The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-11-17
IA R N E RS MEET
NATIONAL GRANGE IN SESSION
At DENVER.
From TWENTY-FIVE STATES
EsGo.erno- ot New Hampshire in .he
Masters cnair-Fornaliy Welcone-
by Goserno- and 0o.erncr-EIec. CT
CoIorsoo.

DenyeT.-Farmers from twenty-five
states. delegates to the annual con
yeuuo1 Of the National Grange, Pa
irons % Husaan5ry. assembled At tha
Chamber Of Commerce wednesszy
morning and were called 10 order bT
Worthy Master Nahum J. Bzchelsa-
former governor a New Earppshi-a
Standing committees were appoirtesI
an1 an adjournment taken Until Ia
O'Clock
~ the afternoon session the mes
sage Of the worthy master. coutainln-
many important recon ue1datiuns
W-s read and the grange went into =
Cr.- s. sst0n-
Al open meeting was held at night.
y hen the farmers were welcomed 70
rha city and TO Colorado hy Gov. Jesse
? Mcdonald. 4 J Speugel. president
O.: the Chamber Ct Commerce Gov
erzur Elect Bach,eI and Others.
In his address Master Bachelor
made special reference 10 legislation
IA favor Of good roads. He susges-e ed
that bill b. drawn for presentation
20 the next Congress. asking an appro-
p-ia-iou Of So pH0 0b0. TO be paid a.
thu rate Of $4,000. roo year. and TO
be expended in building roads through
out the country and improving the
condition o, old highways
in speaking of the ship subsidy bill
he referred TO II a. an iniquitous meas
u-e and said that the grange had
hcipad TO defeat r. and must be pre-
pared to renew the fight during the
next session q Congress
. He spoke n enthusiastic terms ot
he proposed parcels post. and rec
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n his meeting 70 give such meas
G-e stru1. support He aScubed n
failure 70 enact tk- Law to he oppasl-
ten q the express companies. which
h sad were ucEu-zclt sic. and TO thai
e few rural merchants The oprEs
Ion q the latter, he said was 5lz
-71re TO ignorance than anything ezsa.
Re parcels ToSt h said. would b. %
rEs smallest q rural merchants an uo-
Tl--u-t-y equal 10 that o. his larEzS-
. c@Fa4oE3e competitor as far as nal
order business s concerned. The
-a-al merchant" h. said has the no
2eHoly which has caused the decay @.
oar Villages 70 b. feared. ard not IN
r.17oe.s ros'- which i sep toward
t1e ahc15shuazt Of munopolias"
As rsSu-- q: Master P2rhsfta--s
commentator. Il Is stated that =1a
EGanca wiu 81 once take NJ the Sub
1@ct q 4 parcels pest. az5 vii appzr.--
committee 10 carry OF = campaign il
favor of it
OF the railroads. Master Bache,z=-
had the same 70 say as e The exu-ass
companies That IN The snirs- Of no
nopOly they prevent com petition by
preventing The building Of aew roads
21shCuEh the increase in tor mage is
slch that they can No iones- handle
tha business with Ete lines azd equip
Tent noS- II operation as z remedy
he suggested the cu-s--rc- N Of a
s&i1 canal connecting The Mss Ssippi
vsth the great lakes and with the At
izz-tc
legislators who --gzt The farmers
q The country with cont mpt should
hs punished aCcoCzl-EiE- he satE He
cited as examples of -hosa whom the
sra1Ee NaS punished. Jar1ss W Wats-
Eg--h e. Ns~ York chairman Cs the
house committee On agriculture and
Charles H Burton Of Ohio Bob had
e=e- Gs-5sG . reelection. ta asserted.
because the frs had paid no a-tastion
20 = cor r2uz.rz-5u7 from an o-=aniya-
tg1 w--a nearly Ia-la1 members
aat tha second hz3 written q con
-g-7 r-2a-s aEsws-
The farmers o New York an Ohio
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t-z- - t1=>a Cwa rl--~ T. sad and
:: should = s lesson . u-5s-s
In h-s Welcoming address a. the
7cst meeting Gavs-zo- NcD1aalt
t1si tAs delegates that Il ho1-5 they
E1-1 vts.- Czh-- sections e he safe
vG-CE has S z7 Gr-@s q land IN
es- irrigation lz1 much o-1e- land
Under cultivation ~t-EuG. IRRIGATION,
IL called -kstr z==z--=az % cha mines
- Cripple Creek an cher czrQs
R=l-cA c-o5-csE so.5 s-s silver varust
n So @ s-5 70 tie caal mines
w1-cA Ts-o3gce1 & Il -7 zag -aas c. coal
3ss- yea Agriculture IN his state. he
declared US .-S- = important and
z=7-s.- .-e@-- -zSt year mora tA44 the
c2Ecss i. -ss-sy Ta,le-
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worthy master ot -As National C,-ansa
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