The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-11-16
ARE FOR BETTER ROADS
PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY WILL
START NATIONAL MOVEMENT.
ALSO ASK FOR PARCELS POST
Fortieth Annual Convention Of Grange,
Claiming a Million Members, viii
Demand Federal Aid In Building Of
Better Roads for Farmers.

oSt'SI NOduS IOT ' dTHltTS'
Denver, Col, Nov. 15.-The fortieth
annual convention of the National
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, met
here today and will continue for ten
days. t. b. Morris, chairman of tho
executive committee. speaking of the
society and the matters to he consid-
cred at this convention, said:
''The agitation for parcels post will
be one of the important matters taken
up by the convention and the obtain
ing of federal aid for good roads will
he another. The good results which
have attended our efforts so far are
due to the fact that our organization
Is entirely non-partisan, as far as pol
itiCs Is concerned, and our aim is to
obtain the reforms needed in this
country to give the farmer all that Is
coming to him. We have nearly
million members in the grange now
and there will be between 900 and
l,500 here to attend this convention.
Only 100 of these are delegates who
will have votes, but there will be 9TH
or delegates who will have a voice In
all discussions"
Denver. Eov. 15.-Every state in
the union was represented at the an.
nual convention OF the NATIONAL
Grange, which was called to order in
the chamber of commerce here by
President NJ. II. Bachelor of New
Hampshire. The first session was oc.
cupied with the appointment of com.
mittees and other routine work. The
sessions will continue ten days. An
attendance OF 1900 delegates is ex.
pected.
National Master Bachelor deliv.
cred his annual address He recon.
mended that the Grange. in addition
TO reaffirming its position in support
OF national highways, conduct spe.
cial campaign to secure the prompt
passage of satisfactory bill; further,
that a new Grange bill be prepared
and submitted to congress, appropriat.
ing $50 600 900, to be devided into five
annual appropriations Of 100000, 900
each, to be expended in cooperation
with the states for the Improvement
Of main highways. and Mr.. Bachelor
continued:
"In order to insure the early es.
tablishment Of a parcels post I be-
lieve 1t will be necessary to include
other measures of postal reform in our
demands, and recommend as meas.
ures that should be advocated by the
Grange In connection with the parcels
post: First, correct the abuses OF
the ranking privilege; second, with
draw free postage from all depart.
ments of the government and provide
in lieu thereof that the postal service
OF each department be met by speci.
fed appropriations to be included In
the general congressional appropria.
ton; third, provide for readjustment
OF railroad mail contracts"
Referring to the propaganda carried
In favor of ship subsidy measure,
Mr.. Bachelor said This will make
1t necessary for members of the
Grange to again cooperate on behalf
of the taxpayers of the country
against this attempt to devote public
funds to private ends, and II is only
necessary that we should make 1t
plain to the representatives in con-
gress from our respective districts
that we are unalterabiy opposed to
this subsidy scheme in order to insure
its permanent defeat"