Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1913-12-26
OHIO STATE GRANGE
Report of Annual Meeting of State
Grange Held at Lima, By County
Deputy e. P. Ames. Interesting
Discussions. Important Actions
Taken.

| The recent session of the State
Grange of Ohio held in Lima was vel
attended both by delegates and visit
ors. Many subjects of vital interest
to farmers and to all the people were
discussed. The state grange is a con-
servative body, forty-one years old
There are 600 subordinate oranges ir
Ohio and during the past year IA ,40(
meetings have been held in which
problems of rural life, education, CO.
operation and many subjects of gen.
eral public interest were discussed
The grange of Ohio took a decided
stand; against ! the small Legislature
amendment, also against the bond ex-
emption amendment.
The subject of Rural Credits was
ably discussed by Senator John Cum
ningfam, granger from Knox coun-
| ty; he was one of the committee that
visited Europe to study Rural Cred
it's. He said the absence of local banks
in Europe thirty years ago led the
farmers to organize so as to be able
to raise money to make loans to some
of their own number; he said the av-
erage rate of interest is 5 per cent.
The result of rural credit accommo-
uatlOll III DcLilidFh lS LftdL lilOIC IilcIl
S5 per cent of the farmers are farm
owners as against only 81 per cent in
the United States and that German
production per acre had doubled in
the last thirty years.
The grangers were given public
reception by the citizens of Lima on
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Elmer McLain,
of Lima, delivered the welcome ad-
dress. He sounded notes of warning
for rural people to consider saying
among other things that the rural
schools of Ohio are seventy-fve years
behind the times. State Master Say
lin congratulated the audience as be-
ing a splendid bunch of the products
of Ohio's rural schools and cited the
fact that Ohio is the mother of presi-
dents and he wondered what Ohio
would do if rural Ohio ever caught up
in the matter of schools with. the city
schools.
Hon. A. P. Sandles of the Agricul-
tural Commission gave an interesting
talk touching rural life. He pied for
the boy and the girl and urged that
they be given due consideration and a
chance to make good. He urged that
contests of various kinds be encour-
aged. C. M. Freeman, secretary of
the National Grange, made rousing
speech along progressive lines. He
urged that rural schools be improved
but not citified. Mr.. Freeman in
speaking Of the Corn Boys trip to
Washington and of the reception Civ
en- the boys by the various notables
there, referred to the very cordial
greeting extended the boys by Secre-
tary of State w. ]. Bryan and said
that no doubt many of the boys will
remember Mr.. Bryan in 1916, 1920 and
1924 when Mr.. Bryan again runs for
president. Loud applause followed the
above reference to Mr.. Bryan, not OF
derision but of appreciation of his
staying qualities and for the kindness
shown the Corn Boys. Out of the
above reference reported in some OF
the daily papers it is made to appear
that the State Grange indorsed Mr.
Bryan for president in 1916. AS to
whom shall be candidates for presi-
dent in 1916 the state grange as a
body will be forever silent but it will
ever strive to educate and elevate the
farmer not only along agricultural
lines but to qualify him for citizen
ship. The one per cent tax law was
indorsed and the Fitzpatrick amend
ment was criticized. The Warnes act
was also criticised. Uniform dairy