Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-05-03
THE CIR LANCE
Conducted by
J. w. BARROW. Chatham, N. Y.
Pres Correspondent New York State
Grange
HOW THE FARMERS WON.
Past Master Aaron Jones' Great Per-
sonal Victory In Washington.


Of this paper that last January in
Washington there was held a great
commercial convention which was os-
tensibly called for the advancement of
foreign commerce in the United States.
1t was really a plan for the advance
ment of the ship subsidy scheme which
some of the most influential men, even
those close to the president, were try
ing to put through congress. 1t was an
assemblage of 400 voting delegates rep
resenting the shipping, mercantile,
manufacturing and allied interests
from all sections of the country. 1t
happened that the national grange leg
islative and executive committees were
in session at that time in Washington.
They discovered that the farmers had
no representation in the convention
and asked that one of their number be
appointed to a position on the commit
tee on resolutions. Their request was
granted. and Hon. Aaron Jones. past
master Of the national grange, was
appointed on that committee. The
abest lawyers and experts were pres
ent to assist in insuring the success of
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their mllllonS were tnere. secretary
of State Root made powerful speech,
and the convention was to close in Il
grand climax at ten dollar a plate
| banquet which the president himself
was to address, We give the rest of
the story in the words of one present
as printed in the pennsylvania Grange
News:
But lhe scncIh'rs HaI IeCkoned WitHout
the grange u'teSaL's. liaIHN II'"l tine lu-
multuouS cN'ofS ~ilcn Er1'''" lh' con
cluSl'H ol 9.titl~ 1Np"l Spe'c" .ueu
away Wleh inc quiet peIslsteH. WORK Oh
lne farmers IepIeseH 'a1lNcs LEAN 10
snow ana oppoSluoh 10 cohl'ii'uIS we
conNeh'I"l 70 t"e l.'"oi seineht OIL sup
SUBSIDY leElS!'tluh Eallereu strength Inns
opposlIloh IipluIS lIicIe"Seu aus IL 'ece'iile
known lhIo"shout the convention lndl 'lle
Iesoiutlohs coi'l"li'lce Coulu mo- dsIcc anu
tnat Jones inc grange representative III
the coHllihttee' was ieaulHs a. vigorous UP
posllloL anu salnei in * ~ nm a st.aL ii,
increasing support. ne lilehus OF snip
SUBSIDY began 10 grow uHNlous 10 set the
convention ~ ACT peloie tlle opPosiuioh
COULD GROW serious
flnally' IN the hilduIe OF tne AFTERNOON
session tne resoIuUohs coihIllil zee, uidple
10 agree reported poti majority anu
minority report tle snip SUBSIDY ildJollts
hoping 10 DE ape 70 carry 'iier report
lhIouSH me cohNtntioh an a''eihPO WAS
mace 10 RUE put me minority report On d
technlcaHty' put thlS SIMPLY resulttu III
showing the entlie coiNeHuon llat tne
snip supsiuy auNocd'os "pulu' II t.lcy
coulo' rue Ioushshou oyer an opPpsi,loh
AS the uenate WaNeu NOT 1t sHoWeu pam
~ ma nv ~ Ia, - mp
SUBSIDY WV",u nc ueic'''Tu, az" 'ciedt "ia
only aEefteu py having poth reports re-
leiItu pIth ~ 'ie N''''"i''ee i'i LUZ ''iei
conslderatioh'
once again .iie hsht was On IN me resO
iutioHs coiiiiit.tee' anu iroiil ul'ii II 'o
p. III me puttle laseu' me uoois Vi tle
committee room We're iockeu. ana no one
put the iorts ouu li'e,iipers Vi me coi,llllit-
zee was alo"eu III .iie iooii' no" jones
hahuleu our emo was SHOWN however. by
| the tact that ne was me acknowieogeo
ieauer ol me hsH. winch ,esuiteu III ene
utter rout Oh tne snip SUBSIDY FORCES me
Resolution hhaHS aoopteu ny lhe commit
zee was hohcoiiiihittal one 10 the erect
! tnat tHe colVehtiol laVois such iesisla
4 uoh as Woulu most ehectually ouilu up
! our merchaht marine, tne understanding
peihs piaiiiIy tlat 'his uiu not mean snip
i SUBSIDIES Inc grange ana its lrlenus hao
won great victory
On the moor the next morning the last
Oh lhe cohVehtioh' the odttIe raseu again
more nercely than ever. Bitterly smart
ing unoer ueleat' the advocates OF snip
SUBSIDIES denounced the resolutions SUB,
united by the RESOLUTIONS committee and
iousht nara TO get the orlsihai snip SUD
siuIes resolution aaopteu instead. me
nNe minute RUE OF depate was rlsldly en-
ioiceu, anu t',e speeches LOT anu against
were nol anu even pitter. ENciteHent
was intense From all parts OF the hall
as many as twenty Wouid clafnor lot rec
oehitioh py the ehalr az one time Ana
go the heht went on; 30 tar the grange
representatives had been silent content
up Siiow ',la. II was mo- oiliy sle farmers