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January 20, 
THE R.UKAI* NEW-YORKER 
NEWS FROM ALBANY, N. Y. 
Dix on Agriculture. —Of the 43 pages 
Legislature but a scant single page was de¬ 
voted to the agricultural interests of the 
State. What there was of it was good, but 
there should have been more of it. The 
Governor recommended that provision 
should be made for inspection of State- 
killed meats sold in home markets; that 
the oleomargarine law should be amended 
to prohibit the dishonest substitution of this 
article for pure butter, by not allowing the 
Imitation product to be made or sold with 
any shade of yellow color; that liberal 
support should be provided for our agri¬ 
cultural institutions. 
Once More the Chestnut Blight. —In 
October, when Commissioner Pearson called 
together the experts of this and adjoining 
States to consider methods of combating 
the chestnut tree blight, Governor Dix ad¬ 
dressed a letter to the meeting calling at¬ 
tention to the great ravages of the blight 
and expressing his sympathy with the 
movement for its suppression. At that 
time it was thought the Governor, on the 
convening of the Legislature, would in his 
message recommend an appropriation com¬ 
parable with that made by Pennsylvania, with 
which to fight the disease. The message 
was read to the Legislature at its assem¬ 
bling on the 3d inst., but it contained no 
mention of the chestnut tree blight, nor 
of the disease which is so rapidly killing 
off the hickory trees; nor was any appro¬ 
priation suggested for these objects. This 
was a disappointment to many. Possibly 
it is the intention of the Governor to bring 
this subject forward later, for in the mean¬ 
time the Conservation Commission, which 
is the Governor’s pet board, announces 
that it has urged upon the State’s represen¬ 
tatives in Congress the desirability of sup¬ 
porting the Moore bill, which appropriates 
$80,000 for the study and suppression of 
the disease. The commission, in a state¬ 
ment just issued, says it hopes to have 
the early co-operation of the general gov¬ 
ernment in seeking to control this new dis¬ 
ease. 
Income Sources. —The State derives its 
income from many sources, and many are 
the small items that go to make the total 
$71,315,402. which was last year’s aggre¬ 
gate. In December there was paid into 
the treasury such items as these: Rentals 
of shell fish lands. $5,067; fines and penal¬ 
ties for breaking game laws. $2,513; (game) 
breeders’ licenses, $25; hunting licenses, 
$26,172; importations of foreign game, 
$1,315; bird certificates, $2. 
Neglect of Road. —Two residents of Al¬ 
bany were killed in an automobile accident 
in the town of Camden. Oneida County, 
August 18, 1910. Last week the husband 
of the woman killed brought suit against 
the town for $25,000 damages, claiming 
that his wife’s death was because the brush 
was not cut along the side of the road, and 
owing to the rutty condition of the high¬ 
way. The jury gave the husband $1,500 
damages, and the case will be appealed, 
that sum not being deemed adequate. The 
moral is, that in these automobile days no 
town overseer can be too careful about the 
up-keep of the highways and the adjoining 
road sides, else the township may be called 
on for large damages, based on alleged 
neglect of roads. 
State Fair Receipts. —From the re¬ 
port of the State Fair Commission made 
to the State Comptroller the first of the 
year it id learned that the total receipts of 
the Commission were $142,064—a falling 
off of $6,143 as compared with the pre¬ 
vious year. The disbursements were $86.- 
824, which was $8,876 more than in 1910, 
and the balance turned over to the Comp¬ 
troller was $55,739, or $15,020 less than 
the year before, and 1910 therefore remains 
the banner year so far as receipts and ex¬ 
penditures go. The total amount paid out 
in premiums was $43,836.75, which was 
nearly $3,000 more than was paid in 1910. 
It cost the State Fair Commission nearly 
$4,000 to care for the injured and for fu¬ 
neral expenses of the victims of the auto¬ 
mobile accident at the fair last Fall. For 
the entertainment—hotel bills—of Presi¬ 
dent Taft. Governor Dix. Mayor Gaynor 
and their suites, $1,175 was disbursed, and 
15.500 was paid to C. A. Benjamin for auto¬ 
mobile races and his services. 
Competitive Examination. —The annual 
examination for stenographers by the State 
Civil Service Commission attracts the larg¬ 
est number of applicants of any held. The 
next examination is just announced for 
April 22. and will be held simultaneously 
In the cities of the State. Any citizen, not 
less than 18 years old, may take the exam¬ 
ination after filing papers with the Com¬ 
mission at Albany, and these blanks, which 
will be furnished on application, should be 
sent in as soon as possible. The Commis¬ 
sion announces that vacancies in hospitals 
and Institutions are constantly occurring 
and that there is excellent chance for ap¬ 
pointment to such places. The salary is 
from $30 to $50 a month with maintenance 
for women, and $50 to $62.50 with mainten¬ 
ance for men. Successful candidates may 
be appointed to situations in their home 
cities or villages, for this is a State-wide 
examination. 
Investigators Report. —On the last day 
but one of 1911, the final report of the 
Commlsloners to examine the Department of 
State Prisons was handed out, and while 
some of the matters contained therein had 
previously been given in part in the press, 
yet the narrative of Commisioners Osborn 
and Van Kennan told in the 43 pages is one 
long tale of misappropriation of State prop¬ 
erty, of malfeasance in office, of graft in 
large sums and in petty household furnish¬ 
ings. that makes one squirm. It will be 
recalled that the Superintendent of State 
Prisons, a prominent politician and friend 
of the great, retired under fire some months 
ago and that with the coming in to office of 
Col. Scott as superintendent, wardens and 
other officials in both Sing Sing and Clinton 
prisons were at once replaced with men 
from whom better things are expected. The 
“system” has broken down and for some 
time to come, at least, it is hoped the prison 
interests of the State will be honestly 
administered. In this connection it is 
pleasing to note that Auburn prison and 
Its warden seem to have escaped the con¬ 
tamination which was nearly absolute in 
the other prisons. The commissioners In 
closing their report urge the abandonment 
of the Wingdale prison site, which was ac¬ 
quired under the old regime. If this is 
done the taxpayers will be saved $2,000,- 
000 or more, and the Interests of the con¬ 
victs will not suffer. The Wingdale project 
was a conception of the old grafting gang 
now happily but of office—not the Com¬ 
missioners on New Prisons, but of those 
officials that the Attorney-General is even 
now preparing to prosecute for violations 
of the penal law. 
The New Session. —The first Wednesday 
of the new year witnessed the assembling 
of the Legislature, as required by the con¬ 
stitution. Tuesday evening the Republi¬ 
cans in caucus, with but slight friction, se¬ 
lected Edward A. Merritt. Jr., of St. Law¬ 
rence County, as their candidate for 
Speaker of the Assembly, and accordingly, 
that party having a large majority, the 
following day Mr. Merritt was inducted 
into office. The election of a new clerk 
and of minor officials followed, and after 
the drawing of seats for the session the 
Assembly adjourned for one week, to en¬ 
able the Speaker to make up his commit¬ 
tees. The Democrats soletced for leader of 
the minority their leader of last year, Al¬ 
fred E. Smith, of New York. The only oc¬ 
currence of the session out of the ordinary 
was the comibg to the capitol of the first 
Socialist over to occupy a legislative seat, 
Hon. Herbert M. Merrill, of Schenectady. 
Mr. Merrill was accompanied into the capi¬ 
tol building by a large number of brother 
Socialists and a brass band, and at the first 
calling of his name by the clerk the gal¬ 
leries “broke loose” with applause, in which 
many of those on the floor of the House 
joined. The Senate is the same as last 
year, a new body being elected every two 
years, while the Assembly is of annual 
flowering. 
The New Chairman. —Speaker Merritt 
has selected Hon. Thomas B. Wilson for 
chairman of the important agriculture com¬ 
mittee of the Assembly. Mr. Wilson is 
serving his second term In the Assembly 
and will be a valuable ally to the farming 
and fruit growing interests seeking legisla¬ 
tion this year. He was born on the farm 
upon which he still resides in Ontario Co., 
and is 60 years of age. Mr. Wilson served 
for six years in his county's board of super¬ 
visors ; ' he is president of the board of 
control of the New York State Agricultural 
Experiment Station and is also a membeT 
of the board of trustees of Cornell Uni¬ 
versity. c - 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
Winter Short Courses, Cornell University, 
Ithaca N Y.. November 28-February 23. 
Farmers’ Short Course, Burlington, Vt., 
December 26-February 24. 
Farmers’ Short Course, Columbus, O., Jan¬ 
uary 2-February 23. 
Farmers’ Short Course, Amherst, Mass., 
January 2-March 8. 
Farmers’ Short Course, Durham, N. Ii., 
January 4-March 8. 
Corn Growers’ and Stockmen’s Conven¬ 
tion, Urbana, Ill., January 15-27. 
Conventions, Pennsylvania Live Stock and 
Horticultural Associations, Duquesne Gar¬ 
den. Pittsburgh, January 15-20. 
Livingston County, N. Y„ Poultry Show, 
January 16-19. 
School for Housekeepers, Urbana, Ill., 
January 15-27. . ,, _ 
N. J. State Board of Agriculture, Tren¬ 
ton, N. J., January 17-19. 
Farmers’ Week, Canton. N. \., School of 
Agriculture, January 22-27. 
Alabama Horticultural Society, Jasper, 
Ala., January 25-27. 
Ohio Apple Show, Marietta, O., January, 
23-20. ’ .. 
Minnesota Short Course, Minneapolis, 
Minn., January 23-February 17. 
Farmers’ Week, Durham, N. II., January 
20-February 3. „ , 
St Lawrence Poultry Show, Ogdensburg, 
N Y., January 30-February 2. 
N. Y. State Grange, Auburn, N. Y., Feb¬ 
ruary 6-9. . _ , . 
Ohio Dairymen’s Assn, Columbus, Feb¬ 
ruary 8-9. 
Connecticut Pomological Society, Hart¬ 
ford, February 7. 
Farmers’ Special Course, Morgantown, W. 
Va.. February 1-16. 
Poultry Week, East Lansing, Mich., Feb¬ 
ruary 12-17. 
Farmers’ Week. State School, Lyndon Ctr., 
Vt.. February 12-17. 
Farmers’ Week. Cornell University. 
Ithaca, N. Y., February 19 24. 
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