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VOL. my ‘I

MASTER-‘S ADIDRESS.

- To the representatives of the subordinate Granges of Michigan, in
annual session assembled, to deliberate upon matters pertaining to
the interests of agriculture and its devotees, I extend a hearty
greeting. ,

Year by year. during the past decade, the delegates from the local
organizations of the order of the Patrons of Husbandry have come
together to consider questions that affect our general good as farm-
ers, members of society, and citizens of a progressive country, with
the ultimate object of such thorough discussion of these questions
as will aid in arriving at practically unanimous conclusions, so we
may with single and defined purpose press forward _in our _work.
That our meeting will be profitable and impart a new inspiration‘ to
all present and that, through the delegates, quickened respiration
and new life blood will be transmitted to all the membership
throughout the state, I have no doubt. V ‘

This is to be an important meeting in the history of our organiza-
tion. Matters of vital importance to _the order are pressingupon us
for careful thought and wise conclusions. _Unusual.conditio.ns_ per
taining to the economics of public affairs exist. Agriculture is in_aii
unprofitable, depressed condition, and it looks from the revolution
that has been going on during the past few years in ‘the methods of
crop production and the utilizing of such vast quantities of the for-
tile soil of lands before unworked, that we would not soon return to
our old-time prosperity, but that we must take a new inventory and
start comparatively new, devoting more of our attention  bringing
expenses of government and home down to a harmonizing degree
with our ability to pay. These conditions are before us in an embar-
rassing degree, and we must do our part to analyze the situation and
create an influence which shall lead to a favorable solution. Our
order has performed many good deeds and created sentiment that
has crystallized and found form in such changed conditions as have
greatly benefited our people. These achievements are with the
past, and our work is for the future. We cannot live upon what has
been done. The world moves and with it new_ situations appear.
That which called for the consideration and action of the Grange
twenty years ago has in a great degree passed away. We must now
awake to things that are, to preserve our well earned and proud
title, that of being the only state and national organized representa-
tive of the agricultural interests of our country. 1 our best thought
and energies are called for. It is but natural in the light of the past
that all farmers look to our organization to blaze the way, to suggest
and lead out in lines of work calculated to result in benefit to the
tillers of the soil, and in consequence to all our people, no matter
what their calling. Verily a great responsibility rests upon our
order, and never so great as now.

ORGANIZATION THE WATCHWORI).

The events of eacn year,'us they becoiiie a part of the ‘history of
our country and its people, demonstrate more clearly the power, and
if we desire to attain the highest degree of development in all par-
ticulars, we may add absolute necessity, of organization. If there
were men and women who thirty years ago thought that there was
no necessity of bringing together those engaged in each of the vari-
ous pursuits of life, for improvement in methods of business and a
higher development socially, morally and financially, theypertainly
would be convinced of their error now. Not for improvement alone
has organization become necessary but for protection against the
aggression of other organized interests. In some sense it has come
to pass that a contest between interests exists in our country. What
then is to become of the straggler who insists upon paddling his own
canoe, or that class of people who neglect or refuse to come under
the protecting wing of organization. The politician and the senti-
mentalist may cry peace, and deprecate what they love to call effort
to create discord between the classes, but the conditions that exist
today say to those would be peacemakers, that their exhortations
are too late. The thing is already done. and the various interests of
our country are seeking opportunities to gain advantages in all their
business affairs. Individual effort is too weak, and strong combina-
tions and associations are formed. The contest is not in the main
one of blood and carnage, but in cases as the last year has demon-
strated. violence has been resorted to and the strong hand of the
government interfered. In all this the farmers have not been the
aggressors, and even to this day they are slow to see what they must
do to prevent gradual but forced drainage from their legitimate values
and profits occasioned by corporations and strong combines seeking
to secure larger profits and more remunerative advantages. Legiti-
mate and sometimes questionable methods are resorted to. Legisla-
tures, the congress and the courts are lobbied and_ influenced to
favor pet schemes. Even the nomination and election of the men
who are to form these honorable representative and judicial bodies
are frequently controlled by some organized interest to gain selfish
ends. The organization of the business classes and those engaged in
like pursuits is but an outgrowth and a natural result incident to our
high state of progress and development, and shows that individual
effort had reached the height of its ability and resources.

Thus it seems, from a close study of the conditions of our time,
that organization has become a matter of_ necessity. and all classes
and interests are being driven to the adoption of its helpful and pro-
tective use. It is a condition that no interest or class of people can
afford to oppose. We must fall into line. In years to come the best
influence of conservative people and the wise counsels of statesmen
will be necessary to direct in proper channels, to enact laws to hold
in check and prevent the more aggressive from disregarding the
rights of others. The utility of organization, as said, is not alone
recognized by those who seek financial gain, but in all the walks of
life and undertakings of man its potent power is utilized to gain
greater and advanced results. The individual school teacher had
brought into use the last new method. His genius would respond
no longer, but as soon as he became a regular attendant of the town-
ship or county teachers’ association new rays of light shone irrupon
him. That which had been burdensome and without interest in his
routine of work now becomes light and interesting. He had gleaned
new methods and a new inspiration from his association with others
engaged in the same work. He had become better satisfied with
himself and was more useful to others. So it is with all social and
moral reform work. As has been said, farmers are the last to fall
into line, and why this should be true with all of the positive proofs
and illustrations now before us, whichever way we look, seems like
one of the puzzles of the age. I can see that on account of great
numbers and isolated living that organization and concentration is
not an easy task, but it is very much simplified by the experiences
and results of the work along that line during the past twenty-five
years. Various organizations have been formed, and as many differ-
ent methods of action employed. The Grange, mUl‘6 Cflreflll 5%!-‘id
conservative than others, has succeeded in living and prospering
through the trying ordeal of educating farmers of differentpolitical
beliefs to work together for general welfare. True, the history of
the Grange is not made up wholl of successes. That could not be.
With repeated trials it took hun reds of years to successfully plant
colonies on the eastern shores of this now developed country. The
Grange has demonstrated its ability to live, and now _from the
experience of the past, it may go on and on to perform in a much

eater degree than ever before the work intended by its founders.

t is today the oldest, the most influential and the best equipped in
power of concentration and financial strength of any known farmers’
organization. We are proud of the Grange and its work in Michigan;
we are proud of the Grange and its work in the nation. Great good

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has even come from its failures. \:-,=’e- should rally around its stand-

, ard as we never did before.

COUNTY DEPUTY WORK OF‘ THE YEAR.

Believing that farmers were more than usually ready to acknowl-
edge and feel the necessity of organization, "and consequently would
respond more readily to solicitations, a general systematic plan for
Grange extension was prepared early in the year. A circular letter
was formulated and sent to each county deputy requesting that
their respective counties be canvassed for favorable localities where
Granges might be organized, and that from around each of these
selected points there be gathered the names, with postoflice address,
of from 20 to 40 farmers. This resulted in collecting about 3,000
names to each of whom was sent, in four different mailings, at inter-
vals of one week, a carefully prepared series of leaflets concisely answer-
ing all of the questions that might be asked concerning the Grange, its
proposed work and cost of membership, with such other matter as
would go to make up a good necessary circular. In this way Grange
principles were sown broadcast in new localities over the State. Much
inquiry was the result. All county deputies were again notified that
due preparation had been made for them in the fields selected, but
alas, by this time the spring season had come and farm labors
demanded the time of all Grange workers. Reluctantly the work
thus commenced was compelled to be laid by for a time. However,
the seeds were scattered. and I believe many have fallen in favorable
places and will take root and grow even to a satisfactory harvest.
Too much cannot be said commending the earnest self-sacrificing
work of local deputies. Where their home cares will permit they are
now looking after the work in their respective counties. One new
Grange has been organized in each of the counties of Huron, Jack-
son, and Ben-ien. Word also comes as I write that three new
Granges have been planted in (Jharlevoix county, also a charter is
desired for a new Pomona Giange in Antrim county. Urgent
inquiries come from Iosco, Oscoda, and even far off Chippewa
county, in the upper peninsula. I feel sure that a good organizer, who
could take the field to stay, can add many new Granges to our list
during the coming winter and spring months. The ambitious young
man who possesses the right kind of organizing skill, and can give
his whole time and attention to the work should make himself known
and no doubt satisfactory terms can be arranged, for his services are
needed now. Effort was made to get a general system of lectufe
work done by counties during the! fal -ionths, but the political can-
vass of the parties seemed to absorb attention of most people go
that the matter was not pressed. .'

' THE Lnorcss _iv‘1ELii.

So distinctly separate is the W! rk of .Deputies and Lecturers that
it is thought best to make separate ire; ' " if each. The Deputy acts
as local agent for the State Gi-=' '
munlcations from the State in  .
ing to work in his respective county, makes appointments and p an
for lectures under the county system, does missionary work, and
keeps a close watch for opportunities to assist all existing Granges,
to revive the dormant and to organize new ones. The Lecturer goes
upon call to any part of the State, delivering public addresses upon
ail Grange occasions. To say that Michigan is especially favored
with an able and willing corps of these teachers and defenders of
Grange doctrines is but telling the truth, and their eloquent appeals
are in demand from other states. We say to them, God speed. It is
our pride to see them develop and grow into broader fields and
greater usefulness. Feeling assured in the early part of the year
that Grange funds would be drawn upon more heavily than usual on
account of the publication of the VISITOR and some special work
authorized, such as securing trade contracts and canvassing for
Grange extension, it seemed necessary in giving due care and pro-
tection to our treasury that but little money be used for lecture work,
and consequently less than the usual amount has been done. Special
calls have been answered but as near as possible on a self-sustaining
basis. Lecturers have gone to the assistance of Deputies when
needed and have upheld the Grange banner wherever occasion gave
them the opportunity.

 
   
  

AUGUST l’ICNIUh' AND ASSEMBLIES.

As stated one year ago, I believe that county Granges can do no
work which will popularize and advertize the Grange and its princi-
ples more than to establish or assist other county Granges in per-
manently locating picnic and assembly grounds, where annually can
be called together large audiences of farmers, with their families
and people of other pursuits, to listen to able and well-rendered
Grange speeches and programs. To assist in this work Hon. Alpha
Messer, lecturer of the National Grange, was called to Michigan in
August, and at six different appointments in the State spoke to large
audiences. The Worthy National Lecturer reported to me at the
close of the series that his Michigan meetings were the largest in at-
tendance of any he had witnessed in any State. We cannot succeed
best by hiding our light under a bushel, but instead we must get out
among the people and there add fuel to the flame, to the extent of
electrifying with Grange principles all the farmers who may be in
hearing. I sincerely hope that no time will be lost in selecting favor-
able locations for these out-of-door colleges, and from possibly small
izommencements cultivate their growth until they are a power in the
and.

POMONA GRANGER.

The time has now come, if it has not been upon us from the first
inception of the Grange, when it is essentially necessary in every
county where Granges are located to support a strong, active Pomona
Grange. If a single county has not the required four Granges to
make application for a charter, then existing Granges should unite
their efforts in securing the required number, and if such effort fails
then join with some near by county and organize a District Pomona
Grange. In our system of work they are indispensable. and I can
see in the future when there will be a Pomona Grange in every
county, in which all of the most active members will unite in devis-
ing plans to assist and encourage all Subordinate Granges in their
hours of depression, planning systematic lecture work for the county,
forming and constantly working a. plan for the reorganization of the
dormant Granges of their county and creating sentiment in all favor-
able localities where new Granges may be established, planting and
permanently supporting an August picnic and assembly, giving sup-
port and financial aid to the county deputy, and leading in the dis-
cussion of questions that are in line with Grange principles, so that
through a concentration of thought there may be increased power an
influence brought to bear in whatever direction reforms are sought.
I urge upon the delegates present the importance of this work, and
when they go back to their respective counties that the do not
slacken their efforts until a County or District Pomona range is
established. You can serve the order in no better or more helpful
way.

CO-OPERATION.

So much has been written and spoken on the general subject of
cooperation, and how it enters into the formation of the founda-
tion of the main walls, the protecting roof, and all of the main-
stays and supports of our Grange temple, that it seems almost
unnecessary for me to say more. With its almost infinite and

creative power this temple _may be made as lasting as the hills,
its foundation permanent, its walls secure, and its roof to exclude

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all storms that assail. It will furnish the fuel to warm its spa-
cious halls, and will shed rays of light in at its windows. It
will embellish its walls and ceilings in rich and exquisite designs
of art; it will furnish in richest tapestry its rooms. It will di ,1
all discord and cement in brotherly love all who mingle as the‘ occ -
pants of this temple. It will make the bread of its feasts sweet
and full of nourishment. Yea, cooperation is the bottom, the center
and the top of all Grange work. Use it but little and the Grange
is dormant, discard it entirely and the Grange is dead. It permeates
every part of Grange work, and the Grange is strong or weak in
proportion to the attention given toeach and every department.
Let us each and all work untiringly to keep this principle thoroughly
instilled in all Grange work. We want no cliques nor clans in the
Grange, but, unitedly as one, work for the good of all. This is true
cooperation.

TRADE CON'I‘RAC'I‘S.

As important as is cooperative work along the lines of education,
social improvement, exerting general reform influence, and better
methods in farming, it is none the less important that we take
advantage of the best opportunities offered for financial gain to the
end that we may be more successful generally, act more useful parts
in society, and better care for our rights of citizenship. Conditions
have so changed since the early years of the Grange that we do not
need to put our money into stocks of goods, or place our men
behind the counters to sell them out. The demand made years ago
by the Grange to bring manufacturers and users‘ nearer together
took root, and farmers are now actually solicited to deal with man-
ufacturers and first dealers direct. We have now but to put our-
selves in business attitude to get wholesale rates on very many of
the articles of common use on and about the farm. This subject
was well considered at our session one year ago, and the Grange
directed the executive committee to make needed arrangements to
secure trade contracts. Brothers Mars, Mayo and Crosby were
selected as a special committee to take the work in hand. Suitable
letter heads were prepared, and the work was commenced. But it
was soon found t at uniformity of method should prevail in all the
details of the work, and that it would be expensive to call the sub-
committee together as often as it seemed necessary for the success
of the work, so the whole matter was, after conference, turned over
into the care of the Master of the State Grange. Being enthusi-
astic in behalf of this feature of Grange cooperation, the Master
immediately commenced investigations by correspondence. Letters
were in all cases courteously answered, and, in nearly all cases the
firms addressed were favorable to the proposition, if details could be
arranged. Investigations and inquiries covered articles such as
commercial fertilizers, nursery stock, field and garden seeds, wagons,
harness, wire fencing. etc. Correspondence was followed with some
twenty different firms, representing nearly as many different lines of
goods, and several of them were brou very near an understand-

mapped (71113. About that
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made to pool s verml of me westsrii "s ates, ‘aslltelrbd at €l.'l4;:!gL‘_ in?
trade purposes. Plrperieniie up to t at time made it plain that"
such pool could be perfected on a business basis, it would give great
advantages over a single state. A conference was called to meet
Chicago, and the Michigan State Gra ;e was asked to send a dele—
gate. Brother Thomas Mars was appointed to attend. The closing
of a. contract for binder twine made it possible for the Master of
the State Grange to be in Chicago at the same time. Various plans
were talked over and an agreement reached whereby the State
Granges ot‘ the northwest, including Michigan and Ohio, were
requested. at their annual sessions in December, to approve of the
movement, and make provisions to send a delegate to a second
meeting to be held in Chicago, early in January, 1895, where plans
are to be agreed upon and work commenced. It seemed to be the
concensus of opinion at the conference meeting that a competent
person should devote his whole time to the making and remaking
of contracts, and keeping all the subordinate Granges in the states
belonging to the pool informed. The pooling plan looked so feasible
that work on contracts for Michigan alone came to a standstill
awaiting developments. This State Grange should take some
action by leaving the matter with the executive committee or other-
wise, so that Michigan may be represented at the coming January
meeting at Chicago, and with full power to act. I have faith in the
pooling movement to make many valuable contracts, but it possibly
may not be able to answer all local demands, and may still leave
some work for each state to do. Previous to the call for the Chicago .
conference the detailed work‘ of putting all the subordinate Granges
in Michigan in form to be dealt with, had been accomplished, and all
of those uniform and systematic rules now adopted by each sub-
ordinate Grange of the State will hold good for all future business,
whether through the contracts furnished by the state or the Chicago

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A contract for binder twine was closed with II. R. Eagle & Co., of
Chicago, and all Granges notified. The price was very low and made
on the basis of a 2% rebate on gross sales, to be paid back to the
secretary of our State Grange. Of the exact result of the deal I
am not informed, but so far as reported perfect satisfaction was
given, and a saving of from two to four cents per pound guaranteed.
The binder twine deal is but an illustration of how this kind of
trading is done. I am confident that it will be greatly to the benefit
of the order in Michigan when we shall have closed contracts for
very many or all of the staple articles used on our farms. I believe
the State Grange should instruct its executive committee to push
the work as fast as possible.

  
 

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

This title is very familiar in Masters’ addresses before the State
Grange, and rightly so because of the great importance thereby con-
veyed. This paper, published first in half sheet form by the execu-
tive committee of the State Grange, primarily to ‘answer in a general
way for the benefit of the then young and inquisitive organization
the many questions relative to Grange government and work that
found their way to the Master's and Secretary's ofiices, had the full
patronage of the members throughout the state, and it not only paid
its full cost of publication, but was at one time a_ source of revenue.
In very few years the Order became settled in its discipline and
interpretation of Grange law and the mission of the Visrron so far
as that work is concerned was practically fulfilled, but its broadest,
grandest and most important work was yet to be entered upon,—the
all important work of education that was to lead that great audience
along such lines as would accomplish the reforms and objects con-
templated by our Declaration of Principles, that grand document

d which for plain. concise utterances, for justice, equality, and true

patriotism is second only to the Declaration of Independence as
drawn by J eiferson. When we stop here and think of the personnel
of that crude organization made up_ of men belonging to different
political persuasions and that their whole life’s education along
those lines had been calculated to divide rather than unite the
influence of farmers, and that in many cases such bitterness had
been engendered as to disturb the social equilibrium of neighbor-
hoods, you can well understand the difficulties that must be met and

‘overcome by the VISITOR in its true mission of education, to the end

that the members of the Order, as devotees to the greatest and most
important productive industry of our country, would use their best
influence in each of their political associations, and when occasion
required assert such degree of independence as would gain the and

sought. Intense_ partisan feeling and the education of a lifetime
cannot well be laid aside in a day. Parties are essential to our form

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

DECEMBER 20, 1894.

of government and there will always be_ those with us_ who are per-
sonally interested in party success. Vifith these conditions for us to
consider in connection with our work thus far. we can easily see why
it has been impossible for any manager or editor of the VISITOR to
do and say those things which at all times would meet the wishes of
all its subscribers. In this case,_as in others connected with news-
paper publication and subscription, men have been offended and
have dropped the paper. Then, too._during the past few years. there
has been a wonderful revolution in newspaper publ1C&t10D.- and
reduction in rates has been the resu_lt, until now one can get enough
reading matter to occupy his attention for a whole week for a nonii-
nal fee, as is shown by the voluminous weekly and daily papers sent
out from our large cities. Then, again. With ‘me n°‘VfSPfiP9l1_‘ _°Dt91'E
prise, each publisher tries to supply all the demands do a c asses 0
readers, Home and foreign news. domestic, household, farm, garden,
fashion, and various other departments are found in ea_ch:“V¥hile
our people are readers and desire to gratify their wants in a i irec-
tions, the close times for money make it compulsory to concentraie
and get as much as possible in one. All these conditions have oper-
ated against the success of the VISITOR. It is indispensable to the
best interests of the Order that we have such a means of communi-
cation between members and Granges as the Visrros affords. We
must have an advocate and champion of our principles to keep our
membership along the same lines of thought, duty and action.‘ For
the support of our subordinate Granges in the every day routine 
work we must give opportunity to glean from others. Without suc
means our strongest ties would be severed. I have thus reasoned
with the situation that you may more clearly see the absolute neces-
sity of some action in the matter, to the end that the _Visi'roR be
made self-supporting. by bringing its receipts up to its cost, oi
reducing its cost to its present receipts, or by making such change
as will insure to the membership throughout the state the advan-
tages now given by the Visirou and the State Grange be relieved of
the care and expense _of publication.  leave the matter with you in
your legislative capacity to do that which seems best.

THE ORDER. AT LARGE.

Bro. John Trimble, Secretary of the National Grange, reports 9l_new
Granges organized during the past year and 55 dormant ones revived_.
a considerable increase over the year previous. He further_says that
since the Order was founded 27,000 Granges have been organized, with
a membership of over 2,000,000, and while there have been depressions
the Order is now increasing. In the New England, Eastern, and Mid-
dle States the Order is growing rapidly in numbers. influence, and
good works. They have used the Grange to bring about_many
changes and reforms in local and State affairs and have kept it well
to the front in the higher order of education. They cooperate in
buying and seem to have solved the problem of how to make the
Grange useful to the members all along the line. Many of their
Gr-anges contain from one to five hundred members. So great has
been the influence of the Grange in Pennsylvania for a readjustment
of property for taxation purposes that the. railroads mining, banking,
and shipping interests have agreed to go into a conference with rep-
resentatives of the farming interests, through the Grange, to agree
upon a tax bill, to he presented to the next legislature, and the pass-
age of which all interests will unite in asking. In some of the
Western and Southern States the Order is weak. In the early his-
tory of the Grange in the west great things were accomplished in
the line of cheaper transportation, bringing manufacturers and users
into nearer relations and correcting many evils that oppressed them.
But various other faiiiiers‘ organizations sprang into existence and
promised a cross-lots cut to accomplish the things the Grange
advocated. These new reforuiers (many of whom were not appreci-
ated in the Grange) said the Grange was too slow a coach and that
life was too short to wait its motion. The farmers seemed to believe
them. and with true western “ get there ” spirit they flocked into the
various alliances and left the Grange practically alone. They see
their mistake now, and the Grange, like a fond parent, forgives them
for their truant raid, and stands with open doors to receive the prod-
igals back. From now on the Grange in the west will have a steady
growth. if the signs mistake not. What is true of the west is true of
the south in general principle. As a whole the Order is stronger in
faith and deeper rooted in principle and in a clear understanding of
its duties and work than ever before. Truly. the Grange has come
to stav and its influence for good in iieigliliorhrioils, states. and the
nation will be felt lll We in the future than in the past. We should
be thankful to live in a ( ' when inemhersliip in such an organiza-
tion is possible. Let ui; its in praises for the gift of the Grange.

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In accortlancd with the rgent suggestion of the State Grange at
its session of 1:592, a bill was introduced in our state legislature
providing for the appointment of a State Dairy and Food Commis-
sioiiei-. The bill became ' law and Hon. Chas. E. Storrs was
appointed to act in that carat,-ity. Inasmuch as the first year or two
must be consumed in preparing for the work by becoming faiiiiliar
with ex-ict conditions, and other detail matters, but a small appro-
priation was made for the work of this new department of our state
government. The investigations of the commissioner since he has
filled the office suggest to him several necessary additions to the
present law to make it serve the purpose for which it was
in! ended. Increased appropriation is also needed to supply necessary
eqiiipnient and to bear the expense of analyses and prosecutions. So
many of the articles of food which are the direct product of the farm
are found on the market adulterated and fraudulently sold, thereby
cutting off competition and demand for honest products that it
becomes a matter of great importance to farmers. It is also justice
to the purchaser and consumer that a guarantee be made by the pay-
ment of the purchase price that the article bought is as represented.
Statistics might be given in this connection to show the great frauds
perpetrated upon the innocent purchaser and the amounts of honest
foods that are displaced by bogus and fraudulent articles of a
cheap nature, yet sold dear, but these figures and statistics are
easily obtainable and time will not permit their repetition here.
Simple justice demands that correction be made. In the line of
consistency this Grange should favor the strengthening of the pres-
ent pure. food laws and that adequate appropriation be made to
execute the work of the Dairy and Pure Food Department.

IN CONFLICT VVITH INTERSTATE COMMERCE DECISION.

In this connection it may be well to note the fact that to a con-
siderable degree the pure food laws of states have been inoperative
on account of their conflict with decisions relative to interstate
commerce laws which permit sales in original packages.
Effort was made in the last congress to overcome this difiiculty and
by national enactment make all articles of food subject to the laws
of the state in which they seek market and sale. To this end a bill
was introduced in the senate of the United States at its last session
by Senator Hill. and a similar one was introduced in the house by
Representative Grout. How far these bills were considered I can-
not say, but understand that they are on file to be called up at the
coming session. The dairymen of the country are making strong
effort to have one of these bills become a law, and to give force to
the movement a National Dairy Union was formed at Chicago, June
last. The union is active in the work of raising funds and getting
endorsements from various farmers and other organizations. and will
do their utmost in favor of the Hill and Grout bills. If this State
Grange pass strong resolutions in favor of the enactment of this
proposed general law and forward the same to Senator Hill or
Representative Grout it would aid in securing their passage.

MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE.

This matter received so much favor at the last State Grange that
the Executive Committee was directed to investigate existing state
laws relative to such organizations and report to this body. Bro.
Thomas Mars was appointed as a special committee for the purpose
named. and will make full report. I believe, that in many counties
of our state. under the auspices of a County Grange, mutual fire
insurance companies can succeed. It may be necessary to pool two
or three counties, but that can easily be done. From investigation
in the eastern states where these Grange miituals are so successful.
I glean that it is decidedly for the best that all risks taken should
be confined to the membership of the Grange, and that the member
must keep his standing good with his Grange to retain his policy.
I believe it practical for districts and counties to try this means of
protection.

;\(}IH(JUI.TUliAL (JOLLEGE.

The Grange has always stood faithfully by this practical Agricul-
tural and Mechanical School. It furnishes the best opportunities of
any school in the state for a general, useful and every day education,
and as we are a practical and every day people, this institution
should be liberally cared for by the state. and well patronized by all
young people who desire to obtain a useful education, no matter
whether they come from the farm or the city. It is not a pleasing
thought to a large majority of the people of Michigan, that the last
legislature should have fixed a positive and permanent tax upon the
propertv of the state to royally support one of its institutions of
learning, while our Agricultural and Mechanical School must take

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its chances with each succeeding legislature to secure the means for
"meagre support. This fact is the more aggravating when we consider
that the people who pay the largest proportion of the state's tax are
most interested in the Agricultural and Mechanical School. and
that the professions, such as are educated at the University, pay but
a very small pi'oportion~ of the state's tax. It is not so much that
we desire to make the University less, as to make our Agricultural
and Mechanical School more. It should be brought up to that
eminent position, proportionate with the number of people of our
state who are most benefited by its course of instruction. Agricul-
tural education as taught at the College is not confined, as many
suppose, to actual operations on the farm, in the orchard and
gardens. but in its course, botany, chemistry, physiology, ento-
mology. political economy, veterinary science, mechanical drafting
and surveying and other studies equally practical to all of our
industrial people, are taught. The industrial people of the state
should see that this school is kept up to that prominence among
our state institutions of learning that its importance demands.

RITUALISTIC “FOR K .

1 wish to emphasize what was said one year ago regarding the
importance of correct and impressive ritualistic work. Every Grange
in the State can, by having this work peifect and with 3. studiec
effort. to make it impressiv_e, add to their membership, securebette
iegular attendance at meetings, and do a good work that will go
long way toward making a successful, enthusiastic Grange.

INSTITUTES.

Next to importance to our common schools and the Grange to give
the people of country :-ommunities the advantages of education and
broader discussion and understanding of the many questions that
interest and concern them. is the County Farmers’ Institute. It is an
outgrowth from the Agricultural College and is one means employed
to take the College and its methods and findings to the people. These
gatherings are always profitable, and no county should let a winter
pass without a week's institute. County Granges and County Agri-
cultural Societies should lead in this work. So important is the
work considered by many States that appropriations are made from
State funds to assist in making these institutes a greater success.
Our State has made small allowances for that use, but there comes
a demand from all sections of the State that the aid be increased for
the coming years. This Grange should take some action regarding
the matter so that the incoming legislature may know the wishes of
so representative a body of farmers.

AGRICULTURE.

The importance of this chief productive interest of our State and
nation and its present depressed condition demands more than a
passing notice from this body. When we consider that in a country
like ours, where the prosperity of all other interests, productive and
otherwise, so largely depend upon the healthy condition of agricul-
ture for their success, it. is cause for profound wonder why our gov-
ernment, through its legislators, does not give more direct thought
and attention to such assisting legislation as will keep its agriculture
well to the front in prosperity. I have listened to and read many of
the speeches delivered by the leaders of the different parties during
the campaign just closed and have also read all of the party plat-
forms. It was noticeable that much was said of the necessities of
manufacturing and other interests, but agriculture. in its broad
sense—the corner stone and foundation upon which all other inter-
ests are built—received little or no consideration. except to catch at
here and there an item which, through circumstances. had become a
bone of contention between parties.

It seems to prove that we have more politicians who work for
mere party success and accompanying spoils, than we have states-
men wlio can rise above party and the shame and pretenses so fre-
quently paraded before the people, and with unbiased patriotism
work for the success and prosperity of the nation. That agriculture
has been discriminated against and has not received that measure
and proportion of benefits tom the adopted policies of the govern-
ment during the past de is as have other interests, results now
clearly show. Staple pro -ts \.vilhfai'1n lands, practiciillyasa whole
have ruinoiisly declined. Tl:-." average fiiriiier who now takes an
inventory finds that he is worth in dollars and cents just about one-
half that be was ten years ago, and is how closely pressed to get
money suilicieiit to pay the taxes put upon him in more prosperous
times and his economic. ‘ store bills. While for the same period of
time inanufzictiires a - 3"tcrests have multiplied and flour-

ishpd, §_ip;l_,rjQf .i-until , farniers would not bi.-'_y of their

_.es, nave they come-io a partial standstill. With the decline of
agriculture it is but natural that other interests should be crippled
in due time. but other interests do not suffer so great a loss. Stocks
of goods and iiianufactured wares are of that inerchantable and quick
sold nature that with declines in value, purchase prices and gener-
ally profits are realized, while the l'ariner’s investment is of that perina-
nent and fixed nature that he must suffer the whole loss. The princi-
pal staplc agricultural products of our country have been for some
years, and are new articles cfcxpcrt. \Ve raise a surplus. That surplus
must be sold on the markets of the world in competition with the cheap
labor and fertile soil of other countries and the prices that exporters
can pay for our wheat, pork, lard, beef, butter, cheese, rice, tobacco.
cotton, and other products of our farms, and of which we have a
surplus fixes the price of practically all we sell of the same coin-
modities on our great home market; and thus the farmers of
our country have practically been thrown into competition
with cheap lands and cheap labor of other countries, with
the largest bulk of our productions, while at the same time
manufactures and most other interests have been able to reap the
full benefit of the government aid tendered them; and farmers while
sellingcheap have been compelled to pay the prices the manufac-
turers asked for their wares. Agriculture is sadly depressed and no
system of whitewash will change the facts. True, farmers can live,
but they have a right to demand of government an equal chance to
accumulate property and reap the full rewards of labor as are given
to other interests. The situation is provoked by extravagant state
and county expenses, and too high rates of interest. Too many
salaries and too high for the service rendered. Farmers have to pay
with wheat, and it would take 14,000 bushels to pay the salary of our
supreme judge. Whoever will take the time to compute the bushels
of wheat necessary to pay all the salaries and expenses of state will
arrive at a practical exposition of the situation, so far as expenses
and the ability of our pay are concerned. From the last U. S.
census we glean that fifty per cent of the farm owning families of
Michigan own subject to incunibrance, equal on an average of one-
third of their value, and upon which an average interest is paid of
7.10_per cent, making the annual interest charge of $63 to each
family. Since this census was taken the farms of Michigan have
depreciated in value very much and we might say have gone out of
market, so that it would be a very fair estimate to say, that at the
present time the mortgages upon the one-half of the farms of Michi-
gan would be equal to one-half their value. This would equal a
mortgage indebtedness upon all the farms of the state of one-fourth
their value and the amount of annual interest placed upon every
man who owns a Michigan farm of $31.50. This means that 63
bushels of wheat must be taken from every farm in Michigan to pay
the annual interest on the mortgage indebtedness.

Interest is too high. No farmer can pay six or seven per cent with
fifty cent wheat. If the mortagage be one-half to twothirds the
value of the farm he will wear out the best days of his life and
make no headway, except to pay his banker interest, who is now get-
ting from fifteen to twenty per cent net annually on his capital stock.
The sooner the farmer so hampered gives up the farm and starts
anew, the better for him and his family. So far as the economic
policies of the government are concerned, the Grange stands upon
this broad and justice giving platform: An equal measure of benefit
from such economic policies as the government may adopt. It is not
for the Grange as an organization to dictate these policies. Political
parties do that. We as a farmers’ organization, representing in our
.membership all political parties, unite in demanding equal chances
and benefits for farmers that are accorded to manufacturing and
other interests, and which the legislation of the past few years has
not given us.

    

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TAX REFORM.

We boast of the high standard of our civilization and our progress
in the art of government. but it seems that the question of meeting
the public expense equitably and fairly, so that the burden will fall
proportionately upon the people in accordance with their ability and
means to pay, is not much nearer settlement than it was when the
world began. Men are not philanthropists in this particular and
rush to the tax collector anxious to pay more than their share, but
instead, human nature seems to show a perfect willingness to let the
other fellow pay as much as he will, and to evade the payment of as
much as possible himself. Concerning the payment of taxes men's
consciences seem to be of a very elastic nature. I hardly know of a

man who would voluntarily give to the assessor information of such
portion of his taxable property as the officer seems likely to miss.
Laws and their enforcement are essential, and on account of changed
conditions and the new ways people will find for evasion, revision of

our tax laws frequently seem necessary. Mr. E. J. Wright of the
tax department of the Auditor Generals ofiice and an impartial
investigator and writer on taxation, says: " ’l he tendency to secret-
iveness regarding possessions is not half so dangerous a factor in
solving the problem of the listing of property for taxation as is the
desire of assessors to complete their roll with the least work and to
the satisfaction of a sufficient number of taxpayers who will reward
neglect of duty." The same writer in another article says: "The
assessment rolls include but a small part of the taxable property
and that the requirement of assessment at true cash value is almost
universally ignored. One hundred and thirty-two good men and
true place upon the statute books a tax law which if lioiiestlv and
competently administered should materially reduce the rate of. taxa-
tion, and over 1,500 assessors deliberately ignore its most important
provisions." No doubt there is much truth in the assertions of the
above quoted writcr. It is true that present laws would furnish
relief along the lines of equity if fearlessly administered. That they
are not is not wholly the fault of assessors. Loop holes are left
through which those inclined may escape. Optional features give
assessors license to be easy. The law intends that assessors demand
a sworn-to list of taxable property, but as it is not iiiandiitory the
officer does not ask it. While reform is needed in the matter of tak-

ing asscssnients, greater reforms are needed in revised laws to carrv ._

out the spirit of equality and equity as set forth in the constitution. *-

which says that all assessments shall be on property at its cash
value, and the spirit of the constitution seems to plainly indicate
that all property shall be assessed. except legalized exeiiipiiims and
property paying specific taxes. The facts are that a large proportion
of taxable p perty escapes entirely and much is assessed far below
cash value.JJFarniers in my part of the state pay tax on land
assessed at xty to one hundred dollars per acre that would not sell
for over forty to sixty dollars per acre respectively. While at the
same time money at interest very largely escapes the tax rolls. A
comparison of the earning values of farm lands and money at inter-
est would indicate in justice that every dollar of money drawing
legal interest should pay at least three times the tax rate that is
placed upon land. No class of property possesses such tireless earn-
ing powers as does money at interest, and there is not the chance
for the principal to shrink by thirds and halves as there is with land.
The constitution provides for a state board of equalization every five
years and its next session will be in 1896. Farmers should be pre-
pared to present such facts before the board as will secure equity in
the adjustment.
1 The rate fixed by statute for the collection oi‘ taxes from all
ncorporated property such as the constitution of the state admits
in the specific list, is much too low to answer the requirements of
justice and equity, upon which principle taxation for public purposes
is supposed to be established, and just why corporations should be
allowed to pay a specific tax based upon their eiirningswliils all
other real estate and personal property except legal exemptions are
held to the basis of cash value regardle s of earning powers, is more
than common people can comprehend. What amount of tax would
the farms of Michigan pay during th year 1894 if calculated upon
their net earnings‘.-’ The principle seems wrong because it grants
special privileges which could not be generally applied. and support
the state. As long as specific taxes are granted by our constitution
the rate should be so fixed as to give corporations the privilege of pay-
ing their just share of the public expense. I do not believe in
double taxation, but so long as men who hold possession of
farms in which they have but little money invested, yet are coin-
pelled directly or indirectly to pay tax upon the whole. mortgage
indebtedness included, it would be no more than right for banks to
pay tax on deposits so great a portion of which is continuously
loaned on short or long time and becomes thereby ii reinunerative
source of revenue. These deposits are subject to call. and so is the
farm upon which they hold the mortgage. Both are used at the will
of the holder for money earning purposes. with the bank deposits
greatly in the lead for good profits. .

The unprofitable condition of agriculture and this large proportion
of taxes that falls to the lot of the farmers of our state to pay,
makes it an imperative duty to enforce the most rigid economy in
salaries, and to use our best influence to gain such equitable distri-
bution and lessening of taxes as will secure justice for all.

It has been found almost inipossible to get statistics of exact sit-
uations upon which to base the consideration of this question.
Supei'visors' reports are very misleading, and do not give conditions
as they really are. From all sources I get an agreement that the
tax burden of the state as now distributed and collected is sadly
lacking in that fairness which should characterize the collection of
funds to pay the public expense of county and state.

1 believe it to be the duty of this body to take such initiatory
steps as will result in getting the whole subject of taxation before
the legislature in the near future, and so fortified with facts and
figures relative to all the varied interests of the state thatjustice
will be easily obtainable. To this end I invite this body to consider
the advisability of petitioning the incoming legislature to authorize
the appointment by the Governor of the state of a non partisan tax
statistics commission. consisting of at least three persons, and as
representative as possible of the interests of agriculture. corporate
property and the general interests of the state, whose duty it shall
be to collect statistics and facts touching all the interests of the
state relative to taxation matters. The relative proportion of taxable
property that escapes taxation, and that which is taxed below value,
the relative value of taxable real estate and personal property and
the proportion of tax paid by each, the proportion of tax paid by
corporations as compared with other property interests based upon
relative value, and all such other matters as would let in the light
upon this whole question. and to make report to the Governor of the
state previous to the session of the legislature for 1897. From this
report a tax bill correcting all of the inequalities of which we now
complain could be formulated and enacted into law.

SPECIAL LE(;'ISI.A'l'I VI‘! COMMITTEE.

The appointment of this committee was authorized by the last
State Grange, and Bros. J. K. Campbell, Geo. McDougal and H. D.
Platt, all of Washtenaw county. were selected. They have had under
their advisement during the year, such matters of needed legislation
as should come before the State Grange for endorsement. prepara-
tory to presentation in proper form to the legislature. The com-
mittee will make report at this session.

OTHER SPECIAL COMMITTEES.

The committees on Woma.n’s Work and Education, authorized by
the last State Grange, and the appointment of which, with names of
Sisters and Brothers so selected, appearing in the printed proceed-
ings of last year, will each make reports to this body of their work
during the year. with recommendations for the future.

THE DE PA RTED.

We have noted with sorrow from time to time during the past
year, the record of death as published in the VISITOR. Death
invades all ranks, and makes its choice of persons and time of their
taking. We sympathize with our Sisters and Brothers throughout
the state, who have been called to mourn the loss of loved ones.
We trust that the good works of the departed may live after them,
and that they may hear the words of the Master when he shall say:
“Well done, good and faithful servants, receive your reward.”

Since last we met one Whose face has been familiar to all who
have attended State Grange meetings has been called home. After
long weeks and months of great suffering which was borne with true
Christian patience, Sister H. H. Woodman. the beloved wife of our
most ‘Worthy Past Master J. J. Woodman, departed this life. All
who have had the privilege of meeting and forming her acquaintance
at State Grange sessions. in her own home, and in all parts of her
life’s work, can but unite in saying she was a noble type of woman-
hood. complete in all the attainments of the true. the beautiful and
the good. Her influence upon those with whom she mingled was to
refine and elevate. Her life was a most beautiful exeinplification of
the laws of nature as taught in our ritual. Her childhood was like
the spring of song and flowers; her womanhood like the effulgent
light and brightness of summer; her matured age as satisfactory
and complete as the perfect grain and fruit of autumn. Then like
the leaves and roses of summer that had performed an important
mission, she with them at the call of the frosts of autumn falls to
earth.

“ So soon may we. follow, when friendships decay.
And from loves shining circle the gems drop away.

When true hearts lie perished. and loved ones have flown
0. who would inhabit this bleak world alone."

She will be remembered for her many virtues and the good work
she has done for this Order.

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

It is very encouraging to note that the teachings and influence of
the Grange in years past to encourage independence in voting has
taken deep root with the masses. _ 'lh_e ballot is the means by which
the people express approval or dissatisfaction with political parties
and public servants. Party is not the sacred thing in the minds of
the people it once was. The closing words of Worthy Master
Brigham in has annual address before the recent session of the

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DECEMBER 20, 1894.

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THE GRANGETLVIISITOR.

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National Grange are so appropriate that I quote therefrom. He
says:

“ In recent years the political pendulum has been taking a wide
range. The people express disapproval of one party at one election
and of the other at the next. * * * Never before in the history
of our country was every act, utterance, and vote of public officials
scrutinized as they are today. Every election will be a call to judg-
ment. Promises must be kept, mistakes will not be overlooked.
The people demand sincerity, courage, statesmanship and patriotism,
all of which comes in part. from the quiet, yet potent influence of the
Grange. * ‘* * Defeat will follow defeat until public men and
political parties learn to keep faith with the voters. Shams and
shadows will not he accepted for the real substance of reform. The
defeated will now have time to search for the causes if they are in
doubt. The victors will do well not to mistake the marked disap-
proval of the one for the endorsement and approval of the other.
The people have thoroughly demonstrated their ability and their
purpose to chastise those who are uumindfnl of their demands.”

TO CONCLU DE.

In closing I urge you to keep in remembrance the principles and
the broad yet comprehensive work of the Grange. Never be dis-
couraged and always persevere. Our progress may be slow at times
but remember that we have. during the existence of the Order,
accomplished great things and that fruitful opportunities are before
us. All of the reforms and good works demanded by a great and
progressive industrial interest cannot be performed in a day. Men
who have become impatient and joined other organizations that
promised to give all kinds of assistance and to revolutionize almost
everything in a single season have been disappointed. We have
every reason to be satisfied with the Order of the Patrons of
Husbandry.

Our earnest efforts should be to make every Grange home in the
state a place noted for good works, and then every member of the
Order act asa committee of one to induce those farmers not members
of the Order to join with us. So let us unitedly and devotedly
work for the success of the year now to come.

With this session is closed my term of office. I shall ever hold in
kind remembrance the kind words and earnest support given me by
members of the Order from all parts of the state. And especially
am I grateful to the Order and more experienced members, some of
whom have been honored by the State Grange with high position.
These have always been ready and willing to aid me with their
counsel and eiicoiiragemerit. I can only regret that the Order has
not made more progress during the two years that I have labored in
my weak way for its advancement.

[ ask for my successor the same degree of good will and support
you have given me. My highest ambition is with the rank and file
to work faithfully in bringing back ourold-time membership, which
with the experience of all these years would make the Grange a
still greater power for good influence and deeds. I most earnestly
urge upon each and all the importance of your coming together
and the many questions of vital importance to the Order and its
good name. which you are to consider. May your investigations be
earnest and your conclusions wise.

l“rafernal_ly submitted.
GEO. B. HORTON.

Rl*)l’0liT 0]’ THE l'lX|*l(‘l"l‘l\'E C0.\l.VllT'l‘flE ON N.\'l‘l0N.\li
I-‘ll\'.\.\'(‘.ES.

At our last annual meeting we reviewed the financial and economic
conditions of the country and commented at some length upon the
disastrous policy of the government, and the inefliciency of its
financial administration. During the past year there has been no
improvement in this respect; matters have grown worse and worse
with every month. The value of farm property and farm products,
and all other products of labor. have been constantly falling, while
the value of credit property and legal tender money has been con-
stantly increasing. Debts incurred a year ago, and previous to that
time, require 20 per cent more of the average farm products to pay
the principle now than it would a year ago, and so with the average
products of all other labor, while salaries of public officers and all
incomes fixed by law remain the same, or have been increased. The
government by this false and destructive financial policy of making
gold, which is constantly increasing in value, the sole measure of
credit values has embarrassed itself, and now comes forward as a
borrower in competition with the debtors whom its financial policy
has distressed. Having made it more profitable to hoard legal
tender money than to invest it in any productive enterprise, it now
comes in as a borrower for the sole purpose of boarding a hundred
millions more.

No intelligent person who considers the subject can expect a
revival of industries under such conditions. With a full knowledge
of these conditions, the controller of the currency and other treas-
ury olficers report all this hoarded legal tender money as in circula-
tion, and thus reckon the circulation per capita as higher than a
year ago. Those who have advocated this method of financial man-
agement, and are urging its continuance, point to these reports, and
to the plethoric condition of the banks as evidence that there is now
too much legal tender money in circulation. We might as well point
to the fact that Lakes Michigan, Huron and Erie were overflowing
with water all summer to prove that there was no di-outh or want of
water in Michigan the past season, but too much. and point to the
streams flowing into these lakes as evidences of a flood.

A financial policy that makes idle money more profitable than
money invested in productive industry must necessarily cripple
enterprise and diminish circulation. Thousands of manufacturing
plants are lying idle, and millions of willing workmen are out of
employment because the money required to buy materials to stock
the plants and manufacture the finished product will buy more than
the value of the output when finished.

It is acknowledged that the world’s stock of gold is insuflicient to
form a safe and stable basis for the world's exchange of products and
national, municipal, corporate and individual credit. As a natural
and inevitable conse uence, all free old is placed upon the auction
block and bid for by t e gold standar nations to board for self pro-
tection. Under this system of finance safe circulation of individual
and corporate credit depends upon the amount of free gold in exist-
ence. The gathering up and hoarding of free gold by the gold
standard nations diminishes the supply while at the same time the de-
mand is increased. As a natural and inevitable consequence. the
purchasing power. or comparative value ofgold. and all credit based
upon gold. is increased. This increase has amounted to an average
of 20 per cent over all other products of industry during the past
year, so that the debtor finds that while he is paying 8 per cent in-
terest on the mortgage or note he owes, he is also paying 20 per cent
in addition as a premium on the value of the gold represented in his
debt.

These conditions being generally recognized. many remedies are
being suggested, and among them are the following five:

1. The free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of
16 to 1. This is the Populist’s plan.

2. The retirement of all legal tender paper, and the repeal of the
tax on state bank issues. This is the Chicago platform plan.

3. The endorsement by the government of the private paper of
banking corporations, with permission to such corporations to issue
$75,000 of government indorsed bills for eveey $100,000 of paid up
capital stock. and the deposit of $30,000 of legal tender government
paper with the United States Treasurer to be held as aguaranty
fund. This is the plan of the President and Secretary of the
Treasury. _ _ _

4. The Baltimore plan, which in substance is that a requisite
number of individuals having capital of theyalue of $50,000 or more
may, by paying to the Treasurer of the United States 5_per cent of
the capital of such combination as a safety fund, and giving the gov-
ernment the first lien upon the assets of such combination, have

wet to issue government guaranteed notes to the whole amount of
their capital. _

5. That the government shall own the material from which the
money of the country is to be made, whether it be gold. silver,
nickel. copper or paper; that from such material it should issue a
sufficient amount of legal tender money to maintain a stable measure
of value. so that the debtor would not be oppressed. nor the creditor
wronged by the fluctuations in value of the money standard.

The first we are opposed to for reasons which we expressed in our
report for 1889, and which changed conditions have rendered far
more potent now than then. The second we oppose because it
would turn loose the " wild cats" and “ red dogs ” of 1837 and 1857 to
prey upon a defenseless and helpless people. The third is the
plan proposed by the President and Secretary of the Treasury. We
are opposed to this for three reasons:
moral right to cause the people of the United States to enter into ii
co-partnership with private parties or corporations without the
expressed consent of each individual to be bound thereby; second,
the hoarding in the public treasury of the legal tender money of

First. the government has no ‘
‘Ri)n‘i(.‘ of our Patrons learn the Grange trade

the I with the Grange.

which to pa their debts, and compel them to submit to such
extortionate iseounts as their creditors might see fit toexact; third,
it is a discrimination in favor of the wealthy and against the poor.
Men of wealth may still own, control. and have the use and income
of their property, and at the same time draw interest upon 75 per
cent of its value on their promissory notes, while the poor are
obliged to pay interest on theirs. The Baltimore plan we regard as
in some respects better and in other respects far worse than the
President's plan. It is better in this, that it hoards less of the legal
tender money; it is worse in that it makes no adequate provision for
the redemption of bills in times of panics. The objections tothis
plan are the same as to the President's plan. but apply with greater
force. The fifth is that which we have advocated in each of our
reports for the past four years, and still believe to be the only safe
and just financial policy that can be pursued.

The advocates of the second, third and fourth claim for them a
great superiority over the first and fifth on account of their greater
elasticity. Elasticity implies the power to contract as Well as the
power to expand. The power of the second proposition to expand,
even to bursting, was fully exemplified in 1837 and again in 1857.
The power of contraction by hoarding legal tender money and
restricting its issue is sufiiciently exemplified by present conditions.
Money is a manufactured article, and like all other manufactured
articles, its exchangeable value is subject to economic laws of supply
and demand. When the supply is increased by expansion, its pur-
chasing power falls, or. in other words. the average price of other
products rise; when the supply is contracted by withdrawal, then
its purchasing power will rise. or, in other words, the average price
of other products will fall. The first wrongs the creditor, for he is
obliged to take his pay in money of less value than the money he
loaned; the second wrongs the debtor because it compels him to pay
in money more valuable than that which he borrowed. Under the
Chicago plan, the President’s plan, or the Baltimore plan, either one,
the banking corporations of this country kindly propose to take
charge of the financial affairs of the people, furnish them with
money of their own manufacture, and extend their circulation for
the benefit of the debtor class so long as they can obtain ample
security. and then as kindly contract their circulation for the benefit
of the creditor class, and compel their debtors to either sacrifice.
their securities or pay the debt in dearer money.

\Ve are opposed to placing any such power in the hands of bank-

ing corporations. We believe that the currency of the people should
be supplied by the people and for the people through the instru-
mentality of their own government. that it should be made afull
legal tciidcr, ll0ll—t‘-lasflc as to contraction, but with sufficient power
as to expansion to meet the requirements of a growing country. and
prevent the falling in value of the average products of labor. Claim-
ing iis we do that inasmuch as money is a manufactured article,
depending upon United States laws for its legal tender quality, and
the government alone having the right to manufacture and issue it,
the government should own the material from which it is niade, so
that if the stamp of coinage or imprint of press adds anything to the
value of the metal coined or paper issued, then the people. the force
of whose laws give it that added value. should have the benefit of
the unearned increment.
- If. however, the views we express do not meet with the views
of aniajority of congress, rather than have the present disastrous
policy continue until the next congress shall assemble, or the bane-
ful policy of either the Chicago. the President’s or the Baltimore
plan adopted. we would favor a modification of the first proposition
by providing for the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver
of United States production at the ratio of 16 to 1, and placing an
import duty on all foreign silver coin and silver bullion equal to the
difference between the gold value of silver bullion in Europe and
its coined value here. While this would be a donation to the A mer-
ican silver mine owners. which with the present production would
give them $37,000,000a year, and a greater donation as production
under such astimulus increased; yet it would cost the people no
money. and would add to the legal tender circulation $75.000,00() a
year at once. and more as the output increased.

.\.\f.l-2 Ol" BONDS AND RI-‘.DEMl’TI0l\' OF LEGAL TENDER NO'l'F.S.

We condemn the sale of interest bearing government bonds forthe
purpose of purchasing gold with which to redeem United States
treasury notes, while there is an abundance of silver for that pur-

pose. we favor the redemption in silver coin of all government obliga- ’

tions which on their face are not made redeemable in gold. The pro-
cess of redeeming greenbacks in gold whenever presented, then pay-
ing them out to be immediately returned for redemption again, and
continuing the process, making of the greenbacks a rotary pump to
exhaust the reservoir of gold, ..ii;1-rs rlling bonds to replenish it on
pretense that it is necessary to keep the reservoir full to a certain
amountto save the credit of the government, we regard as a cun-
ningly devised scheme to furnish gold for exportation, and also dimin-
ish the free gold for ultimate redemption, and thus continue the ap-
preciation of gold and all credits based upon it, and the depreciation
of silver and all other products. Better let the reservoir become ex-
hausted, and let the exporter of gold do his own shinning, and stop
the decline in prices and the forced increase of debts by appreciation.
As we said a year ago. so long as every citizen of the United States
is ready and willing to take legal tender government notes for any-
thing and everything he has to sell. and every salaried oflicer, every
employé, every contractor on the public works, and every pensioner
on the public bounty, each and all prefer to be paid in such notes,
we can see no necessity for the President and Secretary to go beg-
ging of London bankers and Wall street brokers for gold to keep up
the credit of our government. Therefore. as long as government
notes shall circulate at par, and the expenses of the government con-
tinue to exceed its income. we recommend that the deficit be pro-
vided for by the printing of. and payment in legal tender notes.
This would increase the circulation needed. and at the same time
save the interest on government bonds.
J. G. RAMSDELL, Chairman.
WALLACE E. WRIGHT,
R. H. TAYLOR,
F. W. REDFERN.
H. D. PLATT,
THUS. MARS,
GEO. B. HORTON.
JENNIE BUELL.

RE PORT OF UVERSEE H.

“ Whatever we attempt to do let us strive to do well."

lluring my occupancy of the Overseer’s chair my thoughts have
frequently strayed to the above subject. Very many Patrons give
the salutation as though they knew but little of its meaning and
cared even less than they knew. An officer or delegate who gives the
salutation imperfectly at the State Grange casts reflections upon his
subordinate Grange at home. The old adage about behaving better
at home than any other place is very good doctrine to preach. but then
the majority of us don’t do business that way. The salutation should
be given in ii business like method and performed as though we
meant business. If every detail of Grange work is done with precision
we shall accomplish something at every meeting no matter how few
the number present. The subordinate Grange is a school where we
can always learn something if we try. No student can learn without
study. We should study the Grange work if we expect to receive
benefits. Too many Patrons seem to think that their part of the
business is simply to look on and see what the rest are going to do
about it. A gentleman apprenticed hisson to a blacksmith: "Now,”
said the man to the blacksmith, “ My son is not much used to work
and it is hardly necessary for him to get his hands and clothes all
blackened over, just let him look on and see how you do it and he
can learn the tradejust as well.” The smith could well afford to do
this way as he was to be well paid for imparting instruction to the
apprentice. After one year the father built a shop and after furn-
ishing it with the necessary tools and other apparatus informed his
son that he could now commence business for himself. “The first
thing I want you to make is an ax. '1‘ake your time for_it," said the
proud father. “ and when it is finished I will come and inspect your
work." The young blacksmith selected a large piece of iron and
after pounding at it all day and doing considerable sweating he had
reduced the piece of iron to something the shape of an ax. The
next morning he commenced the task of making the hole for the
helve. After another hard day’s work without any success, for axes
are not made that way. he put it into the fire, and after heating it
white hot sent for his father. As the father entered the shop the son
took the ax from the fire and plunged it into a tub of water. A
thunderous sizzling and cloud of steam was the result. “Father.”
said the son, “I cannot make an ax, but just see what a beautiful
racket I can make in that tub of water.” I am almost afraid that
in that way, without
even energy enough to furnish the racket. Very many, however,
have received valuable benefits from their work and associations
The injunction: “Whatever we attempt to do let

country would deprive the debtor class of legal tender money with ‘ us strive to do we-.ll."does not simply refer to our life and work in the

Grange order, but_to every branch of home, farm and public life and
work. A nice, tidy wife, with everything around the house in
proper order, meals on time and well cooked, children's and husband's
clothes just as they should be, neat and clean with no missing but-
tons, are all worthy of admiration, but it’s love, smiles and courtesy
that rounds out the perfect home. While the good housewife is
nearly always expected to set these glorious examples, the husband
and children should bear equally with her the burdens that are to be
borne—assist her in smoothing over the little rutlles that will some-
times_occur, that they may be better fitted to share with her the full
luxuries of a happy home.

Husband, do you always before entering the house observe
whether your boots or shoes are in proper condition? Do you always
on entering the kitchen cast your eye around to see if the wood box
is filled with suitable wood? Or if there are any slop pails that
should be cagried out? If you find any of these things that require
attention. with strong and willing arm do you attend to it with-
out waiting to be told? Do you attend to it at all? Do you treat
your wife just as_courteously_ and assist her in and out of the
carriage just as nicely and willingly as you did before marriage?
Please do not all speak at once, but remember that you are
required to do all things well——that is, as well as you know how. Of
course we can very much easier see defects in others than in our-
selves--it‘s human to be that way. Some of these points that l
have mentioned may seem trivial and of but little importance, but I
tell you that it is the little grains of sand that form the solid eartl;
on which we live. and it is these seemingly small, incidental matters
that form the very foundation principles of a happy home and well
spent lives. They often, if neglected. wreck the hoiue and hopes of
thousands.

This same Grange injunction about doing things well applies also
to the farm. It applies to the farm much more than to anv other
branches of business. Most branches of business must be coiiducted
properly or in a very short time the proprietor will be bankrupt.
Not so with the farm. it will sometimes carry a shiftless farmer
through some way until the very end. VVith the very best care and
attention our crops will sometimes be a partial failure. bur ‘i’ we «li
our work well the result will almost always prove satisfactory.

Please do not leave your farm tools lying out in the yard or in tbs»
field. It's the very worst kind of economy. There ‘is no leak OL-
the farm equal to it. Say nothing about the lasting qualities. they
run enough easier and nicer to pay well for keeping them wel;
housed. You will be a better natured man and of much more
importance to yourself and family if your tools are in nice running:
order. The man who loves and respects his wife and family and
hccds these small items that I have mentioned will look well after
his farm stock. It’s part of the Grange teachings to be kind and
yet courteous to your animals. Animals, especially horses and cows.
require courteous treatment. You can not afford to treat them an)
other way. It will not pay financially, and it will not pay socially-
for say what you will, the careful farmer will associate more or less
with the animals under his care. “ ln our dealings with our fellow
men we must be honest, just, and fear not.” You cannot. cheat 
man in a horse trade and elevate him very much by preaching
morality to him thereafter. You cannot do him very much good
anyway without first setting the example. The good we do our
fellowmen pays much better than any business transaction. for We
not only greatly benefit ourselves here below, but at the some time
are laying up rewards for the life beyond.

The Grange was organized for the purpose of elevating the
character and interests of all connected with the order. l_’.v doing
this we benefit all mankind. You are not taught either by the
scriptures nor the Orange to keep all the good things to yourselves‘
but to impart them to others. In fact, in living and doing for others we
are always benefiting ourselves. Any work that we may do for our
Grange order will not only help to promulgate the organic princi-
ples. but we will reap four-fold ourselves.

The little girl that was asked why it was that everybody secnied L4;
love her replied, that she supposed it was because she loved every
body. "Whatever we sow that shall we also reap.” It has been-sai<‘.
that the bad pennies always return. There is surely a promise that
bread cast upon the water will return after many days. It stands.
us well in hand to see just what kind of bread we are casting out.
else we may be compelled to consume some very poor noui-ishnien:
somewhere in the future.

This world is upon the whole a pretty good place to live if we only
lay hold of those things that are good and reject those that are bad.
You may not be able to gather figs of thistlcs, but you can gather
thistles of figs if you want to. Some people seem t.o be able to find
a great many bad ihings in the Bible. and yet. there are a great man‘;
good things there if we only search for them. i ‘

“A good Patron places faith in Ciod~———nurtures hope. disperiseg.
charity, and is noted for fidelity.”

M. T. COLE,

Overseer.

ILEPORT 01"‘ STEWARIP.

Since straws began to indicate the direction of the wind, objeci.
lessons have been growing in use and popularity.

The Savior of the world made frequent use of them while teach
ing upon earth. Later we read of one who saw an apple fall from
its parent tree and the discovery of one of the most iinportant laws
of the universe was the result. Still later another saw the lid of a
tea kettle rise by the force of the steam beneath, which resulted in
that power becoming the chief motor of the world. Less than a
hundred years ago very diminutive blackboards were introduceii
into a few of our common schools, for the use of a few of the more
advanced pupils. Today we frequently sec all the available wall
space within reach, devoted to their use and pupils 01' all ages use
them.

Globes, maps, charts and philosophical apparel us are used to aid
the mind in comprehending lessons through the medium of the eye.

The irrepressible drummer is to be found in every village, and
merchandise of all kinds is sold largely by sample. Even the fruit
tree render is anxious to show specimens or cuts of fruit, that is cer
tain to grow from trees bought of him. And in moral and social
matters we are enjoined to put our light on a candle stick and not
under a bushel.

Garficld’s advice to those who would succeed was. " Put yourself
in line with the leading thought of the day."

Is the Grange school in line with the leading thought of other
schools and of business?

Are we working with the zeal that is iiecessary in other schools Iii’
pushing our claims with the energy and pcrsistency of a driiimiier‘?

Let us introduce the blackboard with the decree that it must be
used at every session. The average, peicentage, sum and diiferencnx,
of various things can be shown upon it in ii much more impressive
manner than when merely recited. Frequently the best demonstra-
tion of a proposition can be made with drawn figures, besides
other uses that would soon make the board a necessity.

Again, suppose corn to be the subject under discussion. Request
each brother to bring a few specimen ears. all the better if on the
stalk. Compare the diameter of cob, length of kernel, length and
weight of ear, and size of stalk, and in all cases use the ohjeci
wherever practicable.

This method is being tried with gratifying results. At a recent.
meeting when fruit was the theme, the specimens were used in com-
paring different varieties, and the marked difference in tlie S(t1Ilt
variety in color. texture and quality,grown under different condi-
tions as to fertility, cultivation, pruning, etc., was clearly shown.
with many other characteristics which would not generally be
remembered or clearly understood, if not seen.

Visiting schools is the imperative duty of every patron of a school.
and if done by every “ Patron of Husbandry ” would furnish material
for several sessions during the year, care being taken that nothing
be said that would be detrimental to any teacher’s success. Holding
an occasional session on the farm of a member could hardly fail to
be of great value. Many object lessons would present themselves.
and perhaps the visited member would receive the greatest benefit.
by putting his farm in condition to receive company. But enough has
been said to bring the subject before your minds and should any
good results follow, our object will have been attained.

All of which is respectfully submitted,
A. P. GRAY,
Steward.

ltl-Il’0|£.'l' 0|" ASSISTANT S'l‘liW.\ RID.

W()H1‘H&‘ MAs'ri~:a, SISTERS AND ‘BROTHERS on THE‘. MICHIGAN STATE
Ga.-iNcs—Again we meet to review the labors of Grange work of
the year just closing, to devise ways and mature plans for more suc-
cessful work, we trust, for the years to come. Very much of what
that will be depends on our work here and on carrying out that
work after returning to our different fields of labor. The year 1894
is enrolled and success and failure are before us, and it is for each

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reports that appear in this issue.

  

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

DECEMBER 20, 1894.

THE GRAiv_i3_E VISITOR.

Published on the first and third Thursdays of every month.

Kenyon L. Butter-field, Editor and Manager.
LANSING. MIUH.

To whom all exchangps. communications. advertising busi-
ness and subscriptions should be sent.

Ofllce, Room 19. Old State Building.

TERMS 50 Cents a Year, 25 Cents for Six Months.
In Clubs of 20 more 40 Cents per Year each.
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Order or Draft. Do not send stamps. _
o insure insertion all notices should be mailed no
later than the Saturday preceding issue.

Entered at the Postofiice at Lansing, Mich.. as second
Class Matter.

§‘Nii;x'r ISSUE JANUARY 3.

OUR WORK.”

The following has been approved by the State Graiigc :i.s_'.i
fair statement. of the objects the (irzinge of Michigan has in
view, and the special lines along \vhi_cli it proposes to work.
\Ve ho e every (‘nrzinge in the suite will work earnestly in all
these epartments, so that by xi more united effort we shall
rapidly increase our nuiiibers. extend our iiillueiice, and attain
more and more completely those ends which we seek.

017 K Ollj ECT

is the Organiziltioii of the Farmers for their own Improvciiieiit
Financially, Socially, Merit:1ll_\'. Morally. _

“Fe beiieve that this iinprovcniciit min in lzirgc mcusure be
brought about: _

1. (11,) By wider ll"l(ll\‘l(lll‘.l.l study :lll(l gt‘llCl‘2ll ilisciissimi of
the business side of f1«ll’ll"lll'lg:‘:lll(l _honic keeping,

(In) By cooperation for iinniicnil zidvzxntiige. _ _

2. (1.) By frequent. socizil g:itliei'in2‘s, zuid the _ iiiiiigliug
toget ier of farmers with furiiiers. zind of f1ll'lnt.'l’S with people
of other ocriipnliiiiis.

By striving for it purer iimiiliood. .i iioblcr u’oin:1nhood.
and a universal brntherliood. _

3. .) Bv stiidying :ind proinotiiig the iinprovciiient of our
district schools. _ ‘

(I7.) Bv p:itroiai7.in0' and ‘aiding the Agi'iciiltiir:i| Colleges and
Experinient .\t.'itioii. .ii their lcgitiinzitc work of sciciititic in~
vestigation. pi':tctic:i'i experiment. 2l\)(l L7(lllC2l[lDll for l‘1ll‘.ll pur-
suits. _ _ ,

(C) Bv iiiiiiiitziiniiig iiiid iitteiiiliiig fziriiu.-i's’ iiistitiitcs; re-.id~
ing in tlie Rcuiliiig Circle: establish ; iisiiig itirciilziting
libraries; l\llVllIL’>[l'l0l’l: and better iii:ig:i'/.iiic_~. and p.ipcr.~ for
Jhe home. _ . _ _ _

4. (a.) Bv diffusing ll knowledge of our civil iiistitiitions zind
ieiichiiig the high duties of citi/.cii.<liip. _ .

(./i.) Bv dciiizinding the i:iifoi'c:-ixiciit of existing stiitiitcs ‘l.ll(l

‘." g . vociiting. and ll')'ll’1}_"I().\'t‘Clll’C such other 'l.IL‘
‘s sliiill tend to the gt:iicr:i‘. jiisticc. pro; . ',

 
 

   
  

  
    

   

:ind momlitv.

Patrons will read with pride the splendid

“It was the best State Grsiige ever lield.”
This was a common expression hcarl from
the lips of the “old timers."

THE STATE GRANGE.

The recent State Grange was a. business
session. The committee appointments
were unusually strong and the reports
were able and to the point, bearing marks
of thought and care. There were few
“crank” ineasures introduced and they
were promptly squelched. Among the
delegates were some of the strongest farm-
ers in Michigan. It was 9. body to be
proud of.

The best feature of the meeting was the
evidence, on all sides, of better organiza-
tion. We believe that the Grange of
Michigan is prepared to enter upon the
most enduring and substantial work in its ;
history.

TH E STATE GR .\.‘{G I-I.

[l{i,poi'tcd by ll. li l’.i-'ii~.iii-1.]

TUESDAY.

The Michigan State G1'a11ge met in
annual session in representative hall. Lan- '3
sing, Tuesday, Dec. 11, and was called to 
order by \Vorth_v Master Horton at 10 a. m. ;
with nearly all the delegates present. others ‘_
arriving on later trains through the day.
The desks in front of the lady officers were F
finely decorated with flowers from the :
Agricultural College, and fruit contributed ;
by A. P. Gray, of Archie, Mrs. A. A. j
Leighton, of Old Mission, and R. H. Tay-
lor of Shelby, the former bringing about
three bushels of assorted varieties. Music
of an excellent character and variety was
furnished throughout the session by a choir ’.
of six voices from Fremont Center, Sanilac 1
county. _ !

After opening the session and appointing ‘
a committee on credentials Overseer Cole
was called to the chair and the Master re-
tired to make up his committees. Reso-
lutions were rapidly introduced by the del-
egates and referred to proper committees.

At 11 o’clock the Grange went into open
session, and Dr. Kedzie gave a talk on
“Pure foods.” He first showed some jelly
made in Detroit of glucose, starch, and
“tartarine, ” and then spoke of white winter. l
wheat for which this locality is specially 
adapted and for which the state millers’ E
association has requested him to select some 1
new variety. J. Sterling Morton says quit
raising wheat, but the only sterling quality
he has is his name. VVe must raise wheat,
stock, and babies, and the only way to
make them pay is to raise the best varieties. ‘

Among many varieties of wheat examin-
ed he spoke of four. The Currell, originat
ed in Virginia, and is a red wheat with
white flour. The Ruby has been raised
with success in Michigan. Dawson’s Gol-
den Chalf originated in Ontario eight years
ago, and has great promise._ It has pro-
duced in open field culture th1rty—five bush-
els per acre on an average for its originator.
The Buda-Pesth from Austria, gives the
highest priced flour in Europe, and the

berry has gained in size in Michigan and

promises well. In the afternoon the Grange
assembled at 2 o’_clock and listened to an
interesting discussion of “Weeds,” by Dr.
VV. J. Beal. A fine collection of seeds,
weeds, and appliances like sprays, etc.,
were on exhibition in the capitol postofifice
room. Among them was a sample of the
Russian thistle, which the doctor said was
valuable as a stimulator. Following this
short a(l(l1‘es.s came the long and excellent
address of Master Horton.

Then Dairy and Food (lominissioner
Storrs was introduced in open session and
gave a brief address, urging co-operation in
making the work of his new department
more efficient, as it is of great importance
financially to farmers that unadulterated
products only go on the market. Farmers
are robbed of a moderate profit that un-
principled men may gain an enormous
profit on products that have no more right
to appear on the market than those of the
countcrfciter. Fifteen tliousanil dollars
would not be too much to make the work
elfcctive.

C-omriiittecs were appointed to confer
with the state board of agriculture in regard
to the. adinission of ladies to the Agricult-
ural College and to an increase. in the num-
ber of farmers’ i.nstit.utcs to he held
annually.

Tuesday evening the lady ofliccrs of the
State Grange and the woman's work coin-
mittcc gave a pleasant informal reception
in the governor’s parlors. llnfortunately
the governor was absent, having accepted
an invitation to go to Ann Arbor.

\\'El)l\'ESl)AY.

\\‘edncs(lay inorning saw the bulk of the
resolutions introduced and placed in the
hands of the proper coiiiiiiittces. Lecturer
Crosby. Ceres. Flora. and Pomona. gave
interesting annual rcpoi'1s. Bro. Campbell,
of the pcriiianent i-oiiiiiiittce on legislation,
appointed last year, read an UX(‘(‘llL‘Ill. report,
urging a 1'eadjus‘rinen‘r of taxation and some
clianges in lcgislatioii. and in szilaries of
cer’iain state oflicials, raising some and
lowering otliers, especially the free gift of
-l'2.00()aI11l1l8.ll_V made by tho last legisla-
ture to each member of the suprciiic court.
\\'c.(lnc.s(hiy uftc1'noon was given over to the
special order of clcclioii of oliicc.rs. and
Master Horton expedited business by intro-
ducing a second set of ballot counters.
This was ii practical application of the rc-
form advocated in counting election retiirns
and is worth a trial by the legislature.

At the evening session Mrs. Mayo and
Mrs. Hinds reported from the woman’s
work committee in regard to f1'csh-ai1'-0u‘r-
ings for working girls, women, and children
of the cities, and results of school visita-
tion by Women of the Givingc.
csting feature was the reading of extracts
of letters from givers and 1'ecci\‘e1‘s of the
fresh-air-outings. Bro. Hutchins then read
the report of the permanent‘ coiniiiittce on
education. urging teaching of agriculture
in the common schools as in Caiiadii. exten-
sion of faiviiers’ iristitiites. increase of

I special courses at the Agrii-ultiiral College
l1l{P the dairy course. ‘cl(llll‘lSSl()Il of ladies
: llH‘1't'lO._ and several other good iliiiigs. -

Tl{Ul{Sl)AY.

'l‘hiii'sdiiy iiioriiiiig Ciiaplziiii Mayo,

2‘ l)\'e1'St‘<*I' (Tole. Sec-i'eti1i'y Bucll, ’l‘i'ciisi11'er

Strong. Steward Gray. Assistant Stcvvard
Martin. and Graft‘--kecpci' Carlislc made
excellent 1'cpor’i.s. The cxeciitive (-om1ni‘r-
tcc 1'cpo1'ti—~il on national liiiances and after
cariiest (llS('llSSl0I1 it was adoptetl. Mrs.

 Mary Spencer, st;iil.i~ librarian. was then

introduced in open session and gave a brief
explanation of plans to increase the value
of the state library by the iiilrotluction of
the New York plain of circulating libraries
of 50 or 100 volumes that are sent out on
application and payment of an annual fee
of $3 or  to pay transportation. It
was voted to place the GRANGE VISITOR in
the hands of Master Horton and Pastmaster
Luce, who will c0nsi(ler'sovcral plans pro-

? posed for its publication.

Thursday afternoon impressive memorial
exercises were held in honor of Sisters
Harty H. Vvoodman and Julia Remington,
and Bro. John H. Forster. The finance
committee reported the books of the secre-
tary and the treasurer as correct. and in
perfect condition. On their recommenda-
tion the salaries of the master and secretary
were reduced $100 each. The committee
on dormant Grariges reported in favor of
more vigorous work in organization and
reorganization, believing that now was an
auspicious time for Grange work.

Thursday evening was given over to the
giving of the fifth and sixth degrees, which
were conferred on fourteen, and thirty-six
persons respectively.

FRIDAY.

Friday morning opened the last and bus-
iest day of the session. A short time was
given to Secretary Slocum, of the Ancient
Order of Gleaners, a mutual benefit organ-
ization recently organized under the new
law and a committee was appointed to con-
sider the plan of the company. D. G. Mc-
Clure gave the report of the committee on
education. The section advocating a new
state normal school for the northern part of
the state was rejected owing to the string-
ency of the times mainly.

An inte1'~’ '

l The committee on agriculture reported
‘ and a committee of three was appointed to
confer with the governor on the subject of
increase of farmers’ institutes; later they
reported a favorable interview with him and

of $5.000 per annum instead of $2,000 now
used. A banner with the motto, “A
farmers’ institute in every county” was
hung out over the speakers’ chair amid
great applause.

The committee on legislative action as
usual had the greatest number of topics to
consider; their report was well given and
most of their recommendations were con-
curred in. The committee on Pomona
Granges urged more earnest work on fifth
degree members and holding of Pomona
meetings, institutes and meetings in con-
nection with school work with published
programs and reports of the meetings.
“Advertise, educate, and agitate.”

The transportation committee reported
in favor of the development of deep water-
ways and the strict enforcement of the laws
governing railway passenger rates.

The comimttee on good of the Order
also gave a good report, and other minor
committees reported, closing that line of
work. The topics introduced and consider-
ed by these coimnittees were numerous and
varied in cliaracter. covering a wide range
of interests. Among the resolutions adopt-
ed we find the following subjects: appoint-
inent of a tax statistician to consider :1 re-
adjustiiient of burdens; changing may to
shall in law requiring assessors to swcnr
those whom they are assessing.

At the close of the morning session Mrs.
Mayo, on behalf of the ineinbcrs of the
Grange, presented a gold locket and chain
to Mcrtie Estella Gardner, the tli1'e.c
months old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Gardner. of the choir. .\Ir. Gardner re-
sponded to the surprise gift. 0 In the after-
noon Supcrinteiitlcnt E. P. (lhurch. of the
school for the blind. was introduced and
several children from diifcrciit counties of
the state gave it few intcicstiiig exercises
illustrating their i1is’rriict.ioii.

Friday cvening brouglit the final exer-
cises. Bro. Tl1()S.~l\Ia1‘S, past inzister and
retiriiig meiiibcr of the executive coin-
inittee. after ciglitceii years service, in-
stalled the officers elect. after which Bro.
F. \V. Redfern nizide a few remarks pertain-
ing to the growth and progress of the
Ortler, alluding to the baby of the morning
session and calling on Bro. Mars, the old
man of the evciiiiig, to stand by its side for
eont.1'ast and comparison he gave him a
beautiful gold headed cane suitably inscrib-
ed to which Bro. Mars responded happily.

During the sessions recitations were
given by Sisters Allis, Ladd, and Leighton,
' and by Brotlicrs Ladd and Heck, and a
song by Misses Myrtle and Hazel Karr, after
informal specclics by master,oversee1', lect-
urer, chaplain, and Bro. Ramsdell the
State Grange was closed in form and the
beautiful Traverse county fruit was divided
among those present.

The session has been one of very high
excellence. A large amount of work has
been done and was well directed into har-
monious lines by lll(‘ llli1Sl.61'. who was able
and prompt in action. The work was well
considered by ‘rlic coiiiiiiittccs and the dis-
scussions wore. prompt. forcible. and well
balanced. The speakiiig and singing that
interspc1'Sc(l the exercises were all plans-
ing. The session is declared the best ever
held by the State Grange.

May each year mark new progress and
development of its work and attainiiicnts.

Cr. in. ii. 

Mo'r'ro—“ Begin; keep at it."

WHAT THEY THINK OF [’l‘.

Several Renders in F. H. K. (1., tell how they
Regard the Course, and how they
Work at it.

Not Reading Miicli.

I am interested in the success of the
Farm Home Reading Circle, but am
sorry to say I have had no time to give it
any attention since I became a member.

I hope to have some time in the coming
winter to give to that cause and will do
what I can to interest others. 7

W. W. SPRAGUE.

70??“-

Froni a College Reader.

I have been, and still am very much in-
terested in the Farm Home Reading Circle.
I am getting the books as I can, one at a
time, and am reading them at every oppor-
tunity. My college work keeps me busy
most of the time, but I have the books at
hand, and whenever I have 3. half hour of
leisure, I take up one of them and read.

I like best to take up a subjc-ct.topica.lly;
e. g., just now I am studying dairying. I
read the book “Dairyma.u’s Manual,” by
Stewart, then in Curtis’ “Cattle, Horses,
Sheep and Swine,” I study the history of
the different breeds of dairy cattle. The
history leads on to the breeding of dairy
cattle, and Miles’ “ St-ock breeding” comes
to help me in this subject. From breeding,
the next step is to “ Feeding Animals” by
Stewart. From the feeding of animals it

the State Grange favors an appropriation 

is but a step to the silo, soils and crops,
talks on manures, etc.
Hoping that this idea may be of help to
others as it has been to me, I remain
Yours sincerely,

WILLFORD J. MCGEE.
Agririilt/n'zil College,

Will it Pay 3

In entering upon the course of the Farm
Home Reading Circle, as with any work
of importance, the first question that a
practical man will ask is, “Will it pay?
Will the benefits be a. satisfactory return
for the time and money invested?” For it
must be understood at the beginning
that if the course is properly pursued it
involves an outlay of many hours and
several dollars.

The answer may be for one class of read-
ers, no; for another, most decidedly, yes.
If the course is taken up with the expecta-
tion that it will direct the reader how to
make two dollars where he now makes one,
without any extra effort on his part, he
will be disappointed, and deservedly so.
The course will be a failure, the money
expended will be little better than

thrown away, and the time wasted. But '

if one takes up the course with an eye to
the benefits to come from a better under-
standing of his business, which will enable
him to form better plans, use his brain
more and consequently his hands to better
advantage, then the returns will repay the
outlay many fold, to say nothing of the
satisfaction which comes from the broader
views he will have obtained, and the ex-
cellent mental training afforded.

It will not be denied that the number of
reading, thinking farmers is increasing.
“ Book farming” is no longer a reproach,
while the successful man who does not
take and carefully read from one to half a
a dozen agricultural papers is about as rare
as a white crow. He may not always be
willing to acknowledge that he derives any
benefit from the papers, but if he is 9.
progressive man his methods are constantly
changing from year to year, and are affected

3 more or less by what he has read. He

does not farm in the same manner now that
he did live or ten years ago, and will prob-
ably change as much more in the future.

The Reading Circle seems most of all
adapted to the needs of the young farmer.
The older men may consider that it teaches
them little, but when they reflect that the
books are made up from the practical ex-
perience of many farmers through severatl
years, and consider how valuable this
knowledge would have been to them could
they have had it when they began, instead
of learning from experience, they will un-
derstand its importance to the beginner.

The course is especially valuable to many
young men in the cities and towns who
would willingly turn their attention to the
soil if they understood it better.

Lastly, but perhaps most important of
all, is the interest awakened by such a
course, which makes work something be-
sides drudgery. It is the pleasure one finds
in his work which distinguishes the artist
from the mere laborer. The successful
man likes his work and has an interest in it,
while the man who fails is usually the one
who has no interest in his work, but
labors merely from IlHI‘€s'Slly, which is the
worst form of drudgery.

A READER.

I)0l\I”l‘  SEE L’

AlR~—“ l.lTTL}:‘. BRO\\'N jiro.“

[The following song w is written by Brother I“.  Kari’ of
Iillllslllg, iiiid sung at :i nieetiiig of Capitol Grange in Septem-
ber. By request it wzis surig at the recent ineeting‘ of the State
Grunge, '.ll’l(l by ll l.ll'l1lIllll|()l.lS vote ordered printed in the pro-
ceediiigs of the Gniiigc with the imiiies of the two little sing-
ers, Myrtle, :iu(l I’I&l7.€l K:irr.]

\
VVhen I go out upon the farm,
John and I, go arm in arm.
VVe walk and talk, and laugh with glee,
Two jolly old Grangers, don’t you see?
CHORUS.
Ha, ha, ha, it’s you and me,
I love the Grange, and the Grange loves me; .
Ha, ha, ha, don’t you see,
John and I, and the Grange makes three.

And now since I have joined the Grange,
john has bought me a bran-new range;
He loves biscuit, I love tea,

Two jolly old Grangers, don't you see?

VVhen John and I attend the Grange,

We talk all subjects there in range;

John shows the boys how to handle a rake,
And I tell the girls how to make light cake.

Says Mary Jones to Sister Brown,

Your’e the happiest woman in this town;
’Tis easily explained says Mrs. B.,

I love the Grange, and the Grange loves me.

Let every farmer now agree,

To join the Grange and happy be;
We'll laugh and sing and shout with lee,
I love the Grange, and the Grange Ioves me.

There is more Catarrh in this section of the coun-
try than all other diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a
a great many years doctors pronounced it a local
disease, and prescribed local remedies. and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires consti_
tutional treatment. Ha.ll’s Catarrh Cure, manufact-
ured by F. J. Cheney & C0,, Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to to a teaspoonfnl.
It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimo-
nials. Address,

F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo ,0.
@'Sold by Druggists, 75c.

 


£27?

- in the cities.

DECEMBER 20, 1894.

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

5

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WOMAN’S WIJRK.

WORTHY Mxsmn, BROTHERS AND Sis'rans—-We submit to you for
_%$urkconsideration the annual report of your committee on Woman’s

or .

Early in the beginning of the year there came to us a letter say-
ing that" ill health, coupled with the necessity of complete rest, coni-
pelled the resignation of our earnest and efiicent co-laborer Mary
Sherwood Hinds. It was a matter of deep concern to your commit-
tee. Anxiety for her speedy recovery, coupled with a willingness to
do all in our power for her, caused Sister Royce and myself with the
consent of our master to assume the work, and do the best we could.

We felt Sister Hinds’ loss especially in the line of school work and
also by her inability to counsel with us in regard to other lines of
labor. The school work through her efforts last year was well estab-
lished, as was evidenced by the interest taken in it by patrons
throughout the state. _

'l‘he school circular blanks as sent out last _year by the superintend-
ent of public instruction were again used this past year. Commit-
tees were appointed for visiting schools. who in _a_careful, conscien-
tious manner filled out the blanks. Some criticisms were made
which brought the attention of school boards, teachers and parents
to some existing evils of such a nature as to lower the standard of
morality among the pupils. The kindly spirit of these criticisms
can but result in more care and attention on the part of those in
authority. _ '

Many helpful words of encouragement and good will  teachers
and pupils by these visiting committees have tended to stimulate to
more thorough work on the part of both. _

Our circulars have not been at all suflicient for the demand. ‘In
our extremity we wrote the Superintendent of Public Instruction
who informed us the whole supply was exhausted. We recommend
that circulars with a suitable list of questions be again issued to us
from the proper authority, that they be used byvcompetent commit-
gaps in order that our common schools may advance in general use-

u ness.

We are pleased to state that our school circular blank and
the work done through its agency this past year has received the
hearty sanction of our National Lecturer, Bro. Messer, who expressed
himself not only in sympathy with it but urged that it he carried on
with such changes as advancement in the work suggested, as they
are the bed rock of our civilization. _ _ _ .

Under this head we feel that we must notice several criticisms that
have been made by these school visiting committees as to the rhe-
torical exercises, as conducted in some of the schools, and the great
need of a school speaker whose tendencies shall be elevating and re-
fining. One reports that she visited _a school of sixty pupils and
listened for nearly half a day to recitations by the children, that in
her judgment were of no literary or ethical value whatever; some of
the dialogues being positively debasing; teacning neither goo_d
morals, good manners, or good English. We very much favor rhetori-
cal exercises and fully realize the need _of some good source from
which refining, instructive and entertaining selections may be made.

We strongly recommend that women use the power of the fran-
chise given them, by attending the annual school meetings. voting
at the same, and working for the election of at least one good practi-
cal woman on the school board. ;.‘.:'.3 L ,4

As soon in the year as practicable we urged through the columns
of the Grange Visitor. that the Woman’s Work_Cominittee in Pomona
and subordinate Granges should see that special work was prepared
for special days, that Flora, Ceres and Pomona hold court. each in
their respective seasons, and that Children’s Day should be observed
with suitable exercises.

Fairs, festivals, socials, concerts, lectures, all have been assumed by
these committees on Woinan’s Work. Let me give you the reports
of just three out the many we have received. _ _

“Through our committee a debt of.Si5.00 was wiped out, beside
the purchasing of some necessary articles for our hall.” Another
reports “$37.00 in our committee’s treasury, besides new curtains and
new matting for our hall.” Another, “our committee provided for four
special meetings, and when our lecturer is not present we always
take charge of the program.” _ _

As we compare the reports of last year, and those of this, one thing
impresses us very forcibly that these committees are working in a
much more systematic and consequently a much more satisfactory
manner. Many have a secretary and treasurer, call meetings for
work in their line, and lay plans for work throughout the year. _

The Grange Visitor social for aiding in extending the subscription
of that paper was inaugurated last spring through our committee._

Last year the State Grange adopted a resolution relativ_e to giving
poor children from the cities, working girls and mothers with babies,
21 two weeks’ outing in the country during the summer. This work
was assumed by your committee, and though _it was a new departure,
little understood by either patrons or_ people in the city, without a
single dollar as a basis of operations, it has been much more success-
ful than our fondest hopes.

We have tried our best to ascertain just how many have been
cared for. This has not been possible for us to. do, because some
have not reported, but we are safe at placing it at more than one
hundred. _

One Grange reported twenty, another twelve, three reported eight,
another seven, several reported six, four reported three, three
reported four and many two.

As we said the work was not understood by the patrons. To illus-
trate: It was reported to me that the patrons of. one of the best
Granges in the state expected that a car load of children would be
shipped to them and that they could come and get what they want-
ed. A sister wrote: I am not strong, have little spare room, and
seem to have all to do that my strength will permit. \Vill I be obliged
to aid the work? If I do not, must I withdraw from the order?
Though the work was new we had more orders than we could fill.
People in the city did not understand the work, and this troubled us
very much. _

It did seem such a pity that people never opened their hearts and
homes, and there was no one to fill them. . _ _ _

In our extremity we were obliged to appeal to individual friends
Our appeal to Grand Rapids was placed at once in the
hands of Miss Emma Field, secretary of the organized city charities.
Through Miss Field's extended knowledge of this class of people in
the city, many were furnished for the patrons.

Miss Field in a beautiful letter acknowledged the great benefit of
the work. thanking us for the same and bidding it God speed.

In Jackson my sister, Anna Bryant Gillette, secretary of the Y. W.
C. A., aided us, and would gladly have done more, but business and
needed rest took her from the city just when the work was most
neIeI?e.lf)i.0l'.l‘Oll'a it was the same. Miss Silver, secretary of the Y. W. C.
A. of that city upon whom we much depended, sent out just two
working girls, and then she left the city for her vacation. At this
time every week was bringing us orders for children from the
Grange. _

Again we had to appeal to personal friends, and they proved
friends not only to ourselves but to the work. Mrs. General Orlando
M. Poe, a lady whose heart and hands are ever ready to suffering,
came to our aid. To Mrs. Po_e and Mrs. Ledyard, wife of Superin-
tendent Ledyard of the Michigan Central railroad,_8l'8 the 91311885
of Michigan under great obligations. Mrs. Poe visited charity hos-
pitals for convalescents, stores, shops and factories for working girls,
explaining as best she could the plan of the work. People in the
city could not understand it. Two weeks in the country free? The
Grange. It was something they had never heard of, and as Mrs.
Poe said it was like going out into the highways and byways and
compelling them to go out. There was not a cent for transportation,
no one to make them ready, take them to the trains, or receive them
when they came back. Mrs. Ledyard out of the kindness of her
heart furnished transportation by passes over the Michigan Central,
and Superintendent Ledyard even solicited passes over other roads.
Let us thank God for such stewards and such stewardship.

We felt that someahing must be done especially in Detroit in order
to faciltate the work for another year. A few mistakes had been
made, and we wanted them not to occur again. Worthy Master
Horton kindly favored our going into the city. Mrs. Poe wrote, “You
must come, our people must know more about this work than I am
able to tell them. It must not sto , we have too many needing just
such outings.” We were surprise at the interest taken in the work.
Physicans, hospital superintendents, clergymen, business men, the
best of Detroit’s citizens were enthusiastic over the work and began
at once to formulate plans for work another year. Mrs. Poe opened
her house at which an informal meeting was held. The work and
its needs were canvassed and a formal meeting was called for the
following week at the same place, to which every charitable organiza-
tion in the city was invited to send a delegate. Twenty-two dele-
gates were present, and a committee of three to be known as the
Grange Fresh Air Outing Committee, consisting of Mrs. Park, Mrs.
Poe and Miss Mary Brady as secretary was appointed, who will have
charge of the work in that city another year, and I am safe in saying
that no orders will be sent there another year but that will be filled.

The efficiency of a work is best known by its results. In October

we sent a list of questions to the Grange Visitor relative to the work
of this special committee in Pomona and Subordinate Granges. We
also sent out twenty-five postal cards with a nearly similar list of
questions to the chairmen of committees and ten personal letters to
people that we knew had given outings to children and others this
past summer.

To our suprise there came just forty replies. Not one favored:
the discontinuing of either the state or subordinate committees in this 
line of woman’s work. A few said very frankly that they had done
nothing, the fault being entirely their own, and not owing to any
unfriendliness they had toward the work itself.

Out of the forty only two reported adversely to the Fresh Air Out-
ing. One thought the work belonged to the churches. the Young
Woman’s Christain Association, King’s Daughters and other kindred
organizations. The other objected on account of the work the
farmers’ wives had to do. These two sisters are most earnest Grange
workers, not only that, but we esteem them highly as personal
friends. They only see things in a different light. Their hearts are
all right, while their hands are full of good work for others. We
love them and respect their opinions while we differ in thought.

In favor of the work let us quote from a few of the letters that
spoke in favor of the work. “I thought my home small and poor and
my children not very well clothed, but when those two children
came and devoured with such a keen relish our plain fare, when the
best they had was poorer than our poorest, when all out doors was
a marvel and a delight, I said to myself I am glad I live in God’s
country and have enough and a little to spare. I shall take one or
more another year.”

Another: “How did I enjoy the children? Just splendidly. They
had a lively time and we enjoyed it with them."

“I have been very ill and thought I could not possibly take any,
but‘ when I grew better and stronger we took to our home a poor
homeless boy for a few weeks and now he is nicely situated in our
daughters family.”

“We were well pleased with the children." “We enjoyed the chil--
dren very much, they were very bright and exceedingly well
behaved.”

“We enjoyed those that came to us more than I can express.
They were a real blessing to us, and we could hardly let them go
from us. We have learned from experience that glorious truth, that
it is more blessed to give than to receive.”

“We enjoyed the children very much, we had two little girls, and I
have only words of praise as to their behavior, and can say the same
of all who were entertained. I want to have mine back again next
year. Those that did not take want to another year. The children
all seemed to have such a happy time. The little girls we had were
so obedient and affectionate that we could not help loving them.
Success to this work of love."

One woman not a member of the order took two little girls for more
than three weeks. They were very destitute of clothing. With a little
help from friends, she gave one twenty-two new garments, including
hat, shoes and cloak. The other eighteen garments, includinga new
hat. The clothing was new and mostly for winter wear.

Another. A member of the order took a poor woman and a baby.
with some help she furnished them with thirty nine garments. I feel
it has been a real pleasure to care for them. “It has benefited us
quite as much as them, by taking the selfishness out of us.”

Another sister after making some just criticisms in a very kindly
spirit says. "Do not think I am finding fault, I only am anxious that
the work shall meet those who most need it. We were all delighted
with the girls and plan to have them again next year.”

“Think it was a great benefit to Miss ~———; I am sure it was no
burden to us. She slipped so quietly into our ways, was so quiet and
ladylike we hardly knew she was about. she had passed through
deep suffering."

“Did it pay us to take them‘? Yes, most emphatically. The dear
little things won all hearts and although from eleven to fourteen sat
down to every meal while they were with us, we did not once wish
them away. I think if each member of the Grange in all our broad
land could once witness the keen enjoyment that a taste of country
life gives to the poor little ones from the city, they would not grudge
the little that it takes to give them the pleasure. At the same time
their hearts would be filled with a deeper love for all God’s little
ones, and thus a two fold blessing would follow. I trust the Grange
will not drop this noble work.”

“Personally I am a better woman because of the work. The two
sweet girls who came to our home, one a seamstress in almost the
last stages of consumption and who has since entered into rest, the
other a time keeper in a large shoe factory, brought to our home
such a beautiful spirit of lqm and lovliuess, and left upon it a
benediction. Listen to ‘what vjni‘ dying girl said to me, with her
wasted arm about my neck, whispering for lack of breath. “The
going to your home has made the waiting hours shorter and brighter.
Every day that I was there is as vivid and distinct as though it were
but yesterday. I live it all over and over again, as I lie here so weary,
waiting anxiously, waiting for the summons to leave this poor worn
out body. My everlasting love to you and yours. The other, a
beautiful girl worn and weary with constant confinment in her
factory office writes me: “I wish it was possible to tell you what my
visit to your quiet country home meant to me. I enjoyed every
moment, I feel like a different girl after my two weeks‘ rest and fun,
and came back to my work with new courage, finding it easier to
work the rest of the year.”

A woman who found rest in one of the beautiful Grange homes of
this state for herself and her two little ones said in the thankfulness
of her heart, "I cannot understand why God has put it into some-
body’s heart to be so good to me and mine, I know too well how
undeserving I am, by almost loosing faith in God’s goodness, think-
ing he had forsaken me.”

To us, the very best feature of the whole work is the fact that four
homeless children have found good, permanent homes. This alone
has paid for every cent of money expended, every effort put forth
for the work as well as for every anxious thought that has been
given it.

[s it necessary that we urge the work for another year? They will
only be sent as they are ordered, and then under seal of the Grange
They will be inspected by a competent physician that no contagious
diseases may he brought to our homes. We pay no transporation,
but take them when most convenent to us, giving to them shelter,
food and the necessary care. with love and hearty good cheer.

MARY A. MAYO.
MARY SHERWOOD HINDS.

LECTLTREIVS REPORT.

To THE WORTHY "MASTER AND MEMBERS or M ICHIGAN STATE GRANGE
—Again in annual session we meet today our official associates, with
the presence of many others whom we have met here before, while
we greet with great pleasure many whom we congratulate upon
their having the honor bestowed upon them by their associates at
home, which affords the opportunity of the pleasant relationship
and participation with us, in this session, while we can assure many
of them, that sight of their faces carries us in imagination and
memory, away to their pleasant homes and the membership about
them, where we have had the pleasure of being, and which form
the bright pictures in the history of our Grange work.

As we come, tremblingly we look for whom we shall miss. At
this time, with others it is she whose lifelong devotion to the inter-
ests of youth, and the elevation of the intellectual standing and
opportunities of women; with her broad and comprehensive view of
the aims and precepts of this—her chosen Order—has engraven the
name of Sister Harty H. Woodman, upon the hearts and memory
of the membership throughout the entire nation, where it will ever
shine—brighter than if cast in letters of silver or pillars of brass,
and more enduring than if chiseled in piles of granite.

Let us turn from mingling our sorrow with that of our Brother,

draw nearer about him, and may the inspiration of our fraternal
sympathy sustain and comfort his lonely waiting.
The mariner on distant seas takes bearings of planets, lights and
headlands, and tracing their coincidence upon his chart finds his
own exact position, and is enabled to quite accurately forecast the
influences bearing good or evil effect upon his voyage.

Thus too, perhaps the farmer can take points upon the movement
of current events, upon the tidal effect of the position of associating
industries and their bearing upon his—be enabled upon the chart of
past recorded experiences and results to find his true position, and
the variation of his relationship to surrounding industries and pro-
fessions, and as reasonably to note the influences which have made
those variations in the results of the past, and forecast the course of
his future progress with their influence upon his success or failure.

The mariner turns aside from marked obstructions without ques-
tioning the authority of cautionary signals, and the owners of the
industry of which he is only an operating guide or director ever
watchful of their interests and their servants’ success, not only pro-
vide liberally for their assistance and protection to land safely, but
whenever international intercourse shall restrict their privileges, or

when persistent currents shall turn shifting sands into bars of

obstruction; how quickly they call upon the strong power and means
of the government to clear the way, and furnish protection and sup-
port that individual enterprise shall be assured of success. While
representatives of every other industry or profession express their
harmony of relations, and chime the appeal and acquiesce in their
demands. even suffering sacrifice that this neighbor may succeed.

Piled productions of foreign lands and cheap labor bar the doors

of our agricultural storehouses, while increasing unmoved surplus,
produced by inflated valuation of labor—strives to support with
declining valuation of products—an unchanged rating of values of
fees, salaries, charges, and margins of profits in every office, pro-
fession, or industry—the base of whose pivotal bearing must rest on
agriculture—and whose continued progress of success or failure will
ever turn sooner or later with the growth or depression of agricult-
ure.
. The strain of mind and intellectual ability of the farmer seems
immovably bent in directing his faculties, strength and possessions
to the increase of products, rather than the successful disposition
of them, upon the fostering of profitable relations of other industries
and professions, rather than the protection and maintenance of his
own. Frequently he willingly associates his support and influence
with those engaged in the others, unmindful of the opportunities
thus made available by them in influencing legislation, judicial defl-
nition of rights and privileges, or the relations and practices of
industrial and commercial intercourse, even jealous of the success
of any association of his co-laborers, whose representatives ever
plead too feebly his rights at the bar of the court of the world’s
industries.

The fascinating influence of apparent success of other callings,
and the seeming ready opportunity to acquire it, constantly draws
away a majority of the bright minds among the youth upon the
farms. Thus leaving with the growth of population, a correspond-
ingly smaller per cent of leading minds to the aggregate of the call-
ing, making an increasing difiiculty to keep the standing of intellect-
ual ability of the agricultural population. while the increasing
proportion of foreign element engaging in the calling makes harder
the task of the representative ability of the industry toinfluence the
mass.

Pursuant to these plans, many routes of campaign work were
nearly outlined with clearly budding promises of success. Through
our correspondence and system of deputy work, the awakening of a
great interest showed plainly in localities where Grange work has
never before been presented. However as the season advanced
there seemed to come forebodings of the strained financial conditions,
which were unexpectedly crippling the means of success, and thwart-
ing the result of those plans however well undertaken. Therefore
few routes were covered, and many appointments left open. And by
the tone of our correspondence we are assured that while the minds
of many of the people were favorably set for organization, their
hands were unwillingly tied from completing the work.

The educational work of the Grange among the farmers is the
broadest field and noblest work which any association can engage
in. And step by step with each year’s lessons, more and more yet
has been added to the accumulations of success, while new fields
and increasing opportunities for influence ever come pressing into
view. Whatever shall make the most indelible impression upon the
mind and character of a person, must be begun in youth and grow
with a growing intellect.

To change the attractive influence of the social and dramatic
character of Grange programs, to such as sriall include the greatest
amount ofinstitufe discussion and instruction, with the harmonious
mingling of those educational subjects which should bring the
school work of youth, student, and teacher. into unison with that of
Grange and home, has been our most earnest and thoughful study.
By the assistance of woman‘s committees. the committee on Educa-
tion, the Farm Home Reading Circle, with also the kind cooperation
of school commissioners and teachers, a series of successful achieve-
ments have been recorded in various localities, and it is gratifying
to accord the credit clue to Subordinate and Pomona Grange Lect-
urers for their cheerful cooperation and able efforts to make “ Lect-
urer’s hour,” and “ Educational work of the Grange” a success.

After the session of a year ago, plans were sought and made by
our Worthy Master, to push with more than usual vigor, every
available means for the spread of organization and revival. And
merited praise is due him for the untiring efforts and apparently
complete system of carefully made arrangements. which were carried
on until the opening of the spring work upon the farms. This work,
to this time most entirely carried on by correspondence, the aid of
deputies and assistants in unorganized counties, was, and still
remains little known and less realized by those not in touch with it
These lessons of experience however, to our mind seem definit'ély"to
show the fact that the canvass of new territory, and the successful
arrangement of appointments, cannot safely be left to the seemingly
willing offered assistance in such localities without the presence and
guide of the organizer.

Successful business men and associations count their money not
wasted, which is spent in careful, thorough advertising. Likewise
do we look upon the expense of spreading freely on the pages of the
VISITOR before the eyes of intelligent farmers with its columns so
full of material for their interest and study, as an investment deserv-
ing liberal support of the State Grange.

We are well aware that in times of great financial disturbance or
depression, the mind and energies of the farmer are more than ever
bent to the sole work of money getting and money saving, to the neglect
of the works of association, as ii thing to be set aside for a more con-
venient period. Brothers and Sisters let us not be unmindful of the fact
that the achievements of the Grange in securing reformatory meas-
ures. of establishing and maintaining a nearer equality of rights and
privileges of the farmers among the callings of the world, cannot
stop but must go forward, or it will be pushed backward, and that
when we slack work and watchfulness, others readily assume every
advantage, in their strife to overcome the oppressing effect of;, the
condition of the times, and encroach and crowd upon us from every
side. Let us strive to school ourselves to this life duty, and to
bring our neighbor to realize, that when the work is hardest to
maintain, it is at the period of its greatest necessity, and its accomp-
lishment will secure to us the surest benefit. \Vhen general condi-
tions of times are easiest the competitions of callings slackens and
demands are more easily secured. Do not forget that the work is
ours, others will not take it up in our behalf however readily they
may wish to assume it.

We feel to urge the admonitions of state and national Masters, to
concentrate our demands for legislative action upon fewer of the
most important subjects, formulate them with the greatest wisdom
to represent most concisely our wishes, and by the aid of our excel-
lent committee press them to a hearing. The sounding _of preamble
and resolution upon all sorts of subjects of general interest _and
nature, but never materialized,becomes monotonous and carries little
weight. While propositions presented in definite form for action,
readily engage the attention of the bodies, and securedecisions of
approval or rejection as a result accomplished. Harmoniously agreed
upon what we ask, let us courteously press it for direct answers-

yes or no. The readiness and success of like work by other associa-
tions proves an example of this worthy of our emulation. _

Further study and observation upon_ the subject of beneficiary

plans by our State Grange confirms previous opinions, that the great.
competition in that line, has already placed offers and inducements
below the actual cost if carried to that age which shall combine all
the influences of average life and mortality;_ while the usual great
outlay of expense to encourage and establish it, and the _entangling
influences coming with large financial schemes, crushing in one
unguarded blow the glowing success of a growing enterprise, draws
us to the conclusion, better leave the glor11_ and hazard to others
while we have plenty of work along safer lines. _
While the most of our state is covered by an extensive system of
mutual fire insurance companies, their number and competition for
the business seems to prove that many of them can never attain a
standing of uniform success»-—and are too easily fluctuated by a series
of casualties, much beyond the cost where greater capital is massed
under single managements. And at the same time the local ex-
penses of each individual company duplicates many of those of the
others unnecessarily and nearly equaling the entire cost_of prudent
management of the aggregate business of several in a single enter-
prise. While local and individual differences, and scheming prac-
tices for personal gain, have a disastrous effect upon small companies
which do not gain strength to develop in the larger one.

These evidently appeared to the lobbying managers for the old
line companies as they ounningly assisted to plan many of the
straight jacket measures of legislation under which these compan-
ies were allowed to build. And we think that the success of the
mutuals and their period of life has been much beyond the anticipa-
tion of our capitalized neighbors. _ . _

Without presenting here the specialties and detail of plan and
arrangements to secure and manage it, suflice it to say: That inves-
tigation and study upon the subject leads _to the conclusion, that a
centralization of county coin anies which shall supervise and
uniform the management, whi s it shall equalize loss rates on ii.

(Continued on page 8.)

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

ATRONS NT

PATRONS‘ PAINT WORKS have sold Ingersoll Paint to the Order P. of hII(iHlG:\N PATRgl:'Sl“ Buy direct from
H. since its organization. House Paints and Cheigi Painlpiisnlfloi-(l3}‘lmnshan1;c(t:ut; :a“v':°‘:,-ll Mm"“f;‘,l_:en.s 'I‘,’__§%‘:::’ P"°°” “ml
buildings, 10 000 Farmers testify to their merits. range s. ‘ urc es. 00 0 w  G E O L L P
' . . . l'0

Houses, Dwellings, all over the lapel, Zrlime of them painted 15 years ago, still ' '01 d est Paint House ii’! “merfl;
looking well. prove them the most urn 9.

DECEMBER 20, 1894. 

RKS  

lugersolls Liquid Rubber Paints
Indestructible Cottage and Burn Paints

#11 ample Color Cards, “Confidential” Grange
Is;-uii:ir~a, Estimates and full particulars
MAILEII FEEL. “'1-its at once. 3

v--9 «-».«.

241-243 Plymouth-st., Brooklyn

Mlliflllilll STUCK BllEEllERS._

All those who wish to purchase pure- 3

bred stock of any description, will find
it to their advantage to correspond
with some of the following well-
known breeders.

H. HI HINDSIM

Stanton, Montcalm Co
Breeder of
Shorthorn Cattle
American Merino
and Shropshire Sheep

 

  

' CIIESTIIII WIIITI‘. SWINE
And Lincoln Sheep.

 

?iu«:s1ri.'i's WITH POTASH 0N ro-
TATOES NORTH AND SOUTH.
Potash is cheapest when in the
‘form of a chloride, but there are
‘, those who insist that for some crops

the chloride or muriate is 8. bad
form. It is doubtless true that the
jsulphate is better for tobacco and
';sugar beet, but we are far from

being satisfied that the muriate of
7potash is not the best form for
lpotatoes. Our own observation

fihas led to the conclusion that mu-1

l riate of potash is not only cheaper
{than sulphate but is better for the

sults on potatoes than the sulphate.

l

ireduced, but the extreme summer
ltemperatures much more than the
‘winter temperatures. The differ-
; ence between evergreen and decid-
: uous forests, which almost vanishes
lin the winter time, is in favor o
1 the deciduous as a cooling element
 in summer and autumn, while d1ir-
l ing spring the soil is cooler under
levergreens. The elfcct increases
;naturally with the age and height
tot the trees.

* AIR TEMPERATLTRE IN GENERAL.
 From the preceding generaliza-
l tions it appears that the forest

lgaiiic being the forest may be also

l’l‘Hl‘l VISITOR WEEKLY .\.\'ll (0-
3 OPERATION.

2 In the opinion of riiore than one

iful work as a weekly. In zi sug-
i

‘oi’-:i5iciAL DIRECTORY

l _ . r _
l the GRANGE VISITOR niiglit do use-: ‘lvnsmm E‘ W‘

‘ s'rr:wAi?.i>—M. B. HUNT

Oflicex-s National Grange.

!I.*.b‘TEB—'J. H. BBIGHAM . _ . _ , . _ . "Delta. Ohio
DAVIS.... Santa Rosa. Cal.
Li«:c'i'Unr:s——ALPHA MESSE __.R0Cl188t6hl'1. _Vt.

aine

  

. Ass": STEWABD—A. M. HELCIIEH Rhod—e'_Isl_and

1 gestive way would it be out of place .

tnot better, and be devoted largely7
‘to bargains and iiou-partisan poli- 

* tics ‘.-*

Under the head 0* lW‘S31“5l LEONARD RH0l‘lE\:.(‘,euter Hall, Penngyimua

rmiglit be found notices for whole-‘

? . .
5 sale or club lots that our cousins in g

. favors.

(‘;uAPLAIN—S. L. WILSON... Mississippi
'I‘BsAsUizisa——Mns. F. M. M(}DOWELL_.__N. Y.

.to hint that an alterlmw “,eek1yESE0BETARY—JOHNTRIM[I?|I.31‘{§t‘w88hiDgt0n.D.C
, edition start out in reduced size if a "E“s'MRb‘ M‘ 5' “HOME

H ._... Missouri
.. _.Pennsylvania
Poiiosavm RB. M ARY REARDON _ ._.  Kansas
Fi.oaA—MRS. ANNIE L. BULL ..._Minnesota
LADY Ass"i' S'ricw’D——MRB. AMANDA HORTON
Michigan.

Executive Committee.

Gui: KIEI-‘EB——w. E. HA

R. R. HUT(‘.HlNsO. . . . .. _1rginia
I. J. WOODMAN _________ _.Paw Paw, Michigan

Ofiioors Michigan State Grange.

, .\SS"I‘ S'1'I3W.\RD~J. H. MARTIN, Box 442,1%ran(l

pids

A choice lot of stock ., , _ , , T . ,
for sale at farmers‘ prices. Breeding stock_all I isitiiig among the market garrle1i- , an independent. source of heat. \I e have city and fililtv laws to; ,;,,_,,,,,,,,,.__MARy A, MAW , _ game (3,991;
'°°°'d"d' R°d“°ed ""°"s 0“ ml PW‘ wme’ PIS in Easton, N. (7.. we took spec- , Careful observations of the tem- compel us to patronize the retail f  """ ",ll,i.(f.k.iEiif.£;‘-

or come and look me over.

If you \\'aiit First-(Tlass

MERINO SHEEP

jial pains to see in what form they
used potash for the potato crop.
;One of the largest growers there,

, who used annually 400 tons of com-

lperature within the trunk of the
ltree and of the leaves of the tree
lsliow that. the tree temperature is
l atfected somewhat by the fact that

 

-‘and other toll houses and to stop
‘sales outside of them. It's not
3,their fault. We could ask con-

lsuiners their wants without bona-j

‘i«\'[‘|<i hi~:ici>i:u—GF.(). L. l‘AltLlSLE._Kalkaska
'.“cnEs~M lth‘. MARY ROBE!-{ ! SUN. ...I_‘I9SDPI‘l&
FLOa.»\—-MRS. Er1'l‘ELLA BUEQIJ ‘.Un10n U‘-I)’
Poii1oNA—Ml{S.'. JULIA Mlll ?IiUl{h.__._.shelhy
L. A. S'l‘11\v‘D-MRS. J.H. M.-\lt'l‘.IN Grand Rapids

Executive Committee.

     
    

 
   

 

  
 
 
  

      

    
 
  
 
  
  
  
  

'on, Grand Traverse

 A. II. \VAI{l{EN\ otato “.0 The Same 8 3 . t laff C the . t ., ‘list as an I . . ._
7 0‘-id, :\1i.~.i._  _ ' ph '\7 , J , pl ems. 0', e ts. ’ ten-lpeia nib ‘l " y §t-he 1'Ul33«'1l “'9-d9 W01ll(l 0fU‘U gladlyl _\1_.51-;.;g_(;, B, HOR_TON,__,,__,_,,Fmit Ridge 
Breeds‘ of IMPROVED c ti us at t e _L evi - eisey station 3 collection of inoiganic obstacles to : duplicate W-E OW“ flwm kind, 7 . 0,-m,,,.,,.,,,_M_ «p_ c(,i,g ,,,, _,  _,_i)pa1n;)ym ~

where the iniiriate gave better re-isunsliine and wind; but as an or- ' ' ‘ ' ‘ 3 ,‘I!‘l,f>,,({R§‘,f,£“:~_-V-_-_-_-_K‘;‘,',m_8‘;“‘,f, ‘

0
WHITE BRONZE TURKEYS 5 niercial fertilizers, and whose crop? the rising sap brings up the tem- l fide orders as an eiiteriiig wc(lge,i ) H MMQDELL Hm _“_W_i_Tmvme Cm,
bresl from irriz<=_wi,r=ncr>.,0f thuilhrk Bron‘/-v~ M, $115‘ l of early potatoes covers 1.50 acres, ’ perature of the roots, while the re- 1 and set apart days for buying andl ii. 13. i5LA'i‘-T.   ' '
Indiana zind .Vlicliig.ii1 Stiitc hairs, also -.1t the li'i— i . l - . ‘ l (v_ G_ LU(v,E _____
State Fair-.itToli:do,voiicziiigctthciiiuf gandraveraged over 200 bushels per turn sap from the leaves brings1c0-operating. Local agencies would . W, E, WRIGHT __
C’“'"3”‘°wS'”“‘“‘“'M‘""' lacre, said that he invariably gets their temperatiire down, and thelnaturally lead to co-opei'ati0n,lfiE§,1“{.&})f,%-:
Hfl] d 1 C t V fi—:IH I I 3 the best results from the use of the tree tempemmre considered as the largely with our local memhantsl 5:: W.’ i ll  "1"" Fruit in
S 3 e 0"“ 3 en  muriate and does not now use any result of the complex adjustment is  as such agents and the VISITOR di- . ‘;,;3N*§1F‘5,“,)3*,‘-,1,',§I"l‘f; I Ex Oflicio I *_-_-_-‘Am, mg‘;
n ‘ '0 . 7 . v . . , ‘
Poland Clnna §w1ne_..‘\;‘other form. The Ixentucky and not appreciably affected by any.recto1_y become an indispeiisableycommmm on womanas workm the 
. _ it-he Massacliusetts stations both heat that may be evolved by the‘; auxiliary in trade. A newspaper‘: Grange.
Choice stock for sale at ieas0nable_ . . . . , . .
p,.ice,,‘,md G.u,,,.,mteed as Representmifinditsuseprofitable. In Kentucky chemical processes on which itsimust be helpful to be in general: u,,._M.,,, A_M3y0 ________________ __Battle Creek
- . ,, - . , _ 1 ‘
‘W0 BOWDITCH ;the application of $.80 worth growth depends. It isnot yetclearademand. A_party paper can notlfifgi l}1,f,>"a3,l,1§)’S‘,';’e"_°‘_‘_ff{‘_*f‘_*‘_::_V____:::f,§*‘,,',EX,§‘,
‘ ‘ _ ’, lof muriate of potash increased the as to whether the chemical changesido that outside of party lines, at‘. Le
Hillsdale.Micl1. l 1 -.0. V :1 -f -I l - _ General Deputy ctiu-ex-s.
 va ue of the potato oi-op $533.20. In that take place at the surface of the. east 1 it ie one of the stronger, MARY \ MA 0 ____________ "Esme Cmk
‘”“"  ‘"“”‘"‘“l*‘” I ”*1‘IasS8~ch°setts itsuse an leaves should we out any heatsitlI>W~ 1 gu-3 J. t:e°gW ~ e‘§;i‘.‘i"w‘§‘€.“;
1 - * - - ~ . E . ‘ . U _ ... 1
Fr  YOUR OILS iage increase of four and a half is more likely that heat is absorb—l l<EFORMh.  pgégyunfigéo ___}_3_Bna§IleUCgil-lag): 
'. ‘ l . . . ' -. - . . . - . . ..  e
w(HlI(n)LfilggIEI§1I¥,R%IE1§if8fi;lé‘fil{:e'(g§;Q§Juh’ , bushelspera(1_e. Atthe Connecticut ed, namely rendered latcnt, espec-I A reformer IS thgught mean of . JASON w'0ODMAN__’ _ __p,,,,, PP“.
r_ gallon; Cylinder one 25c totinc per gallon; station muriate of potash proved ially in the formation of the seeLl;;t0da_ h a , k. , t L A. 1). BA!-«K _______ .. _Lansing
321,... _ s'rR1cTLv Him} GRADE, us- - - - - = y. 9 5 ‘W3 , 51‘*-‘-3 0m01'I‘0W, (; L. wii1TNEY_-.__.._...-.-.... Jzluskegon
I 3“. ofitabl rth tt lvth f - ‘t 11» - - ~
faction guaranteed. we i_ue_n;e only 1u_.i:\U-lPI‘ 1 8 W1. po 8. toes in near y e process 0 geimina ion usua y, hes St,.O,.,g. was the W(,.(,ke,. army C t D t.
FACTUREBS0f0I16inMIch1san« levery case when not interfered evolves this latent heat- the im-1 v ’. - - °‘“‘7 °‘"‘ ‘°"
   De‘l.0i‘ “ich [ - ' . . ’ .  5 lllwa-yfi In the W1'0Ilg- Mlghll n_ [L 5¢_Chh,ng_ _____ __ ____At1vonrl, Antriri C“.
 I :4 '§Wltl‘l by bad weather or other 111- mouse quantity of water transpired makes right Wrhat, is is 1-{gm-,.‘c \.Nash____ ___n1oonm.g.iuic. AI1ega_n “ \
"“‘ ‘ ' "" , lterfering causes.” At the Michi- and evaporated by the forests tends I 1 -.  ’ -’ '3-“~“°>'¥“"“‘ " "‘l“-"‘l’B§’"“" u
1‘, 1  —. .  ba IOI lb \lLl'.OI' and  lB (:eo.Bo\v:~.er.____ Dowling:I'1"V ’ ,
$15-00 T0 $40-00 A I 19E lgaii station 240 pounds of sulphate to keep the leaves at the same t-em- ' right as long as it is might and re laii1\csI():.lSt1:=<llLy- Biggaggg» 3:332: jf '
.  - -  - . .. - r. .— 2 ' '. ; . 1 , 4
53“ 5° "‘°‘l‘=f‘““)‘":‘~"‘_” “=3 9‘ 5130;“ '’}‘”_*~_*‘ of potash costing €3.00 per acre perature as that ot the surface of.f 1 ' - ‘ 1 - v . - 1 \v. ianiim __sc. johns, Clinton ~
and(y:.(llucdto.ill f.l!'lI]r)Qr>,.I Slparc l’l\l‘l\l(l>C.i;l1l)lL uisul “ , f  .7- b h 1 t . ti .1  F, I1.’ 1 OIIII lS Wrong SO Oflg HS It 3 “Gals. “1 x W “fie Cwck Calhoun I.
tog a vanmizc.  . LLLU 'o.. ii-1.. mm raves aino more an 0 us es wa e1'O1'I1101S'SO1.- ~ .. . e/r1now' -  u  2 ,- ' .. V. ..
____-_._..__. _...,_.- , pig, megover an flddnin unfem, ‘ The T‘;‘f01‘m of all reforms latovote  ,Cg.g;;I;, -g*,;;;§:§,g;§; g;*;;,‘;:.g;; ..
. . L,.,,,,, 1,, n The Sgme §,,,0,,,,, 0; more tor laws that make men and sex.   .....  H
-. . ., . .. . . .... . *~ , ‘- ii ’ , .c ‘-
The T'B0p1BS 33"1I1gS Bank m..,..§.. f , 1, 240 d - EXPMDITLIM or Ivhvmuw lessfm mento make1awsayet.com- r.;.:.!~.£.%:::r:::: E_“.‘?_"__.\il11.f.;.§.3.l ..
0 p0 as ’ poun S 111- paratively TOW dB.I'6 8.dVOC8te II. John Passiiiorc _____ -_ ___Fl1isliing, Gencsce

_ -.- OF LANSING MICHIGAN.

'; trate of soda and 400 pounds ground

or .\(1ll:ICl7l.'ll.l1t_<}._

The prison pen habit is the

E. O. Ladd____Old Missi

.\IIrs_ E. D. N0kos_,_._VVlic11tland, Hillsdzile “

 
  

cAilIrAL, 150,000.00. 1 bone 1 1 . . ..
gave near y the same resu ts Andersonv1l1e f t d . R A. Bro\\:n____ Sand Beach, Huron

. . . , _ prison 0 0 ay. . , ._ C“ d, , , - ..

MEAD BLOCK. LANSING. at a much hlgher cost It Is to be When the present secretary of .. our Work” edition of the V-IS_  §-‘nit-1133*; .»,—m,,‘,j;',gf’,ng,';§;,‘j ..

°"‘°“-i FRANKLIN S'l‘., NORTH LANSING.

OFFICERS.
W. J. BEAL, President.

regiretted that no comparative ex-
periment of muriate and sulphate

agriculture took charge of the de-
partment there were upon its pay

ITOB is a progressive literary pro-
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Duck Lake, jackson “
_____ __Rockford, Kent “
__Kalkask:i., Kalkziska “

i G .; -.
lam“ mum North Braiich,L:ipeer “

Hiram Br-.idsli-aw. _

“'A'W‘L“8‘hV}§§B‘:’,$§id5§§;,,,,, ilgrfial S€ve,mS {(9. hi“? beer.‘ made‘ r0HS%i;197emp1°yetefi‘ Todayfllowi fifty cents for a single number of Fred Dc'.in____ _'__sri;i{i3op,L1£ingsio.. §- ._
- - . ~ , . I . . _ V, ',__ _____ nan, enawee " ,'
e est irginia station the 6V€I‘, ere are On 6 pay I‘0 S 0 some magazme for one 0,. two a,.t,_  Hfklllexzm __________ __CrVSm,_ Mnmcmm . .

We transact a general banking business. In
our savings department we receive deposits of
one dollar or over and pay interest thereon if le

three months or longer at -l per cent.

In our commercial department we receive ac-
counts of merchants and business men._ We issue
interest. bearing certificates of deposit If you

have any banking business come and see us.

in i u errosuu T0 Tuusis? I
Will -you Back those that Flgbt them?

Every Farmer says Yes.
Then buy your

Hanews and llulllvaluisl

application of 800 pounds of kainit

ft per acre increased the yield 40 per

cent or about 35 bushels per acre
while nitrate of soda produced no
material increase in the crop. At
the Oregon station, 400 pounds of
kainit. nearly doubled the crop, that-
is the unfertilized laud gave 81'},
pushels per acre and that treated
with 400 pounds of kainit gave
145?, bushels per acre. and a spec-
ially prepared high priced “potato
fertilizer” 400 pounds per acre, gave
1'28 bushels per acre less than the

the department of agriculture only
1,994, a reduction of 503 employees.
In justice, however, there should be
deducted from the present current
expenses of the department the sal-
aries of 11 clerks who have been,
at its request, detailed to the U. S.
civil service commission, an(l are
still paid their salaries, amounting
to the sum of $16,200 per annum,
out of the appropriation for the
department of agriculture.

The strenuous endeavor has been,
in view of a depleted public treas-

cles it contained. Your Work edi-
tion contained several as able arti-
cles as is usually found in the
{costly magazines. It seems to re-
‘mind one of the French proverb
“ Everybody knows more than
somebody,” but at times’ need to
be called out like the great maga-
zine writers.

The power of the press is almost
omnipotent. It reaches nearly all
and moulds public sentiment
(habit), either for the public good
or for class privileges.

_Bear Lake, Manistee ‘
_Big Riipids, Mecosta “

_____Disco, Macomh ‘
Flat Rock, Monroe
ix-eniizi, Muskegoii
_ -Xslilimd, Newaygo “
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I‘. F. Rodgers.

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Revised List of Grange Supplies
Kept in the oflice of Sec'y of the

   

 
 

  
 

of the manufacturer that has spent thousands of , . . . . . . .
dollars fighting combines. lislmpki kamlt . w[.,11e costyng much ury and because of the 1I1]pBI'8/(AVG! P g 1 . . .
THE “'fllPPLE H“m0“- C0” gmore. The Michigan station found C§>mands of the taxpayers of the; POLITICAL HABITW Mich1ganState Grange
_ jthat sulphate of potash gave equal nit-ed States for ecoiiouiy, in the‘ p01jt;cfl1 parties are bound t,,_ And sent out post~paid on receipt ofCa.sh Order,
,_,_   lresults withm_11riate and cost less—— 8d111lT1lStI'8l3i0n0ftl1€l1‘§!0V’eI‘I1}I1‘311ta get-her by the conservative, sugar-l iiu§ls[i:i)i>(ii5;«‘§¢i'i3eii£vlige'andtbe
WHIP“ IN‘, “.l,I,LF“F\,,l,‘R‘. ‘and the bulletin further says.“That 130 1‘fii10I18llY reduce €XP*'«‘Dd1t111"33 coated words of liabit-bound ecli-igéicrceitlaain bii1;ptmmb1es.1»a:hun ,,,,, "sea;
A A L L . 4; IA A , . ~ _ ‘- - - - - ‘ ' _ ) V , _ _ ‘ el-___ ____‘___’ _ _
. W. .  Wyfuch son the addmon of him °l;"““**“°“ how t};«,v;y mated be its  ; merd-,0 , .... ., ... , .... , .... . . 
,_ _ , _  .V ._ _. r . ,m,, n ____ __., _
Adlustable lde Tlrelnitiateo soda or sulphate of am T0 5 0_ _3 P9130115 D05 1199 9‘ _01 Imitation is the_logi(. of childhood.5ec‘;§{‘,{f;.§;§m§‘;‘tsfo,d,,§f§‘;,e‘,3h,,ndm,__V K5,
gmonia to bone and potash is donelflll efllcleflli C0Ild11Ct Of the 338175 and manhood alike. Nearly all of l‘reasure,r’s receipts f0rd\1£_B.Der hlilzndéed...  
F011’ Frill’)! WAG().\'S. ‘at a _hnancia_l loss, if_not at a re- Of tl1_e.d€paYtmeI1t- Al~‘6l1_8 Olltfiet usare advanced beyond thcinonkey hiifiiiiniiiiiidisggidiiiepiileiifirgzigiIii.liilieiiiji  '
_ /, ,____\ gduction of yield.” This is the point C0I1(l1l31011S Of all ‘-1I1S3l31Sf8Ct0I'Y and parrot in this respect. g‘“}j§‘:;,;‘;‘§“,‘{,‘;l°§’§,‘§e‘’(§fi’;§“,;,,;§,;,'é,;gi;,;,‘ 3'’
i‘ ;we Wish particularly to call atten- Character, due largely to a system, Habit in reading and voting is .y10c;per dozei,1q._._ ......  ____ _.____'
ttion tobas emphasizing the differ- Whipl; permitted tliet.grotss19ti=l,1’c me— ‘all the science of political logic in Gil-i§(;i p‘%i§»ef1:i»ii_lV_‘,t.ii_li_li‘.1is_l_c_‘.i:.:).cl‘_g__e. cfipliaf E 33
1 1 - ' . _ . ' ,si co ', ; e ozen
;enu> etwecn growing potatoes qilal Y11‘f0011111P‘3113a1011 0 efm later days. The press is often O;‘;‘;§§g§0gg'f§,,df‘F,cfe,w§f3759,,e‘;50;,00__1V,
§1lOI‘tl1 and south. It is evident P037986 0 13 8 <l_6pflI‘tl11U11l5. “ere powerless but as often cowardly, B.ItnalS,7tl1ed1tdl0n (wlthcomblneddegrees),
lfrom all experiments that additions C0_I1fI‘0_I1ted. Cautiously and con-gby virtue of its reliance in part ,,f,§;;g~f,§,‘,,,D,;’;,,,g,,'f*;,;,—,;,-,;,,,;,;:;;;;:---—--—- $33
;of nitrogen north, do not have the scientiously the erasure from the i, upon the patronage of its advertis- Eii‘;gI§}:-§g‘;gg}}g~*3;8};f°9Y---- I g: l‘
‘same effect as in the south on land p8-Y T0118 0f the department Of theling columns, the bane of honest Noeicpéodelinqubnftpeii{l3éi§Ifii3ibbi..iZ'Z 40
of the same quality. In the south I18-H165 Of 811 unnecessary emp10y— convictions in newspaperdom. The ‘B’-“‘?,‘.;‘t"?,’g’f‘§,a,'$.‘.";‘,l,,'.i R.fi2,ig‘$??,‘f‘f_’f:‘;‘f;;;; 
potatoes are grown as an ear_ly_crop 888 &D1dtl1e1l)I1C1'68:S€ Of Its 11S€f_11l-,GBANGE VIsI'r0R is so conducted R,lfi1lfig°g$,k3é;,-é,;;,3i;,;,;,;g;,;e;-iig,_;€,i,;é::::: 1:
during the season when nitrifica- ness lave een undertaken with as to be able, if necessary, to sin‘. Kelley's History nttiieumnge ____________ __ '15

 

 00buys acomplete set (including the
- tightener '1‘) of STEEL TIRES 454
inches wide, warranted to carry 4,000 lbs..
that can be put onto the wheels of any farm
wagon over the narrow tire, and can be attached
or detached by one man in twenty minutes. In
oréklng give diameter of wheels. Address

E. E. _VljIPPlE, _S_’t_;.ltllI_n_§_lll_lqlt

itiitititititiiiittiiififiii
9: »  

tion in the soil is not very active,

and additions of nitrogen are found
lprofitable. In the north they grow
ithings in season and in a soil full
l of vegetable matter, artificial ad-
lditions of nitrogen are not needed.
‘ W. F. MASSEY.

 

AND

l'l‘E.\lI'tll{ATIlltES FORESTS.

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1 SOIL TEMPERATURES.

i V The general influence of the for-
lest on soil temperatures is a cool-

l ing one, due to the shade and to the
. longer retention of moisture in the

‘forest floor as well as in the air.

persistent purpose and not a passive
vigor of will. There has also been
an attempt, not by any means yet
completed nor satisfactorily suc-
cessful, to equalize compensation.

The expenses of the department
of agriculture during the first
quarter of the present year aggre-
' gate but $345,876.76, as against
$402,012.42 for the parallel period
of the fiscal year 1893. And it is
gratifying to observe that the sav-
ing up to this time is not less than
12 per cent per annum on current
expenses. In verification of the
intention to make at least this re-
duction permanent, the estimates

vive without such patronage. It’s
not a private sheet run solely for
private gain. It’s R co-operative
sheet of the people, by the people,
and for the people. It cannot talk
for any class or party for a bribe
like a private sheet “ run for the
money there is in it.”

Honest differences of opinion are
healthy stimulants but opposed to
the pecuniary interests of private
partisan sheets. The private party
press dare not propose nor recom-
mend adequate remedies for exist-

4

ibecome a reform press, and that

lwould often mean financial loss or

ing evils for by so doing it would ,

Write for prices_on gold pins badges. working
tools, stafi mountings. seals, ot boxes and any
other grange supplies.

Address MISS J ENNIE BUELL,
ANN Anson. Mron.

 

Farms in Isabella County

AVERAGE ABOUT SE\'EN'l‘Y ACRES EACH.

Beautiful homes, large barns. fruitful orchards.
neat country school houses and churches, thriv-
ing villages and :1 handsome city, prove the
prosperity of the people. The schools and col»
eges of Mt. Pleasant are excellent. Oats, clover,
sheep, potatoes and fruits for general farming‘
com, hay and rich pastures for dairying an
stock raising, have made many farmers well 05;
others are rospering, and so can you. Unim-
proved Ian s, valuable timber lands, partl im-
proved farms, and farms hi hly improve , and
clioicc city roperty for sale or really low prices,
For sump es of descriptions of such pro rty
isdyou ma desire and feel able to buy, ltase
ad rcss C 0K'S REAL ESTATE AGEIWCY
Mt Pleasant, Mich.

* , ____
‘ it  N‘-0B8*‘iwhicl must be pva orated before for the next fiscal ear, which have‘ ' b b ' d 1; fth 1;
1 iii§—_ ’ 7-‘ W*!l"B *_ I the gi-ound can be vifarmed. As 9. been submitted to iiougress, are less Slfiiiiogs oflgiitiiigagif. 0No oeiigaviill  fa Year End  Expenses
girl;-" ‘ ’ V’ .,,,,_,,,I,:‘,,‘,’,,,,,,‘j',._,,'j,'J9; consequence the extremes of high by $369,656.94 than those for the, go wrong by aiding the GRANGE genticii.33,€$§X.éf§iKi -.§'§§i:ia'§§§§"§’n‘§.iiE§e§’5

   

llunbls,I".srro1:t in Pririripli m.
.2 World’: rm. em. in All .-- it:

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flung. Pouniu‘ FUR Pknl-‘IT mi-1» plain. Bed-R--vii I'nfr-rruA1iriii *
-k Reliable Incubator and Broader co..0uincy. III. Av
itiitiiiiikkttikrk-kt-kit-kt-ktti

and low temperature within the
fforest soil occur much later than
lin the open, and both extremes are

current fiscal year, which will end
J une 30, 1894.——Report of Secre-
tary of Agriculture, 18.93.

§V’1siroii.
: CORD. S. CANNON.
3 Battle‘ Creek.

publications. Full particulars given on application,
f you apply please send references. and state busi-
ness experience, age, and send pliot mph. If you
cannot travel, write us for terms tooIocal canvass.
ers. Address S. I. BELL 8: C0., Philadelphia, Pa,

 


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THE "GRANGE VISITOR.

DECEMBER‘ 20, 1894.

“There breathes for those who understand
A voice from every flower and tri-e
And in the work of nature’s hand
Lies nature's best philosophy."

REPORT OF ASSISTANT STEWAR-D. ‘ l by the statistician, Brother R. L. Hewitt, that it might well be raised
|to $77,000,000, and still not overestimate the farmers’ debt. And

(Continued fro!-lipase 3.) 5 that this even was a low calculation, now appears from the statement

one of us to look back and see what lessons we might have learned. ! Of Bulletin N0. 17. Of the U- S- 06115118. Sent 0111‘: 188% J “D9. which

We are afraid many of us are like some other scholars,——didn’tl
know where the lesson was. Yes, passed through the year without
knowing there was a lesson we might have been taught, but we
were not studying. not even looking for the lesson. What are some :
of the lessons? We think one great lesson for us as a people is to]
return_to the economy and sound prudence of our fathers, living
according to our means instead of as fashion dictates, and in pros-
perity saving something against the adversity that may be our lot
sooner or laier. This principle holds good with the farmer as well
as any other branch of business. Many a farmer is bankrupt andz

many an_ artisan is suffering for the necessaries of life who has j
enjoyed Just as good an income or just as g 0d a chance to get
ahead as others in the same business, who are today in comfortable
circumstances; the one was extravagant, the other thrifty. And by
thrift we do not mean miserliness or penuriousn ess, but that priidence,
judgment and good common sense of living within one’s means, which
is essential to a sound character and to a substantial start in life.‘
Ability to weather such financial storms as the present is mainly
due to the individual That the great majority of our farmers are so
little affected by the times is the greatest evidence of their wisdom
and prudence. It demonstrates anew their natural independence,
their position as the nation’s bulwarks, and above all, their right to
at least equal consideration in all that affects the country's welfare.

Fraternally submitted,
J. H. MARTIN.

(ll-[APL.1[l\"S REPORT.

Worrrur MAs"ri~:R~—When we took upon ourselves the obligations
of this oflice, we were instructed as to our duties. The Bible——God’s
word to man—was placed in our hands, we were urged to search it
for wisdom and instruction, and also urged to be faithful. For the
holy position of an intercessor between this Grange and the great
Master we have been most unworthy. Yet we are told that His ear
is ever open to_the least of his children: “When ye call I will
answer; and “Like as a father pitieth his children. so the Lord
pitieth them that put their trust in him.” With these assurances we
have called. God has blessed us. His tender care has been over us.
Our land has yielded her increase. N 0 pestilence has come nigh our
dwellings. Though in great centers there have been turmoil, unrest
and riot, distress, poverty and crime, our rural homes have been
wonderfully blessed with a quiet and peacefuluess that has seemed
like the shelter of a quiet harbor in time of storm. If prices for
our commodities have been low, we know nothing of suffering, want
or distress. While we have been so blessed we are not indifferent to
the perilous conditions of our country. A feverish unrest has
stirred to the very depths the financial world. The gravest of prob-
lems awaits an answer from those high in authority. Capital and
labor are in battle arra.y—and intemperance is still unchecked.

From our ardent love of humanity. right and justice, we are
striving to pierce the clouds for the brightness that lies beyond (for
it is there)—and we are so full of love to all humanity and have

-such an abiding faith in our heavenly Father that every night we
have laid us down in peace and slept, knowing that in God’s good
time, all will be right, for what is, is best.

The present condition of our country is teaching us some wonderful
lessons. It sometimes takes severe discipline to save us from our-
selves and to develop the best there is in us. We are learning to
live and work for others. The rich are giving of their abundance as
they never gave before. The poor from their poverty are striving to
aid others less favored than themselves. All seeui anxious that
burdens shall be lifted, hard lines be made easier. and that brighter
days shall dawn.

We can remember in the days of ‘61 when there was a call “to
arms.” Our country was in need of men. It needs men today;
men who will stand unflinchingly by what is right regardless of any
personal feelings; men who will not falter in the discharge of any
duty, let it be ever so rliflicult of performance. who will suffer per-
sonal loss and humiliation in order that out of all this trouizle and
turmoil, our country may stand safe. and prosperity again rejoice
the hearts of the commonwealth.

During the late war a portion of our forces were posted to hold a
certain point in Tennessee, which if lost greatly jeopardized the
who'e army.

The enemy were close at hand ready for an attack, while the night
closed in and so intensely dark that not an object could be distin-
guisiied though ever so near.

The oflicer in command called his men together, explained the
situation and said: "VVe must all do picket duty tonight." They
went out into the darkness, each man standing so that he could
touch the hand of the man on the right of him, and the hand of the
man on the left of him. There they stood through the long weary
night. each man strong in himself. and also strong in united strength
and sympathy. And thus they’ accomplished what they could not
otherwise have done.

We must each swear allegiance to our God and humanity. Each
stand as a picket at his post of duty, touching not only hand but
heart with his fellowmfightirig manfully for God, Home and Native
land.

“In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea.

With a glory in his bosom that trausfigures you and ine~
As he died to make men holy, let us live to make men free.

For God's truth is marching on."
MARY A. MAYO.

REPORT OF SECRETARY.

WORTH!’ MEMBERS or THE. STATE GRANci'~:-—Reports have been
received from 221 subordinate Granges during the year ending Nov. 30,
1894‘. Of this number, 156 have reported for all the quarters ending
Sept. 30. ’94; 23 for all quarters ending June 30; 32 for all quarters
ending March 31; and 10 for the quarter ending Dec. 31, '93.

Of the Granges that had been dormant, or had suspended sessions,
four have been reorganized. Three new Granges have been organ-
ized, as follows: Hanover, No. 698, by J. Weston Hutchins, in Jack-
son Co.; Sand Beach, No. 699, in Huron Co. by R. A. Brown; Twelve
Corners, No. 700, in Berrien Co., by R. V. Clark. One Juvenile
Grange, Tallmadge, Ottawa Co., has been organized.

STATE GRANGE TRANSACTIONS.

The receipts for the year have been:

Fees and dues from subordinate Granges - . ____ -_-- _--. __--$2,814 36
Fees from sixth degree members-------. -_-- -_------ ------ 36 00
Fees from fifth degree members---_ -_-- -------- .___ --_-- . 1 00
Suppliessold____ ____ -_-- _-__ ---- ---- -_-- ._-- .-__ --_- ._-- . 176 51
Interest on invested funds .............................. -_ 318 00
Advertising spacesold .................................. __ 20 00
Receipts from Grange Visitor. -___ .-__--_- .__- .--_ --__ __-_ 1,344 92

Total receipts-_-____-___..-.-.-..-___-_---- .--..--.__-_$4,710 79

DISBURSEMENTS.

Expenses of session of 1893 ............................... __$l,068 O3
Fees and dues to National Grange ....................... - . 505 05
Expenses of Executive Committee.._s._ _-__ _--- _-__ -___ . __- 144 93
Lecture field work ...................................... -- 110 02
Salaries of oflicers ...................................... _- 750 00
Supplies, express, postage, etc., on same .................. _- 118 11
Printing-___ ____ ____ .-_. _--_ . _ __-- _--_ _-__ ---. ._-- -_.- . . . . 250 20
Stationery -___ _ __- _ 33 95
Master’s and secretary’s postage.___ ___- .__- ---- _-.- ..-_ . .- 113 71
Miscellaneous expenses of oflicers (their postage, exchan ge, _1 82
1

etc.) .................................................. --
Grange Visitor--,_ ___- _-__ _-__ _-__ ___- ..-_ .__- _-._ ..__. . . 2,319 82

Total disbursements ____ ___--____. ._-__-__ ._.. .__- .__. .$;.485 64

These statements do not show the active growth on the part of the
Grange that the peculiar condition of agriculture would lead one to
expect. What do these reports that you have heard here in these
meetings mean, we may well ask. Are the causes that call for united
effort done away with? Has the Grange performed the uses for
which it was formed? We have often considered this question from
the standpoint of the aid the Grange may be to the country classes
in an educational and social way. Suppose we turn, for a moment,

000.

states that in 1890 the farms of our state were mortgaged. not for
sixty-four, nor yet for seventy-seven million dollars, but for $96,000,-
This enormous sum demands an annual interest of $6,837,000
from products of the farm whose market values have proverbially
decreased since the contraction of these debts.

Such facts are astonishing. The members of this body are here
representing a business whose property bears a debt equal to more
than one-third of its assessed value. It is stupendous enough, it
would seem, to create a bond of universal sympathy and union. If
this state of affairs has come about in whole or in part through dis-
criminate legislation, farmers have desperate need to meet regularly ;
in their own organizations to devise better laws for the debtor classes ‘
and warn off future partiality. The followers of no other business‘
would so long stand aloof from thorough, systematic consultation?
and action, under like circumstances. ‘

Let us look at but one other factor in the problem set before us;
butlet that be the significant one of the migration of the country
population to the cities. According to the labor statistics there were
749 fewer farmers in Michigan in 1890 than in l880, though the
population has increased 457,000. From the July bulletin of our
State census, now in process of compilation, we learn that of the
total increase of population in the State in four years, more than 35
per cent has been in the two cities of Detroit and Grand Rapids.

In 1864 there were 19 incorporated cities in the State whose popula-
tion comprised 16 per cent of the total population of the State. At
present, thirty years later, there are 70 cities with 37 per cent of the
total population within their limits. Again, the rate of increase in
the population of the 49 cities in the State in 1884, has been about ,
four times the rate of increase in the balance of the state.

Dr. Josiah Strong in his admirable handling of this subject in his
book, "The New Era,” cites the telling incident of the poor Irish
woman who was found half starved in the lower part of New York
City and was sent by some benevolent people into the country,
where work was provided for her. In the course of a few weeks she
was seen back in her old haunts. “Couldu’t you find work enough?”
she was asked. “Yis.” “Didn’t you have enough to eat and to wear.
and weren’t you comfortable?” “Yis, Yis”. “Well, then, why did you
come back here to starve rather than live there in comfort?” “Paples is
more company than sthumps,” was the answer. Dr. Strong comments
that in this is contained whole chapters of philosophy on the origin
and growth of cities, and we might add that this very truth, that
"paples is more company than sthumps,” is one of the chiefest
foundation stones in the Grange; for without its social possibilities,
the structure of our order would be frail indeed.

This same author farther says: “ We must expect the steady
deterioration of our rural population, unless effective preventive meas-
ures are devised. How to devise such measures is the problem of
the countrz/.”

In the face of these two features of the case alone, have not the
farmers of this state sufiicieut to bring them together,for legislation,
for effort, for creation of public sentiment? Is the need of a strong
State and national union not apparent to him who thinks at all on
these things? Surely the Grange organizer, carrying the credentials
of a society that costs its members but ten cents each a month, and
is pledged to better these outward conditions, has a wide scope for
aggressive enterprise in this day of small prices and few favors for
the fruits of agriculture. We must deal with the present in all this
Grange work to make it effective. Withered laurels will win neither
new fame nor converts. Well may we recall a homely phrase, thus
put to a good use by an eminent divine, when he said, “Now is the
nick of time. In matters of moment, now is always the nick of time.
One man now is worth a hundred fifty years hence. One dollar now
is worth a thousand then.”

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Respectfully submitted,
JENNIE BUELL.

(i‘iA’1‘E KEE1’ER‘S REPORT.
VVoi:'riii' MAsTi-:1: AND Mr.i\inr.a.~i or MicH1(i.\:~: S'I'.\Tl~‘. (i‘i:A>:(;i::

Another year has passed into history; another year has been
added to our lives, and another time we have met to recount our
hopes and fears. our joys and .s;n_rrmi.+ and to s_\'nipathi'/.e with each
other in our failures. to i'ejuic together in our triumphs.

To me, whose business it is to watch the gates. the closing year
seems to have been one of strange contrasts. The peaceful and
beloved president of Republican France, expiring at the hands of
an assassin while the autocrat of all the Russias dies quietly on his
couch. In our own land we have seen a party just fairly seated in
power and apparently with a tirm grip upon the reins of government
given imperative notice to abandon its high and responsible position
and go out with the ebb of the tide. We see great abundance in
the hands of producers and at the same time want. and distress
throughout all the land.

To a watcher at the gate it is painful to see so much enforced idle-
ness while so much is needed to be done, to see the metal which
should be coined and in circulation clogged around the wheels of
government at the nation's capitol; to see the farmer, who cannot
sell his products at near their cost and the would-he consumer who
cannot raise even the pittance necessary to sustain life, leads me to
think there is great mismanagement somewhere. To learn from the
hard times and experiences of the past year is the part of wisdom,
and your gate keeper thinks he can do no better than to make some
quotations from the report of Sis. H.A. Barnard of the Walkaska
Pomona Grange, Nov. 20 and 21. “If a nation forgets God in her
administration retribution will follow ;” “that as a people we have
been too extravagaut;” “the benefit of laying up something for a
wet day ;” “that the people are a part of this government and must
think for themselves;” “for their own protection, farmers should
unite themselves as a body.”

I further beg leave to report that the county which I represent
(Kalkaska) located at the far north. contains four Granges. all in a
fairly prosperous condition. We are teaching that “the farmer
is of more value than the farm ;” that “in unity there is strength,"
and while we esteem it a duty for each one to think for himself we
find it beneficial to occasionally compare our thoughts.

Likewise that we endeavor to suppress all envious and jealous
bickerings and feelings and send our best representative men and
women to the State Grange.

Respectfully,
G. L. CARLISLE,
Gate Keeper.

REPORT OF FLORA.

WORTHY MAS PER, BROTHERS AND Sis'rEas—Another year has closed
and the record it leaves is the one we have made ourselves. Very
many have had their gardens filled with flowers, while some have
reaped a crop of regrets.

Let us see if flowers are of real practical use to us. It is generally
admitted that ability to see things or power of observation is the
basis of mental growth and development. Fathers and mothers in
the home, teachers in the schoolroom can make great use of flowers.
Every child loves them and once their curiosity is aroused there is
an endless number of questions asked about them.

We urge the cultivation and development of plants not because of
their flowers but because of themselves. While the eye is being grati-
fied the mind, the soul, is fed flowers in all their forms. Thecommon
as well as the most rare are alike to us—teachers.

Especially does this branch of study train the mind to clear, pre-
cise observation. The mind sees only that it has power to see. No
single consideration is more necessary to success in business than
ability to perceive promptly and accurately.

There may be a wide diversity in judgment as to the best means
to effect the end sought, viz., the training of the perceptive activity.
The classics which have long served as elficient means for older
pupils, the revolving blackboard and all the paraphernalia of our
modern schools for the younger ones are good, but it seems to the
writer that experience and observation teach that the study of
flowers and plant phenomena can accomplish with children _and
youth in shorter time and greater economy all that can be claimed
for the most elegant classic. The majority of parents and teachers
do not appreciate the value of the study of flowers as an educational
force.

The farmers and their wives before me today are well acquainted
with the habits and life of the bean and hop vine, but who can tell
why the bean vine twines in one direction around a pole and the

At this time of theyear a. window containing a few flowers nicely
arranged is a pleasant picture in a home. It brightens and lifts the
mind and helps us when the body is weary to have only smiles and
kind words for those whose lives come in daily contact with our own.

The Floras of too many of our subordinate Granges seem to be
used as ornaments. There is so much that is refining. beautifying
and ennobling to our lives in the study and influence of plant life that
the Grange cannot afford to have the Floras idle. Scatter flowers,
talk about them, read about them, and write about them. give a floral
entertainment and you will read the efl"ects in the faces of your
brothers and sisters of the Grange. Longfellow says,

“In all places, then. and in all seasons,
Flowers expand their light and soul like wings,
Teaching us, by most persuasive reasons,
How akin they are to human things."

Every day from early spring to autumn nature is doing her best
to surround us with the beautiful and bright. As we tread to and
fro there are hundreds of little flower faces smiling up into our own,
which if we are not indifferent to our surroundings will cause our
hearts to leap for joy and our lips to speak words of praise to the
Giver of all.

Wondrous truths. and manifold as wondrous
God hath written in those stars above;
But not less in the bright flowerets under us

Stands the revelation of his love.
Bright and glorious is that revelation.

Written all over this great world of ours.
Making evident our own creation
In these stars of earth, these golden flowers.

SARAH C. ST. CLAIR.

REPORT 01‘ CERES.

Woaruv PATRONS—-It has been said that the American farmer
buys more land to raise more grain to grow more stock to buy more
land. However true this may have been, it looks as though the
chain would be broken, for the Michigan farmer at least, since the
crop report for this year places oats below the average, the yield of
corn was forty bushels of ears per acre, and wheat one year ago
twenty-five to thirty per cent less than the average, and the seeding
for the present year eighty-six per cent of the area seeded one year
ago.

In months past one could scarcely open an agricultural paper
without being confronted with the question: “Does it pay to feed
wheat?” The farmer, although somewhat slow to set aside the
thought of extravagance in feeding wheat, has put it to test and is
solvi .g the problem in a practical manner.

At rare intervals there occur years like the two we hwve just
passed through, which cause us to realize the importanci: of our
cereal products. But with all our misfortunes we have ample cause
to believe our fair peninsular state has been greatly blessed, when
we look at our less fortunate neighbors. and remember hoiv the
burning winds swept the vast corn lands of Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska and Iowa, leaving but a small margin to repay the tillers
of the soil for their weary labor, causing many a discouraged farmer
to abandon the home he was building up and seek employment
elsewhere.

We have the assurance that while the earth remaineth, seed time
and harvest shall not cease, but if we expect a bountiful harvest we
must not sow sparingly.

Twenty-seven years ago a few progressive men and women founded
an organization among the-farmers. The seed that was sown then
has sprung up and increased many fold until it has spread from
Maine to Oregon, from the great lakes to the gulf.

A short time since I had the rare pleasure of listening to Dr.
Boone, who, in the course of the evening related an incidentwhich
occurred while visiting the Corcoran Art Gallery in company with
some friends. As they entered one of the alcoves they came upon
what appeared to be an unfinished piece of work in marble, and
wondered at its occupying that position. surrounded as it was by
the finest works of art "l'h»=y passerl rm. and after 21. time retiirning
to the same department, he saw again the same piece of marble, but
at a greater distance. and what before was withoutform, now appeared
as the face of a lovely woman, the features were distinctly visible,
the curve of the cheek, the droop of the eyelashes, the dimple in the
chin, but veiled by a marble veil; all the beauty of workmanship
was distinctly visible. The first View had been too close. All per-
spective was lost.

The work of the Grange as viewed in the light of twenty-seven
years ago to many appeared crude and impracticable, but the
features of the work were there, all that was needed was a few
intervening years to pierce through the veil of suspicion and doubt.
If it is true that the least sound, the vibration of a bird’s wing
through the air, the chirp of a cricket in the grass, sets in motion
waves of sound which girdle the earth, and every thought that
passes through our minds sets its mark there, and is always capable
of growing up and bearing fruit, then who can measure the magni-
tude of the forces set in action by a movement whose object is to
make brighter and better the lives of those who are brought within
the range of its influence. for “to make one child laugh gleefully is,
to the lover of his kind, better than winning a battle.”

MARY C. ALLIS, Ceres.

POliIO1\'A’S REPORT.

As the time again draws near for us to meet in our State Grange,
although it will consist mostly of new faces, we are sure of seeing
many who have become very near to us.

How anxiously we look forward to this reunion, always glad to
welcome the new faces who are with us.

No matter how cloudy the weather, how dry and parched the
earth, there has been this bright light in the future to urge us on to
do the best we could under the circumstances. I often ask myself,
What are we doing to even partially repay the Grange for the
advantages it has given us?

First, we should try to be regular in our attendance upon our
own subordinate Grange. One member that can be relied upon, is
worth untold numbers who may be there if everything is favorable,
but the chances are against them. .

Again,.every member ought to be willing and ready do_whatever
called upon by the Master or Lecturer, remembering that it benefits
themselves more than any one else. _

How many hopes and fears have come to us all since last Decem-
ber. Our locality was blessed with a pleasant, mild winter, followed
by very warm weather early in the spring.

This made people interested in fruit tremble for the safety of the
wee fruit buds, when the biting frosts should follow, as we were
afraid they might; and as they did in a great many localities. But
our little peninsula, situated between the two arms of Grand
Traverse Bay, was highly favored and frosts did but little damage.
When we heard of the fruit being killed in the north and south, I
am afraid we were a little too exultant over our own good fortune.
But later, when the cry of dry, dry was heard from every lip and
our apples did not grow as we wanted them to. our spirits dropped
accordingly, and we began to realize we must suffer with the rest.

The late rains helped us a little. Our fruit was not an entire
failure, as you can see by the exhibit before you. ‘

Farmers are not discouraged;_large quantities of fruit trees are
being ordered for next year’s setting. .

We are realizing the meaning of hard times in our part of the
state, more than ever before.

If we could‘only stop producing for a time. as the lumberman
stops making lumber, and the factories their products. when it is
not profitable, what a rest farmers and their wives ‘might have. _

Let Canada and the foreign countries ship in their goods. I think
they would soon tire of it, as there would be little money to buy
with if the farmer ceased producing very long. _

But no, the farmer and family must keep plodding, that they may
not -suffer, or lose their homes, as taxes must be met. Taxes and
death are sure to come.

Hoping the coming year‘ may be a more prosperous one for the
farmer. as well as our whole nation, let us. whatever our lot may be.
do our best. “Angels can do no better.”

Thanking the Grange for the high honor conferred upon me, feel-

ing it has been a great privilege to meet with this honorable body at
so many of its sessions, I cheerfully relinquish my chair to my
successor.

: hop vine in an opposite? Or who can tell why two plants apparently

the material glass of cold statistics upon the situation. Do not these things teach

Viewed in this way, we find that the total amount of mortgage alike produce different colored blossoms?
indebtedness on Michigan farms, in 1887, was $64,400,000. in round us to think? _ ' _
numbers. The interest alone on this sum was $4,636,000. This was A higher education is a necessity, a more_ generous development
according to the fifth annual report of the Commissioner of Labor; of the thinking powers of the working _man is demanded. An occa-
but, large as this amount seems, it was later in the same year shown sional hour among flowers leads the mind out in broader channels.

Respectfully submitted,
_ ABBIE C. LEIGHTON,
Pomona.


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[All readers of THE GRANGE \'IsI'roi-I are in-
vited to contribute and send solutions to this depart-
ment. Address all communications relating to
puzzles to Thomas A. ;\Iill:Ir, 500 vzth St., Detroit,
Michigan.]

Solutions ..\'oveinber I5,
Millar, No. I7. Slat, lace, acts, test.
top, lakes, pet, s.

SOLVERS FOR NOVEIHBER.

C().\Il’I.ETE Ll51’S.—NclllE Day, Mrs. l..
8, Lily May, Sarah E, Winda, and Dexter.

INCOMI‘LETBS.—Editl'1, Granger, Mrs. 5. II.
Tyrer. Nora, and George.

PRIZE WINNERS.

No. ll). Thoinas A.
No. I9. L,

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Nellie Day (_;0c book), Mrs. I.-add. Gracr B,
(each a my book).
22.— Cro.v.€wnrd'.

In zeal, not in help;

In redinan, not in scalp;

In boy. not in man;

In iron, not in pan;

In steamer, also in barge;

TOTAL is an animal large.
Gram!’ }i‘u_z‘iIt'.r_ NELLIE I)A\'.

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I, 2, 3, is part of II year: I, 5. I3. 7. \‘, is bri;-:ht.
TOTAL is after dark.

Drtrofl, LILY MAY.
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PRIZES.

For the best and largest batch of new pit’/./.lCS
received on or before February 3, ‘95. we will give
“ Allan‘s \\'ife," by RiderIIa__v,_\_{aril.

THE {HAIL BAG.

Edith [CIlI‘lL‘t()II), thanks for solutions. always
sign name and address as well as mm: .1.‘ /*/m/In in
full to each coininnniu-.ition'. hope you will visit us
often. Let all our friends compete for prize for
best and largest batch of pur.7.lc.-, seeabnve. Oliver
Oniegzi, where are you?

NA.\'cv LEE.

 

Notices of Meetings.

 

\V EST E RN P0.‘-ION A .

The annual meeting of \Vestern Pomona
Grange will be held with Ottawa Grange
at Herringtoii, on the fourth Thursday and
Friday of January, 1895.

E. A. GILLETT.

.\'E\\'.-XYGO l'O.\l()_V.\.

The annual meeting of .\'ewa_\'go county
Pomona Grange. No. II, will be held at
Ashland Grange hall on the second \\'ed—
nesday and 'l‘hursday,Januar_v 9 and I0,
I895. The unresponded part of past three
programs will he called.

\=|:w I-im<.R.\:si.

The best thing in life:
pected to respond. \\'hat course can the (irgiigt:
most profit-ab y nirsue during the coming year: y
E. K. Clark he Grange. its oriain; what it has
done, and is now doing for the fiiriners of this
country, by Louis Rcinoldt. Question Box in the
Grange, by Mrs. Bell \\’hitc. Our young people,
by Mrs. R. \V. Reddy. Can and should the United

Roll call, all iiit-inbers c.\~ ‘

States produce the sugar which is u nsumed by its
no ulation? by A. L. Scott. Report of delegates
to gtate Grange. Recitation by Lou White. He
cursed the ground for thy sake, by Mrs. Phebe
Hall. W'hat are the duties of a Grange in the com-
munity in which it IS located? John Rosewarren.
Humorous readings or recitations in response to
roll call. All expected to respond. Construction
of burns: are basements desirable? by Jard. Ma-
cumber. Is the annexation of Canada to the Uni-
ted States desirable? by E. C. Herrington. Do
Patrons make a practical application of Grange
principles in their daily lives? by E. C. Tinnv,
Our country schools; an their relation to the farm-
ing opiilatioii, by \V. S. Merrill. VVhat is \voinan’s
worl: in the Grange? by Mrs. Martha Scott. The
atlvantages of the Creamery over private dairying,
by \\'_ C. Stuart. \Vhich is best for the farmer, the
roprietarv or co-operiitive creainery? by '.
Valkcr. The Bordeaux mixture; the formula and
how mixed and time 1o be applied; cost per acre,
by J. 11, Haskins. Arbor day: all about shade
trees. by David llouldiiig. Does immigration of-
fect the farming interests of the country, and if so
how? by W‘. C. Stuart. \VlI_v should so large a
proportion of positions of trust, honor, and emol-
ument be given to lawyers? by O. T. Blood‘ \No—
man now and thirty years ago, by Jennie Foster.
VVM. VV. CARTER, Lvrlurer.

ST. JOSEPH POMON.-\,

The next regular meeting of St. Joseph
county Pomona Grange, No. 4, will be
held at Centerville Grange hall the first
Thursday in January, I895. Fourth de-
gree me’ ‘iers invited.

MRS. HENRY COOK, Sefly.

WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO!

I want my lady friends to know of the
new field now open for them. In the past
6 months we have made a profit of $907.02
after paying all expenses. All our sales
have been made at home, not having can-
vassed any. .\’ly official duties calling me
away most of the time, I left the Dish
VVasher business in my wife’s control with
the above results. The business is rapidly
increasing, and will continue to grow until
every family has a Climax Dish Washer.
Not a day passes but what we sell one or
two, and some days fifteen or twenty Dish
Washers. It's easy selling what every-
body wants to buy. You can wash and
dry the dishes perfectly in two minutes.
For full particulars address the Climax
Mfg. C0,, Columbus, Ohio. Get a sample
washer and you can’t help but make money.
They only cost $55. You may just as well
be making $5 a day as to be doing nothing.

I Grange News.

Correspondents, and all Patrons indeed, are re-
quested to send us postal cards giving some news
iottinuI,——anything of interest to you. It will inter-
est ot iers. Please also send short answers to
some or all of the following questions. Hel us
to make this the most v:‘.ln-able column in the ’i.s-
I'roR.

I. How is your Grange prospering?

3, Have you man young pco le?

3. \\'hat do outsi ers think 0 your (irange and
its work?

4, \\'liat difl‘icultiI:s do you meet?

5. \Vhat are your prospects?

o, \V'li:it is most needed in Grange work in your
vicinity?

7. In what way lift: your nieinbers most benefited
by belonging to the Grange?

OBITUARY.

Died December 1, I894, Sister Maria
Howard, of Cheshire Grange, No. 520.
The Grange passed appropriate resolutions.
*‘ \Ve shall so sadly miss her loving pres-
ence and wise counsels in our gatherings.
Yet we know what an infinitely greater loss
it will be to those dear ones who have
been wont to call her wife and mother.”

Hanover Grange holds a supper or ban-
quet prepared under the exclusive direction
of the “ men folks.“

lioardman Valley Grange. No. (:64, has
sent three lists of VISITOR subscribers this
year, the amount aggregating nearly $30.
Brother Palmer wants to hear from any
Grange of thirty-five members that has
done better.

Mt. Tabor Grange sent the \'IsiToR to a
good list of persons Jutside of the gates for
the purpose of interesting them in our work
and Order. It has been urged that each
Grange furnish to the local press items of in-
terest to farmers for the purpose of creating

a friendly feeling for the Grange and

OUR MAMMOTH CATALOGUE

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tations on all lines of goods, offers you the
finest selection at the CHEAPEST PRICES
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Shoes, Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silver-
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thereby increase the membership. This is
a good plan but it is surrounded by some
dilficulties which are not easily overcome.
All farmers do not take a local paper, and
certainly all will not take the same local
paper hence the correspondent must fur-
nish copy to all the papers or fail in the
purpose of reaching all or nearly all the
farmers. Now Mt. Tabor has, determined
to try another plan to accomplish this pur-
pose. I. VVe endeavor to make ajudicious '
distribution of the VISITOR outside of the
Grange. This secures the introduction of
our paper freighted as it is with Grange
work of general as well as local character,
but unless Mt. Tabor shows her individual
work through the VisiToR, those who re-
ceive it will not be particularly interested
in Mt. Tabor, hence it is proposed to let
them know what Mt. Tabor is talking
about.

 

EDITOR VisITOR—Another year of
Grange work, with its joys, sorrows, and
cares, is nearly gone. How many of us
can say with true sincerity that we have
done all we could to elevate the Grange as
well as ourselves and conducted ourselves
in such a way that the Grange is the better
for our having joined it? The past is past.
We can not recall it. But it is not too late
for us to be up and doing, and try to make
up in the future where we have been neg-
ligent in the past. Let us try to encourage
the young people to join us. Let us do all
we can to make the young men feel that
the Grange cares for them and needs their
help. Let us all try to make the Grange
worthy of the credit a lady gave it, who
said that she certainly considered the
Grange was doing a far greater temperance
work than the W. C. T. U. She meant no
disrespect to the VV. C. T. U., but she
knew the Grange principles were for tem-
perance. and she thought it could reach
out and gather in those that the W. C. T.
U. could not reach.

Just a few words about our Grange. De-
\Vitt Grange has taken in ten good sub-
stantial members this year, two by demit,
and has reinstated one.

Nearly every family takes the VISITOR.
I have sent in I: names on the Io cent
subscription. Several outside the gates
take the VISITOR.

We expect to have discussions this winter
on various topics. :We may take up the
topics in the VIsIToR.

De Witt Grange entertained Pomona
Nov. I6. The attendance was good. Dr.
G. W. Topping of De Witt presented a
fine paper on “ Labor unions, socialism,
and anarchy.” The paper was discussed,
and a vote taken to send it to the papers for
publication. I. 1). Richmond also read a
paper on “ The single tax.” This was also
well discussed.

The young people gave an entertainment
in the evening, in which several outside
the Order assisted. Among them were
Rev. E. 1). Way, pastor of the First Bap-
tist church in De Witt, Miss Ida Sanford,
Clinton Reynolds, also of De VVitt, Mrs.
Robinson of Port Huron, and others.

I\lr. and Mrs. Jerome Dills were elected
delegates to represent Pomona at the State
Grange. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Bixby will
represent the $tIb0Idiii_ .. at State Grange.

 L. PEARCE.

 
 

iIow’s Tiiis.

EIiIToR VisIToR—Please find enclosed
money order for $3.00 donated by White
Oak Grange, No. 241. to the GRANGE Vis-
iToR.

G. H. l’RocToR.

.x \'ISIT()R soci.-\I.—$4.oo.

EniToR VIsIToR—As a result of a Vis-
ITOR social held at Harmony Grange hall
(which owing to bad roads was not a fi-
nancial success) four
raised. for which please find inclosed :1
money order. The Grange has decided to
use this in furnishing 32 copies of the
GR.\.\I(;i-; VISITOR for three months, and
the committee have selected the inclosed
list of named persons as such ones to re-
ceive it.

.\IIss, MERTIE L. PRESTON, .Ser’_y.

UNION GRANGE.

Union Grange is not dead, butis alive and
well, and we are taking in new members at
nearly every meeting. \Ve have interesting
meetings nearly every time. There are
many young people, and our lecturer gives
us a good program at every meeting, and
those called on usually respond. Some of
our young men are repainlingithe inside of
our hall. The woman’s work committee
have just had an old-fashioned husking bee
which was a grand success, the proceeds of
which will be used towards furnishing and
decorating our hall. The woman’s work
committee have also found homes for six
fresh air people this summer; two were pro-
vided with a home for two weeks, and
four were kept nearly four weeks each. I
wish to say right here, that I have heard
no complaints from any one who took
them, but were very glad they were able
to help those less fortunate than they, and
altogether provided_them with 77 articles
of good warm clothing for winter, for
which the fresh air people were very grate-
ful. We had places for several more but
could not get them at the time they were
wanted. We hope to do better another
year.
MR5. MARY B. KILBOURN.
Clzairmrm WommI’s Work Commiltee-.

I<AI.I-IAsi<.\’s REPORT.

The following facts were obtained from
the secretary’s annual report of Kalkaska
Pomona Grange No. 37.

January I, 1894., we had 21 membership
of 35, consisting of I3 sisters and 22 broth-
ers. November 20, 1894, we have a mem-
bership of 43, consisting of 16 sisters and
27 brothers.

We have held meetings with Boardman
Valley Grange, No. 664, Februar 20 and
21; With Excelsior Grange, No. 92, May
I5 and 16; with Clearwater Grange, No.
674, August 21 and 22; and a special meet-
ing with Helena Grange, No. 676, at Alden,
Antrim county, Och 11 and 12-

These meetings have all had nearly a
full attendance of their members and a
fair representation of fourth degree mem-
bers. We have had full houses at all open
sessions, and from reports of subordinate
Granges, general interest manifest, from
the deep interest taken in our lectures,-

dollars ($.i) were"

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descriptions of 30,000

now buying,

WORTH ANYT

copy?
THE BUYERS GUIDE

are talking about: you

Hltoll6

Is a book containing illustrations, prices and

articles in common use,

abook that will show you at a glance if you
are paying too much for the goods you are

HING TO YOU?

Is it worth the 15 CENTS in stamps re-
quired to pay postage or express charges on a

AND CATALOGUE ( issued

every March and September) is the book we

are not safe without a

copy of the latest edition in the house.

MONTGOMERY WEIRD & co.,

Michigan Ave., Chicago-

In writing mention THE GRANGE Vtsrroiz.

gence with which they are handled and
received, we evolve the fact that the
Granges of this county were never in
as good condition, for active, intelligent
work as at the present time. V-Ve believe
from the plans laid for work during the
ensuing year, and from the true Grange
spirit with which the work is taken in hand,
that this will be a year in which the Grange
interests of our county will make a perma-
ncnt advancement.

D. P. ROSENIiER(},

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[ON [A l’Ol\10N.\,

lonia Pomona held its Deceinber meet-
ing with Banner Grange. The obituary of
Sister Harty Hunt \Voodman was read
in sorrow with the deepest sympathy for
Brother]. J. VVoodman and family in their
sad bereavement, also with the State Grange
in their loss, especially in woman's work
committee.

The first topic for discussion was, VVould
the interestslof the people be better served
by paying the sheriffs a salary instead of
fees? It created quite a sensation and was
well handled by our western district dele-
gate to State Grange L. E. Hall, also by
other members. Our eastern delegate came
in later, but had a voice on the subject. It
was decided that the taxpayer's best inter-
ests are served by paying sheriffs a salary.
After recess there was a song by Brother
Bemis, assisted in music by Sister Bemis,
“ Don’t count the chickens before they are
hatched.” We elected as delegate to State
Grange, Brother Henry Hall and wife.

The next question discussed was, Do
corporations that pay specific taxes pay
much less than the law designs? It brought
forth a lively discussion from most of the
brothers. The next question was, As a
general rule are farmers’ farms too large
to have a good exhibition of husbandry?

Every farmer present was asked to give
the most profitable and the most unprofit-
able farm crop we have raised during the
past season. Some said potatoes, others,
apples, peaches, butter and eggs.

The sisters were called upon to tell the
best way to bake a turkey, as one was
needed at a banquet on New Year’s day.
Also, if there was money in broilers. It
was said there is not if we are obliged to
sell in Ionia markets for Io cents per pound,
and buy in Connecticut markets for 20
cents per pound. This brought forth an
interesting talk by Brother Wooster on
raising fowls and feeding wheat, which was
very profitable with him.

A closing song ended a very interesting
meeting. We meet with Berlin Center
Grange if Berlin Center Grange has no
objection to next meeting of Ionia Pomona.

- MRS. ANNIE R. BARNARI),
Lecturer.

 

The depositors of th Central Michigan
Savings bank will hold a meeting at Grange
hall, opposite Hotel Downey, Christmas
forenoon at 10:30 o'clock, to decide what
action, if any, they desire to take to pro-
tect their interests. Parties interested are
invited to attend.

 

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PRESSES OF ROBERT SMITH & 00..

and topics of discussion, and the intelli-

LANSING, MICK.

RAND RAPIDS II: INDIANA R. B. (‘-0.
Schedule in effect Nov. 25, 1894.

TRAINS GOING NORTH.

  
  
 
 
 
   
 
  

Stations. 1 No. 3. No. 5.  No. 7
Chicago..__._____ ll30pIn 
Detrpit__._ 8-ifiprn 1
Cincinnati is 30 p m 1
Richmond.__ 11 25 p m ;

Fort Wayne. ', A 30 am .
Kalamazoo..___.__j §50am '

Gd. Rapidsg f; 1 J  1

H_oward _City _____ _; Q 00 a In

Big RapIda__ - ' 10 00 3, m

Reed City. 10 20 a m

l‘adillac _. 11 50 a m

Walton. Ii 40 p In

Traverse City. ,___,  ; l20p m 1100 p m
Manceloua _____ __l 4189.111 1 22Opm 7’ V
Pet.os_key__, . ._,g ">40ain llfipm
Mackinaw Cit-y____1 '7 10 a in 4 40 p In

 

. No. 3_ has sleeping car, Grand Rapids to Mack-
inaw City. _ _

No. 5 has sleeping car Fincinnnati to Grand
gatpids. Parlor car Grand Rapids to Mackinaw
.1 y.

(‘_l;lo. 7 has parlor car Grand Rapids to Traverse
.i y.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

 

   

   

Stations. No. 8 No. 6. No. 2.
Mackinaw City_.._ 7-10am 900pm
Pet.oskey......_-_. Qlfiam 102OpIn
Mancelona _ _ . _ _ _. 10 45am 11.55am
'l‘raverceCity .... __ 600nm 1lO5am ________ ,_

800nm l2l5pm lloain

740nm 125pin 210nm

' 8.50am z3:'Ipm 320nm
BigRapida__- . 920aI.n 305 pm 350a.In
Howard (lity .... ,_ 10 10am 355nm 445nm
ea-B-pm-{:5 ‘£23: 2133: 2:22:
Kalamazoo..__..-_ tofipm ’l45pm 920ain
Fort Wayne.. 130pm 1115 pm l215pin
R_ich_Inond..._ ........ _. 330pm 445pm
I Cincinnati ........ _. 7 80 am '7 30pm
Chicago... . 900prn ________ __ zmpm
Detroit .................... _. 10 40 p In ________ __

No. 2 has sleeping car from Mackinaw City and
Petoskey to Grand Rapids.
No. 6 has parlor car Mackinaw City to Grand

nati.

No. 8 has buffet parlor car Grand Rapids to
Chicago via Kalamazoo, arriving in Chicago at;
9 . 1%, and chair car from Traverse City to Grand

pi B.
t‘-. L. LOOKWOOD. G. P. (E? T. A.,
Grand Rapids.

       
      
  

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c WITH THE MODEL .
INCU BATOR.

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Hotelier made. ‘ Clrculun Free.
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Rapids. Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Cincin-_

no, A No. 1 FARM
-‘ HARNESS

Made of first-class stock and
warranted, nnd III Hud-
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Hlruesl st wlmlesnle pried
and ship anywhere on“:
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