Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-04-02
MEET OF THE PATRONS
Reports of important Commit
tees of the National Grange.

on Important Public Questions In
dictated by Resolutions and Reports
Adopted-Legislation Favored.
Mr.. Black of Kansas submitted the
report for the standing committee on
cooperation Our Order. said he, is
peculiarly adapted to advancing CO.
operative interests. The grange should
take steps to investigate all co-opera-
tive enterprises and formulate rules OF
government for practical cooperation
and place them In the hands of every
subordinate grange, but the grange
should never become financially re-
sponsible for the operation of any
cooperative enterprise. Cooperation
should be furthered along the lines of
distribution of supplies for farm and
home, establishing banks, cooperative
creameries, elevators, mills, grange
fire and life insurance companies and
other such lines of work.
On Education.
II. J. Patterson of Maryland pre-
scented the report of the committee on
proper authorities have school text
books prepared so that they would be
Of more practical value to the people
who are to use them. For instance.
arithmetics for the rural children
should contain problems which per-
tain to rural life; text books for
mining and mechanical communities
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tivities. This idea should be injected
into most all Of the subjects taught in
public schools. The committee further
recommended the teaching of domestic
science and manual training by tin
crate teachers In rural schools wher-
ever practicable; also the training Of
Industrial teachers in normal schools
and the establishment and national
support of industrial county or district
high schools; also that these rural
schools should be so organized that
they would serve as local bureaus for
agricultural information and places fol
demonstration work.
On Foreign Relations.
Mr.. Kegley of Washington submit
ted the report of the standing commit.
tee on foreign relations. The recon-
mendations of the committee may be
summarized as follows: First, that the
granting of ship subsidies in whatever
form be resolutely opposed; second
that the legislative committee be in.
structed to demand of congress that
the raw materials of manufacture OF
all monopolstic combinations be plac-
ed on the free list and that all manu-
featured products sold abroad cheaper
than at home be also placed on the
free list: third, that a special commit
tee be appointed to open negotiations
with the farmers Of the Canadian
northwest with a view to establishing
closer fraternal relations; fourth, that
special committee be appointed with
view to cooperating with Other
peace associations in all worthy effort:
to advance universal peace.
On Good Of the Order.
The committee ON the good of the
Order recommended the establishing
Of lecturers bureau in charge of the
national lecturer, who shall prepare &
list of grange speakers. with the co
operation of state masters also suit
able grange literature should be pro
vided as a help in the extension of thu
Order. They also favored the Davis in
dustrial school bill providing for thu
establishment of county agricultural
schools.
On Transportation.
The report of the committee on trans
portation was submitted by Mr.. Alike
son of West Virginia. He said: wv
favor reasonable improvement of on
waterways by the national govern
ment, the principle of governmental
control of railways to the exten
that such control shall be exercises
as will secure equal justice to al
shippers as well as to the railroads
we favor a general inventory propert
tax on the physical property Of rail-
roads and limitation ON their capital
cation; we demand the enlargement o
the powers of the interstate commerce
commission; we oppose all ship sui
sidy schemes, and we congratulate tn
government on the progress made /
the construction of the Panama canal.
. On Tariff Revision.
Following is the substance of tn
report of the committee on tariff re
vision: We believe 1t to be the duty @
the government to protect agricultur
Of such unjust burdens as are place
upon it by the exactions of combine
Hons and so called trusts, made poss
, bic by the double advantage give
them by excessive duties and rebate
Of duties paid on raw material used
manufactured articles exported. "
/ believe the duty upon any articl
: should be and never exceed the di
l ference in the cost of labor in TIL
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