The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-07
NEW JERSEY THE TRAITOR STATE.

article in the April McClure's New Jersey:
Lincoln stefens declares that every loyal
citizen United States that state grudge
other states is corrupt and this corruption
the fact that corrupt senators and
Washington legsate for the whole
nation. But New Jersey doubly betrayed is. The
bought and sold both at home and abroad
New Jersey is selling out all the rest of u.s.
Jersey the trusts. When few years
ago American people disposed to take DELHI
erately intellgent1y great trust
problem when the United States continuing to curb
growth overwhelming combinations of capital New
Jersey sold the corporations general law which
general license grow, combine and overwhelm they
would, Jersey alone but anywhere in the United
States She only licensed corporations to do in other
license; she licensed
them to do in those other states what she would not let
Jersey.
New Jersey sold money. She passed her mis-
ce1laneous incorporation And gets
the revenue Her citizens direct tax The corpor-
atoms all the of the state and 1t
good business but it bribery the bribery of whole
state and it treason. If there is such thing
treason by state then New Jersey is traitor state
Mr. Steffens declares that this not the first time
that New Jersey her sister states. is
her history. From the the family of states
formed the fathers have there they dared
home, beginning Alexander Every
American child knows how this great statesman stole off
to Jersey Heights fight his fatal with
He had been there before He had there business
before He the founder of the first Jersey
poraton, and his policy
the state toward corporate business Alexander
Hamilton who discovered the of New Jersey
Hamilton mad theory. He honestly believed the
people could themselves.
eved they could, he organized party
which stood for government representing the common
interests of all the people with special privileges
Hamilton who led the federalist party held that
there was no king and nobility, the republic must be
built the grateful loyalty of specially interested
business class. Hamons theory prevailed a
dition every
here and there, in President Roosevelts PLATFORM
square dea but wherever it is revived-in Wisconsin
Missouri Illinois in congress-there is trouble There
is trouble in New Jersey Hamilton himself
infancy of state
The gerat federalst from New York and the leading
citizens of New Jersey combined
gateway of the continent" private property
atoms charter not only his governmental
and rights and privileges the
monwealth down to today, it taught people,
rule and ruling private pur-
poses,
The lesson was well learned. In 1880 a railroad
was projected from Camden Amboy the being
pioneer railroad of their
scheme but they leading state and
they went to the state for aid ana Though
route chosen the way through Jersey from
Philadelphia, to with New York the,
talked in modern terms of developing
state and the legislature to which they applied
met full OF enthusiasm to all
ask This all asked monopoly forever of the
New Philadelphia traffic, exemption perpetuits
from taxation, state subscription their stock an;
plenty of time to build And got this Other rail
roads rights and exemption from
taxation The result that years ago fourth
of the property of the exempt from taxation
mat exempted railroad
and It was worth about $3.50 Owing to wears O.
asiaon for equal taxation this exemption has been par
TALLY removed but the railroads pay only small
snare OF the taxes that they should pay
Lincoln Stefens conclusion of his first artc
on New Jersey that this palmer than an,
other state city how are betrayng one another
ana That what We Americans what the poor Rus
SLAMS are asking their forrepresentave gov
-ho' sooo government, not reforms privileges