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Mr. Chairman, I must decline to go- on. I should like to talk 

 further but appreciate having had this opportunity of discuss- 

 ing the paper. 



PrKSidknt Meyers — Ladies and Gentlemen : In all honor and 

 fairness, in order that the wrong impression might not be created, 

 I wish to say that the speaker, sometime ago, with the founda- 

 tion laid by the very able assistance of other members of the 

 Hudson County Commission induced our board of freeholders 

 to increase our appropriation 20 per cent. That having been 

 accomplished, it encouraged the speaker tO' use every method 

 that he could devise to induce the legislature to increase the 

 state mosquito appropriation. It is only fair to say that they, 

 in response to this movement, increased that appropriation 20 

 per cent, and that fact shows they were open to reason. It is a 

 very encouraging sign to me because that same old appropria- 

 tion had gone on from year to year and while I have made 

 efforts in other years to have it increased, this is the first time 

 it has been accomplished. I am in the position of wanting to 

 thank the legislators for their opening wedge in this work. 



Mr. Andrew J. Rider — Mr. President, Mr. Howell has said 

 about all I wish to say, so all I have to do is to second the 

 motion. 



I agree with Mr. Gies as to the value of judicious advertising. 

 So long as one of the tribe is left, it will pay to let the public 

 know we are after him. But this is a case where advertisement 

 should not be permanent. Forgetfulness that such a pest ever 

 existed would be the best advertisement. 



Speaking of permanent advertisements reminds me of the 

 story of the high price paid for a two-line ad in the colored 

 church hymn book. Location to be at the option of the adver- 

 tiser. 



When the edition appeared, the first hymn read : 



"Hark the herald angels sing, Beechams Pills are just the thing, 



Peace on earth and mercy mild, three for an adult and two for a child." 



The best advertising w^ould be of an educational character 

 which would bring the public into sympathy and add impetus to 

 our work. 



Mr. Engine — As to this sensitiveness to the possession ot 

 mosquitoes there is no blinding ourselves to the fact that New 

 Jersey has a reputation for mosquitoes, rightly or wrongly, all 

 over the world. Nothing that we can do or say can obliterate 



