The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-11
STATE GRANGE
II IS AFTER TRUST
MAY COMPETE WITH PROPOSED
GIANT FERTILIZER
7. COMBINE.
lAyllN is NAMED AS MASTER
MANY Resolutions and Recommends
lions Adopted-lnitlatiye, and
Referendum ishoredJNsxt =
Meeting at Springfield ri

Columbus, o. Dec. IL Resolutions
calling for state prohibition, public in.
speotion of all public service corpora
tions, demanding a repeal of the mile
age grab law passed by the last legis
lature indorsing the state board OF
agriculture in its fertilizing trouble
indorsing the plans for the election OF
United States senators by the direct
vote of the people, requesting the re
enactment OF the inheritance tax law,
and the removal Of tariff on all raw
goods were adopted amid a storm OF
applause Thursday by the Ohio State
Grange.
Nearly the whole morning was given
up listening to the report of the reso
lutions committee and in acting upon
their recommendations In no case
was there any objection to any resolu-
tion offered. The initiative and refer
endum proposition was ignored en-
tirelysnd sCts'HD3 rEH.. H.r
Among other important resolutions
adopted was one calling Tor the enact
meut Of the 81 hunters license fee bill
whieh was introduced at the last ses.
sion of the general assembly BY Sena.
tor .Sites at the behest of the state
fish and game commission. This reso.
lutionewHs, quite expansive and in sd-
dition 20 the feature, Of the Sites law
requests that the dual season be
closed for five years and that the pro-
lection be taken from rabbits This
law In its license feature eXempts
those who hunt upon their own lands.
The state prohibition feature came
along as q tail-end of resolution call.
ing upon farmers to support Rose
county local option elections, that
present temperance Legislation be
maintained, and that other measures
be passed to strengthen the present
laws and make them effective. Then
the resolution requests state prohibi-
ton. The granger who was In charge
OF this resolution was the candidate
for state treasurer on the Prohibition
ticket at the recent election. The con.
vention indorsed the establishment of
manual training, domestic science and
the teaching OF agriculture in all rural
schools as soon as trained teachers can
be secured.
Out OF field OF three, T. C. Laylin
of Norwalk was the victorious candi.
date for master OF the State Grange at
the biennial election. lie defeated f.
A. Derthick OF Mantua, candidate for
reelection, and r. w. Dunlap, state
dairy and food commissioner. The vote
stood: Laylin 76, Derthick 81 and Dun
ha l
hght against any OF the resolutions
containing Derthick policies and rec.
concentrations. This attitude divested
the meeting of its usual spice and
made the followers OF Mr.. Derthick
Overconfident.
AT it's closing session Thursday the
grange inaugurated q fight against the
proposed giant fertilizer combine and
against all fertilizer manufacturers
who have been selling alleged worth
less products. At the afternoon ses
sion the attitude OF Secretary Calvert
OF the state board of agriculture to
ward fertilizer manufacturers was IN
dorsed, but those vino favored a
stronger step. pushed through a second
resolution lnstrqetmg the executive
committee TO take steps TO arrange for
the preparation Of Formulas by Direc
tor Thorne of the Wooster experiment
station, on which farmers can receive
bids for the manufacture of fertilizers
by contract, The fact that another
resolution proyiding for the incorpora
tion OF, The state Grange was adopted
points to an intention to produce fer
tillzers comparatively by Ohio farm
ers.
Springfield was selected as the place
OF meeting for the State Grange next
year.