The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-06-09
Review of
Years Work
Grand Master of State
Grange Gives Compre-
hensive Report of Work
Accomplished = Farm
er's Organization Has
Made Rapid Strides.

The Twenty-third annual session OF
the Washington State Grange is being
held in Snohomish this week and bids
fair to be the most memorable one the
Grange has yet held. Many delegates
are in attendance and the sessions are
full of interest to those present.
One of the powerful figures at this
session is Grand Master Kegley. Under
his leadership the State Grange has
made rapid advancement both in point
of number and influence. He is broad
gagged man; man of force and action; !
a man who believes that the farmers life
is not bounded by the geographical boun-
dares of his farm.
Portions of his annual report to the
State Grange session this week are Civ
en- below. Lack of space precludes print
ing in it's entirety. 1t is all well worth !
the perusal of all of us.
CONDITION OF THE ORDER.
During the last National Grange fiscal
year our State was credited with los
new Subordinate Oranges, more than
one Fourth of all the new oranges organ
lied in the Twenty seven states repre-
sented in the National Grange at At |
lantic City. The nearest approach of
ours was Michigan with 65 new Oranges
to its credit. And out of the total of
400 new Oranges organized. the five in
surgent states, Michigan, Pennsylvania.
Colorado, Oregon and Washington, have
239, or nearly three -fifths of the total
number, to thicr credit. Rather a good
showing for insurgency.
Our gains since we met in Pullman
have been 55 Subordinates organized, II
reorganized, and Pomonas organized.
Since l became your State Master in
1905, we have averaged gain in mem
bership of over 1000 each year, and we
now have 320 Subordinate Oranges, 26
Pomona Oranges, and $4,000 members in
good standing in this state.
THE SUBORDINATE GRANGE.
The Subordinate Grange is the foun
dation on which Grange organization
and unity are built. The Subordinate
Grange is the real Grange, for our Order
is simply federation of local farmers
clubs, federated together in Country.
State and National organizations, for
mutual benefit and for the purpose of
securing results in legislation and busi
ness cooperation, which could not be
as effectively or speedily accomplished
without such federation. If the Subor-
.dinate Oranges are strong it is compa
ratively easy to have strong Pomona
and strong State Oranges, and with
strong State Oranges we can soon have
a strong National Grange.
THE NATIONAL GRANGE.
The last session of the National
Grange was held at Atlantic City, n J.
The. National Master reported gain
in membership of $4,000 for the year,
and larger gain in Subordinate Grang-
es than in any previous year with one
exception, for thirty five years. v
The Atlantic City meeting was made
especially notable by the conference of
Executive Committees of State Oranges,
called together for the purpose of in
vestigating conditions of the National
Grange, and to determine what joint ac-
ton in regard to same might be desir-
able.
1t was my privilege to represent your
Executive Committee at that conference.
believe it to be one of the most inn
portant National meetings ever held and
it's influence in advancing the good of
reaching. The conference was made per-
manent and recommend that you plan
for additional representation at the next
meeting at Columbus, Ohio, in Novem-
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