Milford chronicle., 1924-12-05
THE POLICIES OF The NATIONAL GRANGE
Declared AT The Fy-eighh Annual Session At Atlantic City, New
Jersey, November 1921, 1924.

and serViceable rural school build
ings, with proper sanitary equipment
but without extravagant expendi-
ture of funds; ample Fairgrounds to
be provided in all plans for new
school buildings in the open coun-
try.
Endorsement of vocational train
ing and especially increased instruc-
tion in agriculture; health inspec-
tion work in the public schools with
proper teaching in physiology and
hygiene; stress the necessity for
making the spirit of rural school
teaching point towards country life
instead of away from it.
Urging the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington to use its ut
most energies towards balancing
production with consumption in fu-
ture agricultural planning.
Such reorganization Of the rail-
road labor board at Washington as
shall give the public larger instead
of reduced representation.
The National Grange Opposes
ANY shifting of bureaus or other
activities from the Department Of
Agriculture to the Department Of
Commerce.
The creation of any new bureaus
or departments in Federal or state
administration.
Federal or state aid for reclama-
tion, irrigation and colonization pro-
jects, until such time as it is clearly
apparent that the available agricul-
tural acreage of the country must
be increased.
Daylight-saving or any other time
system that shall interfere with the
universal operation of Standard
Time in all states and parts Of
states.
All reductions in tariff rates on
dairy products, which rates are de-
clared so low that American larry
men are suffering seriously from
foreign competition.
The use of milk or any milk pro-
ducts in combination with vegetable
oils to manufacture limitation but
ter"
Any universal school centraliza-
tion or consolidation policy, on the
ground that school questions are
purely local in their nature.
Every form of adulteration of food
and fibre products and misrepresen-
tation in branding or labelling; with
strong reafirmation Of former
Grange demand for an effective
truth-in-fabrics law.
Particular emphasis was placed
upon the value Of teamwork for the
advancement of agriculture-not
alone through all branches of the
Grange, but among all rural Organi-
cations, and with every state and
government agency cooperating.
The Grange pledged its whole-heart-
ed support to a fOrward-looking pro-
gram for rural America and through
out its entire session expressed an
optimistic attitude towards the fu-
ture of American agriculture.
The Grange listened to timely adj
dresses by Alva Agee, commissioner
of agriculture of New Jersey; Prof.
Clark, director of markets of the
state; Prof. Lippman, director Of the
state extension work, and DR.. A. w.
Gilbert, director of agriculture of
Massachusetts, who gave an illus
trated lecture on the work of the
International Institute of Agricul-
ture at Rome, as DR.. Gilbers was
head of the American commission
which went to Rome the past year.
Several advocates and opponents of
the child labor measure presented
their views before the session,
while at the public meeting On Fri
day evening Governor Sulzer of New
Jersey brought the greetings of the
state to the farmers of the country.
From a ritualistic viewpoint this
was the most important National
Grange session in a quarter CEN
tury. A complete readjustment of
its degree work was formulated
subject to ratification by the
states-by which the Pomona
Grange is given a definite place in
the procedure of the Order and the
status of all the degrees is clearly
defined. More definite specifications
for the Juvenile Grange were also
fixed and added emphasis was given
to the importance Of every phase Of
Grange ritualistic work.
Good results were reported on the
years start in an automobile mu-
tual liability company organized by
the National Grange, which has al
ready obtained firm footing in sew
eral states; while the fire insurance
activities Of the Order were reported
as exceptionally successful. A vigor-
GUS extension program for the year
ahead was voted and increased at
tention will be given to Grange pub
licity and to strengthening the or
ganization in some Of the weaker
states, particularly in the Missis-
sippi Valley.