The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-03
NEW YORKSTAEM MEET.
Patrons of Husbandry In Session
at HornelI.
ORDER GROWS IN STRENGTH.
Report on Good Roads.


was submitted by e. II. Young of FL
mira. chairman Of the standing CON-
mittee on good roads. A brief synop-
sis is all that we have space for here.
The report recites that two-thirds of
the towns have discarded the old labor
system of working roads and that the
legislature should now accept the
grange Noctrine and make the money
system applicable generally. The i'm
provements petitioned for since the
work began covers more than 10000 |
miles in ffty-fve counties. The ap-
preparations made by the state and To-
calities for the 1850 miles for which
plans and specifications have peer ac- |
cepted will aggregate more than $780, |
100000 The future Improvement pol
icy is the subject of contention between
those who would like to see the state
build a system of through connecting
highways and the larger class who be-
lieve that the advantages are more I'M
portant for business than for pleasure.
The maintenance Of expensive roads is
certain to prove a heavier burden than
now anticipated, and the tendency will
be, as the committee believes, to grad !
ually withdraw support from the mon
ey system towns upon the plea that
the care Of state roads Is all that 1t
can properly bear. The authors Of the
fifty million amendment were wise In
requiring that Improvements made IN
der its provisions should be equitably
apportioned between counties, and the
legislature should see that this princi-
pie is extended to political divisions
within counties. The state, county and
town scheme is visionary and unde-
sirable. The report suggests that a
more reliable method should be devised
for determining the correct mileage of
highways. AS to material used in
road construction, it was stated that
about 1000 miles Of stone road has
been constructed In money system
towns that are proving satisfactory.
This suggests that 1t would be wiser
to use local stone where available than
to import it at greater cost. The
grange has received high commenda-
ton for the influence exercised to OBJ
tain an equitable ap~portionment Of
costs and expenses, and it rests upon 1t
to make such representations as may in
sure provision for improvements upon
q broad construction of their value as
a contribution to material prosperity.
Resolutions Adopted.
Resolutions Covering the following
subjects were adopted: Recommending
to the legislature to provide appropri-
ate means to carry out plans for i'm
provement of State fair and that a
commission of appropriate size duly
compensated be appointed; ~favoring
the creation of d legal department I'M
der the control of the commissioner of
agriculture at Albany on account of
the divided responsibility existing In
enforcing the agricultural law; favor
ing the continuance of the work of the
bureau Of soils of the department Of
agriculture In the important fruit dis
tricts of the state; indorsing the work
Of the bureau of farmers institutes
and recommending that appropriations
be made for women's institutes; oppos-
Ing the bill now before the Legislature
allowing the shooting Of pheasants ev-
cry Thursday in October; recommend
ing that the state master appoint a
special deputy to organize Juvenile
oranges; favoring equal suffrage; rec
onmending the placing of telephone
and telegraph companies under the
public utilities commission n requir-
ing telephone companies to interchange
messages; favoring the establishment
Of a secondary school of agriculture at
Alfred university; referring all action
on the barge canal bills now before the
legislature to the standing committee
on legislation.
The important matter Of the compul-
sorry tuberculin test of dairy cattle was
passed upon as follows. We give the
resolution in full owing to It's impor-
lance:
Resolved, Tha we, the members Of the
New York state grange, recognize the
obligations of the milk producers of the
state to supply milk consumers with a
healthy product
Resolved, That we will heartily CO.
operate with such efforts on the part of
the state as shall assist US in Kidding
our herds of this disease in a way that
shall be helpful and not disastrous.
Resolved, That in view Of the COM
plexity Of the problem and of the many
interests involved In 1t we respectfully
urge upon our state officials and legisla-
ture that no new legislation be enacted
affecting the dairymen of the state until
after careful and extended conference In
which all related interests shall be fully
represented. -
Other resolutions adopted were as
follows:
Opposing uniformity of text books in
rural schools throughout the state; In
structing the executive committee to
award six scholarships of $50 each to
young men and women of the grange
In Cornell Agricultural college, favor
ing the establishment of agricultural
high schools and suggesting that the
expense thereof be borne Jointly by
the nation, state and locality so bene-
fted; making the salary of the state
master $3.50 per year and travelling
expenses, of the state secretary $1,000
per year and travelling expenses and Of
the state treasurer 500 per year and
necessary expenses; asking the utilities
commission of the Second district to
grant petition for the Buffalo, Roches-
ter and Eastern Railroad company; ia
voring the levytng Of a semiannual tax
State Grange Footnotes.
An effort will be made to organize
more juvenile oranges this year. A
resolution recommended that a special
deputy be appointed to organize such
oranges within the state.
Past Treasurer yelling was present
ed with a beautiful gold watch by
SOM of his friends in the state
grange.
The sixth degree was conferred on
a class Of 400 candidates in the opera
house. The fifth degree was conferred
by the Genesee county Pomona degree
team n evening in the opera house.
The grange didn't seem to favor any
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