The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-01-06
CASUAL OBSERVATIONS.
A State Law Which Should In1
terest Sabbath Breakers.

In MOrrist0Wn-Fhe Way 20 dispose oK
Sewage Is TO Burn H.
A new rubber combine, to include
greater part Of the rubber mills in the
country, and all OF those in New Jersey,
is under consideration. It is usual to
denounce corporations as being hard.
But this one should be as elastic as the
conscience Of Organized Democrats.
We suppose that the workingman who
has bought his rubber boats is safe for
this winter, but II the price Of rubber,
like the price of oil, should fall off BY
the formation Of the trust, it will be
cheaper to keep them than to sell them
second hand next winter.
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One of the most useful and by far the
most active member Of the New Jersey
State Board Of Arbitration Is James
Martin, who for several years past has 80
ably conducted the New Jersey page Of
the New York Tribune, in addition to
doing large amount Of editorial work
on that journal. Mr.. Martin has an
nounced his intention Of resigning his
membership in the board, provided
successor can be named by the trade
organizations who will be active and at
the same time entirely acceptable to the
labor unions of the State. This will NOT
by any manner of means be easy Of
accomplishment.
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There has been considerable comment
concerning the action Of the United
States Express Company in running de.
livery wagons on Sunday, the 25th-
The CHRONICLE has received anumber
Of communications relative to this par
ticular case of Sunday desecration, as
well as the fact that a score or more
merchants run their establishments on
the '.wide.open" plan on Sunday. The
State Laws, Section /, page 8,7O7.
provides
4 THAT no travelling worldly employ-
ment or business, ordinary or seryile
labor or work, shall be performed on
Sunday, under a penalty Of one dollar,
and no persons shall cry, show forth or
expose to sale any wares, merchandise
nOAO5y tAAO1hty AA1AAI ~ 6OtNAo -
chattels, under penalty OF two dollars
} for each offense,
It also covers shooting. lighting and
J gaming of all kinds. fiddling, dancing
and travelling excepting persons going
to or returning from church, or to call a
physician or surgeon, or carrying the
mails. The act further excerpts the prep
aration of yictuals in private and board
J ing houses Any citizen can enter a com
! plaint and the offender can be taken be-
J fore a justice of the peace. If com
victed, the justice first issues distress
J warrant against his or her property, and
if there is not sufficient property to make
, the fine, then the offender may be c0lG-
mitted to Jail for a period not exceeding
ten days. There is no town ordinance
covering the subject in Morristown.
~
In some parts of New Jersey there is d
lively agitation over the proposal to in
: troduce Curfew law. We think it
would be an excellent thing to have
children kept off the streets at night un-
less accompanied by parents or guar
dians.
But it is sad reflection on our mod
ern family life evsn to suggest that such
law is necessary. Parents who care
for the moral welfare of their children
will certainly keep them out of harms
way at night, and we hope that family
discipline has not got to the point that
the children of Morristown will go on
the street whether their parents want.
hem to or not. To be sure, if there be
large number of vicious or careless pa.
rents, such law may be necessary, and
will be no burden or abridgement Of
their liberty to sensible, well-doing peos
pie, any more than the laws against
theft interfere with honest men,
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The question of sewering Morristow
is one that will not down. The lack 4
a complete sewer system has alread
been detrimental to the towns interest
The most serious question that has
be met is the disposal Of the sewage ins
satisfactory manner IL the great H.
Of sewers with an outlet at tide water.
for the disposal of the sewage of the
Passaic Valley and the towns eventually
comprising the Greater Newark, were
not matter of the far distant future,
that would prove a comparatively easy
soluti,n
Morristown can't wait for the planning
and building Of this great system. What
it wants is the most practical method Of
sewering that can be used at the present
time. 1t would seem that the New Jers
sey editor of the New York Press has
been considering the subject and his
remarks apply directly to Morristown
as follows
If the sewage Of the cities along the
banks Of the Passaic River were burned
the pollution of this stream would cease