The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
house in Trenton nay experience has
clearly demonstrated.

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clearly demonstrated.
Our Agricultural interests.
In 1900 the value of the field crops
and milk in our state was but $24,-
100000, while in 1909 they exceeded
! $59,O00,000, an increase of over 100
per cent.
What the farmer of today needs
most is education along moderrplines
If we had a state farm, conducted on
the most approved modern lines and
raising the profitable crops that could
be visited and it's methods studied for
practical instruction, good results
would follow. Skilled farmers esti-
mate that farm of this kind of mod
crate size would produce revenue
that would yield profit to the state
of several thousand dollars per year
over it's cost, besides being of meal
culable value by way of instruction
to the farmers of the state. Reasona-
BILE appropriations to aid agricultural
developments should be made.
Waters of the State.
By chapter 23S of the laws Of 1905 it
was made unlawful for any person or
corporation to transport fresh water of
this state into any other state for use
therein, and power was given by pro-
ceedings in the court of chancery to
enjoin any such attempted action.
The Hudson County Water company,
corporation created by our laws, not
withstanding this statute, attempted to
lay pipes for the purpose of transport
ing the waters mentioned in the statue
from this state to the borough of Rich
mond, in the state of New York.
At the relation of the attorney gen
eral a decree of the court of chancery
was made restraining said company,
and the same was affirmed in the court
of errors and appeals. The decision of
this latter court was taken by writ of
error to the supreme court of the Unit
ed States and affirmed.
No subject is of greater moment to
our people than the conservation of
our potable waters. No individual or
corporation should be permitted to
transport out of the state any water
within our territory; certainly not
without the permission of the water
supply commission or some other state
board.
| We should not permit the sale of
this necessity of life in any case where
it could in any way interfere with the
full and free water supply required
for our own people.
I not only recommend that the act
of 1905 be extended to subterranean
such waters, but / suggest that stat
ute be enacted making it INSIDE
meanor for any individual or corpora
tion to attempt to divert any of the
potable waters of the state for any
purpose to any point out of the state.
further recommend that a statute
be passed empowering the court of
chancery to enjoin for any entry upon
the lands of the state where such lands
are under the jurisdiction of the ripa-
rian commission as provided in sec
| lions % and 3S Of the riparian act.
tuberculosis.
BY joint resolution No. of the
laws of 1909 the legislature created
commission and appropriated $1,500
to promote the work of education in
fighting tuberculosis.
The management of the state insti-
tuition at Glen Gardner asks for a
sufficient sum to erect three shacks
that will house about twenty patients
each, and the state hospitals at Morris
Plains and Trenton and the Village
For Epileptics and the Home For Fee
BILE Minded Women each ask for a
small appropriation. All these re-
quests should be granted.
The locations Of any buildings for
the prevention or cure of tuberculosis
should be subject to the approval Of
the state board of health, and no
building for this purpose, whether
public or private, should be permit
ted to be established or maintained in
this state until the permission of that
board be irst obtained.
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