Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-21

the lecturers hour. Every program
should have something in it to uplift
land educate it's members, some parts
, of it should be above the average abil-
lily of the Grange. Let us feel that We
are reaching forward to grasp some
thing ahead of us. If we do not &c
forward, we shall surely go backward
| The beautiful ehrysanthemum of the
hot house bears little resemblance to
1.-THE mountain daisy, but the moment
cultivation ceases, it begins to retro
lgrade and soon shows traces of its
humble origin.
| Then let us not be satisfied with the
Ihours filed with light matters wholly,
but have at each meeting that which
shall prove N the end more soul salts
flying. If we are not at first able by
ourselves to produce it, let us turn to
those. of the past, and pre- sent, whose
beautiful thoughts have been trans
ferrcd to pages for our use. and in
| time we wiz be in harmony to produce
greater thoughts than we have hither
to known.
| But with it all and in whatever light
| we may regard tin school, in home,
| in Grange, education, with all its laws
and changes. has a few unchanging
principles of which cherfulness, pa
thence and justice are the trinity, the
underlying unity of which is love.
For State Conference.
A resolution relative to State con-
ference of grange lecturers was Of
fered by Roy c. Haines of Ellsworth
and adopted. The statement is made
that for the first time in the history
of the order a conference of the lee
turers of the subordinate and Pomona
oranges has been held, and the value
of the meeting can hardly be told. 1t
is enough to state that the meeting
inspired the lecturers present with zeal
for a greater and nobler work. 1t was
unanimously voted at this session that
a conference of the lecturers of the
State be held at some future date, and
the State Grange was asked to in
dorse the movement for such a gath
ering, with the adoption of the reso-
luton.
The report of the committee OH
taxation and legislation. which was
lengthy. was read by w. e. Leland and
its adoption followed.
!! insect Eating Birds.
eating birds. offered by C. W. Brown,
was adopted:
by the Maine State Grange. Pat !
rons of Husbandry. assembled in an
nual meeting in Portland,
BE it resolved. that the estimated |
loss of eight hundred million dollars |
annually to the farmers of this coun-
try caused by insect pests is of such !
grave Importance, that the destruc-
ton of insect-eating birds should be |
prohibited by federal law, and where
as. bill for that purpose (Senate bill |
No. 6497) is now pending before the !
Congress of the United States; there |
fore. be it resolved. that the senators |
and representatives from Maine be re-
spectfuily requested to use all prop |
er effort in aid of the passage of said |
bill. and thst the secretary forward |
to each of them a copy of these rese- |
lutions."
Woman Suffrage Endorsed.
A resolution fayoring woman suf-
frage was introduced by Edmund
Brewster and it was adopted as fol-
lows:
Whereas, In view of the fact that
Kansas. ARIZONA. Oregon and Michigan
have given the ballot to women in the
recent election. and that six states-Csol- |
orado. Utah. Idaho Wyoming.s Washing |
ton, and California, have previously en-
franchised women, thus making 10 states !
where women may vote on eiual terms
with mem:
"TheHof0Te, be it resolved that the |
Maine State Grange recommends that the |
Legislature at its next session shall pass |
a bill to submit constitutional amend |
ment to the voters, giving full suffrage to
the women of Maine. And that this body
shall cooperate With the Maine Woman
Suffrage Association in its efforts to Sc
cure the passage of the bill.
Enoch Patterson offered a resolu-
tion on farm financing, and recon-
mended that something be done to
lower such excessive rates as are
charged in Aroostook county-eight to
ten per cent.
w. B. Gardner offered resolution
favoring the Page bill for vocational
education in the secondary schools
The Afternoon Session.
The first thing on the program in
the afternoon was the memorial SER
vice conducted by the chaplain, the
Rev. j, II. Roberts. The order of ex-
eroises was assfollows:
Singing by. Grange, Nearer My God