The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1912-04-05

Some Counties Have Over Seven Thou
sand Members, or More Than Whole
States of the West-Resolutions and
Reports Adopted and Policies Out
lined For 1912.
The thirty ninth annual session of
the New York state grange was held
at Auburn, n. Y, Feb. 60 1t was
one of the most harmonious and bust
nesslike sessions of the grange held in
recent years. 1t was also the largest
In voting membership namely, 542
In number of delegates New York does
not compare with Pennsylvania, for
instance. for in that state the master
and his wife from each subordinate
grange are ny virtue of their office del
eGAlCS to the state grange, which thus
gives Pennsylvania voting member
ship of considerably over l.400 mem
bers In New York the membership
i'll the state grange is based on the to-
tai membership in each county. the
largest number of delegates this year,
including the associates, being from
jefferson county with thirty nine, fol
lowed by Chautauqua with thirty
eight. There has not been in years a
session when more of the really i'm
portant matters of the day were pre-
scented in resolution and acted upon
by the grange, and we believe that the
position taken by the grange on these
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the test and will Indicate the policy of
the grange for the ensuing year
The report of the secretary, W. n
Giles. possesses considerable interest.
A year ago the slogan of 100000 for
1912" was adopted, and the secre-
tary was able to report that anticipa-
tons had been realized and that the
present membership of the grange is
l0O,336. Some of the larger grange
counties in the state have a member
ship exceeding by hundreds and thou
sands the entire membership of some
of the grange states of the west. For
instance, the county Of jefferson has
thirty-three oranges with 1906 mem
bers. the county of Chautauqua has the
same number of oranges with $50
members, and the county of Oswego
has thrty-seven oranges with 5,263
members.
The receipts of the secretary's Office
the past year were $2S,916.35, which,
with a balance on hand. according to
the treasurer's statement Jan. /, 1911,
Of $25,27309, make the total resources
Of the year $54,77907. The state of
New York paid into the national
grange last year the sum of $4,716.44
as grange dues.
The session was especially fortunate
in the speakers who addressed it both
at the public session on the evening of
the first day and during the session
Of the grange on other days. Among
them were the mayor of the city of Au-
burn. National Master Wilson. United
States Senator Gardner, State Lecturer
Dorsett of Pennsylvania. State Lee
turer Taber of Ohio. Dean L. H. Bailey
Of Cornell. Dr. w. II. Jordan of the
Weber of Cornell and ex-Commis-
sioner r. a. Pearson of Albany.
Many resolutions were introduced
bearing on the good of the order.
Among the more important of these
were the following: Instructing the ex-
ecutive committee to cooperate with
the National Dairy union in its effort
to defeat any and all bills introduced
in congress having in view the reduc-
ton of the present law on oleomar-
garine or permitting the sale of same
or any other substance colored in imi-
tatioh of butter and to use so much of
the funds of the grange as may be nee
essary to accomplish such purpose
Another resolution that provided for
the election Of one delegate to the
state grange for each COO members in
each county was defeated and a reso-
luton asking the state master to use
his best endeavors at the natio-al
grange meeting for proportional rep
resentation plan was approved
The committee on agriculture recon
mended the lessening of the cost Of liv-
ing to the farmers Of the country by
demanding the removal of all monopO-
listic duties from manufactured prod
ucts, especially from those which are
sold cheaper abroad than the Amer
lean farmer pays for them. 1t also
urged the establishment of a general
parcels post system. asked for the abo
lition Of the free seed distribution, ask
ed for larger appropriations for the
Cornell Agricultural college and recon-
mended the instruction in home eco
nomics in the public schools and the
abolition OF the pass system to the
New York state fair Also twelve
scholarships were voted to the Cornell
Agricultural college, and 1t was recon
mended that the subordinate oranges
discuss the subject of the securing Of
these scholarships on the part of young