Evening journal., 1904-12-13
DERBY TALKS ON
INDUSTRIAL ILLS
Master OF State Grange Says
They Are Due to Rail
road Rebates
ITO DISCUSS PRISON REFORM
Special to rho Evening Journal

Special to the Evening JOufnal.
Dover. Dec. l3.-The annual conven-
ton Of the Delaware State Grange. for
which farmers from all parts Of the
state are now assembling in Dover, will
be one of the most important meetings
Of agrlcuturallsts ever held I'm the
State. one Of the features Of the con-
vention viii be the appointment OF a
committee to prepare some necessary
legislation for presentation to the next
General Assembly, for the benefit Of the
farmers and agriculturalsts. on We'd
nesday night a public meeting VIII be
held, when the subject OF prison reform
will be thoroughly discussed. The
speaker will probably be Charles L.
Richards, Of Georgetown, and an invi-
tation has been extended to several OF
tho commissioners Of the New Castle
county workhouse to be present.
A special survey Of Delaware has
been made by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture and map
drawn. These surveys, which We're
made by special engineers begin at
Bowers Beach and extend across the
state to the Maryland line and from
there down and up into three counties
Among the visitors at the convention
win be Milton w. Whitney, chief Of the
Bureau OF Soils, and the civil engineers
who. made the survcy-F. f. Bonsteel
and A. L. Ayrs. j. B. Ager, of Hyatts-
vile, Md state master of the Maryland
Grange, is also expected.
Report Of Master Derby.
The report of Master S. II. Derby,
which fully sets forth the work Of the
farmers during the year and the needs
for the further development of the
farming industries viii say i'm part:
Education has always occupied much
Of our time al state Oranges. Last
year the whole session practically was
given over TO that subject, for we We're
guests of the trustees Of Delaware Col
lege by their invitation. and because of
our desire for closer relations with an
institution so connected with the ad-
vance Of our agricultural interests and
the training Of our sons for increased
usefulness. / wish l could say our
I daughters. Other States have recog-
nized their responsibility for the proper
/ training Of young women and our own
state must take a similar step.
From the Peninsula experimental
shipments of various fruits to foreign
markets have shown by successes and
failures the way our fruit can be ham
died. the best markets the needs OF
each market and all conditions gov.
erning such shipments
Comparison of the cost OF haulln,
over different roads have shown wha
a heavy tax the farmers pay i'm time
labor, wear ana tear of teams and We
! hicles using poor dirt roads. on IN
1 other hand the cost OF improved ston
Y roads is so large as to frighten the tax
payers much as they wish to avail
themselves of them. So long as the far
i mers must tax themselves for sucl
roads for others to enjoy, our peop
have preferred to simply consider tn
subject A little planning with brothe
families, so that the labor may be di
vlded, and an understanding with tn
road overseer might go far toward
solving the rural road question to tn
best advantage until stone roads ar
generally built
Discrimination in Freight Rates.
Years ago we recognized how close
ly the subject Of transportation inter
ested us. Many efforts have been mad
to correct the discrimination agains
: us which we clearly saw robbed us o
our just rights. We know OF no hnan
oial evil so great as giving lower rate
OF freight to one individual or commun
ity than to another. II has passed int
history how the giving of such rates /
largely If not wholly responsible 70
the formation of one of the most terri
Bile combinations of money, and throug
IL power for evil, that this country O
perhaps any other has ever known. W
all know Of some of the doings Of thi
octopus Standard Oil
we do not yet know how far its ten
) tacles reach but have long known il
power came from railroad rebates q
the most iniquitous kind. How largeI
this one system controls the large rail
road and industrial operations Of thi
country by investments of stolen capI
tai, few know, but the indications. IN
hints, the disclosures point TO dom
inant money power I'm the land crue
merciless. blind and deaf to any recoe
milton of human rights or suffering. Tn
people can never expect TO. or care {
recover the vast sums wrung frol
them If some means can be found {
hold in check these transportation an
Industrial robbers"