Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-11-16

Hold Successful Meeting in Newport
Monday.

The annual meeting OF the count,
association of New England Mill
Producers was held at school hall il
Newport Monday afternoon while on
ly delegates from the town -<local
could vote at this meeting, many othe1
members of the several locals wer,
present. The meeting was not as lar
gely attended as it would have beer
earlier in the season, owing to tn,
condition of the roads, but much en-
thusiasm was manifested over tn,
! work accomplished by the organiza
tion.
The meeting was honored by tn,
presence of Harry L. Piper, editor o.
the New England Dairyman, alst
Harold P. Adams, district manager
of the ST. Johnsbury district.
Secretary U. A. Harris read tbs
report of the last annual meeting o.
the association, also the secretary ane
treasurer's report, which was adopted
The delegates voiced their satisfac
tion of the work of their presiden
the last year, H. E. Robbins of Derb!
by re-electing him for another year a.
they also did by re-electing U. A
Harris in the capacity of secretar!
and treasurer.
<1UlOUS CIlG UldCC0TSs OIL
which came before the meeting wa!
that of consolidating some of the
smaller town locals. Mr.. Piper sale
the object of such consolidation wa:
to give the local larger membership
which would increase the interest il
the work of the association. The
hands of the county officers and GER
f,o off 1
came up for discussion was along the
line of the association having amone
its membership many members oI
soclation desired to give them th
information that they should have i,
their own language.
While Mr.. Piper expressed his vii
lingness to issue a circular letter t.
all such members in French, the mat.
ter was left in the hands of the
county officers and central office, wit
the addition of NJ N Lareau of Mort.
Troy, who has done splendid work fo1
the Troy local. Delegates present from
the town peals expressed their desire
to have a speaker at their annua'
town meetings, which are held prio,
to the holding of the county meeting
The matter was well taken and tht
association assured that speakers
would be furnished at the next annual
meetings.
In order that such local meetings
could be so arranged to accommodate
thls plan 1T was voted to leave the
arranging of the dates of the town
tary. O''H'S 'secre-
Mr. Flper presented the matter o.
Living the funds of the town locals
qtteposIted in one bank in Boston
1haI such arrangement wo,1I5 moo,
more interest and symplifv the booi-
keeplng. He showed that among h tbo
44hiahy town locals in New ENGLAND
tnere was $1,000 of unused f7InJs
ana Wnlle some locals were conductinn p
Inelr business through a local banI5
many any were not adopting such svsten,
me plan met with the approval Of
nose present and it was voteJ -
auop! the plan, and from the central
Lileeting gathering in Boston 70 ba
neIo early in January. all n,onoE, &c
coming to the town locals will Iy ~
plLaceo In one bank and craditaI e te
ome several locals subject to ~; ~
+ba;n Inc county association voted From,
. 80 '!eaSury the sum of S25 M a.
HHsIst IN hquidating the cost of AZ. 20
tEaClonal Board of Farm Oroaniun .ne
I1GnS building recently purcb sSad ani@a- a.
poa moaashlngton. The buildino cost eco ac
oeo; The N. E. M. p a is IS PUo,.
VI cne National Board of Fsr, uil1 on
ganizations. u arm Or
ID. E. Robbins. presidon4 e
county local, will represent Al III the
9SocIatlon at the central mee+;ne. as
been fixed. VI which mas not
ASIDE from the strictly for,;,
organization questions J;so,,ay liy or
chlef topics presented wero Ieo tI tne
esslty that farmers get hacL me nee
pieces of lepisIat;o, y, 'nree
oe1ore congress. All that ;s noaIy n1w
70 get these passed is 11nan;n,o,' eue9
ff.gorous demands from indiv;dnoi J
farmers ! and groups of far,,ana fuai
1en TI senators and Representative
Inc ne ohree bills were taken m IN Ja
sau oy Mr.. Piper and the purnor+ of
7"cn was gone into fully.
The most immediate and ;r,,+.
3 the tariff bill. Wesley II RronSon s.,.'
head t1 of the research denartment son
The, association, who was IN hano oI
me speaker at the meeting was call
"a 70 washington to attend the hear
.ng on the dairy tariff Schedule he
ore , the senate finance COMMITTEES
Whlle the farmers of Orleans conn.
y were hearing about the Schedule
Vn1eh IS being urged, Mr.. Bronson
and other dairy leaders of New Eng
and were presenting their case in
The New England Dairy Tariff
committee, in which the association
vas prime mover, has worked up a |
trong case for dairy tariff schedule |
based on 1O-cent duty ON butter, with |
lutles on cream and milk in proper
ION. The tariff schedule now under
would provide an eight
ent duty on butter, one cent a gallon |
N milk and five cents a gallon on
ow test cream and ten cents per
'allon on high test cream The dairy
ariff committee is making a stiff |
light for ten cents duty on butter.
hree and one-half cents a gallon on
nilk and Is cents per gallon on cream
estipg 20 per cent. or less of butter
at and five cents additional for each
dditional five per- cent. of butter
at. Mr.. Piper urged that the MEM
ers write their senators and repre-
entatives in congress requesting
hem to support the schedule asked
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