The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-01-06
BENTON COUNTY HAS MORE THAN
A THOUSAND CHANGERS AND
TEN SUBORDINATE GRANGER

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Were all the Changers of Bentin
county to attend the annual Pomona
rally in this city Saturday there
would be one thousand and sixty-fivs
of them. They would come from ter
different subordinate organization
and they would be part of grcat
national secret order known as thu
Patrons of Husbandry which has 4
membership Of upwards Of a million
The state of Washington has 1S,00t
such members.
The banner subordinate grange il
this county is Finley with a member
ship of $50. The other oranges and
their memberships follow: Hors,
Heaven, rs members; Valley Heights
so; Apple Blossom, 80; Buena Vista
100; Kennewick Valley, 200; Locust
Grove, 20; Vale, 100; White Bluffs
90; Kiona-Benton, 100.
While the Pomona or county grange
has membership of only 800, Satur.
days meeting is open to all members
of the subordinate oranges. This
meeting is for the purpose of trans.
acting not only Pomona business but
for installing both Pomona and sub
ordinate officers and awarding prizes
offered by Worth Pomona Master u.
S. Case and the Pomona Grange for
the best subordinate grange work dur
ing the year.
The Pomona Grange is intended and
designed to strengthen and aid the
Fourth Degree, or subordinate grang-
es. This grange is also required to
take special charge of the business
interests of the order in its district.
These interests are of great impor-
tance and are rapidly growing, requir-
ing the best wisdom of those to whom
they are intrusted.
The following outline of the grange,
its work, aims and general purposes
has been furnished the Courier-Re-
porter by E. II. Dunning, Pomona Sec
rotary:
Omitted by the strong and faithful
tie of agriculture the members Of
the Grange resolve to labor for the
good of our country and mankind, and
heartily endorse the motto: TN essen !;
tiais, unity; in non-esentials, liberty,
in all things, charity
"The Grange endeavors to advance
its cause by laboring to accomplish
the following objects First. To de-
velop a better and higher manhood
and womanhood; to enhance the COM
forts and attractions Of the home; to
foster mutual understanding and CO.
operation; to discountenance the cred
it system, the mortgage system, the
fashion system, and every other sys-
tenn tending to prodigality and bank
ruptcy.
"The members Of the Grange pro-
pose meeting and working together,
buying and selling together, and in
general, acting together for their mu-
tual protection and advancement as
occasion may require.
at is the purpose Of the order to
bring producers and consumers, farm
ers and manufacturers into the most
direct and friendly relations possible.
'The Grange wages no aggressive
warfare against any other interests
whatever. On the contrary, all its acts
and efforts, SO far as business is con-
cerned, are not only for the benefit
of the producer and consumer, but al
so for all other interests that tend
to bring these two parties into speedy
and economical contact. Hence, trans
portation companies Of every kind,
when justly and equitably handled, are
held to be necessary to the success OF
the farmer.
eve quote in part from the Grange
declaration of purposes:
eve are not enemies Of railroads,
navigable and irrigation canals, nor of
any corporation that will advance our
industrial interests, nor of any labor
ing class.
eve are opposed to such spirit and
management of any corporation or
enterprise as tends to Cypress the
people and rob them of their just prof
its. We are not enemies Of capital,
but we oppose the tyranny of monopo-
lies. We long to see the antagonism
between labor and capital removed by
common consent.
/" we emphatically and sincerely
assert the oft-repeated truth taught
in our organic law, that the Oranges
state or subordinate-is
not political or party organization
No Grange, if true to its obligation,
cop dsccusc rartisan or sectarian oules-