The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-04-18
RESOLUTIONS
CONSIDERABLY
POMONA MEET
Fair Play of Retail Dealers
in Handling Agricultural
Products Emphasized IN
Recommendations

two resolutions with regard to
fa;r NAV on the part of the retail
dealers in handling agricuitu1al
products were passed at the ~
mona meeting Saturday at Inc
Rattlesnake grange u,,s
The first follows: whereas,
This county is becoming more anu
n mo, dependent upon the dairy
hard and if is universally recog-
nized that the most prosperous
communities are those IN Wlll.i .,,e
dairy industry is paramount, we
deem it a short sighted poiicy !oL
merchants. whom we believe Win
very few exceptions, have the mu.
t,,ai welfare of our community a1
heart to sell butter substitutes,
carry on milk price cuttings, anu
use farm products as leaders. !.
Tho second resolution was oil
rected more particularly at tne az
tion of certain dealers IN the fLos.
ser communities on situation wnlcn
has arisen tending toward war on
,,;lL nrices. "Whereas, certain gro
cary stores are making practlce
of using farm produce to MAKE
low nrice sensations and whereas
the nolicv is destructive to the
farming industry, therefore pe !.
resolved by the Pomona grange
that we appeal to all sucn store -
40 discontinue the practice ana 70
coonerate with farmers to keep .i s
1u r;aos of ali farm products nlgh
ppro,,ob TO provide a living for our
.rowers We urge that all farmers
r,ho trade in such stores demai!u
WIZ !. +h ~ an agreement with this
principal" n,a+hods
A general discussion on metnoa Is
of raising funds for the 1lgnI on
the district power bill was helu.
Every orange was requested to at
tempt q program toward the rals-
inc of necessary funds to get TINS
thing to a satisfactory conclusion:
a letter from the secretary Oh
the Kennewick Commercial Ciup ~
the grange, assuring them OF gneiI
interest in farm problems and tnelr
w;llinpness to cooperate In any
wav that they could on such mat
tiers as the hay freight fight, was
read. ,aooo
Pomona grange voted $1,000 to
he applied to the fund to be used
against the hay rate increase. 9th
er oranges contributing to this
were Vale, Hanford, Whistran, Lo-
Gust Grove and Horse Heaven.
The question of Masters coun-
ell to meet just such problems as
arose recently on the hay freight,
was discussed and the following
committee appointed to take care
of this: C. C. Williams, Kennewick;
J. C. Mcclure, Rattlesnake; Chris
Puderbaugh, Hedges; j. A. Nc
Lean, Kennewick.
This committee met during the
intermission and proposed to the
evening session that the Masters of
each grange and one other mem
her from each grange to be nom-
mated by the local grange and
elected to the council at the an
nual meeting, compose the grange
council. For the remainder of this
year, the Masters will compose the
council.
The lecturers hour for the eve
ming was in charge of the lecturer
of Rattlesnake grange. The pro-
gram follows:
Piano duet, Miss Mclaughlin and
Miss Kimmel; solo dance, Floyd
Ratliff; male quartet, men from
Rattlesnake grange; reading, Mrs.
Case; whistling solo, Miss Bennett;
harmonica and ukelele duet, Floyd
Ratliff and Roy Silliman; talk,
Review of Legislative Session.
X. Hill; mock initiation, stunt by
Aunt Dinah.