Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-09
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. ". BARROW. Chatham. N. Y.
Press Correspondent Neas York State
Grange
NEW YORK STATE GRANGE

NEW YORK SfA < CHANGE.
The Thirty-second Annual Session
Held at oRdensburg.
The thirty annual session of
the New York state grange assembled
IN the opera house at Ogdensburg. n.
Y, Feb. I, Worthy Master Elliot B.
Norris presiding.
Secretary w. y. Giles report showed
that the total number of oranges at
last report was 567. organized 26 new
oranges during the past year, reorgan-
lied 3. disbanded and declared dormant
IL, making the number of oranges OH
the books Sept. 30, 1904, at which time
this report was made up, 5S5. Several
new ones have since been organized
The total paid membership on that date
was 59,39S and members i'll arrears,
but still on the books, 2.136 making a
total membership of 81, 534, a gain of
5,002 for the past grange year. Jeffer-
son county has the largest member
ship--viz, 6.256 The next in order are
Chautauqua. 4,753; st. Lawrence, 4,376;
Oswego. 4070; Monroe, 3,S12; Wayne,
1906. There are one Juvenile and for
ty-one Pomona oranges in the state, and
fifty counties of the state have sub
ordinate oranges.
Treasurer p. A. yelling reported
total receipts for the year $1S.734.91; ac-
crued interest. $34505; total $19,07996;
balance on hand Jan. /, 1904, SO, AZ. "a,
making total of S34, 492 90. Total dis
bursements in 1904. $16.524.17; balance
on hand Jan. /. 1905. ST. ,967.43
Governor c. J. Bell of Vermont,
master of the Vermont state grange,
was introduced and received with the
usual honors. At later hour recep-
ton was given i'll the hotel parlors to
Governor Bell who was attended by
his two daughters and Colonel 81. B.
Roberts of his staff and wife. In the
evening public meeting was held at
the opera house, at which the speakers
were Governor Bell and Past State
Lecturer Mrs S. n. Judd There was
also an entertaining literary and music
al programme given under the direc
ton of the local committee. of which
Major W. H. Daniels was the efficient
chairman.
At the second days session there was
an increased attendance of delegates.
A letter was read from j. E. Rice, pro-
fessor OF agriculture at Cornell univer-
sity urging that the state grange re-
new its appropriation for scholarship
for 1905, and later in the session an APP
preparation of 500. unused the past
year, was made for this purpose.
The legislative committee reported
that there were no laws enacted during
1904 detrimental to the agricultural in
tereSts of the state, but several were
enacted that would work for the farm
ers' interests. The committee said they
are advocating as large an appropria-
ton for good roads as is consistent
with the revenues of the state. They
believe that the appropriation made
last year to establish state agricul-
tural college at Cornell will rebound
largely to the interests of the state.
The committee have used their best ef
| forts to prevent what seems to them to
be the consummation of great in1us-
tice to the farming districts Of the
state in the enactment of the law for
the enlargement of the canals Of the
state. They then rebearsed several of
| the steps taken to prevent the letting
of contracts for canal construction and
also referred to the repeal bill intro
duced in the legislature, and they urged
every member of subordinate grange
and every taxpayer as well to write to
| his senator and assembiyman urging
that they work for the repeal Of the
canal act. The committee referred to
the work of the Anticanai league, Of
which Hon James Wood of Mount ks
CO Is president and Hon. John l. Platt
of Poughkeepsie is secretary. Through
these officers the services OF Hon. Eiibu
Root were secured to investigate the
question OF the legality of the canal act.
With him was associated Hon. Charles
Andrews of Syracuse. who together
pEOHOuuccu the dSt Observation-Disclosures
and advised taking further legal steps
to bring the matter into the courts.
At this session OF the grange ex-Gov-
ernor Bachelor of New Hampshire
was present and addressed public
meeting of the members of the Order
and citizens Of OgdeDsburg in the even
ing.
Among the resolutions adopted were
| the following. Relative to the grange