Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-20
Influence of the Grange.

,r1iIa the cows VIII not at once pro-
r,or.. milk nor the price advance
son Of the time spent in a grange
ing discussing the ethics and
i,eor,hv Of farm life and it's relation
A. r4lfare Of the State and nation,
&c surely broadening effect upon
nn,rv life that measures out to our
.,sr living and stock and field i'm
.raoent writes II. F.. Cook in the
- y.rk Tribune Farmer. Our local
.ng4 points with pride to the evolu-
~ n lis members and their ability to
!, and this grange is not exceptional.
,.gnlar quarterly feast and enter
irn.rr lust held We're of an excep-
onaIIy high order. The table spread
ouIl haze. done credit to a DelmOnicO,
An lie every delicacy and decoration
uipes Of course, left out. | have
rsr s.en either i'm local or State agri-
,,nr,I banquets the glasses set, and
bay. attended these festivities for ten
ars: and really | am proud of the in
reodence, moral stamina and ethics
the agricultural opponents Of every
gree in the empire state, and l am
he this state is only a fair sample of
hers. Thu farmer can say no: is it
~ wonder that he controls, when he
nes in contact with life and activi-
Dc other than those of the farm? He
builder a creator, by the very ma
r. of his occupations of crop growing
nd livestock raising.
The fact that he is a manufacturer Is
NV incidental in the moulding influ-
ce Of type and character, and so the
ange is today the great permanent in
rumentalIty for culture, development
vision and all those qualities that
hake for breadth of conception and
oblcr farm life.
W. are frequently met by the prOpc-
itGn: 70 what extent may other
Icupatinns and professions be adj
nit-d. ! took occasion recently to
<ey at our grange meeting in the pres
bee Of So-called professional men that
b. primary function of the order was
&pcial, ethical and civic uplift; that so
bng as onq-third of our population
b. agricultural there rested upon this
&rIer more than the burden Of purely
lyric 'lurHl matters, and that it's in
Dpu,- should reach out and impreg-
ht- The life of our small country
bmns: aye, even the interior rural
ii,s of the land. that are largely de-
enhent upon country blood for
pnicipal development. and that we
-lrom.h these men and women from
lh"r walks of life who came with
Bought, cuItur" and a proper con-
kption of home and civic duty to our
kuks, so long as the leadership. in
krltion. influence aud guiding light
kme from the farmer and the farm
mr Such assimilation with the
INNER the hosts sure to lead the
kvu man to greater charity for others
nl dressings to himself.
The grange passed through period
slourhinE off this professional and
arcaulil,. acquisition Twenty-Five
bpat, ago. because those men sought
b make the order subservicnt to their
sgn a.lGsh interests. The farmers had
b. at that time, however, developed
b. uiity for leadership manifest
hoN II the farm influence is again
kmltt,d to give way to foreign ma
hpl,tiun then is our fate scaled. ami
Ie'rM of decay must again prevail.
b. II. ,mrnt this outside influence ap-
80 as a sprck upon tn" horizon.
pt,I effort from tn" farmers must
f7- it Ia the earth. never to rise again.
have seen the powerful influence of
D. grange during the Legislative sea
sn just closed as never before. Are
b. strong enough 10 maintain this
Effective, asccndancy and continue our
f.grnt growth
only astuto and discerning leader
fhip will enable us to answer In the
sfmrtivr. state and national grange
rrrtmgs will have to be engineered
sNay from the purely social and good
tn"Wship side Of the proposition and
pom" to deal with problems from the
toll business point of view. There
nuS' he strong men Mt the helm.
FG"hle of good judgment first and
fh'n III" character and stamina to hold
fast. MT sw,rving from the course.
The grange was organized, and has
developed as n social body.
This lnc1l function. so strongly in
u'nch"a finds itself transferred to the
Bigger delegated bodies, much to their
iflm"nt from business point of
NEW The treasurer of one OF the
fl9ing colleges Of this country is
h"'i genial ana sociable man when
aihg in private capacity. but when
ne walks into his office he knows no
pam or institution unless coming be-
or" him to transact business. Use a
paw i'm" and then hew to it. letting the
fhiiS tail whore they will.
! nave deep and abiding interest i'm
''" great farmers organization-first,
fr what it has done for agriculture,
ann second. for what it has done for
."- want To see its course. there
f'' cleared from rocks and reefs and
NV" the advantage of every favorable
fre.7r.
Aroostook Pomona GRANGE.
N"Stook Pomona Gronpe met with