Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-12-14
|. STATE GRANGE
Closes A Successful
Meeting At
White RIVER JUNCTION
Will Hold Next Meeting At
MoIrisvi||e

White River Junction, Dec IL
The 50th annual meeting of the Yer.
mCnt State Grange was held at White
River Junction Dec. II, l2 and 13. 1t
was the largest and most enthusias tic
in the history of the order in this
state. The reports showed that the
Grange had made great growth dur.
ing the past year. Two Pomona and
12 subordinate oranges have been in
stituted during the Yer and the gain
in membership was nearly 1000, The
total membership is now $500. The
treasurer's report showed a balance on
hand Of 1898 90, gain of about $500.
The master ( f the state grange G.
]. Bell ,recommt n led increased special
deputy work and the adoption
Of. the recommendations OF
the national grange regarding legis.
lation as follows: The passage by
the state legislsture of the antitrust
law providing for state inspections of
all corporations in the state; the pas.
sage Of tax laws that will compel all
property to bear its equal share Of
taxation; passage OF pure food laws: to
give the state railroad com mission full
p wer to fix maximum rates for
freight AMI passenger traffic on all
railroads in the state; the revision Of
all fees ar d salaries of state officers 50
that jthey will be placed upon an
equitable basis
The largest grange in the state is
Protective o. Brattleboro with 379
mem bers Randolph 453, Springfield
PSI, Bridgewater 1870, Ludlow 112.
The usual banquet the first night
was omitted and in its place the state
lecturer prepared a fine program
which gave the members a substan-
t'al literary feast.
Recitations and addresses were made
bv Mr.. T, ster Of Waterbury, Mrs. N.
Fl. Porter, Mrs L P. Thayer of Ran.
dolph, Miss Josephine Hodge OF Ran
dolph Center, L. NJ. Craig Of Spring.
field, Hon. N. J. Batchelder OF New
Hampshire, lecturer of the National
Grange, f. O. Hutchinson. lecturer Of
the New Hampshire Grange and
others.
The first and second degrees were
exemplifed by team from Spring field
Grange and the third and fourth by a
team from Randolph Grange. The
work Of both was most perfect, and
the large audience present enthusiast.
cally cheered their work.
The grange voted to hold it's next
annual meeting at MOrrisville, on the
invi ation OF Lamoille grange. Voted
to carry $500 of the surplus to the
permanent fund.
The resolutions endorsed the work
OF the board of agriculture ano especi.
ally the work Of the cattle commits.
sion in stamping out tuberculosis in
the state.
A sta farmers mutual insurance
company should be established by the
grange on the same lines az that now
in operation in New Hampshire, and a
committee OF three was appojn+ed to
thoroughly investigate the natter and
report at the next me- .tiUo of the
state grange. f
Thsv al" r Commenced ane large
use Of the l,1.' parere and tie Yer
mont tb-ucrs' Ad cate, tor notices
o' tar~er. and grange meetings and
to furnish reports or .sme - all snch
papers for publication.
Hea-1rnaed, the demand OF the grange
tcg pure iood laws and especially urg-
,1 tho Ecr,y,fnt t1cDeUei i'm IN CDn,
s,ess to II all IN itS ,Ower to secure
ne =; sage CT the modified Gront
olco b''l, taxing 0leo made in tmi alton
,l tuttsr 20 cents q pound. Comm nd.
d the work of the cOngressmen 10
lie first district In carrying out the
ideas Of the state and national grange
regarding ruvsl free delivery of the
mails. Tue old o'ilcers hold over and
the election comes next year.