Milford chronicle., 1925-12-11
DELAWARE STATE
GRANGE IN SESSION
AT CAPITOL CITY
CONTINUED from hrst paesl

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attempt to solve them all in the
short time which is allotted to our
meeting.
"The situation in which the farm
er finds himself today is certainly
an improvement over the last few
years. Crops have been more
abundant, generally, and prices
have improved.
"On many vital questions the Ma
tional Grange spoke clearly for the
farmers of the United States ana
the policies declared at this meet
ling are certain to have far reaching
Reflect in national affairs. Some OF
fhe outstanding declarations were:
Demanding an equalization OF
hallway freight rates, so that the
American farmer shall not longer
carry an unjust load as compared
with other industries
4Insisting that county agrlcul-
+ur6l agents shall extend their ac-
tiviAies to include aiding the farmer
in Ais marketing, as well as pro-
ductibn problems, making those
eoveAnment agencies aid in balan-
cling production with dlstrlpuIiOH'
on a Aound business basis.
"Declded to take the lead in call
ing, at an early date, conference
of the executive committees OF al
dues paHing farm organizations III
the United Skates to initiate a con-
structive nationwide agricultural
program of definite farm leader
ship.
"They also voted favor the
continuation of Fel ral aid in
trunk line building q d assistance
to the states in practid road build
ing; increase of the Il lt1on's forest
reserves and vigorous conservation
of all natural RESOURCES; a mer-
chandising law to conf hpel truthful
branding of foods, fooGAtutfs, seeds'
fertilizers, insecticides, tSermlcldes
and fabrics; payment ofi all war
debts in full by foreign countries;
prison sentences and PROPERTY con-
fiscation for first Offensej violations
of prohibition laws.
"They opposed: The Twentieth
Amendment for regulating child Ia
Dor: branch banks, except within
large cities where public conven-
fence seems to demand branches;
creation of a Department. OF Edu-
cation at Washington, with its head
a member of the Presidents Cab
met; any change in alien immigra-
ton laws; any use of mi Tx or milk
products in combination with veg
etable oils to manufacture imitation
butter; any modification or weak
ening of present prohibition laws.
Publicity.
"Our National Publicity Depart |
ment has been productive (Of much |
good during the past yea # and L
again urge you to make Renerous |
use of the literature as pJ out by |
that department; also to use the |
newspapers in reporting proceed-
ings of your meetings. The papers
are our friends and we should re-
gard them as such.
Schools and Roads.
Great strides have been made in
our school system during the past
year or two, but there is still room
for improvement. Although the ed
ucatiOnal program as considered by
our General Assembly at its last
session did not receive enough
votes to make it law, we believe
that the people of our state want to
improve school conditions and we
are hopeful that under the i'm
proved system of collection of tax
es for school purposes, as lnstl-
tuted by Mr.. du Pont, our new tax
commissioner, sufficient money will
be raised to carry out a proper pro-
gram, without increasing our bond
issue.
mo one can deny that our i'm
proved roads are a joy to all who
use them and l believe we should
commend very highly our Highway 9
Commission, who have done such
effective work. Of course their
work is not finished and there are 4
many roads yet to be improved but .
if we will have a little patience, we
may yet all ride over good roads to |
our very doors.
Educational Fund.
"Our educational fund which we
launched last year has been used to
some extent, but we hope it may .
grow larger and that more of our
members may make use of its ad- 4
vantages. 4
eve recommend that each subor-
dinate Grange take advantage of the 4
opportunities to advance education 4
al work throughout the state by
pledging for itself twenty dollars to 4
the Delaware State Grange Educa- 4
tional Fund during the year 1926.
'In closing, I want to thank all
the members who have been so 10y 4
al to me during my term in office
and commend those who have been -
so faithful and untic'uS in their 4
efforts 10 hg.ld up, AMI make sue
cessful the ;reatest and Oldest farm =
fraternal organization in the coun- 4