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presumably because of its low value. Of course, these figures 

 have nothing to do with the upper extremes. We all know that 

 not a little farm land, to say nothing of other classes, is yielding 

 a good income upon valuations as high as $i,ooo per acre. 



I hope it has been made clear to you that the prompt and com- 

 plete elimination of the salt-marsh mosquitoes has passed the 

 experimental stage, has become more than a local problem or a 

 question of expediency, and to-day confronts the people of New 

 Jersey as an opportunity by which every interest in the state — 

 commercial, industrial, agricultural, social — shall move to a more 

 advanced position. The cost is insignificant in comparison with 

 the results. It is scarcely conceivable that a community claiming 

 to be progressive should neglect the chance that is offered. 



I find that what I said this afternoon was in a sense misunder- 

 stood. In advocating a larger participation by the state in the 

 work ihat is going on for the control of the mosquito, I meant 

 only that the state should join with the counties, should be a 

 larger partner than it now is in the very effective control work 

 that is under way. I feel that there is too much of a burden 

 placed upon the counties, entirely apart from any question of 

 coordination, and that as benefit is to accrue to the people as a 

 whole they should assume more of the cost of speeding the 

 thing up and reaching the complete accomplishment within a 

 measurable time. 



PrEvStde:nt Brinke:rhoi^F — Gentlemen, you have heard the 

 paper of Mr. Gaskill. Are there any remarks on this paper; 

 anyone who would like to discuss it or ask Mr. Gaskill any ques- 

 tions with reference to it? 



Mr. W11.1.IAMSON — May I ask one question? Mr. Gaskill 

 speaks of ''within a measurable time." What would he think 

 would be a reasonable time in which to rid the state entirely of 

 the mosquito with state aid and how much would it cost? 



Mr. GaskiIvI. — It has been announced several times in publica- 

 tions in regard to conservation and development that at an ex- 

 pense noit exceeding $750,000, and within five years, it is entirely 

 practicable to carry to completion the program for the complete 

 control of the salt-marsh mosquitoes. 



