New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-24
JERSEYHEN TELL ABOUT FARMING
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION IN WASHINGTON
HEARS THEIR TESTIMONY
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Washington. June 23.-Richman Coles. OF Woods
town. was heard by the Industrial Commission
this morning on New-Jersey farming interests
The examination was chiefly carried on by Repre-
sentative Gardner The witness said in part:
The value Of the farms has been Increased by
the equipment The aggregate earnings forty or
amount OF labor is possibly smaller now, and
wages have advanced for the amount OF WORK
done The tax upon land is as equitable as
get H. The agricultural colleges and experiment. tai
stations have been Of great benefit 10 the farming
community. although all OF the farmers have not
In reply to Commissioner kennedy. Mr. Coles
said that he did not know personally If there was
a milk trust. He had seen the statement IN some
OF the agricultural journals.
we can grow almost anything suitable to the
you occupy the whole We ship to New
York and Boston. as well to Philadelphia and
Wilmington The selling price Is less than Il was
twenty years ago. The average wheat yield last
year was eighteen bushels; OF the previous year,
twenty-five bushels The average price OF wheat heat
for potatoes is heavy. Without fertilizng. twelve
con- crops c OF S eG 81 TO is ABOUT
81 90 ranging from 81 to s.. Fertilizers are paid
for by the potato crop. Corn yields sixty to sew
surplus being sold at from 20 10 80 cents"
s C pec9 e believed ag Would Sn aV he Tn
States 1900 6o0 or 100000 coO the OF money
A farm can be bought today in New-Jersey. he
said and with good management the farmer can
1--we well on Il and pay interest on the money in
vested. The farmers have fairly good homes and
have horses and carriages. They live about as well
as other people
AT the afternoon sitting S. B. Ketchum. Of Pen
ningtOn. said ne thought the amount OF labor en-
pl0yed In New-Jersey to-day is about the same as
thirty or forty years ago. because OF additional
land being put under cultivation and more intensi-
fed farming.
About Trenton the farmers have TO get most Of
their Dor from Virginia. This colored labor is
not trusted with the OF complicated farm ma
chnery. a large number Of these men go back TO
Virginia in the fall. and appear again for work on
April /. They get from $40 10 SD a month and
board.
Mr. Ke:chum said he not enthusiast
the subject Of introducing instruction In agri-
culture In the public schools. many OF the chill
dren are in villages whore they will not eventually
engage in agriculture. He said the valuation OF
farm lands is placed higher than property in the
cities for the purposes OF taxation
Assemblyman Roger F. Murray Of Plainfeld, IS
an honest reliable weil-meanng gentleman; all
that he needs TO make him a model lawmaker are
toe weights. He Is prone to interfere and break.
-(Trenton State Gazette
But with toe weights Roger Franklin Murray
would not be able to bob up he does now
and scatter terror among the lobbyists and keep
the corporation advocates on the run. He is
somewhat OF free lance. and that is why the
people Of New-Jersey want Union County to
send him back to the Assembly.