News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-12-14
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THE NATIONAL GRANGE ORGAN
The National Grange Organ has com,
into prominence by the attacks made
upon it by some parties, who claimed
that our National Grange treasury was
being looted as the paper was financed by
private parties All the Natl Graug4 hes
aided in this publication has been small
expense in preparing the lecturers page
and in sending the paper to charter mem
bers at 35 cts subscription. On May
LIST, 1910, the Publishing Co.'S contract
ended and the paper was turned over tc
the National Grange Executive Com.
mittee on that date.
This Publishing Co. began it's contract
with the National Grange Nov. list, 1907
They lost $14, 900, during the time they
ran the paper, and as N. J. Bachelor
owned one half of the stock of this com.
pany, his loss was $1,000. This COM
pany has had nothing to do with the
paper since May LIST. Brother Bachelor
however has spent two days a week
since then editing the paper, for which
work he has received no remuneration
fair sample of all the charges made
against the National Master, is that he
is using his office to advance his financial
interests, as he was the principle stock
holder in this publishing company. The
failure of the Grange membership to sup
post this paper, and three OF the larger
states adopting another paper as Their
State organ, is the reason why the Ma
tional Grange Organ was run at a hnan.
cial loss. 1t was voted to discontinue
this paper in its present form and begin
in January next to publish monthly
bulletin. This to be owned by the Ma
tional Grange, and run by board of
managers consisting of the Worthy Lee.
turer, Overseer, and Chairman of Execu-
tive Committee. The Overseer not wish
ing to serve, Brother Healey of Connec
ticut, was chosen to take his place. We
would urge that this bulletin receive the
hearty support of our members. 1t will
be filled with Grange news and items Of
interest to all patrons.
ANTI. OLEOMARGARINE LAW
At the last session OF Congress a de
termined effort was made. by the oleo-
margarine interests, to secure an amend
ment to the law imposing tax OF ten
cents per pound on allcompoundsc olored
to resemble butter. A bill was intro
duced to reduce this tax ON colored oleo
to two cents The Farmers Union of
the South maintained a strong lobby in
Washington in support of this change, IN
the interest of cotton seed oil, also several
labor unions were induced to work forit
This question is not dead, but is simply
sleeping for little. The twenty-five
producers of cleo will yet make desper
ate effort to swallow the twenty-five
million producers Of butter. Their
threats and pocket books are large and
we are in danger With our present law
this twenty-five oleo crowd are allowed
to feed annually to a gullable public,
about $30,000,OOO worth of counterfeit
butter. They are not satisfied to steal
the color of butter, they want us to
allow them the privilege of deceiving the
public, that their millions may accumu-
late faster. Vermont is dairy state and
we are greatly interested in this law.
While the effort may not be made at this
short session of Congress to change this
law, vet believe it stands us in hand, as
an organization, to be prepared to meet
any effort that may be made at this, or
future sessions. We would recommend |
that provision be made, should occasion
require, for a representative from our
Order to appear before the committee
having this bill in charge, in the interest
of our dairymen.
TAXATION
That our present legislature does not
intend to make any changes in our pres.
sent tax laws, to equalize the bur
lens of taxation, or to help do away
with double taxation, is becoming more
evident as the weeks go by. We do not
believe in a sudden change in the whole
tax system. but in a gradual working
out of the present inequalities. We still
believe our present legislature should
pass bill, as recommended by our legis-
ative committee, exempting from tax
alton to the listed appraisal of the prop
erty, all money loaned on mortgages
within the state, where the rate of inter-
EST charged does not exceed four and
and one-half Ter cent With the enact
nent of such law no property by it,
would escape taxation, to that extent.
double taxation would be avoided, and
we would indirectly be helping the one
paying the double tax, and not hurting