Show f p r. r 11 t 1 Yr 1 II 11 I I Y 1 S C By V ED EDWARD ARD EMERINE w Features r fv New Jersey the Garden State is more h than the mile 90 trip from New York r to to Phila Phila- delphia It never can be appreciated by hurrying hurrying hurrying hur hur- through it or orb by dashing over to the the Jersey side for a few hours But the vaca vaca- t and the sportsman as well as ther the r farmer laborer industrialist or seek home er will ill find North Jersey South Jersey and andall f C all points in between well worth the time it takes for a t visit and inspection New Jersey is an empire in its own ri right g ht the tiff Mighty g ht Y Atom anion among g the states of this l L nation NEW NEWt t It has great Industrial areas where Made YORK Jersey is stamped on thousands of products Its agriculture agriculture rr l ture tore is highly developed New Jersey provides homes for its own workers as well as for tens of thousands who have a business address in New York City or Philadel Philadel- phia Its broad highways each a scenic and historic 4 route offer motor trips along the coastline of the great Atlantic or through the hills and valleys forests and farms orchards and parks of the interior In New Jersey one may have the bustle of or the theL r TRENTON L city the vibrant life me of or seashore resorts or the quietude of or quaint forgotten towns where time has hast P Pt t stood still There Is where the century century century cen cen- tury still l lives les es on every cry street as well as small villages villages vil vil- p y lages loges resting solidly In n the pockets of northern moun noun fa ins There is much for every American to re-live re in New Jersey where Gen Geor George e Washington spent a fourth Q of his career as in commander during the Revolutionary Revolutionary 3 k war Its scores of ot historic shrines are rich in int ran t tk t c early American lore and legend t Take Cue From Indians t When the early settlers arrived in New Jersey from Ir Europe they found the Indians growing corn pumpkins Yi y r. r gourds tobacco and beans Taking a lesson from the natives nat natives na na- t tives the settlers cleared the theland land imported seed and f livestock from across the sea and developed an import important t tant taut agricultural tural colony It became the the Garden State of the colonies Today New Jersey has prosperous small farms andI and r I high high types of agricultural specialization Dairy and poultry poul poul- CITY rE f E try farms abound Small grains grams and field crops are i grown in most parts of the state Most of New Jerse Jerseys Jersey's s k farm products are consumed by its o own cities or by and New York It is but a step from frum farm furm to ma market eL eLI I Alexander Hamilton selected the Sussex county are world famous Trap rock sandstone granite slate marble talc and conglomerate conglomerate conglomerate con con- are quarried in New r r tAh tAha 1 Y N J t o t a ar y i f K w I q q I ff A a ait I it 1 a h VACATION PARADISE Nature has provided abundant attractions to beckon to New Jersey Sparkling lakes and mountains mountains mountains moun moun- lure many to the inland areas while the thrill of or a seashore vacation draws countless others to the New Jersey coast with Its miles mUes of sandy of-sandy sandy beaches site Bite of at Paterson for an industrial city Early New Jersey scientists and inventors accelerated the trend toward industrialization John industrialization John Fitch 4 and Col John Stevens with their steamboats and Seth Boyden with malleable iron and patent leather leather- I to be followed later by the genius of at Thomas A. A Edison the wizard of at Menlo Park Today there are heavy industries at Newark brick and terra cotta i works around Perth Amboy shipyards shipyards shipyards ship ship- yards at Camden ceramic plants at Trenton woolen mills at Passaic 1 t textile plants at Paterson and m many ny others in such cities as Elizabeth Eliz- Eliz abeth Bayonne and Jersey City The J I state r ranks first in smelting and refining refining re re- fining of 01 copper dyeing and finishIng finish- finish Lag Ing of textiles and ranks high in ini i rubber goods production It is secand second sec- sec and ond in in manufacture of silk rayon i and chemicals New Jersey ranks sixth in the nation for value of man man- Mining l Starts Early Few people regard New Jersey as asi i mineral state However in 1685 1665 Iron was mined in Monmouth th county county county coun coun- ty and this basic resource has been aimed ever since Zinc deposits at Franklin Furnace and Ogdensburg Jersey and it has unlimited quantIties quantities quantities ties of sand and gravel lime greensand marl and peat Despite three centuries of or development development de- de about 46 per cent of New Jersey still Is in forest Of 01 great significance are the oystermen and fishing captains of i ithe the Jersey coast one of ot the worlds world's truly great fishing grounds From Sandy Hook to Cape May the coast provides every variety of fishing Three Main Divisions I New Jersey might be called a peninsula since with exception of the 50 mile 50 mile northern boundary from the Hudson to the Delaware it Is entirely surrounded by water It has three physical divisions In the north is a mountainous stud lake ded region known m as the Appalachian an Highlands The central or Triassic Triassic Triassic Tri- Tri section with gently rolling hills supports most of the states state's urban and industrial development The large southern coastal plain has fruit orchards market gardens swamps pine wastes and miles of beaches and shallow bays All of New Jersey that touches the Atlantic ocean is famous for its seashore Asbury Park is one of the best known of North Jersey coast resorts with boardwalks and convention halL hail Long Branch attracted attracted attracted at at- visitors from Philadelphia as early as 1750 Wide safe and nd sandy beaches are plentiful along the southern coast of New Jersey Atlantic City is known as the playground of a nation nation na na- tion Traditionally New Jersey has been the home homo of or many famous fa famous famous fa- fa people James Fenimore Cooper and Capt James Lawrence Lawrence Law Law- rence of or Dont give up the ship fame lived next door to each other other In Burlington Robert Louis Stevenson when in America lived at Manasquan Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamil Hamil- ton fought their famous duel near Weehawken George Washington wrote his Farewell Address to the army in Berrien House at Rocky Hill Grover Cleveland twice U S S. President was born in New Jersey Woodrow Wilson was vas president president president pres pres- ident of Princeton university and governor of ot N New w Jersey before becoming becoming becoming be be- coming President Walt Whitman's tomb is at Camden Alexander was born in New Jersey New Jersey is a great state state state- great In agriculture in industry in r lA i A AL AY Y y L WALTER VALTER E. E EDGE Governor of or New Jersey education in historical lore in present present pres pres- ent opportunity in hope for a continued continued con con- greatness in the future Its incomparable seacoast its beautiful ul lake and mountain country its extensive extensive extensive ex ex- fishing and hunting grounds gr as well as the Innate hospitality of its people two people two out of at five of whom own their homes homes furnish furnish proof enough of ot the greatness of New Jersey Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey the Mighty Atom among the states of this nation I f t r f 9 5 J. J Typical New Jersey Mountain Scene |