The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-04-10

your county. FFeSIu0uL bdk6I Sdlu
that the board was still OF the opinion
that there was substantial under
valuation OF property in Burlington
County for purposes OF taxation, and
that there is serious lack of equaliza-
ton as between taxing districts
Net Fishing Restricted
Fishing with nets in Delaware Bay
will be conducted, hereafter, strictly
within state lines, only by natives. re-
spectively, of New Jersey and Della
ware as the result of an equalizing
measure adopted by the New Jersey
Legislature, which forbids aliens or
non-residents to use nets in the bay
within this states jurisdiction. The
act, which has been signed by Gov
ernor Silzer, was passed at the request
Of South Jersey baymen to meet
similar law adopted by the Delaware
authorities, which had ruled New Jer-
sey fishermen off the Delaware side Of
the bay.
The entire bay, prior to Delaware's
action, had been open to the netting
operations of crews of both states.
The business of netting food fish in
the bay has grown extensively during
recent years, and there have been
clashes between rival fishing interests.
Under the joint action of the states
all alien fishing crews are driven from
the bay. The new law fixes a penalty
OF $500 for each offense, together with
forfeiture Of all nets and boats.
Thousands of anglers. for whom the
bay is a favorite salt water fishing
mecca, are watching with keen inter
est the clash of the net fishermen.
Anglers want all netting in the bay
prohibited in order to protect the
hook-andline fishing and to preserve
the fish as they come to their natural
spawning grounds.
School Taxation
discussion by State Commissioner
of Education John Enright of taxation
for school purposes, an attack by
James McAlpin Pyle on the State
Federation of District Boards of Ed
ucation and an address by County
Superintendent of Schools j. Howard
Hulsart featured the program Of the
annual spring meeting at the high
school of the Morris County School
Board Association
Mr. Enright asserted that the school
system was not getting the revenue
from taxes that 1t should. The schools
must have greater income. he went
on, declaring there are $500, 100000 of
municipal bonds and 5000, 900, 900 OF
Federal bonds untaxed Contrasted
with this, $4,000, 900 is raised on land
valuations, of which $46,000.000 goes
to the public school, he said.
I'VE may as well look the school
question in the face" he said THE
boys and girls must be educated, and
1t costs more and more every year be-
cause there are more to be taught
The educated man or woman is an
asset, producer in greater degree
than an ignorant person can be, and
we therefore must educate the child
or perish Politicians are continually
crying out against school taxes, but
the matter of schools is hardly one of
economics.
Mr.. Pyle, a member of the Harding
Township Board of Education and one
of the legislative committee of the as
sociation, declared that the state fed
GRAFTON as now conducted was 'one-
man organization" This condition
exists because of lack of interest in
the affairs Of the federation, he said.
AS it stands, the federation is more OF
a menace than aid to school affairs,
the speaker asserted, although he be-
lieved it could be made valuable. He
was appointed a committee to get in
touch with the school boards of the
state every one of which is a member
of the federation and endeavor to cor
rect existing conditions.
Mr.. Hulsart discussed the new law
effecting schools in newly formed
municipalities and called attention to
law that provides for 20 per cent Of
school moneys due boards of educa-
ton to be paid, the rest to be paid
only on application made four weeks
in advance of the time required for
the moneys use ThWre was unan-
imous disapproavl Of this law by the
association and the president, William
T. Leighton, was instructed to appoint
a committee to urge Senator Whitney
and Assemblyman Barkman to work
for it's repeal.
State Farm Inspected
Inspection of the State Game Farm
at Forked River by some of the mem
bers of the Legislature, four of the
seven members of the New Jersey
Fish and Game Commission and 9TH
ers, numbering in all about sixty-five
persons, was made last week. A
special train, placed at the disposal of
the Fish and Game Commission for
the day with the compliments Of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, CON
veyed the visiting legislators and
other guests to the Forked River sta
ton, where twenty-five automobiles
were on hand to take the visitors to
the, farm.
On the way from Newark to Forked
River stop was made at Lakewood,