The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-24

FARMERS Do NOT WANT II;

| part OF the Session OF the Senate yesier-
| day afternoon was taken w WITH the
| beet sugar bounty bill. Senator Reea
| advocated the measure and said that the
| amount paid FOR the Importation OF SUI
| gar annually exceeds the value OF the en-
| tire wheat crop of this country, ana
| hence the importance of promoting an IN
| dustry promising a vast home production
of sugar. The bin proposed to set aside
$4,000 a year to be paid In lies OF y
a ton for the growing Of suA ssets. New
! Jersey soil was believed to be we'll adapt
ed to the growth of this class OF crep'
/ and in view of the almost ruinous west
ern competition with our grain output, a
new industry like this deserved every
encouragement
Senator w. NJ. johnson opposed the
measure because he saw no justice in Of
| fering a bounty for sugar production
any more than for any other industry.
| Why not subsidize the ema or the
| mechanic or the farmer who raises other
| crops than beets. He said the domain OF
The State did not extend to the subject
ait all. Besides $4,000 a year for fve
! wears meant a quarter of a million dollars
| out of the State Treasury, and it was all
on an experiment. If it were not the
farmers would not go into sugar raising
without any bounty. The bill could be
| taken advantage of only by a small num-
| Der, too, as only a small section of our
| soil was suitable.
Senator Foster of Hunterdon endorsed
| this view, and said that his acquaintance
with farmers, which extends TO almost
| every county, led him to believe that the
| bill was not wanted by the farmers The
milk of the cocoanut was that a syndi-
| cate which desired to fasten itself on the
| State like the Game Commission, was at
the bottom of it all. That syndicate was
to get SIS, 600 from the State to put up fac
tories on an experiment, and if it failed,
| the syndicate lost nothing. Farmers
| wouldn't average over a hundred pounds
of beets apiece. He said the soil was
not equal to Western soil for the, indus
| try. and therefore even if the new fad
| succeeded we couldn't compete with
| western farmers in this crop n more
| than in grain.
Senator Reed replied first to Senator
| Foster lily saying that he (Foster) hadn't
| heard from all the farmers. Besides, no
money woe to go towards the erection of
| factories. It was all for bounties. Large
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beet-raising; in fact, soil suitable for po-
| tatoes suited beets usually. Perhaps
Hunterdon county wasn't in it on that
score. AS to Senate Johnson's objection,
it was strange how constitutional and le-
| gal defects were always discernable in
bills intended for the armer's benefit,
but there was apparently no flaw in bills
voting $40, 600 for plans for a sewerage
plan in. Passaic county. If this expert
ment was not successful, no money would
be taken from the treasury
Senator Engle favored a varied hus-
bandry and wcsId welcome every new in
dustry that would add to the value Of
our farms. He had spent forty years
among farmers and knew they needed en-
-ccuragement just now. He saw this nvw
Industry thrive in California, where they
had to irrigate the land, and it would pay
here.
Senator Foster-s'If New Jersey can pro-
duce only 6 per cent. of sugar TO 10 per
cent. in the West. how can we make it
pav?"
Senator Engle replied that in that event
the industry would be abandoned.
Senator DAILY opposed all bounties on
Democratic PRINCIPLES.
Senator Francis favored the bill. which,
he said, was endorsed by the State Board
of Agriculture.
Senator Stokes said none of the money
was to go to sugar factories. He had in
Eserted an amendment combining the bounty
to the beet producers.
The bill pasased-12 to 7-Senators
Braun, Daily, Barber, Foster. w. NJ. John
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Vreeland not voting.
Senate 121, senate Francis anti-trad-
ing stamp bill. was advocated by its in
PRODUCER He said the trading stamp con-
Germ has extorted $40. 600 from the peo-
plexof the State without giving anything
in return. A similar bill has been intro
duced in Congress and others " been
passed by different States. The store
4 keepers were all against the practice, and
BIT should be prohibited in response to pub
lie demand.
Senator Daily tried to have the bill lald
over. but failed. He then opposed the
bill. contending that the business referred
to is a legitimate one. and that the Leg
~islature should not drive fair competition
out of the market. Had any of the pur-
chasing public been heard in opposition
to. trading stamps? People are not forced
to buy where trading stamps are offered.
but they go after them because they like
them.
Senator Francis said the ladies might
like them, but the husbands were tired
of them. Many had appealed to him for
relief.
Senator Daily said that if the trading
starnp business was a lottery, those ag-