The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-12-11


haps the governor will resume consid-
Grafton of this subject in his message.
and that will add some zest to the
session, which, so far as now can be
seen, gives little promise Of rising
above the Level Of last year, which
was dull, indeed
Expect Little Friction
The Republican leaders appear to
believe that there will be little or no
friction during the session so soon to
start, and they base that belief upon
the smoothness with which the states
for organization of senate and house
were put over recently. but those
who are familiar with the personnel of
the two bodies are inclined to suspect
that party break may come at any
time. There is an element of insur-
gency which may bud into full flower
when the warmth of opposition gets
into action. United States Senator
Edge, acknowledged party leader, with
practically as much power as the late
General Sewell ever enjoyed, showed
the quality of his leadership when the
assembly caucus put over Chandless
of Bergen for the party whip. It was
a mighty close call, to be sure, but it
went The Essex men, while not di-
rectly antagoniZing the senator, ex-
pressed the belief that, as they had
one-fourth the vote of the house, they
should be respected in their desire
to name one of their own number for
the leadership. They lacked couple
of votes, but accepted defeat with rare
grace.
1t is. suspected, however, that the
Essex men do not feel so good about
it as they would have it appear. They
may not display any temper just now,
but there are twelve votes to reckon
with during the session, and, if they
shall decide to do little "insurging,"
they may make the situation mighty
interesting. Then there is always
the Morris senator, Mr.. Whitney, who
led the eight 'insurgent" senators in
the memorable battle on the State
Highway Commission mix-up in the
session of 1928. Mr. Whitney, indie
pendently rich and with some lurking
desire to win the nomination for gov
ernor, was chairman of the very inn
portant committee on appropriations
for two years, but was not retained
last session after the futile effort to
defeat the Edge lineup for organiza-
ton. There is no doubt the Morris
senator has keenly felt the setdown,
and it is possible that he may figure
in some insurgent moves during the
coming session. But the party watch
word just now is: Everybody be
good, for we've got to elect the next
governor and get back some of the
best plums now enjoyed by the pesky
Democrats"
Lose by Poor Seed
Leaf-roll, mosaic, spindle-tuber and
other degenerative diseases cost New
Jersey potato growers 100000 this
year, according to estimates obtained
by the state experiment station, New
Brunswick.
This serious loss in the industry
could be prevented through the plant
ing of disease-free seed" asserts w.
H Martin, potato expert at that in
stitution, who goes on to say: MANY
fields of the state lost over so per
cent of their crops. Tubers infected
with these diseases cannot be de-
tected and cannot be treated. There
fore it is necessary that seed be Sc
cured from fields which have been
thoroughly rogued of plants showing
signs of the diseases.
"This year in New Jersey 700 acres
Of potatoes were certified by the state
department of agriculture as being
relatively free from these diseases.
No field is certified by the department
unless it shows less than half of one
per cent of disease. Seed from these
fields will certainly give better results
than those which have merely been
given special attention by the grower.
The purchase of seed from such GER
titled fields is gilt-edge investment
because of the large yields whereas
seed from wildcat fields will give
very uncertain returns.
"The State Potato Association Is
ready to cooperate with any potato
growers in locating certified seed. All
the potato dealers Of Central Jersey
are so convinced of the value of GER
titled seed that they are prepared to
furnish growers with such stock.
New Jersey potato growers are
meeting with more active competition
from other states, and the only way Of
meeting this competition is to produce
a high quality product One of the
first steps in accomplishing this is in
planting only vigorous, disease-free
seed"
Advice on Bridge Tolls
1t may be, says a news dispatch
from South Jersey. that the attorneys
general of New Jersey and Pennsylva-
mia will be asked for opinions on the
question of tolls on the new Camden
Philadelphia bridge. The question is
one on which wide diversity of
views is held in the two states.
T. Harry Rowland, counsel for the