Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-06-10
FARMERS CONSIDER
ETHICAL PROBLEMS.
Refuse to Boycott Washington Park
Farmers Picnic-No a Word
About Crops.

An audience of fifty-five men and
fifty women assembled in Grange Hall,
Mickleton, last Monday afternoon to
listen to a program that contained
scarcely an indication that this was
a meeting of people whose secular
pursuit is tilling the soil Here are
the topics: rs greater simplicity in
living desired?" Weather; its influ-
ence on man, and the earth's produc-
ton" 'The value of an encouraging
word to a young person.
President Ridgway did not arrive on
time, and Lewis Morgan acted in the
interval.
Mr. j. Omar Heritage, member of
the committee appointed at the March
meeting to forward the organization
of a Farmers Exchange, reported the
fruition of that enterprise. He said
it should be understood that the Ex-
change is not Trust, nor was it op-
posed to the local buyer and shipper.
The object is to market the product of
it's members. No one can do business
thru the Exchange, because the Ex-
holder. Buyers of farm produce in
the large cities prefer to purchase
thru the Excahnge, because the Ex-
change stamp is a guarantee of the
quality of the article. 1t was not
probable that the activities of the Ex-
change would extend beyond potatoes
this year.
President Ridgway arrived at this
point, and appointed Messrs. Theo.
Brown, Sam1 S. Conover, Vim. H. Hoff
man, Asa Moore and Elmer E. Glenn
ent committee on Institute.
David W.Garrigues was introduced,
and in his opening sentences said he
had right to, claim himself farmer
then said he was there to create a
sentiment against people going to
Washington Park, and read a resolu-
ton he had prepared to that end, and
asked the meeting to adopt it.
Wm. P. Haines said the committee
had prepared program, and said he
favored going on with that, and if we
have time, take Mr.. Garrigues' propo-
sition up later.
The chair ruled the resolution was
in order
Albert Heritage was Of the opinion
that we ought to think about it. He
had never been to Washington Park,
and never expected to go, but this
resolution had the appearance of a
boycott.
Theo. Brown said he was opposed to
Washington Park and the sale of Iiq-
uor in all forms, but did not think we
should pass this resolution till we
know what it means. He moved it
be referred to committee.
Walter Heritage thought we should
go slow with the matter.
Mr.. Garrigues withdrew the reso-
luton and it was referred to a COM
mittee consisting of Albert Heritage,
Theo. Brown and Lewis Morgan.
Then the program was taken up,
and Mrs. Lizzie Dawson rendered the
Whipporwill song with much express
sion.
Mrs. Ida Hoffman discussed in an
informal way the subject, rs greater
simplicity in living to be desired, and
how may it be obtained? She said
she did not want to live in any greater
simplicity than she lived now and had
all her life. AS Eternal Vigilance
is the price of Liberty the price of
cleanliness in the home is the same
We might simplify our household dut-
les by banishing bric-a-brac and pic
lures, but she wouldn't do it, because
they contributed so greatly toward
the beauty of the home. We might
simplify our dress, but she didn't want
to-she wanted to dress just as nicely
as her husband could afford. She
thought the vacuum cleaner would
simplify the house cleaning problems,
when the price of the article reaches
a reasonable figure.
Miss Cora Dawson gave recitation
most acceptably.
Theo. Brown was the only one to
discuss A record-breaking acre, how
much can secure from one this year"
and even he did not know just how to
make it applicable. If the discussion
would induce farmers to be better till
ers of the soil, he said, it might be
profitable, but when anyone tells of a
big crop it gets into the newspapers
and people multiply that by any given
acreage and conclude the farmers are
getting rich too fast. A record crop
is not always profitable one on ac-
count of the expense of producing it.
Mrs. Lulu Clark Haines contributed
a musical selection and Benjamin
Heritage read very valuable paper
and the earth's productions. The
writer clothed this scientific subject
in plain, Understandable terms and
made it intensely interesting and in
structive as well.
VIM. P. Haines clothed the beauti-
full 'Mickleton Oak" in more gorgeous
verdure than nature ever thought of
adorning it, even at this season. He
was both humorous and pathetic, SER
ious and ludicrous, poetic and prosaic.
Friend Haines, when his paper was
requested for publication, insisted it
was too long to print.
The value of an encouraging word
spoken to young persons" was we'll
exempIifed by Mrs. Jennie Ore, and
a paper by Mrs. Anna G. Gaunt, read
by Mrs. Mary Brown.
A vote Of thanks was rendered those
who contributed papers, and Mrs..
Herbert Brown made the comment
that Mrs. Gaunt's paper was as good
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