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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
IS RATE
At ROOSEVELT
Additional Tax Returns AN
nounced by Clerk Spencer
of County Board.
SOUTH RIVER $l951-2

Returns from taxing districts re-
eeived by Clerk William A. Spencer, of
the County Board of Taxation, thus far
today. show the following official rates:
Borough of Roosevelt, $1.61 per 800
of taxable property; Borough of South
River, 1888; and Borough of James
burg, $1.S5.
Clerk Spencer has yet to hear from
assessors in the borough of Metuchen,
Madison Township, borough Of High
land Park, borough Of Helmetta and
East Brunswick Township. There are
twenty-five taxing districts in Middle
sex county and of that number the new
rates have been established in seven
teen districts. They are low in nearly
all places compared with other years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
Amended IL.

When King George was Prince of
Wales n of his body servants was
enc trying to explain to Sir Arthur
Bigge some incident that had taken
place.
"Me and the prince he began,
when Sir Arthur pulled him up.
"You should say the prince and T."
he observed. The man looked at him
for a moment and then said:
81 beg pardon, sir, but did not know
you were there at all. However, you
and me and the prince"
Sir Arthur was compelled to laugh
at this and, after another attempt to
explain to the man how the story
should be told, was content to let him
tell 1t in his own NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Weekly.
II you do not read the NEWS
every day you will miss q great deal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
Tn, birth of Reform Schools.

The first reform school for juvenile
delinquents was probably the one or
ganlzed at Metray, near Louvre,
France, about the year 1889 by NJ. de
Tetz, a noted councillor Of Paris. NJ.
de Tetz found In some wealthy noble
men the financial assistance he needed
to materialize his idea, and the school
was started with the most bene6cent
results. The idea was taken hold of
in other quarters not only Of France,
but of other continental countries, and
the enthusiasm created by the work
resulted in the grand conference Of
the reformatory union" the real be-
ginning OF our present day work in
behalf of Juvenile deIinquents.-New
York American.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
The inexpensive Policeman.

Mr.. Walter Seymour, who writes
cups and Downs Of a Wandering
Life" had Thorold Rogers for a tutor
while at oxford. Rogers was as
amusing as he was heterodox. II re-
member asking him one day. Mfr. Rog-
ers, what do you consider the origin OF
the idea of the devid?' Cheapest po-
liceman they could fndr"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
GREEN PEPPERS sAuTE WITH
SCRAMBLED EGGS.

, Plunge the peppers In very hot wa
ter. then rub off the skins with q crash
tewsl. Cut thsm in halves, cut off the
Btems, remove the seeds and carefully
cut away the rib or division walls. Let
the gepnera aaok a faw minutes in a
little butter, moisten with a pint of
ronsomme. add a little minced shaiiot.
parsley and paprika and let all cook
slowly for half an hour or until done.
Have ready some rounds Of nicely
toasted or fried bread and enough soft
scrambled eggs to fill the pepper shells.
Dust q little finely minced parsley or a
lash of paprika over the top and serve.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
Honest Genius.

The editor wrote: Dear Madam
The verses entitled The Kiss are very
clever. Can you assure me that they
are original?
The authoress answered: "Sir-Not
quite. The Kiss was a collabora
tion."-Cleveland Leader.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
Hold Pugilfst for Murder.

Columbus, Sept. 22:-David Sc
vile, an e~x-prizefghter who has a
record of having killed n of his
ring opponents, is held at the police
station in connection with the mur-
der of an unknown man whose body
was found Tuesday night just out
side the doorway of the saloon oper-
ated by Seville.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
Not Much piffsrenee.

Brown-Now, my wife always CON
suits me about everything she buys
for herself-dresses, hats, shoes, gloves
everything. RObinson-So does mine
that is, she always asks me for the
money. Comes to the same thing in
the end.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
His Penalty.

Geraldine-What did pa say when
you asked him for my hand? Gerald.
He said that he wouldn't stand In the
way Of my unhappiness if l needed the
money badly.-New York Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
A Mistaka.

Applicant For S~ituation-I've come
abaht that job wot wos advertised.
Employer-Well, can you do the work?
Applicant On great alarm)-Work! I
thought 1t was a foreman you wantedI
Punch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
No Escape.

Bella understand your sister mar
ried a struggling young man? Gus
Yes; he struggled hard, but he couldn't
get away from her.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
iTUFFED PEPPERS, BALTIMORE
ATM

Cut eff the tops of the peppers and
coop out the seeds and carefully trim
he ribs down without cutting through
he epper Mix crab meat with al
most an equal quantity in weight of
Inc buttered breadcrumbs. q little salt,
%sprinkling of finely minced parsley
md enough cream, a few tablespoon
Mls, to moisten the mixture slightly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
STUFFED PEPPERS A LA CREOLE,

= Ia CHEQLE,
Take two dozen sweet green peppers.
Peel them, take off the topTnost bit and
remov the seeds and division walls.
Take a dozen or more red peppers, cut
off the stems and take out the seeds.
Chop these peppers very ane. Put q
tablespoonful of butter In a saucepan
over the fire. Add half an onion minced
fine and brown lightly. Then add the
minced peppers mashed to a pulp. Add
about q tablespoonful of finely minced
ham. AS these brown add a Glove Of
garlic, also minced hne. When the pep
pers are we'll cooked add half q cup OK
bread that has been wet in cold water
and squeezed thoroughly dry. Season
to taste with salt and pepper. When
well Drowned take from the fire and fill
the peppers. Cover the top of each
with some buttered breadcrumbs. Ar
range them In q bake pan and place in
the oven and let heat thoroughly
through and brown. Serve hot with
meats or for a luncheon dish" with rice
and tomatoes or stewed sweet corn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22

Some OF the news or your 1mme-
date neighborhood may be found in
The want ads. today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22

There are many religions, but there
is only one morality.-Ruskin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22

II you arc not a good advertiser
no matter what YOU vocation Is.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
Delicious Green Pepper Dishes

Fill the peppers and cover with butter
ed crumbs, Set in the oven to brown.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
Back to Business

The return from the summer vacation will bring
the usual demand for legitimate and profitable
Investments.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22
Fidelity Trust Co.
NEWARK, N. J..

recommends the present as a most advantageous
time for the purchase of the securities of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-22

II you do not read the NEWS
every day you will miss a great deal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
THE INDEPENDENTS

III HOSE who hope for an increase in
the habit of Independent voting
II find a plenty to encourage them
in the returns in Los Angeles county
of last Tuesdays election, despite their
disappointment that the non-partisan
judiciary ticket did not make a better
showing.
Taking the vote on county treasurer
and assessor, which probably repre-
sented the normal party alignment, and
averaging them we find that the
normal Republican vote in the county
was 34,721, and the Democratic 10,45S,
majority for the Republican ticket
of 24,263. Hiram Johnson's vote fell
off about 1000 from the normal, and
Bell gained about an equal number. 1t
may be that some of this was "old
push" machine Republican detection.
1t is apparent that the Fredericks and
Hartwell forces traded off Johnson to
save themselves and to help the ma
chine beat johnson if possible.
1t is also undeniable that a large
number went over to Bell, believing
that he deserved support as the orig
inal anti-Southern Pacific man. Any
way, both lots were Independent voters,
and by so much ah they helped to get
voters away from the straight ticket
fetch they did good.
Melvin, the machine candidate for
supreme court, fell about $500 away
from the normal party vote, although
his running mate, Sloss, ran we'll up
with IT, Judge Bledsoe got nearly 5000
of these. On the contest for district
attorney Fredericks lost about 97OO of
the normal party showing despite his
trading, while Woolwine ran nearly
1900 ahead Of his party strength.
Fredericks plurality was more than
% 900 behind the normal party plurality
out Of a total vote OF about $4,000,
which should satisfy almost any adj
vocate of independent voting. DR.
Pratt cut down Hartwells plurality
about 2O,5OO
A greater measure Of Independent
voting under the present system could
not reasonably be expected. Party
habit is the growth Of generations, and
the existing ballot makes it hard to
break away. Hundreds, If not thou
sands, vote a straight ticket, fearing
loss OF their vote by cutting. Many
vote straight because they are per-
forming a duty (as they think) along
the line of least resistance. The party
circle was put at the top by the ma
chine for such as they.
The next legislature will abolish the
party circle and put the judiciary cam
dldates In a column with no reference
to their politics. When this is done
they look for more indenendenoa ip
the booth.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
An Example Of High Finance
(San Francisco Call.)

1t is conjectured that the large item
of "current liabilities which are to be
met by the proposed issue of stock
was incurred for purchases of stocks
of other railroads under the Hartman
regime. 1t has been supposed that all
these stocks were long ago paid for by
the holding company, but it appears
likely that the Union Pacific has been
carrying tho debt. In May, 1907, it was
brought out before the interstate COM
merce commission that purchases of
stocks amounting to $12S,000,000 had
been made for the account OF Union
Pacific and Oregon Short Line. At that
period --nion Pacific had $55, 96S, 900 cash
in the treasury and at the same time
a bond issue for $75,0OO000 was floated
more or less successfully by the Union
Pacific, which, with the help of the
money in hand, was supposed to have
been applied on the stock purchases.
Now it appears that on June 30, 1909,
the Oregon Short Line was holding
stocks listed at nearly $160,000000 on
which it seems that Union Pacific has
claim for some $72,O00,000.
The transaction, perhaps, does not
greatly concern the general public,
except in so far as the people may
be interested in the ever increasing
pyramid of capitalization. How the an
nouncement will strike the sharehold-
ers of the Oregon short Line is an
other matter for apparently they were
not previously advised that they owed
so much money.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION

Editor Herald: As the world has
passed through various revolutions, re-
ligious, civil and moral, both Vlolent
and peaceful in nature, so are we now
entering upon an industrial revolution,
which in all probability will not be ono
of bloodshed, but in the nature or q
general raise of the standard OF intel
ligence of the people, overthrowing in
this process our present corrupt sys-
tenn. which, however, is only existing
as n result Of what people individually
have stood for in the past ana Is
facsimile of the grade of justice ana
morals they have represented.
Whether the result of this reVolu-
ton will be called Socialism is not OF
moment, but conditions will. in general
be what Socialism now pro-
claims. Socialism, however, VIII not
have gained precedence until the ma
1ority of the peoples intelligence mas
risen to it's level and they are In favor
of It. You cannot force people by
means of drastic laws to be better. IL
must be their natural inclination TO oe
so. AS a stream does not rise apoVe
its head. so a persons actions do not
rise above his head. The cry has al
ways been: Oh, for a form of govern
ment that would cause to prevail pei
ter conditions, put stop to murder'
thieving. loose morals, dishonesty IN
business. etc, but these will only pc
a abolished when you and / and each ana
every one of us can look ourselves over
and know that we display none OF
these traits either in thought or action.
ALAN WARDE.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

is DON'T" In the young mans place
1 wouldn't marry anyhow IL couldn't
bring more than 81 a week into the al
lance I'm both a bachelor and
wage slave, and I'm one because I'm
the other the first because I'm the
last. I'm not married because never
could get money enough to marry on,
my average wage for the last decade
being from $4OO to $500 a year; and in
the last panic year my income was
$500.
/ have been engaged to a number OF
young ladies In my 40-year-old life,
however, the last one getting $1S a
week as stenographer, while I get only
half as much--a somewhat similar
case to Edith's.
But although engaged would not
marry this girl until could make
at least as much as she. After two
years waiting I was raised to $40 a
week, while as a bookkeeper and Pit
man expert combined she drew down
her $40 a week. She ultimately mar
ried a $25 a week man; and althougn
1t broke me all up for a while, think
she was wise to give me up, for I'm
still a $40 week wage slave.
People shouldn't wed on less than
$1,000 a year, the husband earning the
salary and the wife caring for tho
home. A BACHE<Oh.
Los Angeles Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
Los Angeles, Cal.
INJURIOUS MOTION PICTURES

Editor Herald: 1t seems to me de-
sirable to draw attention 10 proDapIe
evils liable to arise as result OF eho
morbid and suggestive pictures Whlch
are intersprinkled in most or the NOV
ing picture "theaters."
ore set OF pictures recently snoWn
vivis.v depicts father, mother and
child in a thoroughly happy home, the
feth9r frolicking with the child while
the mother looks on approVlngly. inc
father. an actor, kisses mother anu
daughter goodby and departs for the
theater. where he is shown In MS
dressing room, and where, presently,
a messenger brings him news or ms
daughters having been stricken with
n deadlv disease. He breaks down,
hut is finally quieted and induced 10
rro on in his part. Later he Is shown
as an inmate of lunatic asylum ana
the alternating scenes are cast tnere
and in the sick room. Both the child
and the father ultimately recover Dut
not until the audience has been SUD
iected to a mental strain which Is the
reverse of beneficial and Wnlcn necss-
sarily leaves each spectator sau' oe-
jected and disappointed.
: Another picture 1 have seen depicts
n convict in his cell, where letter
from his mother reaches h1m; the
mother Is Ill and destitute. The con-
vict asks to be taken before the war
den and the latter permits him TO
leave the prison to visit his mother.
On reaching home he finds that his
mother has absolutely no money ana Is
sadly in reed of medical attendance,
whereupon he dons the mask and
buckles on the pistol, goes forth and
h h1lds up a grocer in his store. he
then returns to prison, serves out MS
sentence. becomes miner in the west
and accumulates a fortune. Can there
he a question in the mind of the clear
headed thinker of the polluting erect
nroduced by pictures of this class upon
the Youthful attendant at the theaterY
When the writer was a small child
he was permitted to look, at a funeral,
unon the face of the corpse Ga woman
Of perhaps 80 years., the face yellow,
wrinkled and CHASTITY. and that face
for wears was seen in the hours of
darkness when, without it, the writer
would have been benefiting by the
sleep which is so necessary to the
child.
7 should like to know what others
think of this matter, and If you con-
slider my communication of sufficient
Importance to give it space 1 hope
that this may be the humble beginning
of a movement to better conditions
which are not now exactly such as
could be desired.
EDISON B. FULLER.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
AFTER THE S. P.

As A probable result of the recent
~ visit to this region OF Assistant
"a Secretary Pierce of the depart
ment of the interior and the publicity
given at that time by The Herald and
the California OIL World to the bad
faith of the Southern Pacific and the
weakness of its titles to oil land prop
critics, President Taft has instructed
Attorney General Wickersham to be-
gin an inquiry into the right of the
company to 5000 acres in California
The inquiry ordered by President Taft
will be directed toward the question
Of whether these lands were known
to contain oil when patented as agri-
cultural lands, and If that fact is es-
tablished suit to recover them will be
instituted.
While the public has learned not to
expect too much from federal investi-
cations and prosecutions, there is rea-
son to believe, from the promptness
with which this matter has been taken
up, that the president Is sincere in a
desire to know the truth and do justice
IN the matter. There need be no fear
but that in the event of the defeat of
the railroad company congress will see
to it that involved parties who are re-
ally innocent of collusion with the
Southern Pacific in its gigantic grab
and fraud are not made vicarious suf-
ferers.
h rl, hwy Iaaf
conclusive. and indisputable evidence
that the land titles exempted all min
eral from the grants and that the S.
p. has failed utterly and deliberately
to carry out either the spirit or the
letter of its grants, it should be easy
to present q case before the depart
ment OIL justice that will shake off
some of the assumed confidence of the
railroad in its vested rights"
1t may not be germane, but it is in
teresting as showing the ruling spirit
Of the company, that 1t has escaped
taxes on enormous tracts of 'its" land
and as has been shown by Charles Ed
ward Russell in his history of the
Southern Pacifc's congressional activ-
tiles, its whole course has been marked
from the beginning by corruption and
brutal greed.
Morally the Southern Pacific has no
right to land variously estimated to be
worth from $75,OOO,OOO to 100000 900
given to it-or rather, taken by it
through corruption at Washington
ostensibly to build a railroad and to
be resold for agricultural purposes,
which has not been done There IS
reason to believe the right kind of in
vestigation will show its legal title is
equally weak.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13

to them as mothers, wives, taxpayers
or workers. In the mass they will
probably never want more.
Woman is temperamentally untitled
for judicial work; still, it is conceiv-
able that an occasional member of the
sex of uncommon acumen and judicial
mind-let us say like Ella Flagg Young
or Frances Willard-might be a great
improvement on some men on the
bench Such women, however, will
never become numerous enough TO
make more than a sprinkling in the
mass, and there is no occasion for ap-
prehension of their "invasion" of pre-
negatives men have hitherto held to be
solely theirs.
Public activity does not unsex women
or unfit them for feminine duties. Ok
lahoma has a woman at the head of
her labor bureau who has made a ma
tional reputation for efficiency. Chica-
go has in Miss Young the leading
school superintendent of the country.
Many women have sat on school boards
to the apparent gain of the community.
In several states there are efficient
women factory inspectors, their office
created by man-made statute.
1t is said that a majority of the
members elect Of the California assem-
bly, are pledged to the submission of
suffrage amendment to the constitu-
ton, and there will be ample time for
Californians to weigh up these matters
before they become living issues with
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
ASIATICS-A SERMON

IT. P the state a man was elected to
congress that The Herald was
~ glad to see chosen, although
many candidates this paper supported
profess different party allegiance. The
Herald is the kind of partisan that
would rather see William Kent, insur-
gent Republican, at Washington than
some of the professed Democrats there
who were ardent in their support of
every tricky scheme framed up by
Nelson w. Aldrich and Joe Cannon.
This much by way of preface to an
extract from a speech by Mr.. Kent in
which he treated on the subject of
Asiatic labor exclusion. His view is
SO thoughtful and gets so far down to
the bedrock Of real causes and effects
in the great problem that it should be
pondered. Answering the claim that
we need orientals for manual work,
he says:
Let us cut down our household
service; let us work toward con-
ditions that dignity every form of
honest toll; let us, under democracy,
do for ourselves the things that
period of adjustment we suffer in
measure, we shall at least be true
to the future of our country and
to the ideals OF democracy.
1t Is as certain as that the sun
rises and sets that those who use
the land will eventually own or con-
troll the land. 1t is well if we can
force our unemployed and our
malempoyed back to the land
where they will be producers and
not merely eaters. If we continue
the artificial status of today, and
require aliens to feed us, we are
on the pathway to the destruction
of our race, for we shall cut our
selves off from our supply Of neces-
stiles.
The superficial and customary argu-
ment against the Asiatic is that we
don't like them, can't assimilate them,
and they take our jobs. Read what Mr..
Kent says again, and absorb the real
reason which is as profound in its
generic Importance as he makes it
clear. We are, as he intimates, drift
ing along a wrong course.
We need men in congress like William
Kent, and it isn't a figs worth in i'm
portance what party name they profess.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
WOMAN "GETTING THERE"

A DVOCATES Of equal suffrage have
IN reason to view the results Of
AZ Tuesday last. as they related to
the subject with satisfaction. BY a
majority Of moro than 5000 washing
ton adopted an amendment to the con-
stltution throwing the ballot box open
to both sexes, making the fourth Amer
lean state to grant full suffrage. The
advocates Of the amendment cast
double the votes OF their opponents.
More than 10000 women will get the
suffrage.
In Colorado four women were elected
to the state legislature. Heretofore
there has never been more than one
The country win watch the experiment
with interest. The entrance of woman
into the legislative function, and the
possibility that her ambitions may
reach even to the judiciaI-for there are
already many able female lawyers--is
looked at askance by many people,
both men and women, and visions Of a
"feminized" nation disturb some.
The probability is that this matter
Will Sellle llSelIl anu Wllhoul SHllLll5
us from our mcorings seriously. Phys
icaIly and congenltally woman is un-
fitted for certain functions. She knows
it; and having temperamentally no
taste for them, will not seek TO carry
her activities into them. nor will she
encourage such sisters as aspire to un-
womanly things. Women want the bal
lot not to get Offices but to express
themselves on questions that are vital