The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-11-28
GRANGE HITS TONNAGE TAX
CIoyerIand Body Went on Record as
Opposing the, Movement

The meeting OF the CloverlaAs
Grange, called by Pres, Byers TO ~
held at Escanaba last week Friday.
was held az per schedule and was
well attended, delegates from all the
counties being IN sttendanse. Fac
delegate from the Crystal Falls grange
was O. T. Oss
At this meeting the ASSOCIATION wszt
on record as opposed 20 the tonnage
tax which the grange of the lower
peninsula Is seeking to impose upon
upper peninsula minerals
In addition 70 the tonnage tax tko
meeting declared for the creation OF a
state market commission, an initia.
tive law 10 compel boards of supervi.
sors 20 levy taxes in support of far~
bureaus and the retention Of the ex-
perimental character OF the station st
Chatham.
The associations resolution on tss
tonnage tax is addressed to the state
grange. as are the other resolutions
II puts the upper peninsula oranges on
record as opposing the tonnage tax on
iron and copper.
The only man at the meeting whs
strongly favored the tax was f. IA.
Baldwin Of Escanaba, secretary OF tss
association and editor of the Essanasa
Journal He said that for the upper
peninsula oranges to attempt to dictate
to the state grange was like the tail
trying TO wag the dog. Mr.. Geimsr.
leading the opposition, denied this.
DE said that the upper peninsula ia
not trying 10 dictate to the state
grange when 10 opposes legislation that
Is sectional and directed only against
the upper peninsula. He said that
the opposition 10 to the executive
committee of the grange, whIss
framed this sectional measure after il
was instructed 10 frame state wide
bill, one that would put tax on all
the minerals in the state
The resolution touching farn
bureaus asks the state grange to frame
a bill which will provide that vines
20 per cent OF the people Of county
ask il the board of supervisors must
submit TO the people the qusstios Of
levying tax for the support OF a
farm bureau.
Some board, of supervisors in the
state have refused 10 extend support u
farm bureaus, in spite of the fast that
the state law permits them to do &c
The proposed measure, II passed, will
put che question directly mp 70 ths
people.
The state market commission reese
luton asks for law that will create
a commission having control Of the
methods Of marketing faru produss
in the state. II will I've based on a
similar law OF New York, which has,
for example, so standardized New
York apples that they are sold in
Michigan for higher prices than Mick
igan apples though of no better
quality, simply because buyers know
that New York produce must be Of tks
quality that is paid for.
The association had received fros
farmers in all parts Of the peninsula
complaints that the Upper Peninsula
experiment station at Chatham is not
realizing the purpose for which il ws
established. Instead Of being coz
Quoted az an experiment station, il
has been contended. it merely is a
denomination farm. something that
is no better than number OF similar
farms conducted by -private interets.
The association asks that the state
grange protest against this to the
legi Stature. to the end that the expert
ment station purpose Of The farm may
Ia cOutfpuad