The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-12-16

Lansing. Dec. s-With recommen-
dations for national legislation on
dozen or more different questions
the State Association of Farmers
Clubs went on record, Wednesday.
The resolutions covering the liquor
question were toned down to a gen.
eral denunciation of the saloon and
a recommendation for legislation
which would make 1t impossible to
ship liquor into dry territory. A
resolution recommending the en-
action of law which would bar the
literature of wholesale liquor deal
ers from the mails was turned down
and the question of statewide pro-
hibition was left untouched. The as
ISOLATION condemned the manage
ment Of the state fair for allowing
the sale of liquor on the fair ground
last fall but made no specific charges
against any one of the directors or
officers.
A resolution favoring the amend
ment of the constitution of Mich
igan in manner which would per-
init woman suffrage was adopted
unanimously. Other resolutions
were adopted as follows:
Recognizing the work done by the
food and dairy department, and ask
ing for a state appropriation to
carry on the work; asking the re-
peal of that part of the hawkers'
and peddlers' law which perhaps to
grocers who sell their goods from
wagons paying license; recommend
ing the legislature to take steps to
inaugurate civil service system
for the state; in Appreciation of the
work of the M. A. G. and advocating
an appropriation for an assembly
hall large enough for Students; for
increase of the auto license, re-
ceipts therefrom to be applied to
the construction of better high
ways; favoring 10 years more as
a closed season for quail; favoring
the present road law over the old
law; direct election of United States
senator's; better currency laws, and
better banking laws tending to do
away with the influencing of the
money market by Wall street man
ipulators; equitable revision of the
Payne tariff laws by q non-partisan
commission; equitable reciprocity
with Canada; conservation of ma
tional resources; increasing power
of interstate commerce commission.
Other resolutions ask congress
to spend less for the Improvement
of waterways and more on high
ways; that every effort be made to
secure rural parcel post as good
as many foreign countries have,
favoring reciprocity treatment
with Canada in order to further
protect our numbering interests.
That there are traces Of insurg
ency even in the farmers clubs was
shown by the fact that the associa-
ton adopted resolutions to the eff
feet that they will cast their votes
for those candidates for congress
man or senator who will support
their cause in the legislature or
congress by lending their aid to
the resolutions adopted by the Or
ganization.
Wednesday afternoon the associa-
ton filed articles with the secretary
of state. The body will be known as
the Michigan State Association of
Farmers clubs, and will be con-
trolled by board of six directors.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, B. A. Holden, Wixom;
vice-president, ]. d. Leland, Co
runna; secretary, Mrs. c. p. john
son, Metamora; treasurer. Mrs.
Lewis Sackett, Eckford; directors,
the officers and G. P. Johnson, Meta
mora and Patrick Pankard, Hen
rietta