Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-09

lse of automobiles by careless and
p 3lisil,le drivers and owners; that
request the United States depart
'-r..t Of agriculture 10 take such steps
us in its wisdom is justified to pre-
vent The spread OF the gypsy moth and
brown tail moth into the state of New
York. thus protecting our forests and
! fruit trees from their rayages: favoring
1 the bill now before the legislature en-
titled An act in relation to the right
of residents to vote on special tax cleo
tons in cities of the third class IA
voring the modification of bankruptcy
laws TO render it more difficult for I'M
serupulous persons TO cheat their cred
itors out OF their just dues: asking an
amendment 20 Eile agricultural law
whereby owners of infected cattle kill
ed by the state authorities shall re-
ceive compensation for the same.
The committee ON good of the Order
reported that an invitation for the next
state meeting to meet ut Auburn had
been received and had been referred
/ to the executive committee, rs was
also one from Geneva. An invitation
for 1901 meeting was received from
Ithaca. at which time the new agricul-
tural building will be constructed where
in the meeting will be held if the in
vitation is accepted; they favored the
appropriation of the sum of 500 re-
naming unused from last year for the
| Cornell scholarship be reappropriated
for the ensuing year: committee favor
ed the revision of grange melodies used
by subordinate oranges and also the
printing of masters, secretary's, treas
urer's and executive committees re-
ports and distributing the same among
the delegates at the opening of each an
nual session, also reported fayorably a
resolution recommending that county
deputies be required to visit each sub
ordinate grange in their jurisdiction at
least twice year and that said depu-
ties be required TO attend the annual
session of the state grange at the lat
ter's expense.
The committee on education highly
commended the work Of farmers insti-
tutes and asked for their further ex-
pansion They also recommended the
adoption of an amendment TO the con-
stitution of the state grange to the eff
feet that in the election of officers
blank ballot slips shall be used contain
ing the titles of all the officers to be
elected. with blank spaces for the
names to be written. such ballot to
be taken at the opening of the first
tl1a I,a LOT,
distributed and vote to be taken at
the opening of each subsequent business
session until the election is accomplish
ed
The committee on common schools adj
vised the members of the Order to take
deeper interest in school grounds.
making them inviting and attractive;
they advocate rudimentary course OF
agriculture in the common schools and
also the enactment of law providing
for uniform text books, such books to
have Endorsement of the state board OF
education. They also recommended an
increase of the library appropriation
for rural districts and also that the
grades of the district schools be ar
ranged to better correspond with the
grades of our high schools, so that pu-
pills entering the high schools from a
rural district will not lose one or more
terms on account of not having studied
the proper subjects.
The committee on extension of the
Order recommend that the worthy mas
ter send an officer TO those counties
where the grange is at present not or
gained to explain to the farmers the
object of our Order and the advantages
TO be derived tberefrom and to use
every effort to organize subordinate
oranges and that the press correspond
ent send to the papers Of such unor-
ganized territory such grange news as
may be OF interest TO the public in the
orga nization. They further recommend
ed that subordinate oranges use print
ed programmes, distributing the same
OF least one session before the subjects
OF same are taken up.
A resolution was adopted setting
forth the fact that the state grange
favors such legislation as will effectual-
~ protect public health and agricultur-
al interests from the effects OF the i'm
portation of diseased cattle into this
state and providing examination by
competent veterinarians OF all such cat
tie within eight days after their i'm
portation unless accompanied by GER
tifcates from recognized competent au-
thority setting forth the fact of their
freedom from tuberculous disease and.
while opposed to the importation Of in
ferior or diseased cattle, we would en-
courage the importation of all such ami
mails as will raise the standard of Quail
ity of our domestic animals.