THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, ft
GRANGERS
IN SESSION
(Continued from Pag One.)
Lsdd. Mra. M. M. Wllaon and lira. H. E.
Win.
Education George 8. Ladd. chairman;
O- H. Wood. O. Gardner, Mra. Anna O.
daunt. Mra. G. C. Norrls and Mrs. M.
Louise Bell. -
Transportation Ramuel H Derby,
chairman; George B. Horton. J. O. Wing.
Mra. Corlnne A. Gardner. lira Emma J.
Newromb and Mrs. Laura T. Rasp.
Good of ths Order A. C. Powers,
chairman: J. B. Ager. H. O. Hartley, Mrs.
Mary E. Wood, Mra. M. W. Jones.
Foreign Relations F. P. Woleott,
chairman; A. C. Powere, O. Gardner,
Mrs. Emms J. Newcomb snd Mrs E M.
Derby.
Agriculture G. B. Horton, chairman;
H. C Rasp, Oliver Wilson. Mrs. Flora
Leedy. Mrs. Mary K. Powers and Mrs. C.
R. F. Ladd.
Public Highways F. A. Derthlclt.
chairman; C. J Bell. H. O. Hadley. Mra.
SB. Wolcott, Mrs. E. M. Derby and Mrs.
M. M. Wilson.
Taxation .1. n. Ager. chairman;
George W. Balrd, George B. Ladd, Mrs.
Sarah P. M&rchant. Mrs Nettle C. Had
ley and Mrs. 8.JB. Wolcott
MASTER'S ADDRESS.
safssj Important Sngffestlona sad Rec
ommendations Made by Aaron Jones.
The annual address of Aaron Jones,
master of the National Grange, was de
livered this afternoon. It was listened
' to with close attention, and the sugges
tions and recommendations brought
forth spprobatlve applause. The address
follows:
'To the officer and members of the
National Grange: We have assembled
In snnual session for the first time In
the history of our order In the beautiful
city of Portland, the commercial me
tropolis of Oregon, sltuste In the Wil
lamette valley, famed throughout the
world for Its fertility of soil. Its pic
turesque scenery. Its pleasant homes,
and the enterprise and energy of Its
people. There are more states repre
sented by delegates than ever before
aasembled at any meeting In this city.
Every New England stats . Is here, the
sunn, south, as well as the central ag
ricultural states. A majority of sll the
fates.
"We are not surprised thst the patrons
of the Pacific states and' ths citizens of
Oregon, Washington and California,
unite in extending to us s cordial and
hearty welcome. With their warm
hearts, genial natures and material in
terests, they could not afford to do
otherwise.
"Our order is a national one, national
.in all Its work, knowing no north, no
south, no east, no west. United by the
silken cord of fraternity it is laboring
to make nappies and more prosperous
homes on ths hilts and in the valleys of
.New England, amid the sugar, rice ami
cotton fields of the south, ths 'corn,
whest and pastural lands of ths central
states, as wall as to Increase the sun
shine and prosperity of the farm homes
of our brothers snd sisters who live In
the fertile valleys fanned by ths breeses
.of the Pacific ocean. It is the purpose
of this great fraternity to increase hap
piness in the t.sOO.000 fsrm homes, snd
Ineke Sgrietriture more prosperous In sll
parts of our . glorious country. It has
till higher and grander objects, smong
. which are. to elevate the standard of
Intelligence among the farming popula
tion, and to inspire in them more ex
alted ldess of cltlsenshln.
"Success fii agriculture cannot ha se
cured by physical labor alone Ths
methods of the past wilt not win success
now. Past methods have exhausted the
fertility of the aotl to an alarming ex
tent. Such system roust be adopted
aa will restore lost fertility and Increase
It. The grange Is tne school where
this system should be taught. This im
plies, which Is true, that successful ag
riculture has been transformed from a
business of physical labor mainly to
one dominated by Intellectual forces.
Knowledge of the great laws governing
oil management, vegetable and animal
growth, applied science In the culture
of lend, breeding and feeding or domes
tic animals. The farmers of todsy and
the future must be students, and the
grange the school snd the medium for
the exchange of Information and meth
ods between farmers, that all may profit
by the knowledge gained by each. This
Is practical co-operation, that is proflt
sbl alike to ths . farmers and to all
peopls,
"The American farmers are face to
faos with a system of fsrm management
that exhausts the fertility of their soil
from year to yesr. They sre face to
face with a scale of exchange values of
commodities, professional and official
isle r lcs relatively too high as com
pared with prices of farm producta The
one must be lowered or the other raised,
or farming will cease to be profitable
or an honorable business. These condi
tions are serious snd menace our repub
lican institutions.
The Orange Wants Protection.
"Under our American system capital
employed In manufacturing and every
other branch of productive industry has
some protection against the cheep labor
of the world. Farmers must Insist
upon equal favors from the government.
snd protection from discriminations In
transportation and unequal taxation.
"Farmers must fsrm batter, put more
of their land into meadows snd perma
nent pastures, grow mora stock, mske.
savs and apply more manure, plow less.
cultivate better, grow larger crops of
better quality, and prepare then to meet
i he demands of the market. Grow rela
tively less of the staple agricultural
crops whose prices sre fixed by the
peons snd serfs of the cheap lands of
the world. Farmers Should realise that
It is more profitable to allow part of
their land to lie In permanent pastures
than to grow crops snd sell tor less than
cost. Mines are closed snd ths wheels
of factories cease to revolve when they
ceaae to pay a profit. Why should not
farmers act on ths same principle?
"In ths matter of the distribution
snd sale of the products of the farm, we
confront the most difficult problem con
nected with the successful management
of ths farm. Msmbers of ths grange
must courageously grappls with this
problem. Conditions will never be
come batter until the farmers devise
better snd mors economic methods than
now In use.
Substantially apery stats in the
Union has evidence of grange thought
and Influence in equitable laws passed
and now in force, on taxation, trans
portation, Insurance, pure food and va
rious protective measures.
"No one can fully state or even ap
proximately estimate the value of these
various laws to ths farming Interests
of this country and to ths public wel
fare. It Is safe to say that the laws
secured by grange influence are worth
billions of dollars to ths American peo
ple, snd to the farmers alone hundred
of millions or dollars.
"In the future ss lh the past our
order will stand for social progress, for
education, for fraternity, for better ag
ricultural methods arid conditions, for
equity in business, unitedly demanding
such legislation as will prpmate the
welfare of all the people. This' legisla
tion was. considered, approved and
urged at the thirty-third, thirty-fourth.
thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth and thirty
seventh session of the National Grange.
"For the arguments In support of ths
leg! Station demanded, I respectfully re-
far to the Journal of proceedings of the
thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth,
thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh annual
sessions and ths action of ths various
committees and ths sddresss of the leg
islative committee to ths congress of
the United States.
Free delivery of metis in the
P. "P. NEWELL DIED
AT SALEM YESTERDAY
Was Well Known Railroad Con
ductor and Had Many
Friends in This City.
After two years of 111 health. P. - P.
Newell died yesterday at Salem at the
age of S3 years. Us was for many years
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8IC CONSOLIDATION
IS NOW PLANNED
All Fraternal Insuranoe Societies
May Soon Be Under
One Head.
WOULD EFFECT GREAT
SAVING TO THE MEMBERS
Over Three Hundred Orders in
the Country aid Many
Represented Here.
Newell.
well known as a conductor on the O.
a N. company lines, running out of La
Grande. The body was brought to this
eity and funeral services wsre held this
afternoon, conducted by Rev. 8. K.
Memmlnger at Flnley's undertaking es
tablishment. Ths remains will be in
terred st Union, Or. Mr. Newell leaves
a widow snd ons child. A brother, Fred
Newell, Is In the railway service at 8t
Louis. F. P. Newell was a member of
the Order of Railway Conductors.
"Twenty-one Years of Successful Business'
The
Red Front
We desire to announce that
we positively Intend to re
tire from business In Port
land by JANUARY I, 1903,
and offer our entire stock
of merchandise, good will,
lease, fixtures, agencies,
etc., FOR SALE.
FOR SALE
Handsome residence of our
MR. R. PR AGER, South
east corner Ella and Everett
Streets. Apply at Store.
A. J. PR AGER Sb SON
269 and 271 Morrison Street
rural districts, and that the service be
placed on the same permanent footing
as ths delivery of malls in ths cities,
and ths appropriations be commensurate
with the demands and ths benefits of
the service
"i. Provide for postal savings banks.
"3. Submit gn amendment to the
constitution providing for ths election
of United States senators by direct vote
of the people.
"4. Submit an amendment to -the con
stitution granting the power to con
gress to regulate and control all cor
porations and combinations, preventing
monopoly and ths use of their corpor
ate power 4b restrain trad or arbitrarily
establish prices. r
"I. Enlarge the powers and duties
of the Interstate commerce commission,
giving It authority to determine what
changes shall be mads in, or practice
to be discriminative or unreasonable,
and their findings to he Immediately
operative, and so to continue until over
ruled by the courts.
"(. Regulate ths use of shoddy.
7. tenact pare food laws.
"8. Provide for ths extension of the
markets for farm products equally with
manufactured articles.
. . Ths enactment of ths anti-trust
la,w, clearly defining what acta on ths
part of any corporation would bo
detriments to public welfare.
"10. i The speedy construction of a
ship canal connecting the Mississippi
river with the great lakes and ths
great lakes with the Atlantic ocean,
"11. Revising the fees and salaries
of all federal officers, and placing them
on a basis of similar service in private
business.
"12. Provide for parcels post, tale
phone and telegraph in the mall service.
"It. Provide for national and state
aid to Improve the public highways.
Will Frees For Proper Legislation.
'1 again recommend to the several
Stat granges that they continue to urge
upon their respective state legislatures
ths enactment of spproprlats legislation
on ths following important matters:
"1. Anti trust law and provision for
stats Inspection of sll corporations. -
"J. Secure law on taxation that will
compel sll property to bear Its Just pro
portion of taxation.
"3. Purs food law.
"4. Provide state railway commis
sion with full power of fixing maximum
rate for freight and passenger service
on sll railways subject to their jurisdiction.
. Such a revision of the fees snd
salaries as will plsce them on an equit
able basis. i
"Farmers should press their claims
from yesr to year until the legislation
eought is secured, and hold their rep
resentatives in stats legislatures arid In
congress officially and personally re
sponsible for their action on all meas
ures affecting agricultural Interests.
The road to success In legislative m al
tera Is found only In remaining cour
teous, persistent, firm and unyielding In
demands, and emphasising them with
all the power we possess as citlsens."
GOSSIP OF THE GRANGE.
rate Patrons of Husbandry Who Btajid
Mlgh la the Order.
George B. Horton of Fruit Ridge,
Mich., Is master granger of that state.
and It Is said hs Is the most Indefati
gable worker In the order, To him and
his energy ths existence of more sub
ordinate granges are due than to any
other cause. While operating extensive
ly In agricultural and branch industries
in his home state, he finds tlms to de
vote to the good of the order. He holds
the rank of head of the seventh degree.
snd Is the author and custodian of that
degree. He is accompanied on hla trip
to the coast by Mrs. Horton.
B B. Norrls. master grasger of the
stats of New York. Is a delegate. Mr.
Norrls is a prominent politician In the
Umpire state, snd at ons time was can
didate for state treasurer on ths Demo
cratic ticket. Hla candidacy, however,
met the fate of thst of meat other
Democrats at the last election. Mr.
Norrls Is accompanied by his wlfs. They
reside st Ixxlus.
Mrs. K 8. McDowell of Roma, N. T..
Is treasurer of ths National Grange,
succeeding her husband In that position
la lift. Its held the position from the
time of the organisation of the Grange
In 1147 untU lttt. when Ill-health com
pelled hla retirement. His wlfs wss Im
mediately sleeted to the position, and
hss held It continuously slnas that time.
Hsr husband, by the wsy, wsS one of
the seven founders of the order. Mrs.
McDowell has kept the books of ths or
der sines its organisation.
The consolidation of all ths fraternal
insurance societies of the United States
Is confidently looked for. The prelimi
nary work has been dons which will re
duce the fraternal orders In ths country
from 300 to oas sixth that number or
less.
This Is the Opinion of Francis I. Mc
Kenna, one of the most enlightened secret-society
men on the coast.
"There were about 100 corporation or
'old-line Insurance companies in this
country, which number has dwindled to
about 60, snd In my Judgment the 104
fraternal Insurance orders will simmer
down to 60, or less," said Mr. McKenna,
who Is editor of the Artisan, ths organ
of the United Artisans.
"Portland msmbers of fraternal Insur
ance orders are taking a lively Interest
in ths matter. There are in the neigh
borhood of 10,000 members of these or
ders In Portland, and a consolidation
under one management would create the
moat powerful organisation In ths city.
Far from being enrolled under one ban
ner, the msmbers are now distributed
among, about 75 societies, chiefly secret
orders. The leading five of these m nu
merical strength, locally, rank as fol
lows: Woodmen of the World. United
Artisans, Ancient Order of United Work
men. Knights of ths Mac oa bees. Modern
Woodmen of America.
"There are thousands of members In
all insurance orders who favor consoli
dation," continued Mr. McKenna, but the
main obstacle to union is that the young
er orders think they cannot afford to go
in with the oldr ones those that by
reason of long running on Insufficient
assessments for death losses are facing
big deficits and are not In condition to
come In on an equal footing. I believe
that consolidation would be a good
thing If It could he accomplished on an
equitable basis, but It may not be done
for soma yeara If all the fraternal in
sura nee societies 300 of them were
amalgamated under one management, an
enormous bill of expense would be cut
off. and this annual aavlng. If placed In
a reserve fund, would In a few years ren
der such a monster Insurance organisa
tion Invincible. .The salaries of mors
than a thousand high officers would do
saved to the membership; Naturally
enough, these officers are opposed to the
consolidation Idea. They do not want to
be amalgamated out of a Job.'
"The trouble with fraternal insurance
societies." says Mr. McKenna, "la that
they are not collecting enough money
from their members to mast ths necessi
ties of the future in- other words, they
aro Ignoring the need for piling np a re
serve fund.
"Only thoss orders that provide a large
reserve fund will stand the tost of time,"
he says. "They make the mistake of
sending men to their conventions who
have not the necessary technical knowl
edge of the Insurance business, and these
men make the laws under ' which the
buelness end of the fraternity must be
conducted. Men who have only ordinary
Information on the subject are selected
and rushed off to a convention, and do
not know what they are there tot. It
would ha aa logical for a newspaper to
call a convention of delegates from Its
subscribers to meet and say how the
business office should manage Its af
fairs. The result would bo that the
paper would soon have to close Its
doors."
The fraternity papers ars discussing
the consolidation Idea in every state, and
their columns ars full of communication
from members who desire to express
their views on the subject.
BOISE CITY IS NOW
A LONE COMPETITOR
Portland Will Certainly Be
Chosen as Meeting Place
for Irrigationists.
(Joonwl Special Serrlca.)
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 14. The second
dsy's session of the ltth annual con
vention of the National Irrigation con
gress opened with an lucres sod attend
ance.
While Denver and Log Angeles have
withdrawn from the race for the next
convention as s part of ths campaign to
let It go to Portland. Boise continues In
ths race. There Is little chance, how
ever, of Boise's winning. Senator New
lands of Nevada will probably be the
next president of the congress.
The day's program was full of prom
ise, msny Interesting papers being sched
uled in the several sections,
Ths subjeets for the dsy were "Pro
duction by Irrigation," on which the
principal papers wsre read by W. J.
Solllman of the department of agricul
ture and Professor Thomas Shaw of
St. Paul, Minn.
In the "Engineering- and Mechanics"
section W. C. Mendenhail discoursed in
terestingly on "Underground Waters of
Bouthern California." giving practicable
tdeaa upon the bringing of adequate
supply to the surface.
Professor A. C. McAdis of ths Pacific
coast weather bureau addreesed the
"Climatology" section on 'Wet and Dry
Seasons In California and Arlxona."
Forestry brought out papers of un
usual Interest by exports.
Ths afternoon session wss devoted to
RATIONAL TREATMENT
Stomach
Discard Injurious Drugs
filycozoite
A. Harmless Powerful
Endorud by LtoJing Phjmtim.
Send twenty-five cents to pay postage
on h'rtt TruU BottU. Sold by leading,
druggists.
mot etnutas without at isaarsss:
MM PRINCE ST.. NEW YOUR.
w-'ti wm Pitts tsooeajrr eat rUism Tm&nawm
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Iff WIMIM KM
LOVELY WOMAN, JUST BECAUSE
HEI TEETH ARE BEAUTIFUL
Art yea solus to bars your teeth asset
V net, why not? Don't you know that your
success la Ufe depend, apoa yesr appear
aaee sad health without sped teeth yea
eejiedort nortselip poos steasa
dlsvstlon roe soon base as a serves wreck
and year ebanees la Ufe are few. Don't
si It is bacanaa tou sre f raid of beinc
hart in e deatal chair; that la ss looser
aa sees reaueaa
at there Is so ess
."ST.
as eiesse, tor dentistry
fa) sues s Sue science thi
far MB to suffer durlut da
If rosr teeth are not what roe weald
to have them. Just tep In when yea are
down town sad hsr s talk wits m It
will coat yea nothing If too do set
work done, sad s sot lee will be
an moral eg to yea. Beowber. I save the
Isrgest and best eonlpped dec
the Pacific coast sad a lady t
who will make yon feel at betas st
Ofase Jfaaia 4 a. m. to p.
togs T:0 to I e'olaes. I
Dr. B. E. Wright's
Dental Office
MtlM WASHIMOTOX ST.. 00. TTK.
rasa Mela
resit eftee Itasalaff hid... taleta, 0.
papers on similar subjeets, one of the
most Interesting being that in the "For
estry" section by Colonel William M.
Bloesen of Nordhof f. Cel., on "Ths Plans
of Firs Protection of the Santa Barbara
Forest Reserve."
Tt
The public Is Invited to visit ths new
building of the Men's Resort and Peo
ple's institute, corner Fourth and Burn
side streets, which opens for public In
spection Saturday at 7:30 a. m. This
building, with the lot on Which it stands,
represents an Investment of 40.000 In
an institutional Christian enterprise of
the First Presbyterian church of this
city. Its work Is carried forward on
such broad philanthropic lines that sll
who are Interested In the moral welfare
of the district to which its ministers
will be glad to know of the reopening
Of the Institution under such favorable
circumstances.
TO J
Charles Tuttle stols a pair of eboes
worth IS, waa arrested by Detective
Hartman. charged with larceny and was
this morning sent to ths county Jsll for
v a ay s oy Municipal Juage iioi
gue.
JOB
Judge Bears this morning granted a
non-suit in the' case of John Blust. a
lineman, who sued the Pacific States
Telephone company for ftS.000 damages.
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every new and artistic form exquisite cutting and of the
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NOTE For the closing days of this week we offer
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and enriched by reason of this sale. A few pieces well se
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We make prompt and free delivery to all parts of the
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