Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-12-08
State Grange IN
annual Session
Continued From First Page.

This was a great disappointment TO
your representative and his wife. that
after years preparation, the all-wise |
Father decreed that they should not be !
present. 1t remained for the loyal pa
irons of Delaware TO shoulder the bur |
dens and enjoy the pleasure and dis
pcnse royal hospitality, s, unaided by ms
at the forty-eighth annual session OF the |
National Grange in Wilmington Del. /
Until the official organ, The National |
Grange Monthly is received, l only |
know the social side and / want 20 |
thank you all now for the splendid en- /
tertainment given so literally and free |
" by each patron. / trust you are fully |
repaid for your efforts in our behalf.
"'The National Grange Monthly is a |
valuable paper and should be in every |
grange home in Delaware. Cannot some
means be devised at this session by |
which this may be accomplished Under /
the management OF Brother Gardiner it |
is alive with grange news from every !
State organized, and through the editor !
ials we know just what the Grange Is !
doing all the year
Agriculture is ever in the front
ranks, and it is due to the grange in
iluence that we are having such SPLEEN
did corn shows and fruit exhibits, also
the organizing of corn clubs and the in
terest in poultry husbandry. Thel
Smith-Levier law provides for 100000
for each State and will be increased
each wear until Delaware received SIS
600. which will materially aid agricul- !
ture in Delaware. We already have a |
county agent for each of the three coun-
ties and they are assisting in organizing
farm bureaus and helping us to better
our conditions. Agriculture has pros
pered in Delaware the past year, and
we farmers still contend Delaware is
the banner State.
Favors Education.
"Ihe grange fosters all movements
looking for higher education of its peo-
pie. 1t is with just pride that we note
the opening of Delaware College for
Women, and the splendid enrolment for
the first year. Many of our girls are
planning to attend next year. State
Commissioners Wagner is being support
ed by the grange in the movement for
consolidated schools The grange itself
is school, the principal, the lecturer,
who should receive our support and thus
develop the possibilities of both old
young. If our State Board continues
along its present line of improvement
we can in a few years point with pride
to the schools of Delaware.
"As suggested in last years report.
this has been a banner year for Della
ware College. We have very en-
thusiastic and learned man in DR..
Mitchell the new president. Dean
Robinson and stan are endearing
themselves to us and creating a de-
sire among our girls for college edu-
cation. The lecture course which the
college is Offering to schools, clubs
and organizations. is proving very
popular and will do much good. The
State Farm shows careful manage
ment and with the added Improvement
is a source Of usefulness and pride
TO all.
"The National Grange again en-
dorsed rural credits, and at present
many committees are having hearings
in Washington / sometimes think we
all would be better financiers If our
credit was not so good
From the earliest history of the
grange cooperation has been advocat-
ed. We need to be thoroughly organ
lied to do cooperative selling and
thus compete with the world. Many
grange fire insurance companies are
very successful, of which our own is
an excellent example. Grange life in
surance is advocated, but no plan has
as yet been worked out. The one
who can advocate a cooperative sys-
TEN of buying and selling. that is elias
tic enough to meet the desires Of the
farmers will, can promise. have his
name on the wall of fame for all time
to come.
1--WE have long advocated Parcel
Post, and the past year has had the
pleasant experience of testing t. and
IL will no doubt meet the demands Of
the most critical in a few years and
prove a great benefit to the farmer.
1--WE are admonished to be temper
ate in eating. drinking, work, recrea-
ton and whatever we do The UNI
constitutionality Of the anti-shipping
law has worked hardships on too
many. We must not weary in well
doing, but hope to improve our con-
ditions in the near future. Our able
sister, Lena Messick. has again been
chosen president of the State w. G. Il.
L.. and I know the Patrons of Della
ware will do all they can TO secure
peace and prosperity for Delaware.
The grange has ever been ready to
champion the cause of justice and
right. The many sad accidents Of the |
past summer only serve to empha-
size the fact that we must demand in
creased protection for obscure rail /
road crossings. Our roads are not i'm /
proved permanently by the new sys. /
tenn of road building and supervision:
therefore, we desire Federal aid for
road building. The law for the mark |
ing of packages should have a penalty I
attached. thereby protecting the hon. 1
est packer. This Will be a busy season
for our legislative committee.
"Our State is traversed BY one rail-
road and many steamboat companies.
There seems to be little choice in rates,
hence we will look to the auto truck to
help us solve these problems.
81 wish TO thank you all for the loyal
support given us in this year Of activity.
Of the manner in which you all enter
tanned the National Grange while was
i'll at home. They all say il was better
than the best and that is the Grange
slogan.
again the grim reaper of death has /
entered our ranks and called to their /
eternal reward our esteemed brothers, I
Edmund NJ. Peach, W. Frank Ball past /
masters of Harmony, No. -, Fred c. |
Phillips, past master of Capital. No. IS; |
Thomas Davis, past master OF Champion |
Grange, No 80. and Henry NJ. Dagger. |