Milford chronicle., 1940-11-08
NATIONAL GRANGE SESSION PLANS M
Preparations Completed For Great Gathering At
Syracuse, ". Y, November 1921

Preparations are complete for the
great Grange event Of November 13-
n at Syracuse, New York, when the
74th annual convention Of the Ma
tiOnal Grange will be In progress.
Present indications point to an at
tendance Of at least 10000 members
of this vast farm fraternity and a
program of exceptional interest pre-
pared covering nine full days of
work. The announcement that Pres
ident OOsevelt-himsel a Seventh
Degree member Of the order and
with more than 25 years member
ship to his credit--is likely to be in
attendance at the session one day
creates added Interest; while many
prominent in the public life Of the
nation have accepted an invitation
TO address the convention.
New York is the 'big state" in the
Grange. with membership of ap-
proximately 135,000 and nearly 800
local unita covering every county In
the state. Thousands of Empire
State Patrons are planning to re-
ceive the Seventh Degree at Syfa-
cuse and their number will be fur
ther increased by delegations from
Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Ohio and
the New England group. besides
some from even farther away.
The welcome to Syracuse at the
opening session Wednesday. Novem-
ber 13, will be given by Mayor ROI-
land B. Marvin. with response by
the oyerseer of the National Grange,
David H. Agans of New Jersey. State
Master William ]. Rich of New York
will likewise welcome the assembled
Patrons and a message Of greeting
will also come from Governor Leh-
man.
Wednesday afternoon. at o'clock
National Master Louis J. Taber gives
his annual address. which will fur
nish the keynote" for session ae-
tion. Mr.. Taber's recommendations
are usually followed closely by the
session, in combination with action
upon many resolutions introduced,
the latter frequently totaling as high
as 125 different presentations,
Many legislative matters will en-
gage the attention Of the Syracuse
covering the fields Of
education, highways,
rural electrilication, farm tenancy
and other problems in which Rural
America is definitely concerned.
These will be covered by resolutions
which in turn go to ses-
sion committees, are given hearings
and then come back to the session
itself in the form of committee re-
ports and recommendations. While |
The viewpoints of nearly 40 different /
states are naturally involved in the /,
discussion, the conclusions reached
are usually by overwhelming ma |
Iority vote and not infrequently a !
unanimous expression.
Cooperative insurance. which has
cng been one Of the outstanding !,
features of Grange work. will be |
stressed at the Syracuse convention,
md representatives of such insur-
,nce companies from many states
will be present. An insurance break
asst will be staged on one of the
lays Of the convention and a con-
erence OF the many representatives
will be another event; while the AS
ociatiOn Of Mutual Insurance Com
lanies will hold its annual meeting
or the election Of officers and the
Of policy for the COM
ny year. Again New York is the
sader in Grange mutual insurance,
Iaving nearly 80 county-organized
ali being grouped to-
ether In a state federation. In the
insurance field the two
Iig companies which handle the
range business-one at Keene, n. 4
/. and the other at Los Angeles,
'alif.. with the Mississippi River
heir dividing line-will be repre- q
ented at all sessions. During the
asst five years the volume Of Grange
ritual insurance has grown very
apidly and constitutes one Of the
lost important financial benefits
rovided by the Grange.
Those who go to Syracuse are
agerly awaiting the expected ad-
ress from Secretary Claude r.
rickard, the new head of the De-
artment OF Agriculture at Wash !
lgton, as he has indicated his GER
linty OF going TO Syracuse. Himself.
farm boy Of the Central West, Sec
starry Wiekard has already made l
pod impression by the sensible man l
or in which he has tackled the work (