Milford chronicle., 1930-12-12
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and happy deliberations OF this body
The depression which has so dis
furbed not only agriculture, but all
other kinds of business, has not yet
passed, but there are indications
that point to a return to many activ-
tiles, and big business during the
coming year. A noted statistician
has said within the past week, that
we will see within the next year,
return of big, sane business as the
world has never before enjoyed. We
trust his prediction may come true
sand it cannot be too soon.
'"The final session of the sixty
fourth annual convention of the Ma
tional Grange brings to close the
greatest gathering of farm people
<ever assembled in the United States,
with an attendance of $4,000 folks
t.straight from the farms, and with
80 States represented in the voting
body. The class of II, ,125 persons in
itiated into the seventh degree,
breaks all records in the fraternal
history of America, and this great
event in the ritualistic procedure OF
the Grange was the occasion for in
terest and enthusiasm that will be
far-reaching in effect.
t'The fact that in the midst of an
agricultural and financial depres-
sion of universal extent, this big farm
tfraternity should stage an event
ofssuch magnitude has attracted the
attention of the entire nation, and
furnishes ample evidence of the vi
taiity and substantial character OF
lthe Grange. Furthermore, the Ro-
.chester convention discussed many
of the important problems of pres
Ient day affairs and issued clear-cut,
emphatic declarations of its beliefs
tand its policies. Remarkable also
was the fact that this great delegate
..body-though composed of men and
women from States extending from
A., Maine to California, and from, the
Dominion of Canada to the Carroll
,ynas-fXed nearly all its policies by
unanimous vote, and in no instance
was opinion widely enough divided
ITO require a roll call. A fine spirit
of, harmony pefvaded every one of
cthe ten days sessions, running true
to- form in this big fraternity Of the
Vrural people.
1.-THE speakers included Secretary |
Arthur M. Hyde of the National De-
partment of Agriculture, James P. !
Stone, vice-chairman of the Federal /
Farm Board, and Charles S. Wilson .
of the same board; Miss Jeanette
Rankin of Montana, eX-Congresswo- |
man and Norman Lombard of the |
Stable Money Association.
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of /
New York was one of the guests of
the Rochester Session, and deliver
: ed an address in the big meeting at !
ythe City Armory, attended by thous-
ands of people from a wide range of
territory. Governor Roosevelt, a
Grange member for twenty years,
was also one of the 11,125 initiates
ito receive the supreme degree of the
order, the latter being conferred five
times in a single day at the Masonic
Temple in Rochester.
Program features of the Grange
convention included educational
programs of wide variety; radio
broadcast, with a nationwide hook
up reaching thousands of farm
1homes in all of the States attend
ance of the Grange people in a
body at one of the city churehes.on
Sunday morning; and three sessions :
daily for more than a week, all in
tfieating how industrious a body the
National Grange is when in annual
session.
can outstanding event of the big
convention was one afternoon pub
ffc, session, devoted exclusively to
the subject of cooperation, when
this strong list of speakers was pre-
sented: c. A. Ewing, president of
the National Livestock Marketing
association; Fred SeXauer, presi-
dent of the Dairymen's League; c.
Es HUFF. president Farmers National
Grain Association; Howard e. Bah
cock, manager Grange League Fed
Grafton Exchange. The same after
noon a stirring address on 'The
Spiritual Mission of the Grange" r
w1as delivered by Dr.. Clarence Poe,
e&itor of the Progressive Farmer"
Immediately following the session,
st6ps were taken to promptly put
into effect the prOnOuncements
made at Rochester, and to enlist in
the program of the National Grange
tho hearty support of the 5000 sub
ordinate branches of the Grange in
which there is an alert, dues-paying
of nearly 100000 peo-
pie. Some of the outstanding poll
cies of the National Grange: {
>1[Continue the Grange determi- {
nation to seek equality for agricul- '
tire, through:
fa)-Enactment of the Export
plan; |
(b)-Proper tariff adjustments I
and similar efforts;
1 fc)-Development of Cooperative i
I
Support for the Federal Farm S
Board in every constructive pro- /
gram to improve marketing facili- d
les,
3-Defnite Tax Reform by appli- S
,ation of the budget system to town. t
;hip and county expenditures; eX- b
ension of the State Income Tax ]
2oiicy; distribution of a portion of a
he Federal Income Tax for the aid n
af rural schools and roads; and 7
ak program based upon ability to c
,ay upon benefits received. h
of constructive efforts "
O stabilize the value Of the dollar
Md to discourage undue curre1cy II
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