The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05
Aims and Objects Of The Grange

erSo ~
ted its first anniversary with a public
meeting on Wednesday afternoon when
a most excellent and instructive address
was made by Mortimer Whitehead, oil
New Brunswick, who has beer one OF
the greatest worker and builder OF the
Grange, the farmers organization, iii the
United States, in the past generation.
Some OF the older farmers recalled that
Mr.. Whitehead made an address before
the Grange which existed at Penn's
Grove thirty.fiye years ago and he mem
toned it.
lie said in part, that the Grange was
an organization of the farmers SO they
canhe mutually helpful to each other
mentally, socially and financially. The
lawyers have their legal society, the
doctors and druggists their societies, the
merchants their board of trade and the
bankers their associations.
The whole world is organized Tor their
interest, why not the farmers? The more
the Grange is understood the better it is
liked. Making farmers more prosperous,
make it better for others. 1t is not the
sole idea of the Grange to make or save
money. The social side is a great fea-
ture. 1t make an occasion for farmers to
meet on common ground of mutual in
interest.
knowledge is power, for the farmer as
well as the lawyer, preacher or doctor.
The idea use to be that all a farmer need.
ed was muscle. Those who think that
is all he needs should go to the barn and
take his hat off to the mule. In organ
lzing the farmers are only Winding
Their Own Business" learning to do
business Tor themselves instead of having
guardians to tell the value of crops, how
to buy and sell, and charge for it. They
are learning to do business like men, in
buying, selling and uniting to get higher
prices for their produce SO they do not
have to sell it below the cost OF fertilizer,
labor, interest OH land value, and at a
profit.
He told how tLey had saved thru their
mutual insurance association.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson,
who has been a member of the Presi-
dents cabinet thru four administrations
and is the only member retained by
President Taft told MIR. Whitehead;;
81 would not be here>if had not been
for the Grange" Ii every mail box
on $4,000 routes could speak they
would say; 81 would not be here
if it had not been for the Grange" The
Grange was instrumental i'll getting
passed the oleomargarine law, which
taxes counterfeit butter 10c a pound and
the pure food law which benefits all even
to the compulsion of pure whiskey. DR..
Wiley, the great government chemist,
says that whisky gets better by being
kept i'll bottles. The longer it is kept in
bottles the better the whisky gets and
the better it is for the people outside
the bottles. They advocated taking the
internal revenue off of denatured alcohol
III q dllu tlEC law vas pdSoOO.
They are going to have a postal savings
bank and a parcel post. \
The Grange started the good roads
movement i'll New JERSEY tWenty-seven
years ago, the first state to do so. As
everybody uses the roads the state should
help pay to build them. There is no
state tax and the money comes from the
corporations.
The national government has granted
millions of acres of land to help build
railroads; has appropriated millions to
dig out rivers so that boat owners may
run their wagons. Why should not there
be appropriations for good roads? Three
years ago the Changers packed the state
house at Trenton to advocate a bill to
make the automobiles pay something !
towards keeping the roads i'll the roads
in repair and the bill was passed.
The Grange is in politics to get the
yellow dogs out of the Legislature and
Congress. Congressman Wadsworth, of
New York, and Grosvenor, of Ohio, and
were left home principally thru
Granger Influences.
The Grange is the first secret order to
acknowledge the equality of woman. 1t
is not good Eor MAJ to be alone. There
are over a million members i'll the
Grange.
About a hundred and fifty heard the
address, some coming a long distance.
In the evening he spoke to the Grange
on the signs and symbols of the order.
Both addresses were very instrutive and
enlightening, the best ever given in Penn's