Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-01-11
[.win. the Presidential nomination.

| lG0vernGr; emphasizes the increasing
| Importance of the problem of main
ttaining the improved roads as com
pared with their original construe-
ton. The repair of roads In this
state during the fiscal year cost ST.
sos, ,765. Colonel Stevens declared that
as the question of maintaining good
roads involves both financial and en-
gineering questions, the State must
sooner or later adopt their system of
State Highways. In general, he be-
lieyes, this should follow the system
| in France, which is composed of nat
ional, departmental and communal
roads. Applying this system to CON
ditions in New Jersey, Commissioner
Stevens shows that it would cores
pond to a system of State highways,
county roads and borough roads.
| Not only are the forest conditions
in New Jersey improving but forest
fires have been less destructive than
former years. Many penalties have
been imposed during the past year
for violations of laws which are being
strictly enforced by the State For
estry Commission and much work has
been accomplished in planning for
shade trees in various sections of the
State. These facts are given in the
annual report of the Forestry Com
mission just submitted to Governor
Wilson. Seven years ago when the
Commission was created the report
says that the woodlands of New Jer-
sey were so degraded that few be-
lieved it possible for the remnant to
be saved. Reckless cutting and for
est fires were chiefly responsible for
this condition. Today, through work
of this Commission, the situation is
far more promising The State forest
preserves now aggregate nearly H.
900 acres.
The State Bureau of Shell Fisher
les with the endorsement of the oy-
stermens of the State, has made for
NAL protest to the order of the Nat
ional Board of Food and Drugs In
lspection against the transhipment of
oysters which have been ioated. The
oystermen of New Jersey take issue
with the Board respecting the reason
ablenesS of the order, claiming that
the process as practiced in New Jer-
sey does not in any manner detract
from the helpfulness of the oysters.
Chief Charles R. Bacon, of the Bu-
reau, has written the authorities at
Washington asking for hearing on
the protest before the order is put
into effect.
Secretary of State Samuel D. Dick
fr,c 49, Ill IL. IL ~
party may, under the Geran election
law nominate a candidate for Presi-
dent of the United States, the name
to be placed on the primary ticket
next May, notwithstanding his party
has never polled five per cent of the
total vote The decision is based
upon the language of Section of the
Geran act which provides that ut
shall be lawful for not less than l.
900 voters of a political party in this
state to file petition with the Secre-
tary of State etc. The decision will
permit the Prohibitionists to partici-
pate in the Presidential preference
feature OF the new law by filing the
proper petition with the Secretary of
State, signed by not less than 1000
voters of this party.
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The relation of agriculture to the
high cost of living will be discussed
under several important topics at the
annual meeting of the State Board of
Agriculture in the State House, jan
II, 1S and 10. DR.. j. G. Lipman, Di-
rector of the State Experiment Sta
tion at New Brunswick, will speak on
New Jersey Agriculture, it's prob
lens and their solution" DR.. H. w.
Collingwood Editor of the Rural New
Yorker. will present the topic "The
farmers share of the consumers dol
lar" Professor G.. F. Warren, of
Cornell University will discuss Farm
management, illustrating his talk
with the stereopticon. Some of the
other topics to be discussed are sTu-
berculosis in animals" Milk Prob
lens; items in the cost of production
.Milk Ordinances ais effecting cost of
| production" State road problems
waterways as a means of transport
| ing farm products and the govern
ment introduction of foreign plants
will also be presented.
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4 Inc annual report OF the Board OF
Managers Of the Tuberculosis Sani-
torium in Glen Garden shows that
393 patients received treatment DUR
ing the past year for period of more
than one month. OF these, 46 appar-
emily have been cured, the disease ar
rested in the case of 148, and ISL pat
tents have shown improvement. Nc
/ improvement was shown in az cases
and there were deaths. AS show
ing the effect of the crusade against
the White Plague, Superintendent
Samuel B. English says that most OF
the patients at the institution come
from those centres in the state in
which treatment of the disease has
been brought permanently before the
public
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The New Jersey State library now
has on its shelves 83,441 books and
pamphlets, or nearly double the num-