Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-05

traffic bureau" may be maintained
and results be accomplished by team
work.
This work of organization and CO.
operation between shippers mas peen
growing to a remarkable success dur
ing the past few years. 1t cannot be
denied that there has been awakened
in the minds of the shippers more
thorough grasp of transportation
matters and the history Of our rail-
roads-both financial and operative.
Traffic organizations operate very
much the same as the Chautauqua In
educating the great body Of shippers
The traffic manager, acting by the
advice and under control of the or
ganization, represents, in fact, the
greater and better part of the shippers
of his community.
1.-THE bureau should be conducted
upon broad and conservative lines,
and upon matters of policy, the in
which is synonymous with that OF the
city, must be conserved"
Farm Expert Speaks.
John H. Hankinson, farm expert of
the Mercer County Farm Bureau,
was the second speaker and ex-
planned the details of the work that
was being accomplished under his
tutoring in Mercer county. Our de-
partment is at the service of the
farmer at all times and we are al
ways working for something new in
the way of further development of
the soil. We answer all inquiries
from farmers from all over the
county and gather our information
from the chief experts of the coun-
try for their use. Furthermore we
hold demonstrations on different
farms in various parts of the county
and invite the farmers to cooperate
with us, which they invariably do"
Mr.. Hankinson explained that they
had an executive board composed of
farmers from different parts Of the
county, and that the work was done
under their supervision and along
lines that they had planned out for
development This board directs
what the work shall be and arrange
for demonstrations of fertilizer, clo-
yer, alfalfa, etc. We go to different
farmers and ask that they plant one
acre the way they have been doing
and another acre the way that we
suggest, and in that way direct and
conclusive results are obtained. The
expert also told of the good work be-
ing done by young school boys who
owners of the best acre of corn get
ting prizes each year, the prizes be-
ing donated by the business men of
Trenton.
Another talk of exceptional merit
and of interest in the present day of
the suffragette was that of j. A.
Richie, who spoke on THE Utilizing
of Women's Clubs as an Auxiliary
Force"
1.-THE work of the women is more
efficient today than any time in the
history of the world" declared Mr..
Richie, and he went on to explain
the good work done by the women
of Plattsburg, N. Y, while he was
the head of the Chamber of Com
merce there. I'VE enlisted the help
of the women in civic and social
problems, and before we knew it they
were branching out in other branches
and doing better work than men
could have accomplished on the same
lines. The cooperation of the wom-
en- in our organization came about
during a serious epidemic of typhoid
fever, during which the water supply
was bad and had driven away most
of our summer vacationists. Miss
Inez Milholland, the great suffragette
leader was summering at PlattSburg
at the time and started the move
ment among the women. We took
the women into the organization and
called them our associate members
and charged them small yearly dues.
The work they accomplished along