The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-07-31


has excited favorable comment.
Mr.. Harrison declared that the
flood of law is one of the prices we
pay for our lack Of intelligent interest
and participation in matters of gov
eminent, and the public blames the
lawyers for the legislative indigestion
of the body politics" The Essex sem
ator spoke particularly of people be-
ing shocked or disgusted" with the
great number of bills introduced at a
single session of the legislature at
Trenton.
Some statistics about the origin of
bills that were introduced in the SEN
ate and assembly last winter indicate
that Mr. Harrison went to the right
place to talk about this outrage, for
outrage it is. There were $50 bills
and joint resolutions submitted for
consideration by the legislature this
year. OF this total $50 were fathered
by lawyers and the other 299 came
from the lay members Of the lawmak-
ing body, notwithstanding that there
were As laymen as against 35 lawyers
in the two houses-11 senators and
"a assemblymen
These limbs of the law were, gen.
orally speaking, responsible for the
greater part Of the evil against which
Mr.. Harrison complained, though 1t is
only right to record the fact that one
lawyer member of the legislature did
not put in single bill and two 9TH
ers limited themselves to two meas.
ures each.
Wider Bridge at Trenton
To make provision for the great IN
crease in traffic which has resulted
from lifting the tolls, Louis Focht,
chief engineer of the Delaware River
Free Bridge Commission, has made
tentative plans for the erection of a
new superstructure on the piers of the
present lower bridge between South
Trenton and Morrisville. There will
be two roadways, each with clear
width of 20 feet, and an adjacent side
walk for pedestrians. The approaches
on both the New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania sides will also be widened and
improved. Owing to the discontinue
ance some years ago Of railroad serv-
ice over the bridge only half the width
of the piers is now occupied by the
superstructure. The remainder will
be utilized in the construction of the
additional roadway. The cost is esti'
mated at s650,O00.
Japanese Beetle Foes Gain
Joy reigns at the G. H. @. of the
army warning on the japanese beetle
at Riverton over the unusual success
achieved in the infested areas by the
phalanx of Tachinid flies which Uncle
Sam imported from Japan to battle
with the beetle.
Until recently we had not seen day
light in our fight against the beetle"
said Loren B. Smith, entomologist IN
charge of the Japanese beetle expert
mental station conducted by the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
Now, however, our field men are
sending US enthusiastic reports Of the
rapid spread of the Tachinid flies
through the area infested by the bee
tie. Many beetles have been observed
bearing the deadly eggs that eventual
ly will cause their death"
The several thousand Tachinid flies
released near Riverton are one year
ahead of their predicted schedule in
their campaign against the beetle, &C
cording to Mr.. Smith. At present gov
eminent experts are releasing more OF
these parasitic enemies at Torresdale,
near the city line. In all, seven tons
of these enemies have been shipped
to Riverton and are now itching to en-
ter the fray.
1--WE did not expect them to spread
so rapidly" said Mr.. Smith. "The first
installment was released near River
ton in 1922, and again in 1928, and now
we are learning that they have spread
over a four-mile area-really much
faster than the beetle did"
The Tachinid fly is an avowed enc
my of the Japanese beetle and its
prevalence in Japan holds the beetle
in check The fly lays its eggs on the
back of the Japanese beetle, and when
the egg matches the grub burrows into
the beetle, bringing about the death Of
the pest.
The finding of more effective spray
also has increased the optimism OF
the campaigners against the beetle
pest. The spray consists of mix
ture of arsenate of lead with an in
soluble soap. Previous to the use of
the insoluble soap, the arsenate OF
lead was considered only 20 per
cent effective spray. AS soon as the
beetle started eating foliage sprayed
with the arsenate alnoe it stopped.
The use of the soap, however, en-
courages further nibbling, with fatal
results. Now Mr.. Smith is willing to
credit this new spray with being 80
per cent effective.
Labor Cheaper Than Seed
1t is poor business to let good hay
and grain rot on ting ground so as to
avoid hiring expensive harvest help
if one must buy high-priced concen-