Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-06-06
RECIPROCITY Law ATTACKED
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4ALIO4L EhVNA i LA " "A Il Il n In Ell
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900 in prizes for best corn prizes
not yet decided upon will be offered
for other products.
| Theodore Brown said Gloucester
county should have prizes for corn
and sweet potatoes.
Alexander p Owen read extracts
from various sources giving statistics
concerning immigration and the inn
mense foreign population in our large
cities Chicago, for instance, having
more Germans than any German city
except Berlin. Mr.. Owen said ninety
out of one hundred men who might
go to the farm because of what they
! saw at this exhibit would lose out I'VE
want the land for our own children
| and do not want them obliged to COM
! pete with the scum of our large cities
The last question introduced was
of especial interest-tsIn view of the
1 shortage of funds for road mainten-
ance owing to the automobile reci-
| procity bill would it not he well to
| petition our Road Commissioner to
have the money used so as to benefit
our local travel rather than the for
eign automobilistg
i William H. HOFFMAN felt there were
many and varied interests to be serv-
ed. Did not feel it was just or
brotherly to desire ones own town
ship or county improved and not feel
the same interest in the state. Penn
i sylvania the first of June, took 5000
miles of roads under state care. We
to our state; we have no right to dis
criminate against Atlantic City; we
want ito be neighborly; we want good
roads the more good roads the long
er they will last.
D. w. Sithens had been provoked
by the reciprocity law; felt it very
unjust and unfair. Let Pennsylvania
men pay license and let New Jersey
men pay in Pennsylvania. Every au-
to should be licensed and all auto
license money should go on the roads.
We need more of the appropriation in
South Jersey and less used in North
/ Jersey.
! Theodore Brown said: 1t is well
known fact that the money available
is not sufficient to build these roads
and how are we going to keep in re-
1 pair those we have? Our roads are
! being destroyed by those who are
contributing nothing for their sup
port.
! Mr.. Hoffman said tax commission
ers had been instructed to raise tax
on farms along improved roads from
five to ten dollars per acre.
George Horner said the money left
/ by tourists in Atlantic City benefited
the state but little.
Freeholder Haines asked that an
associate member of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders Joseph Best,
! of Woodbury., be allowed to speak On
/ this subject. Mr. Best said he did
not come to speak but to learn the
opinion of the farmers on this ques-
tion Personally he was willing to
pay for the use of the roads. Glou-
cester county last year had an appro-
priation of $4,000; this year we will
have but $4,000. How are we going
to repair our roads on this amount?
We are using too much local money
for some one else benefit. Mr.. Best
lfelt the reciprocity law was detrimen-
tai to the interests of our county and
should be repealed.
Herbert. Borden felt action should
be taken by Gloucester county Grang-
es to have law repealed.
Theodore Brown said considerable
had been expressed concerning our
reciprocity law being advantageous
to Atlantic City; the farmers are do
ing more to build up our state than
Atlantic City.
4 Freeholder Haines thought if we
could not secure the repeal of this
measure the next move should be to
ask the state, responsible for the law,
/ to take care of it's roads.
Senator Gaunt said this was the
most perplexing problem the state has
to solve. Also that the automobile
association at Trenton represented
more people outside of the state than
in the State. Mr.. Gaunt spoke force
4 fully in favor of bills along this line
for which he worked last winter, say
ing had they been passed not one dol
lar would have had to come from the
man who did not own an automobile.
i The State of Maryland has author
lied bond issue of $5,000,000 for
roads of that state; had New Jersey
authorized a bond issue the bill was
So WUIueu- uudI LIE peUplc OuUolu0 plic
State would have done their full share
in helping dispose of the issue.
Herbert Borden was appointed by
the chair to represent the County
Board of Agriculture by cooperating
with Wood Wyne, of Thorofare in Sc
curing exhibits for the Exhibition
previously mentioned.
i The chair appointed Jerre Haines
and wife and Amos Haines and wife
to cooperate with the president and
secretary in arranging the program
for the Institute to be held at Null
lica Hill next fall.
/ Board adjourned to meet at Mullica
Hill in September