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OYSTER IMPERILLED BY POLLUTION OF

WATER, EXPERT SAYSGeorge D. Pratt, State Conserva­

tion Commissioner, Tells of Danger To Indiistry

T he o yster Industry of the en tire N o rth A tlan tic Coast, and especially of th e S ta te of New York, is endangered by th e destruction of "se ts ," due It Is indicated, by pollutive w astes from new Industria l p lan ts w hich have sp ru n g up along th e riVers th a t flow in to Long Island Sound, according to George D. P ra t t , Com m issioner of Conservation, in his ann u a l rep o rt to th e L egislature, Just m ade public.

“ In th e la st ten years,” says th e re ­p o rt," th e C onservation Commlsnion has received from ren ts and taxes from shellfish grounds m ore than a q u a rte r of a million dollars. T his Is a n Income w hich th e S ta te can 111 afford to lose. T he loss of th e people, however, if th e y should lx» deprived of th is source of food, would be Im m easurably g rea te r. To be sure, th e 'se t' of oysters has no t failed in S ta tes fa r th e r south. I t Is ce rta in , how ever, th a t if th e failu re of th e ‘se t’ 'i n Long Island Sound is due to pollution, th e tim e m ay su rely com e w hen th e ‘Aet’ m a y fail in still o th e r S ta tes fo r th e sam e reasons.

" I t accordingly behooves New York | S ta te , and every o the r S ta te concerned, as well as th e N ational G overnm ent, te

Freeport S Park and School Pro- a ttack the en tire problem vigorously all• » A ___U 7 -1 -- D :l| • | along th e line before it is too la te . Thej e c l r t a v a n t e a T T aier Dill is i0yHler in d ustry of the en tire A tlitntlc

Safety MeAnre Coast is m ore valuable, from th e s ta n d ­poin t of Investm en t and th e value of tho

on questions that require the expen­diture o f money.

Fourth— Fulton Park Is village property. Under th e law the trus­tees are charged with the care and expending of m oney for the m ainten­ance o f a ll property of. th e village which would Include thle monu­ment.

Fifth—The question to be deter­mined by the qualified voters.

a. R elates to public property.b. Appropriation of public prop­

erty for a specific purpose.c. Acceptance requires the ex­

penditure of ptiblla funds for upkeep.

Sixth—Those who are not tax­payers have no legal interest In voting to dispose of property or granting the use of property owned by the village.

I f you exam ine th e law you will find T am rig h t.

I respectfu lly p ro test against an y one being perm itted to vote oil th is question except taxpayers.

Y ours tru lySAM UEL COHEN

three w eeks float about on the su rface of the water. After this stage, they Sink to th e bottom and attach th em -1

selves to shells or other smooth objects) This sinking to the bottom and attach­ing to shells is called “setting." It Is

obvious that if the Industry in to Is- : conducted on a large scale the set m u st | be very large and very concentrated.

The chief places w hA e It h as been found feasib le in recent y ea rs to obtain a “s e t" of oysters of com m ercially profitable proportions says th e report. In w ate rs tr ib u ta ry to the N ew Ybrk shellfish grounds, in a t th e m ou th of th e riv e rs en tering Long Is lan d Sound from C onnecticut. These a re some se t­ting g rounds In N ew York S ta te , it to

MCWHINNEY BILLS AFFECT CEMETERY

AND WATER DISTRICT

Mlneolo, M arch 16.—Assem blyman Thom as A. M cW hlnney has Introduced In th e A ssem bly a proposed a c t of le g is ­la tu re, w hich will teuthorize th e Board of E ducation of F reep o rt to acqu ire all o r p a r t o f th e F reep o rt cem etery prop­e rty on G rove s tree t fo r school o r vil­lage p a rk purposes.

The p ro p e rty adjo ins th e holdings of th e F irs t P resb y te rian Church, and the bill provides fo r th e appointm ent of com m issioners to app ra ise th e lands to be taken , and it also provides tha t m oneys m ay be raised by bonij Issue, o r th rough taxes fo r th e paym ent of the parce ls tak en .

Mr. M cW hlnney has also introduced a bin in th e Assem bly, which if enacted into law,! will leave th e creation of a w a te r d is tr ic t, in the hands of 50 per Cent of th e residen t p roperty owners. This precludes a m an of big landed cs fa tes contro lling the g rea te r p a r t of the property , from crea tin g a w a te r dis­tr ic t th a t m igh t be burdensom e to his sm aller and less affluen t neighbors. The m easure also m akes o th e r changes in th e w ate r d is tr ic t law, which perm its th e p u rch ase of ex isting w ate r plants, provides fo r a tto rn ey s’ services, and perm its th e necessary m achinery for I lie operation of y ie w a te r d istric t.

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CITIZENS’ NOMINEES WIN AT LYNBROOK; E E a i O N SPIRITED

Edward P. Howard Chosen Pres­ident— Close Race for Trustee

1 J — Women InfluentialL ynbrook, M arch 16.—Citizens’ pa rty

candidatc8 ''fnade a clean sweep of the election y es te rd ay electing all the p a r ­ty nom inees in a sp irited election. To the efficiency of th e w om en’s com m ittee to a ttr ib u te d th e heavy vote polled.

A to ta l of 1852 votes w ere cast, 909 w ere In the F ir s t D is tric t and 943 in th e Second. T h is com pares w ith 1195 polled la s t yea r, exclusive of th e te r­r i to ry rece n tly taken w ith in th e incor­porated v illage lines. I t is estim ated that 400 votes cam e from th is new te rrito ry .

F o u r propositions, rep resen ting an expend itu re of $68,100 w ere defeated by decisive m ajo rities.

E dw ard P . H ow ard w as elected pres­iden t by a m a jo rity of 562 over Jam es H . D ayton. H e received 1,145 and his opponent 583.

The race fo r tru s te e w as closer as i there w ere th re e in the field. George

W in ter received 1,301 votes, A lfred J . Hodson, 1,113, an d Joseph T. M cPeak, 037.

A lbert E . P eace w as elected tre a su r­e r by a m a jo rity of 175, receiving 941 vdtes ag a in s t his opponen t's 766.

W illiam Karn for collector, beat M ar­tin A. Sprlngsteed by alm ost tw o to one, receiving 1,121 votes to S pring­steen’s 578.

The proposition to m acadam ize Blake avenue a t a co st of $2,000 w as beaten almost three to one. The vote was 694! opposed and 381 In favor,

Ornamental lights on A tlan tic av e­nue from the Merrick road to Doxaey place, which w ould cost $5,000, were considered unnecessary by the taxpay­ers who cast 721 vo tes ag a in s t the proposition compared with 333 In favor.

Of the 1,010 persons who voted on whether the Village President should be paid a salary of $300 a year and .the trustees $200 each. 808 declared them selves in the negative while 202 thought It the proper thing to do.'

The proposition to issue bonds to tho am ount of $60,000 for the purchast of a site and the erection of a village building, w as defeated by 548 votes. A total of 018 persons acted on the ques­tion. The vote w as 733 opposed and >85 In favor.

Lynbrook w ent wild w ith enthusiasm Xrhen th e resu lt became known. A crowd gathered in front of President Hbward’s house In Earl avenue and set up a great hurrah until about 1.30 o'clock.

The loss of the proposition Is attrib­uted to the heavy school tax expected as the resu lt of the erection of two

... buildings which w ill cost In the nelgh- * borhood of $500,000. The village tax

rate is expected to be less than 11. but a higher school tax than last year is assured.

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p roduct, th a n an y o th e r b ranch of the fishery industry .

“A s a re su lt of th e fa ilu re of th e ‘se t,’ th e oy s te r industry is today going th ru a period of profound reorganization. A la rge num ber of concerns have gone out of business, w hile o thers have been hold­ing land w ith th e desperate hope th a t th e ’s e t’ m ay again re tu rn . E ach yea r h a s added to th e conviction th a t eondl tions a re becom ing such th a t old m e th ­ods will never su sta in th e in dustry in its fo rm er position.”

A creage D ecrease 30 P e r CentIn a tab le subm itted by the com m is­

sion, it is show n th a t acreage devoted to oy s te r production in the S ta te fell a lm ost 80 per cent, or from 33,956 ac re s in 1915 to 24,076 ac res i h , 1919. ' The s ta te of Rhode Island lo s t 60 per cent, in revenues, and th e g rounds cu ltiva ted th e re a re less than 50 per cent, of w hat th e y w ere in 1912. C onnecticut also has been fo rced to reduce the assessed value of th e beds in o rder to encourage g ro w ­e rs to hold on to the beds a t a financial

I t is acknow ledged in th e repo rt th a t the cause of the fa ilu re of th e ‘s e t’ is not fu lly know n, b u t resu lts of biolog­ical investigations poin t to th e proha- b llity th a t it is la rgely due to a rapid inc rease in th e am ount of pollution in w a te rs w here the eggs norm ally hatch .

O ysters spaw n in the Sum m er an d th e la rvae th row n off by millions for abou t

M EN W A N TED —Men to learn the fu r skin trade; paid good w ages w hile

learn ing . Can ea rn $30 to $35 on p iece­w ork or tim e. The A lexandre W orks, Inc.. G arden C ity, L. I. Opposite C u rtis

much a natural reeource aa Its quan­tity," says the report. “Quality to vital­ly important from a biological stand­point and to of fundamental Importance to m any industries which require water, chem leally or otherwise pu re . In th e ir processes. “ I t has long been recognized as one o f th e m ost im p o rtan t functions of conservation to Increase th e q u an tity of w ate r by pro tecting fo res ts an d reg u ­lation of stream flow, a n d It Seems as clear th a t conservation of th e q ua lity Is equally and prim arily a m a tte r of con servatlon ah q u an tity .

A broad adm in istra tive p rogram has been w orked ou t by th e com m ission. Which Includes a su rvey of H ie whole

| sub jec t, and under It definite and sys-added, b u t they a re of secondary im ­po rtance and a re fa s t becom ing value- ! temXtlc work Is" now " possible w ith ‘"exist-

ns on accoun t of pollution. lnff law „B ut th e m enace to oysters Is only one ..The. pro g ra m /. according to th e re-

of th e m any evils th a t resu lt from the I pollution of stream s, and , an th e repo rt poin ts ou t, a s tudy of th e losses re ­su lting from the. im pairm ent of th e q u a lity of th e w ate r—losses to pub­lic hea lth , fish life, in d ustry genera lly , an d to v rrtrrea tlonal possibilities w hich p u re w ate r courses offer—I c learly dem onstrated th a t sy stem atic w ork upon pollution should be given a definite plane In th e broad schem e of conservation and should be supported by ann u a l appropria tions from th e Legis la te re . T he w ork a lready taken up, It added. In co-operation w ith industries, has proved th a t th e Industries will not fall to recognize th e ir responsibility and will a tta c k th e problem in a sp ir it th a t is ce rta in to yield resu lts.

"T he quality of w ate r to qu ite as

port, “has been conceived, however. In a broader spirit than that of the statutes now In force. It anticipates the future development which m ust necessarily com* In th is and other States ns the importance o f the quality of w ate rs to more thoroughly appreciated.”—W ith th is su rvey of th e field com ­pleted, It is possible for the commissi on, as an ad m in is tra tive agency, to take up any case o f pollution, o r an y phase of th e w ork of im proving th e qualify v t w ate r, w ith a n understand ing of th e significance of th a t case or of any detail of th e w ork of the whole problem. In so fa r a s New York to concerned, it to asserted , th e com mission is in position to a c t as an in term ediary between v a r i­ous In te rests not b tharw ise In touch, hut genera lly concerned in th e problem of conservation , w h e th e r these In terests a re w ithin th e S ta te or outside.

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We would also remind you that even at the top prices our share of your building was never more than one-third of the total cost of the completed work, oftentimes much less.

If we reduce our third of your cost by one-third, that means that our portion of the reduction is one-ninth of the total cost. That’s our share.

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Representing a Reduction of $105.00

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