The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-17
BAY STATE PATRONS,
Encouraging Report on literar,
Work OF the Gra.ge.

a Cooperative Organization Formed
With $25,ooo Capital Stock, but Dis
tinct From the State Grange-Larae
Savings on Farm Supplies Antiei-
patedI
The thirty-sixth annual session of
the Massachusetts state grange was
held in Worcester. The grange was
never in q more prosperous condition
I'm that state. There are now $4,000
members, an increase of 1880 the last
year,
Carleton b. Richardson of West
2Brookfield, master of the state grange,
I'm his annual address said that the su.
preme work Of the grange could not
be determined by the numerical
Btrength, but by agricultural sentiment
dominating in the lives Of its members.
Che agricultural school at Montague
Ind the Industrial institute at North.
II 4mpton would not have been realized
but for the active influence of the
prdcr Education must be the one
1 rcat subject to engage the attention
a patrons.
The annual report of Secretary W.
Howard disclosed the fact that in
le past five years the number of
ranges has grown from 100 to 21S
s nd the number of members from
1888 to Ass. For the first time In
be history of the organization the re-
ipts at the secretary's Office have ex-
( cded $4,000 during the year. Pomona
W anges contributed $500 in the special
e. r capita Of 2 cents quarter for
embers.
State Lecturer Gardner presented
hne interesting statistics. He said
~ e literary work in the grange had
EN- particularly encouraging. There
We been 1.650 debates and discus
ns, in which 12,769 persons purtlci-
ted. There had been prepared and
id 1851 papers, which were discuss
by over 5000 members; 1904 speak
addressed grange meetings; 0,900
81, dered vocal selections, 4,5G0 instru-
ntal selections; 6,527 gave readings,
dramatic features to the number
653 have been presented during the
r, in which nearly 5000 people par
& pated. The total number Of per-
Dntributlng something to the lit
fy work during the year was $4,000.
combined attendance Mt grange
tings was 28O,S44.
ascertain the amount Of money
ended by the grangers in Massa-
setts for the necessities of life the
i; mittee on cooperation held four
4 meetings. \ series Of questions
also addressed to every sub
nate grange, which elected the fol-
NJ ng facts: Amount expended by the
gers in Massachusetts, for grocer
nd provisions, $3.50, 400; clothing,
4 45O; coal, $385,925; boots and
s, $303, no; grain, So, 104, ,235; fer
Ers, 1861, 900. From these transac-
81 the committee figures that at the
st estimate the grange can save
||< our, $4,000, OH fertilizers $4,000,
rain $273,614 and on groceries and
1 sions $287,000 and on these four
alone enough to save every fam
the Order $50 year in cash, or
100000 on the total. 1t was
that on orders received from
seven different oranges for flour
8 able to save dollar per barrel,
proximately 546 tons of grain SO
pn was saved, and on thirty tons
tilizer $125 was saved. The COM
recommended, among other
that the grange incorporate u
my with capital of $25,000,
shares of So, to be sold to men,
bnly, the state grange to have
her official connection with it
to indorse the movement. This
mendation of the committee was
adopted, and a corporation has
organized, with capital stock of
}. The manager has headquar-
Boston.
grange fire insurance company
Su IlShS Outstanding DeC. at
22S and the number Of policy
3,065.
ng the resolutions adopted was
establish subeXperiment sta
bout the state. Another called
pre- stringent regulations of the
of autos on the country roads.
hrcels post proposition was fa-
and legislation to prevent the
htIons of deer was another mat
ored by the grange. The milk
I'd called out a lengthy discus
There was a diversity Of opin-
to what the standard should
1t was finally tabled, awaiting
ision of the supreme court on
nstitutionality of the present
".
% s. Ladd, chairman of the
Fe committee, concluded his re-
these words, which should be
med on the walls of every
in the United States: "Let US
nothing that we do not need
anything we do not fully feel,
nand instant justice and then
be world we will be satisfied
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