The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-13
VERMONT GRANGE
SHOWS GROWTH
State Master Martin Re
ports 1907 Members In
III SubOrdinates
PAY-AS-YOU-GO ROAD
POLICY APPROVED

Gravel Roads Best for This State-Sew
England Farmer As Well on as Any
Grange Real Factor I'm Improved Ed,
ucatiOn.
RUTLAND. Dee l3-Orland L. Mar
tin, master of the state Grange, this aft
ernoon delivered his annual address to
the members of the Grange in session
here. He said he had visited 40 subordi-
nate CRANES. 10 PomoHas and nine field
meetings in addition to many confer
eucas There are three new Oranges to
the credit of the organization, thus max
ing 30 Pomonas and III subordinates
comprising 1857 members in Vermont.
1t has been a year of excellent work
and cooperation. The executive commit
tee voted $500 from the current fund to
the educational aid fund so that now
there J. 5000 working in this worthy
cause. The Patrons co operative fire
insurance has passed the two million
| dollar mark.
Mr.. Martin commended the deputies
| for their excellent work and recon-
mended that they meet and organize by
selection of president and secretary
| and hold conferences for the purpose
! OF increasing the membership. He urged
| his members to beware of ready made
resolution sent for adoption, until after
! they knew whether they came from rec
ognIzed Grange authority.
| lie spoke of the National Grange meet
ing at Portland, Ore, as one of the most
harmonious that had been held in many
years in spite of five Washington mem
| bers having to be expelled. \ class of
| 4 POO was adopted.
| Educational Improvement.
He also touched upon the improvement
| in Vermont educational system, the
/ change in part having been effected by
! the efforts of members of the Grange
and said - have reason to know that
the good influence of the Grange IS
| of education and by the teaching pro
/ fession, and is reckoned by them as one
/ of the few great powers for good in the
! Green Mountain state.
/ He further said that Vermont has
made a good experiment in agricultural
/ united support is better than divided
/ and duplicated endeavor. we should en-.
4 courage to the last degree the Vermont
Il State Agricultural school at Randolph
4 Center.
I Coed Roads Question.
/ Relative to good roads he stated that
the state needs these for cur manufac
tureTs and other industrial interests and
tourists, but above all there is q need OF
good roads for him who tills the soil and
i'm marketing his productions. But these
must depend upon the resources and the
National Grange had adopted at Port
land Il pay-as -yoG-gO DIan. He advocated
a similar plan for Vermont and urged
the cont mutation of the gravel road pol
icy in Vermont. While the Nationa
Grange opposed the federal aid project
rlan Vermont at that conference urged
the good results obtained in Vermont
by this plan.
Back roads have been improved in The
last summer as a result of legislation
Sl5OOOO having been set aside for that
purpose. He urged that the state shall
exercise more control over the heavy
truck that is so disastrous to our high
WAYS
As Good As The West
He compared the agricultural condi
tions of Vermont with the West, his OBJ
servations being that the New Eng
: land farmer is Just about as well stu
ated today as any fellow and that h