The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-31
A STATEMENT
BY MR. DRYDEN

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great questions of corporate taxation
and Of corporate franchises.
AS in the case of the government
at Washington, the people were Skep-
tical of the ability of the Legislature
to grapple with and solve these pro-
blems in the public interest. 1t was
charged that the corporations had the
Republican party in their grasp and
that no substantial reforms in these
matters would be permitted. When
sweeping reform bills were introduced
| by Republican leaders it was declared
that this was all a sham and play to
the galleries. 1t was not until, with
answering SteadineSS of purpose, the
Legislature passed and the Governor
approved these great measures of re-
form that the cynicS were for time
silenced. AS it appears to me, this
years Legislature rose grandly to its
opportunity and its duty as the repre-
sentative of the people of New Jersey
in solving the important issues that
confronted it. The firmneSS and wis
dom that it addressed to the solution
| of these important questions are rea-
Sonable warrant for believing that it
will be equally courageous and true to
| its duty in solving whatever problems
may yet remain or that will develop
out Of future conditions. No legisla-
ture in the history of the State has
done better and Drawer work or de-
served more richly the cordial endorse
ment OF the people of New Jersey.
Well done, good and faithful ser
wants, will be the verdict of just
minded and discriminative people.
There is one great question of SUI
preme Importance that is likely to be
The dominating issue in this year s
elections in all parts Of the country.
/ refer to the American policy OF pro-
| lection to home industry. The enc
mics OF this system are everywhere
preparing to make an attack upon it
all along the line 1t is marvellous
| how soon the lessons Of recent calami-
tOus experience are forgotten by many
people. 1t is only little more than a
decade ago that this country was
Writhing in the pangS of distress and
universal business prOStratiOn brought
upon it by the tariff for revenue act
of the Cleveland administration. Fur
mace fires were out, the cogS and
! wheels of factories and mills ceased
| their prosperous hum, tens of thou
sands Of willing workers were idle on
| the streets, poverty and suffering
haunted the homes of industry, BUSH
ness OF all kinds was languishing, and
soup houses and poor committees were
/ Everywhere in evidence. The pro-
| tective tariff law of the Mckinley adj
miniStration cured all these evils as
by magic, and the country to-day en-
Joys boundless prosperity under this
system. What madness it would be
i to abandon this policy and 80 back to
| the policy Of disaster And yet this
is what restless and interruptions pol
iticians, willing to ride into power
over the ruins Of our industries, are
proposing. They hope to capture the
| House of Representatives and to make
gains in the Senate and thus pave the
way to the destruction OF our protec-
ltive fabric. / am inex0rably opposed
/ to any revision Of the tariff 10 the
direction Of free trade. believe that
lsuch a revision would again and az
l0nce bring measureless disaster upon
industry and business, New Jersey
with its 600, 100000 Of annual indus
trial products, is deeply interested ia
this question, and whether 1 am rer
elected or not / fervently trust this
State will not suffer the dangerous
Il naischance Of being represented 10 the
Senate by any one whose absolute ana
thigh principled devotion 70 the pro.
Elective principles Is open 20 the SlAgnt-
est doubt or question: