New-York tribune., 1908-02-07

udice has existed in New York rustic Dooolas s,al
Sometimes shy at the neW1anSleI "d5u1-S. tlas1S
ort.d and at times enforced Yet for nearly tozr
cars our motor vehicle law has proved 50 ae-
cep+abIe as not 70 require amendment-frarned F
motorists il was passed Unanimously Dy iesis-
Iature dominated by the farmer Vote-stranse's
~. motor vehicle licenses with Us. are unheart
Of accidents. save in congested territories reia.
the greater city all but unknown and the tins
seems rapidly approaching Wnen ne pFsseh, al-
tomobile law Of New York will be as dead letter
as is the bicvcle law Of twenty years ago.
Not so in New Jersey You enforce dreraly IN,
n1iIes-an-hour speed clause Result: A good r-srt
Of mine accustomed the sane Buffalo rule.
which commands rather due observance or t13
COHIi'i 1 slT-a,, ~r~rrb7,+ors ~ ra-ssv
at the time, made seven CohIIIDuLoILs % 11-s-I
justices in day last summer for real or speet
trapping violations of law. and vows henceforwar.
to keep himself and his purse oeyond your borders
You use the excuse OF necessary ldentncatlon 70
fax ali or1tlanders. and thousands voice their pro-
test by spending their money elsewhere But mos,
unreasonable of all. by the power OF attorney "a
uUfrernent. you refuse the right which for nsarE
fifteen centuries the average man EaS mad 70
trial in civil suits by jury, not merely or hs
peers. but Of his neishbors- And when they learn
of cases where heavy default judgments have mus
been obtained because of unknown ard sometimes
1Inaglhed nnJurleS thouSthls more VII Ivsel- ~
punishment-and HE themselves. their cars arl
their cash TO more reasonable and more hospitals
states
WHOSE ARE THE PUBLIC ROADSr
In this age of progress and enlightenment. who's
are the public roads, The farmers whose lands
they abUt. the towns in which they are. the con-
monweaIth's through which they pass or YOURS
and mine. citizens Of this nation of independent
but indestructible states2 In their beginnings the
were. perhaps. but COwpaths. in some cases msrs
rights OF way, IN many instances they are stil
imperfectly maintained by neighborhood labor. ys,
in our modern civilization they are. ard hereafter
always must be. the peoples roads. free % al
who come and so. whatever be their race conii-
ton or dwelling place
III 50, and the time has Coms-as n tas-whsn ths
state must build and maintain them. il follows
that they should be paid for BY the state, and rot
pE part or the state, much less by any class
OF clt1zenS OF the state. Each OF these prnCiples
IS already violated all over the country, and II
ihe cIlaoS OF inequity in which our American ar
laws have become involved. the injustice Of ths
Ihihs shoulG- Perhaps. for a time De silently
dured Yet New Jersey. tr euactiue a registration
1oIl from non-reSidents and eXCuSuE ir o1 uhs pea
OF road maintenance, stands almost alone.
BUT says the road expert, your new vehicles is
stIoE our me roads Perhaps. but. rin an advsrc-
!ns cIVlIzatlOn. roads should be made 70 II ths
fa1ic' not the traffic 10 NJ the roads
Mr.. Hotchkiss said that the power OF attorney
clause was unwarranted and Un-A-re-icsn. s-f
that the uiles-an- hour restriction "a statutoT
speed trap. where prejudice starts the stop wsirl
at one end and lesalized plunder bars the vay sf
the other