The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-06-11
The GRANGE FIELD.



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rhsffs Hst - z $50 Edward 4 Chap
nan war eas@aea master 81 the f@ceHi
snpnai nafrioh ~ i4e sfair Ffnssge
The eancaiioh fana fr ,hc iosn ~
MONEY - Eyunes spGnF Peol1e 81 70"
lntefr1 a. rnaias them 10 sd an ssaD
ration amounts 10 oref S1gtp q which
the state rranre contributed si.ato
TIE grange a4il offer @f prizes 70
oranges sbowtaE tba best reoofd this
ynar a cgaannity improvements "
Aln0 0refa prizes ~ sice 20 The granf'''
boidlng ne best grange fain The
state grange s. very active 10 slaie
governmental analrs and very ciseieili
ID Tho farmers interests
psnnsyivsria.
PENNSYLVANIA has about @olcp9 mem
beers, The net gain last year being shout
500 The eash receipts were $1,000
and cKpeAses siT.0o0 The state grange
ofera ftroo scholarships 10 the siate
college II approves the appfopriaiing
~ 100000 annually for good roads
rather than bond The state for that
pupos. The siate grange is W favor
Of wotnan's suffrage snd wants con
siltuiionsl amendment fgrbidding The
manufacture and sale Of intoxicating
liquors. II indorses the Initiative. ref
erundum aud recall and wants the
highway department Of the state strip |
ped ~ aIi power except that u max
Ing highway specifications IL ap-
proves teaching agriculture Ia the high |
schools
Michigan.
Michigan now has $40 subordinate
oranges. with 1890 members Il has
about 10000 10 itR treasury Last
yenr thirty seven Of the 100 members
Of the house aud ten OF The thirty two
members Of tbs senate were members
~ the grange II Endorses womans
suffrage aud fasors municipal owner
ship " telephone companies and The
INCORPORATION OF 60 operative telephone
companies. The salary OF The state
master was raised from $500 TO 81 200,
and be IS required 10 give bis entire
time 10 the work Of the grange
Delaware.
Delaware is small state geograph'
ically. but has 2.4O0 grangers IN It's
forty one oranges lts grange insnr,
ancc company carries 100000 IN Ore
insurance. on grange farmers property
The state grange is active In the gov
srnmental affairs OF the state The
national grange VIII meet al Whining
ton next fall
New Jersey
New Jersey has 5000 members In
20l subordinate oranges, State Master
3aunt is also state senator aud was
elected lecturer OF the national grange
at its recent meeting The state
grange Is active Ia matters Of educa
tion IN New Jersey aud looks carefully
after the interest Of farmers In It's
Legislature II favors the establishment
Of demonstration farms
Ohio.
Ohio numbers about 1900 members
Of the grange in COZ subordinate or
gsnlzations. Twenty-eight new oranges
were organized last year There arr
twenty bye juvenile oranges In the
state, with coo members There is
$4,000 invested in grange halls In
the state The grange favors county
boards OF education making counties
the unit In school supervision At
tempts TO nulify the initiative and
referendum wrre condemned at the
last annual meeting The grange also
believes that any rural credit plans
should be under government control TO
prevent private exploitation.
New Hampshire.
New Hampshire is the best organized
state IN the grange union. IL has bet
Ter than a grange TO each township
and In It's PA oranges there are ~ AIS
members II has twenty Pomona I
oranges with s.5sl members, The re
ceipts OF the secretary's office last year
were Sll.430 IL cost the state grange I
SLIGO 20 entertain the national grange.
Wesley Adams Is the new master Of
the state grange.
Maine.
Maine has a grange membership of
o7,575. The receipts Of the seeretary's
Office last year were 81 ,si669 The
total attendance at all grange meetings
Ia the state last year was l05026 The ,
grange IN Maine stands for an cqui.
liable division Of school taxes, heavier ,
tax on corporations and trusts bettel I
schools and better highways. the re. [
call of inefficient officials, vocational /
raiuing IN al secondary schools and 4
1gid enforcement Of the state prohibi ,
DRY law !