The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-29
ELIJAH C.. HUTCHINSON
Candidate for Reelection to Congress From the Fourth
New Jersey District

ment from my own farm, under my
own supervision. Last year we had
no potash, or very reduced quantity.
| used four kinds of fertilizer in this
experiment. | measured off four diff
ferent acre plots. On the first plot
used A per cent of ammonia, per
cent of phosphoric acid, and no pot
ash in the fertilizer, and produced
164K bushels of potatoes per acre;
so you see that with no potash / had
a yield away above the general aver
age. In the second plot used the fer
tilizer with A per cent of ammonia,
per cent of phosphoric acid, and |
ton of feldspar, ground as fine as
flour, and produced 209 bushels on
that acre. On the third plot | used A
per cent of ammonia, 8 per cent of
phosphoric acid, and 400 pounds of
feldspar in the ton and produced 236
and a half bushels. On the fourth plot
| used the regular potato goods am
mOnia, per cent; phosphOric acid
per cent; potash 10 per cent, and pro-
duced 264 bushels or 100 bushels
more with potash than where there
was no potash"
lIC oDOhC DCIOlC bllC w dyo dtiQ
Means Committee when bill was be-
ing considered for the licensing of
American potash, and the bill was al
lowed to die in committee. He declar-
ed himself absolutely opposed to a
licensing system for dealers, and
said: we had one experience with
the liscense system under the food
control act, and those given author
ity to grant license frequently issued
rules and regulations without any
thought as to. whether they were
practical or not.
For Food Control
Representative Hutchinson took a
leading part in the passage of the
Food Control act, and, after forcing
many amendments, urged its passage
as the best that could De done under
the critical circumstances. He made
a notable speech in the House when
the bill was being passed and was un-
der close cross-questioning for more
than an hour. He is credited with hav-
ing made one of the great speeches on
war legislation.
In testifying later before the Ways
and Means Committee, he exposed the
way in which the licensing system
was used to do what his amendment
had forced out of the law, and said
that "every barrel of flour made up
about half the number of loaves of
bread that a good barrel of flour
would have made" and that by de-
stroying the system under which mil
lers sold flour into the market. He
feels that the Food Administration,
through it's regulations not contained
in the law, allowed few millers to
make many millions, and forced the
small millers out of business.
Representative Hutchinson is TAX
ing a very active part in the work OF
I the committee on agriculture, and is
making a strong fight against the
| bill which proposes to liscense the
packers. He is vigorously and deter
minedly opposed to the government
| attempting to liscense or regulate any
| business. If the antitrust laws are
not strong enough to control the of
! fenrers, he has It'd his colleagues that
he favors sending the guilty ones to
! prison.
Business Man in Congress
From this it will be seen that Rep
| resentative Hutchinson, with a back
! ground of private business success
is using that personal experience te
guide himself and his colleagues II
giving the people business-like Ell
ficiency in legislation. He is devotlne
his energies in Congress toward salv,
| ing the great human problems thai
| come nearest to each hearth ano
home, and which sit in with each fam
lily at the dinner table.
Representative Hutchinson is moi
one of the mouthy debaters on the
floor, nor one of those who gain at
tention by flights of oratory. He is
an earnest worker in committee, ano
when he makes speech on the flooi
it is to Law facts before his colleagues
and they have found that he is always
prepared to answer questions be
cause he always knows what he Is
talking about.
Few men in the House today have
the sincere regard of their colleagues
for first class business ability and sa
easity that Representative Hutchln
SON commands. He has strong fol
lowing, and has greatly enlarged his
influence during the last few months
through adYoeaey of measures thai
protected the interests of the taxpay
ers of the country and prevented the
continuance of wartime prOfiteering
He is in favor af the budget bill
on which compromise agreement
has been reached. This is one of the
vital needs of the country" he said
bectuse it will reduce the cost of gov
eminent. 1t is the only way to ge'
business methods into the Legislation
for the support of the government
establishments, and to get those es
Establishments to function in an eco
nomic, efficient and business-like wa!
1t is fact that Congressman
Hutchinson was the first member o.
the House from New Jersey to vot,
Dry. He voted for the Eighteenth
| Amendment and the Volstead act. Hi
record is established. He is man wh'
knows the needs of the farmers ant
others in his district. And it is fac
that he has always looked after theil
best interests. Can as much be expect
ed of Mr.. Brown?