The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-02
CHICAGO FAIR ROW.
New jerseys Commission
Tangled Up With the
State Board Of
Agriculture
THE FARMERS IGNORED.
Plans to Prevent a Repetition of
New Orleans Fiasco Ruth
lessly 0yerthroWn.


TRENTON. May 2. 1891 There 10 every
indication Of a row, between the New
Jersey Chicago Fair Commission and the
State Board OF Agricnlture. over the
agricultural exhibit TO be made in the
Columbian Exposition. At the Centen-
nial and the New Orleans exhibitions, the
New Jersey Agricultural exhibit was
disgrace to the State. and rs New Jersey
is classed as the second agricultural
State in the Union, this necessarily re-
fects on the enterprise of the farmers.
The State Board Of Agriculture, having
this defect in mind, began last fall 70
plan for an exhibit st Chicago that
would be worthy Of the State The Execu-
tive Committee OF the Board, which
freely discussed the matter at the several
meetings, devised plan which was la1d
before the Governor IN detail.
JUDIcIoUs HASTE
Their haste to get 10 work was reason
able according TO the facts that they pre-
seuted. Being desirous Of making an ex
tensive cereal display. as well as fruit and
vegetable, it was necessary to begin
planting special crops this spring. and such
varieties as were agreed upon were TO
be raised by several specialists. 30 that II
crop failed in one part Of the State
there was q chance OF its being successful
In another section. The COMMITTEES dos
ignated many Of the varieties that they
wanted 70 show. but they could never get
any satisfaction, because no legal pro-
vision had been made for New Jerseys
part in the Chicago fair. They were then
obliged 70 wait until the permanent Stats
Commission was created. This has been
accomplished. but in the selection Of the
Commission, the State Board Of Agricul-
ture was ignored, and not one Of it,
members was named. nor was . farmer
selected.
A FALSE MOVE
At the meeting OF the Commission held
on Tuesday last, during the progress Of
the discussion on the agriculture exhibit,
the tenor Of the remarks indicated that
there was disposition 10 give this part
Of the work to the Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, which Is part Of the State
College at New Brunswick,
The assignment VIII probably be made
at the next meeting. Tnis will ignore
the Agricultural Bureau, for the State
Board bears that relation 10 the State,
existing as it does on State appropria-
ton, having . permanent secretary, with
Office In the State House. 1t is repre-
sentative body, being a Capitalization Of
81. ssS
bership comes from the County Boards,
which are made up Of the farmers resid-
ing in every township. The Patrons OF
Husbandry are also represented in the
State Board. as are the State Horticulture
al Society and the State Poultry Assoc
citation.
TIE BOARDS CASE STATED.
The officers of the State Board are NOS
in good humor over the outlook Edward
Burroughs, the President, in an interview
said. THE Commission are not aware OF
the trouble that existed at the Centennial
and New Orleans fairs, aud how meanIy
this State was represented IL looks now
as If they were gong to walk into another
scrape of the same sort. II the Stats
Board Is ignored, it will In turn ignore
the Commission. The State EXPERIMENT.
Station has a right to make an exslbit of
Us experimental work. which is not In the
line OF growing crops That f-or9
belongs to the farmers. We viii not 40
anything to prevent the Experiments
Station, securing what it wants, but We
viii not act as body. We have presented
our idea Of what the exhibit should be and
the Governor Is familiar with It. Icanno5
say whether he has turned over our plans
to the Commission or not. personally
have sad experiences in the work OF the
former exhibibitions In which the State
par ticipared For the New Orleans fair,
we had To 20 about and pick up the
best we could at the county fairs Il
looks reasonable that the organized far
mers should be the proper people 70 make
up this display. 1t strikes me that the
farmers will not enter into this matter
with the enthusiasm that has character
lied their interest so far, and it Is mat
ter to be regretted The possibilities Of
New Jersey are more or less unknown,
and believe that If there is cooperation
all around. the exhibit of what the soil OF
this State can produce, will surprise many
of the Western States"