Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-13
GRANGE OFFICERS
MAKE SUGGESTIONS
Various Matters Considered at
the Annual Meeting of the
State Body.
spccIaI Corrcspondcnce Every Evening.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Dover. Dec. 13.-The state Grange
resumed It's annual meeting here to-
day. Yesterdays session was occu-
pied largely with reports OF officers
a summary OF the report of Worthy
Ma stcr Jacob II. Roosa wus printed
Fin Every Evening yesterday.
Worthy Steward Jefferson Cooper
OF Chcewold. In his report. noted many
handicaps detrimental to the paet sea
sons crops. The farm problem to-
day. he aaid. ~ ono OF organization.
we find farmers selling wheat at 80
cents" he said. and paying $40
barrel for -four. when si.s7 worth OF
his wheat would be exchanged at the
home mill for barrel 81 -four. In
yesterdays paper" ne continued, "a
knowing one tells ue TO do cooper
ative selling and he lives IN our
metropolis. where apples laat summer
sold for 20 cents a half peck. when
thoy would not clear marketing ex-
pcnses ahippcd by railroad TO com
mission merchants i'm that city. Now
some OF us farmers attend market in
| this same city and are accused of
grating ON tho city dweller. but they
cannot he beat at the game.
We are just now suffering the re-
suit Of organized capital and labor I'm
the coal field. Last eprinR the mine
owners and the head OF tho miners
union found too much coal wns he
ing mined and the e,rilke was the So
luton. SO that miners wages could bo
maintained by lcas thnn normal sup
ply and at the same time add to the
profile to the owners Now n it wne
possible 10 orga niZc the farmers I'm the
oranges up To so per cent and have
our national master ailot production
and withhold the supply until the
populace got real hungry. and then
deal IL out miscrly until we could get
more than We needed to. we could
have time 20 play and would not need
10 have capitalists providing farm
loan banks 20 put us farther and more
firmly in their clutches.
The Farm Bloc ss 70 is known in
Congress IL the only hope to the situ-
lotion II it can he eDcouraged by great
~ support We find that its head was
ordered on that capital interests
might not get too hard a tiow. Now
this row power was not there by
either of the dominant political parties.
hut 10y combination of farmers. Just
as long as We divide our support with
these two PARTIES We may expect 10
beggarize our interests who is the
Republican party and Democratic
party7
we as a grange have great op-
portunity 90 do a great amount ~
good u We were patrons Of husha ndry
first and political pertisnns second. or
still better. never unless we can fol-
low the lead OF the middle wcet broth
ers and make our interests paramount
20 any other"
The IMPORT 81 Secretary Wesley
Webb showed - gvangoe In the statc.
with momber-hfp of over 1900
amount ~ dues received from sub
ordinate oranges and ether sources
Sl.ll7.s6
state Lecturer Edward A. Evans
stated that the greatest achievement
" the grange is 10 have lived SO long
and 10 have been 50 virile all the past
years. Today II is stronger than
ever in its influence and financial
standing and with a membership that
any organization would be proud of
During She 56 years Of its existence
the number OF farm ORGANIZATIONS
which have been formed. and which
are but amemory is legion.
last nights session was open
known as ladies' night. Mrs. Prank
Rice Of Trophy Grange, FELTON, pre-.
sided
Mrs Helen r. Hughes OF Dover
gave a piano solo. followed by IN,
address OF welcome by Congressman
elect William II. Boyce. in place OF
Mayor MaEee. who was absent. Mrs
b Frank G. Bancroft OF Wyoming re-
? -ponded.
The Dover Choral Society gave Z
p musical selection. Owing 10 the IN
e ness OF Henry Ridgely. who was {,
deliver the main address OF the eve
E hing. James II. Highes spoke. Mrs
. l. &. Armstrong sang a solo. follOwe,
- by Echoes from the National Grang
\ by Mrs. Jacob II. Roosa, wife OF IN
< state master. A quartet composed q
< Mrs. J. W Colona, Mrs. W. II. Bur
n ton. Mrs. r. Danner and Mrs H May