Evening journal., 1911-12-15
CHANGERS
ENDORSE ROAD
Body on Record as FavOring
Great Project After Some
Opposition
NO ENDORSEMENT
OF THE REFERENDUM

which finally was indOrsed through a
vote Of thanks to General T. Coleman
DUPONT by the close vote of % to "a,
with many of the delegates not voting.
The matter was brought up in the re-
port of the transportation committee,
which ended with thanks to General
DUPONT for the big road he is build
ing and expressed the State Oranges
appreciation OF the gift to the State.
The resolution finally adopted re-
fers~ TO the boulevard as a "magnifi-
cent and princely gift" The trans
portation committee making the re-
port thanking General DUPONT COM
prised Benjamin A. Groves. of Mar
shallton; John S. Townsend, of Mill
Vile, and J. L. Cote, of Cheswold.
The Grange voted to meet in New
ark next year.
Tho report brought out that
some farmers are dissatisfied
concerning the road, and in the
debate one of the grangers, who also
is a member of the Legislature,
shocked his hearers when he assert
ed that the Legislature had passed
the DUPONT road bill without knowing
anything about it and without con-
liberation, declaring that he himself
had voted for it without knowing Tor
what he was voting.
Past Master Walker, of New Castle,
led the opposition and declared it was
no time to thank a man for a gift be-
fore il had been conferred and, as the
road had been hardly started, he
thought it was no time for the State
Grange to put itself on record as
thanking the donor. To this Master
Maull replied by declaring that Gen
eral DUPONT had made provision for
carrying on the work in event of his
death. and that, in fact, the road al
ready had been given to the State and
was as good as built. Nearly every
member took part in the debate, but
many declined to vote when the re-
port was adopted.
Take Filings Mt Wall Street.
The Soil Fertility League came in
for a faying when the committee on
agriculture reported favoring its in
odrsement Leading grangers de-
clared that the league was headed by
railroad men and Wall street fnan-
ciers, who hoped to reduce the high
cost of living and at the same time
increase the freight earnings of their
railroads by increased production,
thus lessening the price paid the far
mer and lessening the cost to the con-
sumer. By an overwhelming vote
the State Grange refused to indorse
the league, but instead advised Gov
ernment experimental farms
After the air had been cleared the
railroads came in for consideration,
the matter of freight discrimination
in Delaware being fully discussed. It
was learned that a committee appoint
ed in 1908 to confer with the railroads
and to take the matter to the Inter
state Commerce Commission had done
but little work and the members were
once again urged to take up their
work. Il finally was decided that a
careful investigation should be made,
and when the facts had been compiled
to take action before the Commission
unless the railroads made the proper
concessions.
The result OF Wednesdays combined
meeting with the committee from the
State Federation of Womens Clubs
was seen when motion was adopted
to appoint a committee of five to work
for a State law establishing an afii-
liated college for women at Delaware
College at Newark.
Progressive Ideas ShelYed.
The predictions that the initiative,
referendum and recall would be iS-
nored were fulfilled when the re5olu-
tions committee failed to presen, any
resolutions on the subject, and the
session closed yesterday without the
subject having been mentioned be-
yond the masters address. The pro-
gressive elment of the grange has not
lost heart over the matter, but will
bring il up before every subordinate
grange, and, if favorable action be Sc
cured from a majority to push the in
dorsement at the next State Grange
meeting.
Among the resolutions indorsed
we're those favoring a parcels post;
the support of the Page bill appropri-
ating S12,500 for rural education; the
Simmons bill for the inspection of all
diseased and infected stock, and the
inspection Of nursery stock.
Yesterday mornings session closed
with an exemplification of The secret
work, and the short session in the af-
ternoon was given over to The men,
orial committee, which held short ser
vices for the members of The State
body who had died in the past year.
, The session closed with a rising vote
of thanks to the people of Lewes and
all the speakers of the three days.
Charles II. Maull, Mrs. Charles Mai,
Robert p. Robinson and Horace l..
Dilworth, the committee on insur-
ance. submitted one Of the best pre-
pared papers Of the convention which
was adopted. It urged the abandon
ment of friction matches everywhere.
particularly on the farm and impor-
tuned the farmer. who is isolated, TO
insure safely.
Cooperate With Wilmington.
The grange decided to cooperate
with the city Of Wilmington and the
State Board Of Agriculture in a cam
paign for advertising Delaware
throughout the world.
The grange stands non-committal
on the initiative. referendum and re-
call. 1t is claimed that the subject
was not considered because the
grange had so many public sessions
and such aggressive work to do that
there was no time for it. Biderman
dupont and Martin Z. Smith, both
New Castle grangers were present
the former to present the subject and
the latter to oppose 1t.
The following telegram was unani
mously ordered:
Professor H. Hayward, Sain'
lanes Hotel, Washington, ID. c.: Tn,
State Grange strongly endorses the
Page Bill and requests you to dC
everything possible for it. The Stats
Board of Agriculture takes similar ac