The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-19

say, Touch It not; il is holy. Charities
cannot have it; nobody can have il. 1t
the t schools" am for the schools as
charities of the State and for the building
up OF the institutions Of the State-the
charitable and penal nstitntions-and 1 am
to be a State fund very much; | want
1t for every interest in New Jersey, and |
want every interest in the State Of New
II today the act of 1906 were repealed,
which sets aside two and a half million
dollars, this Legislature could run the State
government and give you every one Of the
and appropriate s1'1soO,0o to the public
s.. 0 ,oOO which comes from direct tax
That is to say, the State could send s7.OO0.-
eco down to the schools, which is 100000
abundance of money for charitable in
situations of the State and build the new
wings which have suggested.
l want to say New jersey is prosnerous
along all lines. The people of New Jersey
are ready to support the public schools and
charities of the State. and | want to say
up the State in all lines and in all direc-
tons. If | can help you In any way as
the Governor of the State for the time be-
ing, you may call upon me and / will be
very glad to serve you.
Mrs. Frederick Church Jacobson, of
Newark, president of the conference. in
an address IN 1.-The Motherhood of the
State" said in part:
Physicians know that to have a healthy
community we must prevent, rather than
cure, disease. Following this idea / shall
submit to you several propositions which
are aimed at the betterlnent of the youth
OF our State. Habits formed before the
age of 20 largely determine a mans flu
Iure. IL our reforms reach the minds and
hearts and bodies of the children and
adolescents, we have in a great measure
solved the problem Of Dependency and
SID millions OF money to the State.
Our views on heredity have too long
clouded our vision and nave been an ex-
euse for our failure to face the fact that
eoS fhoar0R whieh We " dde eploneI Trd the it ey "
, that the child is what IT'S ancestors made
1t, for the ancestor made the home which
the iniquities of the father shall be visit
ed upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation should be interpreted to
mean the moral atmosphere in which he
springs.
habitable living places for the poor has
become acute. AS a consequence rents
hays jumped to PROPORTIONS almost pro-
or, two boarders have been added to the
already overcrowded homes of the poor.
Ihis problem Of housing is so important,
not only TO the other half but to the
community at large that / would strongly
urge the following:
+ IISt.-- nat q InOfOuRh investigation of
the whole subject be made by the State
under the direction of the Commissioner
Of Charities and Correction. and that on
the, report of this investigation, the State
institute further remedial measures.
! ~second.-That, in thee meantime. the
number Of tensment house inspectors be
twenty-five inspectors, three of whom are
assigned special work. This leaves only
nineteen .e,, to cover the entire State, There
are stili, after hive years of work, 19, 100
old tnements to be inspected and made
habitable. Al the present rate of progress
twenty months longer TO make even the
first original inspection. How can we
expect the department. with its limited
keep the premises in the condition which
the law requires? 1t is a physical i'm
Third.-That the State BOARD of Health
be empowered to compel negligent and in
competent local boards to do their duty.
of N Sepe q WIN Mb aeg he t saws t inrey Eft 0 Is sbss,
nonsense toCPreach sanitation, cleanliness,
ventilation to people herded in sunless.
and leaky %attics. in comparison with which
IA sty on a well ordered farm is a model
of comfort, and a constable on a gentle
mans summer place n fairy palace"
This year the city of Newark, a pioneer
in the matter of industrial training at
Aight. he's an average attendance of 100
My plea then IS for that which makes
for a better citizenship. n nobler woman
hood. and the right of all TO know what
Jchn Howard Payne meant when he sang:
Mid pleasures and palaces
Though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble.
There is no place like home"
A feature of the conference was an
exhibit from the Newark Play Grounds
Commission, State Tenement Commits
sion. boards of education and health of
Newark, Newark and Orange bureaus
associated Charities Childranfa Ala
Society of the Oranges. New Jersey
child labor committee. State Charities
Aid Association, national child labor
committee. Essex County Park Com
mission, Catholic Protector at Ar
lington, and the Catholic Children's
Aid Society. of Newark.