Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
THE GRANGE
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Con nductcd by
J. w. DARRCW. Chatham. N. r..
Editor of the Nct0 York State Grange
RepieD
MASSACHUSETTS GRANGE.
Senator McCumber Addresses the Con
venton Held at Boston.

vention Held at Boston.
Massachusetts has total Of 36,31s
members Of the grange in 287 local or
ganizations. During the past yeai
twenty-six new oranges were organ
ized with charter list of 2,635. There
We're about 600 voting delegates at the
last session and about the same mum.
ber Of associate delegates.
There was a lively contest over the
office of state grange master. the chief
contestants being past Overseer Ed.
ward e. Chapman and past Lecturer
E. f. Richardson. The honor fell to
Mr.. Chapman. Mrs. George s. Ladd
was chosen lecturer Leslie r. Smith
overseer, w. N. Howard secretary and
Hon. F. A. Harrington treasurer w.
G. Jewett and c. d. Richardson were
elected to the executive committee.
The state grange education fund for
the assistance of grange young people
in obtaining an education was reported
in good condition. the receipts the past
year having been $3,927, including the
$1,000 contributed by the state grange.
Subordinate oranges to the number of
1856 contributed various sums to the
fund, as did also eighteen Pomona
oranges, the balance coming from indi-
viduals largely. Six community prizes
were awarded to oranges performing
the greatest public service during the
past year in their home towns, the
winners being in order as follows:
Acton, Plainfeld, Windsor, Norwood,
Bridgewater and North Reading.
Equal suffrage for women with men
has long been cardinal principle Of
the grange, and every year it is sane
toned by the national grange, but that
did not prevent the Bay State grange
from going on record against it by a
referendum vote of 60 per cent Of
those voting In another matter the
Massachusetts grange did not follow
the lead of the national grange-name-
ly, in its attitude toward Secretary of
Agriculture Houston. 1t commended
the secretary for his work. The meet
ing voiced its opposition to the Ellis
milk bill or any other like measure, in
dorsed the play ground movement, ia
vored a recommendation that the state
grange offer sweepstake prizes for the
best grange exhibitions or fairs, urged
subordinate oranges to aid in civic bet
terment and voted prize of 500 for
oranges making the best showing. The
committee on agriculture asked that
five members Of the order be chosen as
a state grange committee on milk to
cooperate with farmers in fixing milk
prices. The department of agriculture
was asked to investigate the actual
fire hazard of denatured alcohol, kero-
sene and other such cOmbustibles.
Each subordinate grange was urged to
select one Of its members for corre-
spondence course in home economics
to be established in the state agricul-
tural college, each grange to pay the
cost to its own student.
Governor Foss, Senator McCumber
Of North Dakota and j. II. Hale Of
Connecticut were the "nOtables" who
addressed the grange at this session.
Mr.. Hale spoke with great earnestness
On the railroad situation In New Eng
and and stated that great calamity
was confronting the leading railroad
serving New England. "The
state grange" said he,
should not be found asleep at the
switch in this crisis" Senator Nc
Jumber declared that farmers should
s awarded any other industry and no
more, that they shall receive as much
or their products, according to the
mount of labor and thought eXpend-
ID on them, as is received for the prod
let's of the mill and factory, and that
{ the policy Of this country shall be
rec farm products and open competi-
ion with the world, that policy shall
'e applied universally to the products
f all our great industries. Governor
Toss said he would like to see Massa-
usetts lead in establishing, under the
tate If need be, system of rural \
'anks-at least one in each county
o that farmers could secure money at A.,
reasonable rate.
Invitations for the next meeting Of 9
he state grange were received from f
Worcester and Springfield. The execu- t
We committee will decide A fine
gricultural exhibit Of the quality" '
roducts of grange farms in the state |
,as made in connection with the an E
ual convention. /