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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (NEW JERSEY.) 



gain during the year of 521. There are 17 Po- 

 mona granges, with a total membership of 7,355. 

 The resources of the State grange are $16,841.22; 

 of the subordinate granges, $103,100; and of Po- 

 mona granges, $5,000. 



Manufactures. In 1900 the number of per- 

 sons in the State engaged in all branches of 

 manufacturing was 70,419. Since 1850 the popu- 

 lation of New Hampshire has increased only 29.4 

 per cent., but the number of wage-earners in 

 manufacturing has increased 159.9 per cent. In 

 1850 the gross value of the product of New 

 Hampshire manufacturing was $23,164,503. This 

 had grown in 1900 to $118,669,308. Eliminating 

 the value of all materials purchased in a partly 

 manufactured form, it is found that the net 

 value is $77,225,568. The boot and shoe industry 

 now holds first place in New Hampshire manu- 

 facturing, the product in 1900 being worth $23,- 

 405,558, while the value of cotton goods in the 

 same year was $22,998,249. The cotton and 

 woolen industries are barely holding their own, 

 the product of the latter being $10,769,240 in 1900. 

 Wool manufacturing, however, is still third in im- 

 portance in the State. Other interests rank as 

 follow: Lumbering, paper and wood pulp, foundry 

 and machine-shop industries, tanning and curry- 

 ing of leather, hosiery and knit goods, flour and 

 grist milling, and the factory production of 

 cheese, butter, and condensed milk. A large pro- 

 portion of New Hampshire's manufacturing is lo- 

 cated in the southern portion of the State, not 

 far from Massachusetts and the seaboard. 



Dartmouth College. On Sept. 24 and 25 the 

 college celebrated the one hundredth anniversary 

 of the graduation of Daniel Webster. Webster 

 was not only the most notable graduate of the 

 institution, but he rendered it a lasting service 

 by defending it in the Supreme Court of the 

 State and nation against the attempt of the State, 

 in 1816-'19, to change its charter. In recognition 

 of this fact and of his great public services the 

 celebration was civic rather than academic, lay- 

 ing emphasis on his public relations and services 

 to the country. The corner-stone of a new build- 

 ing, to be known as Webster Hall, was laid. 



Education. The employment of expert super- 

 intendents to manage the schools has gained in 

 popularity. There are now 14 professionals de- 

 voting their entire time to this work, against 11 

 in 1900 and 8 in 1899. Of these, 8 have a single 

 city each, 1 a single town, and 5 each a super- 

 visory district. A high-school law was enacted 

 by the last Legislature requiring towns not main- 

 taining high schools to pay the tuition of their 

 pupils in such high schools or academies as are 

 approved by the State Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction. The compulsory-attendance laws 

 have been strengthened, and authority for their 

 enforcement has been conferred upon the State 

 superintendent. Towns of more than 5,000 inhab- 

 itants are required to maintain evening schools 

 upon petition of 5 per cent, of the legal voters. 



Summer Travel. The most notable items 

 concerning this important New Hampshire inter- 

 est are, first, a liberal appropriation from the 

 State for the building of a first-class and most 

 attractive road from the Jefferson Notch to the 

 Crawford Notch in the White mountains, running 

 well up and along the western foot of the whole 

 magnificent Presidential range; and, second, the 

 building of a new and gigantic hotel, with every 

 conceivable modern appointment and luxury, 4 

 miles from the foot of Mount Washington, on the 

 line of the Mount Washington Railway, at a cost 

 of $1,250,000. The locations of both the road and 

 the hotel are ideal. 



Legislative Session. The session of the Leg- 

 islature began Jan. 2 and ended March 22, 1901, 

 with 24 Senators (23 Republicans and 1 Demo- 

 crat) and 397 Representatives (300 Republicans 

 and 97 Democrats). Bertram Ellis was elected 

 President of the Senate, and Cyrus H. Little 

 Speaker of the House. 



Chester B. Jordan was inaugurated, Jan. 3, 

 the fifty-sixth Governor of the State and the 

 forty-seventh person to fill the office. 



In all, 243 bills (public and private) and 49 

 joint resolutions were passed. A few of the more 

 important ones are here mentioned: 



Guardians of minors and insane persons and 

 trustees of estates may invest funds in certain 

 defined steam-railroad shares. 



Providing for the decrease in the number of 

 State boards and commissions. 



Public rights in New Hampshire to be protected. 



Providing for the restriction of communicable 

 diseases. 



To establish a laboratory of hygiene by the 

 State Board of Health. 



Regulating the sale of fertilizers. 



Protection of lakes, ponds, and streams from 

 pollution. 



Providing for a judiciary system consisting of 

 two courts Supreme Court and Superior Court. 



Revision of the fish and game laws. 



For the protection of ornamental and shade- 

 trees in the highways. 



Providing for the care and education of feeble- 

 minded children. 



Providing for evening schools. 



Defining the rights of husband or wife, sur- 

 viving, in the estate of the deceased husband or 

 wife. 



Establishing the boundary-line between New 

 Hampshire and Massachusetts. 



NEW JERSEY, a Middle Atlantic State, one 

 of the original thirteen, ratified the Constitution 

 Dec. 18, 1787. Area, 7,815 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 184,139 in 1790; 211,149 in 1800; 245,562 in 

 1810; 277,426 in 1820; 320,823 in 1830; 373,306 

 in 1840; 489,555 in 1850; 672,035 in 1860; 906,096 

 in 1870; 1,131,116 in 1880; 1,444,933 in 1890; and 

 1,883,669 in 1900. Capital, Trenton. 



Government. The State officers in 1901 were: 

 Governor, Foster M. Voorhees ; Secretary of State, 

 George Wurts ; Treasurer, George B. Swain ; Comp- 

 troller, William S. Hancock; Attorney-General, 

 Samuel H. Grey; Adjutant-General, Alexander C. 

 Oliphant; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 Charles J. Baxter; Commissioner of Banking and 

 Insurance, William Bettle all Republicans. Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, William S. Gum- 

 mere; Associate Justices, Gilbert Collins, J. 

 Franklin Fort, Jonathan Dixon, Mahlon Pitney, 

 Bennet Van Syckel, Charles G. Garrison, Abram 

 Q. Garretson, and Charles E. Hendrickson; Court 

 of Errors and Appeals: Judges John W. Bogert, 

 Gottfried Krueger, Frederic Adams, William H. 

 Vredenburgh, Peter V. Voorhees, and Garret D. 

 W. Vroom. Chancellor, William J. Magte. 



The Treasurer, George B. Swain, died Dec. 25. 



A general election is held annually in Novem- 

 ber. The only elective State officer is the Gov- 

 ernor, whose term is three years. The others, in- 

 cluding the justices of the Supreme Court and 

 the judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals, 

 are appointed by the Governor, excepting the 

 Treasurer and the Comptroller, who are appointed 

 by the Legislature, which meets every year in 

 January, the sessions not being limited. 



Finances. For the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 

 1901, the receipts of the State fund, including bal- 



