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THE GRANGE
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WASHINGTON GRANGE
fnnual Meeting at North Yakima Dis
ctieeed Important Matters.
Washington is one, of the gwng»
states that holds its anhual meeting in
the eariy summer Instead of the rigor
ous winter. The session year was.
held: at North Yakima and was well
attended. State Master G. B. Kegley
gave a. strong address, in which he set
forth policies of the grange, in this
strongly progressive grange state in
moet forceful words.
It appears from the secretary's re
port that the receipts of the year, in
cluding cash on hand at the beginning
of the year, were $11,128.88 and that
the cash balance on hand May 31,
1914, was $4,350.00. The state grange
paid national grange dues to the
amount of $830.69. It cost $2,101.72 to
publish its official paper
Among the resolutions adopted of
general Interest was one to the effect
that the time limit- for the session of
the national grange should not exceed
one week. It was stated that the cost
of the annual sessions for the past
three years has averaged over $11,000
each, and therefore it was believed
that the session should be shortened.
Another resolution opposed repre
sentation in the state legislature by
nontaxpayers. The state tax table
showed that seventeen representatives
and two senators pay no taxes at all,
that twenty-eight representatives and
three senators pay less than $10 each
and that forty representatives and six
senators pay less than $25 each. The
average per capita for both houses
was $25.27.
I The grange indorsed the bill now
pending before congress known as S.
