Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-13
GRANGE ENDS meeting TO-DAY
Reports of Many Committees
Scheduled for Final Session.
Several Degrees Conferred YESTERDAY
and Resolutions Adopted Concern
ing the Tax on Oleomargarine ,
and for Better Milk Prices.

This mornings session Of the Vermont
State Grange. in addition to be the closing
one, will be the busiest of the entire cons
vention calendar, for reports of the coms
mittees on finance education, resolutions,
good Of the order, cooperation, trans.
portation, publication, agriculture, amends
ments and bylaws, claims and grievances.
dormant oranges, trials and appeals. and
the transaction Of unfinished business will
be in order.
Eight o'clock will be the hour for tho
opening Of the Anal session instead of nine
o'clock as was the case yesterday, the
change being made in order to complete
the convention program and allow for
train schedules.
Last night, under the leadership Of
Worthy Master Willis N. Cady, a class Of
So candidates took the sixth degree. the
highest in the State order. and the work
was splendidly conducted by well-drilled
degree staff.
Following the sixth degree work Master
Cady excluded all members except those
Of the fourth degree. To them he ex.
planned in detail the secret work and the
secret cipher code.
Among the resolutions voted adopted
yesterday was one protesting against the
repeal Of the tax on colored oleomargarine;
one calling for closer cooperation between
labor. the farmer and the government, one
for more favorable milk prices for the
farmers, and the converting of the Liberty
bonds into four per cent. interest instead
Of three and one-half per cent.
Heman Stannard of West Haven and
H. F. Farnham of Montpelier were elected
as members Of the State executive come
mittee during the afternoon business meet.
ing.
Reports OF committees on insurance.
credentials, division OF labor and mas~
ters address were given at the morns
Ing session. The report Of the insur.
ance company. which IL for Grange\
members only. made q very favorabloi
impression and was as follows:
To the policyholders Of the Patrons
Cooperative Fire Insurance Co.:
The officers of the company intended
to publish a full report at the annual
meeting to be held at Middlebury
Grange hall. january 8. 1913. However,
to save making personal explanations.
will make the report as far as possi-
BILE at this time:
The first year there were 800 in
losses and no assessment. The losses
this year (September 1, 1915, to Sep-
TENDER 1, 1870, are as follows: Janus
airy 81, 1917, 8. Ezra Smith Of Addison,
from sparks. from stove, $25.1S on,
clothing and house: June 20. 1917. u. q.
Congdon of Clarendon, from lightning
$500 on COW; July 81, 1917, NJ. H.
Sherman. Clarendon, from lightning
s400 on barn and contents; August 20.
1917. F. E. Foote and H. E. Sanford.
Cornwall. from lightning, s2,139 on
barn and contents; total loss for the
year. $2.5S9.1s.
All but $251S are from lightning,
through negligence Of no one. unless It
Is negligence not to rod all Of our
buildings. as properly rodded buildings
are safe from lightning. And all the
losses except $50.1S were in July and
August.
Every policy in force on the dates Of
these fires is liable for its proportion
Of that loss. Accordingly. at a meet.
Ing of the directors held at Middlebury
September 8. 1917. thirteen of the hf.
teen directors being present. 1t was
voted unanimously to make an assess.
ment of $500 on each thousand. This
will pay the losses. making an average
OF $3.50 per $1,000 per year for the two
years.
Fraternally yours.
A. W. FoorE, Sec.
Ebert 8. Brigham Of st. Adams,
State commissioner Of agriculture and
a member OF the federal milk commits.
sion' VINO returned from Boston yesters
day. gave an address during the after.
noon session. preceding the degree
work. Commissioner Brigham urged
the appointment of a milk price and
cost Of manufacture committee from the
Grange. At the Boston hearing on
Tuesday. Commissioner Brigham stated
that action was taken to fix the price
Of milk to the farmer and to the con.
sumner from figures based upon the 40.
tual cost Of production an4 allowing .
certain margin of profit Tor the pro.
Queer. The commission has the power
to fix these prices.
Following the address by Mr.. Brig.
ham there was conferred the third and
fourth degrees on large classes Of can.
didates by the members of Lakeside
Grange Of st. Adams Bay. The third
degree was conferred by the ladies' de.
gree team. while the higher degree was
conferred by the crack male degree
stan.