Newark post., 1910-10-19

the lOIloWlng statement to the speaker
Before the local option regime he
found Saturday busy night, usually
marking the arrest Of six or seven
"drunks each night; now he finds it
unnecessary to be in his Office on that
night. The average cost as a conse-
quence of these arrests was from 5000
TO $500 per year. The first year l,n-
der the new law the expenditure for
this cause has been $7.2o.
The rate OF taxation right now is
o5 cents on the hundred III New Cas-
tie compared with S. cents and 50
cents in Kent and Sussex.
What is our explanation? Sussex
is almost twice the size OF New Cas-
tie. with more miles OF roads to keep
i'll repair The amount of taxable prop
erty i'll the county is much less than
in the city of Wilmington alone Do
the hgures prove the statement OF high
taxation in dry territory?
But this IS on the argument of
man without heart. There is an on
coming generation Does it mean
nothing to shield them?
American life is moving toward the
cities. The plea for the boy to stay on
the farm is an impossible one Years
ago, as farming was done, one man was
required tor every u acres. Now such
number IS no longer necessary and
thousands have found a new demand
for their labor in the cities. As new
machinery is invented to tighten the
labor in the rural district, new indus
tries arise to call for new supply of
Workmen. as an example, the automo-
bic industry. A few years ago no
such thing existed, but now making
demand for many thousands of men.
The present condition demands
movement toward the city.
II the future of America is to be as
sured, we must save the city Amer
lean cities are poorly governed-more
so than any city in Europe, more so
than many cities Of heathendom Mr..
Rockefellers, investigation has un-
earthed the fact that the political ring
! OF New York shielded and countcnanc-
ed the syndicate imperilling the purity
OF womanhood, not only in all parts OF
America, but in the cities OF every
other land. He mentioned our great
cities-New York, Chicago and Phla-
delphia, being in the hands OF gangs
| whose power would fail if not backed
by the financial might of the whiskey
| trust.
! In our own State the last census
| shows the lack of only a few thousand
to give Wilmington one half of Della
wares population. The following in
stance shows the way the knot is tied
| fnr,,tpn Of >1,, IL
least the silent course
Mr.. Burchenal called upon the rep
resentative of a certain bank during
the last campaign, asking him to open
| ly ally himself with the cause The
banker replied that their was no doubt
to his opinion but he was unable to
express such publicly The circum-
stances were SO: A large brewery
establishment had borrowed from the
bank. In order to make themselves
secure, certain shares were given the
company 1t became necessary for a
person representing that bank to be
/ one of the directors in order to look
! after their interests The man himself
had been named as director-as vice
president. He could not wage open
war on a concern with which the well
|
fare of his own institution was so
closely connected
Many man knows he does not dare
! to come out plainly and state an hon
est opinion. 1t means boycott
Again, a liveryman in Wilmington fur
nishes an example He aided the
workers for temperance by giving the
use OF his teams, etc. The warning
came to stop-he refused to heed. The
horses belonging to brewers were
taken to other stables to board. So
far not serious, but the next step was
different matter. The horses of a
certain express company were stabbed
at this place-meanng an income OF
5000 per month-$24oo per year. The
summons went 10 the express office tc
find other quarters for their teams
The threat Of refusal OF all ship
ments from all the breweres Of Will
mington produced the result The
liyeryman lost his patron and was final