The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-10
New Jersey Not Ror ss,ny3

New Jersey Not For ssin9
New York roads seerntobe available
for the Vanderbilt cup, race for motor
cars this year, and it's ~prornoters have
t~urnedSto New~Jersey, the State OF good
highways; In the hope that the con-
test may find a welcome there. Take,
iv in,' they plead. you have splen~
did roads, nsd' we shall spend a lot Of
rney on the days Of the preliminaries
and, of the final. struggle. Its a good
business proposition; turn your roads
into a ~raOeoourse; and you will find a.
profit init" Allsthat New Jersey needs,
TO do to line its pockets with the racers
.monsy 10 to repeal or forget to enforces
the statute regulating the use Of auto
mobiles. 1t is a simple plan; how doesr
it appeal to the people Of the Slater
Curiously enough, they seem r~eluctant.P
to take advantage Of this oppertunity.k
The Daily Press of PIainfield says.
It Is not surprising that tho. newspaper sboutb
thu state have risen up in sfns-srstnst the scheme
20 make New Jersey highways a speed course tort
Wealthy snsonsoSiiisss from otrcr stssess The.
l Sreiinr hnysenr Law. which meets with the general
az provsi' OF the Inhabitants OF New Jersey, Is a
mova excellent measure. The fact II that II nevopi
occurred 70 any ono that there was need Of . sus-
psusios OF its provisions unsi some enthusias,io
raee' promoters discovered that they might havo 4
their sppetitss for deadly spssd, consssts sAtashed
pictsrine the amount Of money that wUsld DO
spent IN the STATE whiie the event 10 taxing place.
Surely what To- nos considersd wise In New York
could not BE- maasee be prupsr In New Jersey. 10
would certainly he q sertoss rshection on our rood
nams II the raoe were permitted 20 be he'd hero
after the I'm oiTe Satcrhss placcd . ban on Il. The
whole matter Isl question ofAprtncipls and nbs Of
dollars and contss"
Principle and a few human lives appeal
more effectively TO tho Newark Epentng
Neos than the prospect Of takingin a little
money w tho counter:
ITO permit them 1.-The automobfie racersI tho use
OF tho 'ptbitc highways is outrageous under any
circumstances conceivable. Those highways arc
nowhere adapted tosuch q purpose. and they can
at no time be devoted 10 II. no matter under what
precautions. without doing vast injury to public
property and pise,as tho lives OF many people IN
danger. Just one OF the lives lost In the Vanderbilt
rscc-is worth a -minienfold more than all tho So
called advantages 20 be dcrrvcdsfrom all such con-
tests that have been or will be held"
Vain is the mone appeal to the Guar
dian OF Paterson, which, strangely, seems
to lack any feeling of awe when it con-
sidersr the personnel Of tho crowd that
follows motor car raSinas
How would It look now 10 pass a.specfsl law
20 permit tho speed naani4cs to invade this State,
simply bernusc a bunch Of miiiion1sres are willing
to pay for any dsmaes done and raise a purse for
the surviving fahnily OF any unfortunssc VINO may
be killed. durine the tssinsor preliminary practtee'"
"A bunch Of millionairess" Ore could
not be more disrespectful to a. hand of
bananas. The Guardian recalls that the
highways belong to the people. and re-
marks that they should not be given over
to any particular class, to the exclusion
OF others; for m period OF time: The
Elizabeth journal, epitomizing the ex-
pressions of nanny newspapers, says;
" is the rsnsrsIo opinion amenr the newspapers
ottbe Stsse, ommentngo on thopropcsed race. that
the thing for the miIiionsires 20 do n they want
the race TO be held from year TO year is to buy a
tract Of lsnd and build s'raceocurse. This is tho
only thing for them to do"
But the race promoters are phiian-
thropists who want to hold their speed
trials whore they may distribute their
money among the public. Why force
them to do as the owners of fast horses
do? OF the purpose of roads the Netrs
Of Perth Amboy says:
New Jersey has spent hundreds OF thousands !
Of dollars In improving the rcass throughout the
This was done primarily 10 benent The
IN RIM or and nshs II essser for him to'rcscn marsess
Ing thu rosds over to a Few mfilonafrss ,has ,nsy
may lido away q few hours Of their tinss The high |
ways OF Ncw Jersey arc for puolic use. not for !
private uctns.-
A must unbusinesslikeF refusal to con-
slider seriously the principal argument adj
vanced i'm favor Of allowing the racc-the |
money it would bring into the State-is
apparent IN the newspapers of New Jer- /
sey. Perhaps il IL not the argument best
adapted to the character Of the popula-
ton. Can IL be possible that New Jer-
sey is not for sale as a -racecoursea Can
there be another community besides New
York in which public sentiment favors
the exclusion sr"ss the highways of n
gines masking from fifty to ninety miles
hour, and incidentally running the
rosdways, obstfucting traffic and killing
the unwary. weak. infantils or infirm
among the inhabitantsp
Pensions for Government Clerks.
The arguments for Federal provision
for Governments clerks when they have