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who apparently are very much brighter at times than such men are, 

 do not succeed. I think it is very important that the diplomat who 

 makes that preliminary arrangement be selected with care. There 

 are thousands of dollars involved. 



Mr. Porter: In Cape May County, we have drained thousands 

 of acres of absolutely salt-marsh meadow, to the improvement of 

 the raising of salt hay. Should it not be a matter of equity to make 

 the owner think that he should pay for that consideration for which 

 he is now paying nothing ; in other words, that we as a commission 

 and the whole tax-paying community of Cape May County have 

 assisted tp put dollars in his pocket? 



Mr. Jackson : I would answer by saying that that is a matter 

 for the commission to work out. If it were up in Essex County 

 or we were down in Cape May County, and we thought that there 

 was a benefit to the man, we would suggest to him that he pay up. 

 It is a matter of presentation of the thing in a fair, square way to 

 the man, getting him to understand that it is his duty to do his part. 



Mr. Gies : It may be of interest to know that we have been able 

 to get about $25,000 a year since we were organized in 1912, put 

 up by private property owners for doing work on their own premises 

 in the mosquito work. We have had no definite arrangement for 

 doing this work; each case has been judged on its own merits. But 

 we have been able practically to double the actual amount of the 

 public appropriation by getting private individuals and corporations, 

 particularly corporations, to do work mostly or wholly with their 

 own funds. We have had sliding arrangements with some people. 

 In some instances, the commission put up 50 per cent of the cost of 

 the work and the remaining 50 per cent was paid over by the private 

 owners ; in some cases two-thirds by the private owner and one- 

 third by the commission ; in some cases two-thirds by the commis- 

 sion and one-third by the owner. In other words, it seems to me 

 that you cannot establish a general rule and have everybody work 

 under it. The Essex County Commission, I think, has been ex- 

 ceedingly fortunate in the class of people or corporations with whom 

 they have been dealing in this matter. 



Mr. Manchee : In answer to Mr. Gaskill's question, the amount 

 of money that has been spent and the money that will be spent before 

 the next mosquito breeding by private interests cooperating with the 

 commission, we would say, is about $20,000. 



Mr. Stephen Johnson (Manahawkin) : I think Mr. Jackson 



