
rural mail delivery, which is no longer re-
garded as an experiment. Postmaster
General Smiths estimate for free rural
mail delivery for the year ending June 3,
1903, he said, is Sc, 250,000
Cooperation, the speaker said, is of the
utmost Importance. He made an appeal for
education and for cooperation.
The National Grange recommended the
following legislation, which will be en-
dorsed by the State Grange: Free mail de-
livery, postal savings banks, amendment
to the constitution regulating corporations
increasing powers and duties of interstate
commerce commission, enacting national
pure food laws, regulating the use of shoddy,
electing United States Senators by direct
vote Of the people.
Mr.. Jones, Worthy National Master,
made an address at the evening session in
which he dwelt particularly upon the sub
ject Of free mail delivery as of especial
benefit to the farmer.
In regard to oleomargarine, he said the
National Grange most strongly opposed Its
being sold as butter as fraud on the far
mer, recommending a tax of ten cents a
pound.
The legislative committee, of which he
is a member, Mr. Jones said, would urge
the establishment Of postal savings banks,
also the passage of laws regulating inter
state commerce. The farmer, he declared,
sought only equity and justice in the pas
sage OF laws, and did not seek to create
strife.
At Thursdays session Albert Heritage,
of Swedesboro, aud Nic0demus Warne, OF
Broadway, were elected members of the
executive committee for two years.
Memorial exercises were held in the
afternoon, among the deaths being Annie
Warrington, C'las. Shoemaker and Nathan
Redrow of this county.
Among those advanced to the Sixth De-
gree during the evening session were the
following from this county:
Anna c. Bradshaw, Mickleton; Thos. J.
and Mary Stratton, Mt. Royal; Jas. w.
Tweed, Williamstown; jeremiah and Mary
L. Haines, Mickleton; Lottie d. Conover,
Jacksonville; Sam1 Black, T. Wilbur
Hendrickson, Hannah Hendrickson, Swe-
desboro; William and Anna Bell Dawson,
and Susan NJ. Smith, Middleton; Annie Il.
Turner, Lizzie T. Locke Samuel c. Locke,
Hurffville; Isaac B. Pancoast, @. L. Pan
coast, Clayton.
At the last session on Friday the resolu-
tions were passed, among which was one
asking the State Board of Agriculture to
protest against the passage Of any ship
subsidy bill, and another urging the repeal
of the law providing that no trolley COM
pany shall carry freight.
A resolution was also adopted endorsing
the Grout oleomargarine bill about to be
introduced in the United States Senate.
Other resolutions urged the passage of a
general pure food law, free mail delivery in
rural districts, the election of United States
Senators by direct vote of the people, en-
larging the powers of the interstate COM
merce commission, endorsing the reciprocity
views recently expressed by Mr.. Mckinley
and President Roosevelt.
The report Of the subordinate oranges,
excepting two, all showed a prosperous
condition. AS, for instance, Moorestown,
reported 141 members, with purchases for
the year amounting to $31, 494, Swedes-
boro, 1877 members, purchases exceeding
$1,000; Harrisonyille, 70 members, purchases
over $4,000; Mullica Hill, 276 members,
purchases $3.50; Loektown, 135 members,
purchases $2250.