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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
JERSEYS CONSERVATIVE
POLICY is THE BEST.
Gorernor slokos continues:

NV - AtRA IN
oThe economic truth e~nunciated by
the President in the foregoing quota
tion has long been recognized in New
Jersey. and has aided our great prog
ress in industry. trade and Transports
ton. Our state has recognized tho fact
that invested capital Is entitled, as
President Roosevelt says TO earn 81 re-
turn sufficiently liberal to cover all
risks and has guaranteed this assur-
anee to capital, no matter what it's
form of Investment.
Unfortunately this policy has not
characterized tho legislation of NIL
states Of the Union. Hssty. iIl-ndvised
laws have been enacted, under which
it Inns been Impossible to do business
without loss. Grent enterprises have
been compelled to withdraw from these
states as possible business acids, and
others hive sought relief in receiver
ships. Such legislation checks pros
perity. halts the wheels of industry
and leaves the laborer without employ
n1ent and exposed to want.
evils and abuses arc there that need
the restraint Of law, but the motive Of
law should be 10 cure. NOT To KILL 10
punish the guilty, not the innocent, to
encourage. not terrify. capital. What
We need is remedial, rather than punt
tive legislation; constructive, rather
than destructive policies; just, not
frenzied, enactment. Abuses can be
topped. wrongs can he gighted, the
people cnn he protected, without para
living industrial life. The State should
not leglslate for receiverships.
THE successful physician cures the
disease without killing the patient;
legislation should remedy the ill with
out threatening bankruptcy; otherwise
legislation has failed.
Tn many States legislation passed
in moments of frenzy, without careful
Investigation, much of 1t q mere imi-
t7tion of what was thought to be popu-
lar in other sections, much of It a tres
pass upon the Legislative domain of the
national government, has undoubtedly
had a depressing effect upon Industrial
and business activity, and has done
much to destroy confidence, without
which enterprise and progress are i'm
possible. Such Legislation has failed of
Its purpose, and New Jersey cannot af-
ford TO copy II. Her just, conservative
policy is the best.'
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
REVIEWING THE PROGRESS
OF THE STATE.

Governor Stokes devotes much space
to an exhaustive review of the strides
forward made by the state. Omitting
details these are the features:
Our State has not been backward In
progressive reform, but it has been a re-
form intelligent in character, conceived
in n spirit Of justice to all interests. It has
proceeded upon principles of fairness to all,
wrong to none.
Good government is impossible with
cut honest elections and honest primaries.
a corrupted ballot stains popular govern
ment with scandal and injustice. To guard
against this source of, governmental ills,
and to prevent the bride giver and the
bride taker from controlling our State,
corrupt practise acts have been passed.
We have thrown sreRter safeguards
around the ballot, making convictions
for bribery easier at Elections, and en-
Iarged the definition of bribery so as
10 prohibit as nearly ms may be all
Methods of unduIy influencing the mind
of the voter.
Primary laws have been enacted to en-
able the voter to express freely his choice
as to candidates and to have his vote hon.
estly counted when cast, For counties, a
Greet primary Law has been adopted bat
the voters may nominate candidates with
out the Intervention of delegates.
That representative government might
be truly representative, provision has been
made by which The people may express
their choice for United States Senator's.
The Legislature then selecting that official
Will execute the viii Of their constituents
as do the electors in voting for President
and ice-Preslden of the United States.
Our petit jury system has been modified
end Improved in the interests of fair trial
and impartial Justice.
The State has commenced to encourage
tree culture and develop and protect our
forests. Under recent enactment 10,53S
acres of woodland have been either pur-
chased or contracted for by the State as
public reservations.
I'm this connection the Legislature has
authorized the acquisition In fee of the
fresh water lakes and ponds. of which there
are los In the State, with an area OF about
l4,GO0. acres. The purchase OF these lakes In
localities that have become summer pay
grounds Will serve the ever-incfeasing
number of our people who leave the heated
cities for the cooler woodlands and
streams.
Our forests and lakes. to a large ex-
tent, furnish the sources Of our potable
waters. Steps nave already been taken TO
protect his asset Of the State-an asset
OF growing Importance and necessity.
The wisdom OF the legislature In pro-
bibiting the diversion of water outside
the state and IN assuming control OF
the potable waters within the state,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
CONSOLIDATION OF BOARDS.

The growth of the State and the multi
plication Of the fpnctions of govern ment
have resulted in the creation from time
to time Of various boards and commissions.
In some cases the duties Of these boards
are cognate, in some they overlap, and in
some instances there is actual conflict OF
authority carried to the courts for settle
ment-a condition that reduces govern
ment to an absurdity. When different
boards of the same State government con-
tend with one another for jurisdiction
for the right to perform certain functions
of the commonwealth-the time has come
for consolidation and n more exact CLASH
~fcatlon, by which similar duties may be
grouped In one department.
Public health is n broad term under
which many duties can be classed. Tnspec-
CT milk, publication of rivers and streams,
streets and our homes are matters that
affect the health OF our people. These
duties are now performed by different
boards, whose functions are so inter-
woven that they could be easily grouped
under one department. The State Board
of Health, and the boards or commissions
exercising relative duties, could be merged
into n single-headed department, with sub
ordinate officials, each having charge OF Il
particular branch.
IT recommend the passage of an act
merging all matters affecting the public
health into a single health department
with broad and comprehensive powers,
and with the necessary means to enforce
them.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
VOTING MACHINES HAVE
AROUSED MUCH PRO-
TEST.

The Governor refers to the necessity
for a pure ballot and says that the
voting machine was introduced for the
sole purpose of providing means for
correctly registering the will OF the peo-
pie at the polls" The step vas appar-
emily n in a forward direction. He
says:
TT may get out of order. 1t may he
%purposely dlsarrnnged. but II does not lie,
cheat or steal. and ITS errors are easily de-
tected and corrected.
"The popularity of these machines. 30
pronounced at their FIRST introduction,
began to wane three years ago. and
the opposition to them has gradually
grown in Intensity UP to the present
time.
Public sentiment makes law. and It Is
not the province of the executive or the
Legislature to Impose upon the people any
form of voting which Is distasteful and
unsatisfactory. 1t is difficult to argue
against sentiment, and apparently public
opinion on this subject is such that the
abolition OF the voting machine Is a very
probable outcome. IT. the event Of their
adjustment, however. consideration should
be given to improving our present ballot
with a view to minimizing the possibility
OF bribery.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
TREASURER VOORHEES,
SUBMITS HIS REPORT.
Accounts Audited and Found Correct by
Joint Committee Of the State
Legislature.
lFrom a Stan Correspondent

TRENTON, Jan. 14-Daniel S. Voor-
hees, State treasurer, submitted his
annual report to the Legislature to-
day, showing the condition of the va
rious State funds and the balances in
bank at the commencement Of the pres
ent fiscal year. Attached to the report
was the report Of the joint committee
of the Legislature appointed to audit
the State ~treasurer's accounts. This
latter report stated that the committee
had examined the State accounts and
securities and found them correct in
every particular. The financial report
gave the following summary:
state Fund-Reeeipts, M,609, O99. 49,; ball
ance IN bank at commencement of the
previous fiscal year, s., 0e4, sol SO; total, &c.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
CONTINUE FIGHT ON GAMBLERS.

ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 14.-Msmbers OF
the Citizens Reform League, whose com
plant that gambling was open in Allan
tic City ed to the recalling OF the last
Grand Jury without effect. are attending
the opening of the January term OF court
AT Mays Landing today and win petition
Supreme Court Justice Trenchard to in
struct that indictments be found.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
FRANCHISES AND TAXATION
OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Public utility corporations. using the
peoples franchises, are no longer to ex-
ercise this grant perpetually. but for linn
tied periods only; the franchise to be then
restored to the public and again disposed
of by them at their discretion.
Nor are such corporations longer to be
permitted to o~ver-capltalize their invest
ments. Their issuance of securities is
henceforth limited to actual values and
the public protected, not only from invest
ment in watered issues, but from the ne
cessity Of excessive charges to pay inter
est and dividends on Inflated Valuations.
The law of our State against over-capi-
talization in this connection is one OF the
simplest and most effective of any on this
subject.
The laws for the taxation Of public
utility franchises result In a revenue Of
mathematicaiiy ascertained and that. IN
the case Of street car lines, increases by
rate of taxation as we'll as by reason OF
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
Ex-MAYoR r1ED1ER's HEALTH GOOD

A rumor that former Mayor William
TT r, Fielder had died suddenly at his
home in Littleton ven yesterday
afternoon spread rapidly, n caused
no little apprehension In the city last
night. He answered telephone calls
about the report at his home last night.
saving that he was as well as ever, ana
that he had no desire to leave his home
or friends at the present time.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
oHEApER 10 Gross OCEAN.

MONTREAL, Quebec, Jan. h-Follow-
ing the action OF the White Star and Gu
nard lines in cutting rates, the Allan, Do
minion and Canadian Pacific steamship
yesterday afternoon cut rates for
eastward second cabin and steerage rates
to Liverpool and Scandinavian ports. The
reductions are from % 10 80 per cent
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
PUBLICITY OF ExPENDI-
TURES AND MUNICIPAL
HOME RULE.

Governor Stokes devotes a chapter to
home rule for local municipalities, n
under the title of publicity OF Ex-
penditure" has this to say:
eIf, in the future, municipalities
should need increased revenues, this
increase can he made by local taxation
after the reasons therefor shall be cx-
piained to the citizens of the locality.
Increased income to the municipalities
from the state should be credited to
tho taxpayers. Increased expenditures
by the municipalities must then be ac-
oounted for to the taxpayers. More
economic results are obtained by the
necessity Of appealing publicly to the
taxpayers for Increased municipal ex-
penditure than by making this ex-
pendlture possible through the use OF
one received from the State, of
which, generally speaking. the people
have little knowledge, or to which
they are too often Indifferent.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
NEW DIVORCE LAW AND
SANCTITY OF SABBATH.

The passage OF 4 law regulating
divorces in accordance with the recon-
mendations Of the conference on uniform
divorce laws was a distinct advance in So
lcial morals and tends to prohibit the recog-
milton of the easy divorces tina have been
encouraged by the lax laws of some Of the
States OF the Union
Public morals have not been forgotten.
The age at which minors may enter sa-
looms has been Increased. Socalled back
rooms connected with barrooms, where the
youth of both x congregated, too often
TO their ruin, have been abolished and
screens forbidden on the days on which
the sale OF liquor is prohibited by law.
The sanctity Of the Sabbath has been pre-
served and recognized in legislation.
THE State has inaugurated the policy
OF improving the condition of the tenement
house population. The great Improvement
In the sanitary and moral surrouldings Of
this class of our population has justified
this beneficent aw. Under 1t over twelve
million dollars worth of new tenement
houses were erected last year.
9TH final adjustment of the fee sys-
tenn has fulfilled a policy inaugurated some
years ago and has made the State and
county treasures instead Of favored Off
cials the recipients Of the official fees and
charges.
AUTOMOBILES.
Legislation regulating the use Of auto
mobiles, and the manner in Which licenses
may be Issued to operate these machines,
has not only produced a gross revenue of
$4,000 devoted to the Improvement of ono
roads. but has materially deferred reck-
less driving. and ~safeguarded travel upon
our public highways.
INSURANCE.
THE law governing Insurance COM
panies has been strengthened by the pas
sage of acts regulating the manner and
amount of their Investments.
RAILROAD BOARD.
The Railroad Commission has been APP
pointed with not only advisory, but with
definite and far-reaching pewers-bronder
in scope than the power Of similar COM
missions that are performing useful serv-
ice in other States.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATION.

AT the last session OF the Legislature
a bill providing for the regulation and
control of public utility corporations
so important a measure as this, whose
details are vital, is one that properly
falls to my successor for discussion.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14

every tax rate II the State OF IS cents on
a hundred. Where the tax rate, therefore,
did not exceed $1.e0 per hundred. full pay
ment OF the railroad taxes would hive re-
duced every tax bill at least 10 per cent;
the rate was under $1.6O. even more.
Eventual payment Of the railroad tax Will,
therefore, materially reduce the local taxes
the individuals.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
STOKES QUOTES ROOSEVELT;
STRONG FOR HOME RULE


enterprise, that haIts the Investment OF
capital-aluays tin,id and uneasy-that
shocks confidence and creates uncer-
tainty, results In the Impairment OF
prosperity and arrested de~veIoument.n
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
REORGANIZATION


This State has already passed an eff
fective act prohibiting DISQUALIFICATION
In cases of public utility corporations.
This class of corporations is quite distinct
from, business companies.
The problems growing out Of capitall-
cation in business corporations are pred
icated entirely upon the fixed par value Of
the Issues. Par value Is the basis Of dis
cussion concerning this subject. II the
shares Of The stock In certain classes
Of corporations were issued without a
Axed value hxed by the dollar marx.
the difficulty would be eliminated. II
a corporation should be organized, not
with n thousand shares OF stock at a
value of one hundred dollars per share,
but simply with the issue Of one thou
sand shares OF stock without any de-
termined par value, the question Of
over-capitaIixation could never arise.
The corporation would have Its assets
and its liabilities, but its standing in the
business and banking world would be
the accepted rules Of credit rather than
by the. artificial valuation indicted by
the dollar mark on the stock. Dividends
could be declared upon the shares, not In
the question Of oyer-capitalizatlon would
be entirely eliminated for all parties
concerned-for the corporation that sells.
for the holder of Its stock.
The investing public is too often in
duced TO buy stocks by the glittering
promise Of the dollar par value mark,
rather than by the real assets OF the cor
poration.
"One vital principle In this connee
tion must not be overlooked. 1t IL
nominal capitalization which would be
abolished and not the Requirements
that the company shall have any given
actual capital. Actual capital will
stiu be required"
The regulation of lobbyists is referred
to and action is suggested to eliminate
them.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
THE GovERNoR-ELECT.

81 lay aside my pen, but the State goes
on under wise guidance to fulfill the ideals
OF Q sincere and conscientious people.
EDWARD c. STOKES"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
FINANCES OF INSTITUTIONS.

Receipts and disbursements of State
institutions are commented upon and a
general act on these lines Is suggested:
Flrst-That all receipts be turned into
the State Treasury.
S~econd-That all disbursements be made
by the Treasurer and Comptroller, or
through detailed monthly acquisitions upon
the Comptroller.
Third-That bids be required for the
erection of buildings except for the work
that Is to be done by the inmates of the
institution, and also for supplies furnished
that amount the question of bids be left
to the discretion OF the Comptroller.
~Fourth-That the Governor, Comptroller
and Treasurer be authorized to make rules
governing the expenditure of small sums
by the institutions for immediate necessi-
ties, and that appropriations be made by
the Legislature to be used under these
regulations, and that the Governor, Comp
troller and Treasurer be authorized to take
action in cases of fire. damage or other
emergency.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
SEPARATION OF ELECTIONS.

Importance OF the separation of State
and municipal elections. Last year one
branch OF the Legislature took action
toward a. change. He recommends
holding state and municipal elections in
alternate years as the best way to
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14

veIopment Of Individual enort IN the
commercial and Industrial field; but as
the national governments supervision Of
the national banks Is a guarantee OF their
strength and soundness. so a prope super
vision Of the State over corporations quasi
public, to the extent that the public are
investors. would give them a credit and
q standing by of1cial indorsement.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
NvEsTIGATIoNs

The Governor repeats what he said In
a message In 1907, urging the policy OF
regular and systematic examination
and investigation of the States BUSH
ness affairs, which has for some time
been adopted by our great commercial
enterprises and especially by our bank
Ing Institutions.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
NEW JERSEYS SHIP

encouragement is asked for the work
Of constructing an Atlantic inland
deeper waterway. and the progress
made is reviewed. Says the Governor:
THE proposition involves a ship canal
across our State from tho Delaware to
The Raritan, affording a highway OF COM
merce that would compar favorably in
the amount OF tonnage transported with
even the Panam or the Suez. No State
would perhaps beneft as much as New
Jersey In the event Of the construction Of
this pi proposed inland water route.
Government aid and private capital
would probably both be needed for the
success Of the enterprise.
''The interest Of New Jersey In this mat
ter is so great that / commend It to your
careful consideration, and ask your en-
coursgement' so far as 1t can be properly
given"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
INTEREST PAYMENTS.

III it were possible TO secure unity Of
action in the several States. it would be
well to limit the rate Of interest which
banks could be permitted to pay on de-
posits. Competition for deposits has be-
have been offered to secure patronage.
This continually tempts speculative bank
ing. The banks in order to cover the in
terest charges on deposits are tempted TO
accept weak Investments because OF a high
rate Of return. The rates of interest paid
by some banking institutions on their de-
posits cannot. under normal conditions OF
the money market, be paid without a loss,
and this e~ndangers the safety of the de-
posits themselves.
AN interstate conference that would re-
suit In the adoption of laws by all of the
States limiting the interest paid on de-
posits to a rate consistent with safety,
would go far toward removing the tempta-
ton TO speculative banking and toward
institutions.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-14
NEW JERSEYS N

New Jersey is to be congratulated
upon the stability of her banks and
trust companies. For nearly five years
not a single banking institution in the
State has failed, and, what is more
gratifying, every bank and trust COM
pany stood the recent financial strain
without closing it's doors and without
suspending specie payments--a condi-
ton that reflects great credit upon the
watchful, careful and effective super
vision of u State Banking and In
surance Department.
Excellent as are our State banking
laws, stable and safe as are our bank
ing institutions, every safeguard should
be required. Precaution should not be
postponed until the day of disaster.
Prevention Is better than remedy"
Arizona republican., 1908-10-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, U. ;. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona, Sept; F, 1908.
 Notice is hereby given that Robert H. Woolf, of Phoenix, Arizona, who on September IT, 1903. made Home stead Application No. ATOP. (Serial No. DS97), for Lots and 4. and E 1-2 NV 1-4, section 1, township IS, range E, G. & s. R. Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final Five Year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Register and Receiver of U. S. Land Office, at Phoenix, Arizona, on the 90th day of October, 1908.
 Claimant names as witnesses:
 L. Nj. Hoghe, of Phoenix, Arizona; Fred s. Tait. of Phoenix, Arizona; Albert Brommell, of Phoenix, Arizona; Tom Clarke, of Phoenix, Arizona.
 LYMAN w. WAKEFIELD, Register