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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

1Ua HE influence of the seasideresort mayor in the mayors con-
ference may be seen in the proposition to shorten the term OF
the public schools and extend the time for the summer vaca-
ton. The public schools of the State cost a vast sum annually, and
the facilities provided are inadequate. Most of the pupils conclude
their public education in the elementary schools, because their par
ents then require their aid for the maintenance of the home. These
parents do not patronize the seaside hotels. They and their children
remain at home. Shortening the term of the public schools would
be an injury to these children. 1t would keep them on the streets
that much longer and reduce their time and opportunity for ee-
mentary education. The expensive school plants of the State are
now idle and useless too many days of the year. The mayors con
ference would extend the period of uselessness. And all this sacrifice
of public school interests is proposed TO be made in order that the
landlords at the summer resorts shall have a longer season for their
business. If that proposition comes before the Legislature it will
be fairly Jumped upon.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

@ ENATOR LODGE, who, as a high tariff man, is convinced that
the tariff has had nothing to do with high prices of neces
sares, and who proposes to prove his theory by lnyeslga
ton. believes. also, that the coldstorage system is mainly respon-
sible by enabling combinations to store large food supplies to keep
them out of the markets. Senator Lodge is therefore interested in
the Hudson County prosecutions. He has asked Prosecutor Garven
TO go to Washington and testify before his Senate committee as TO
the knowledge he has obtained from the evidence before the Hudson
grand jury. Thus the investigation that has been had in Hudson
county is likely to influence important remedial national legislation.
There are many citizens of New Jersey who regret that the State
government does not have the credit for the initiative for this inves-
tioation. which has now obtained nationwide celebrity. 1t was the
State that chartered the meat trust and the coldstorage concerns.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05
H------
Autos for Fire Chiefs.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Dear Sir-While the idea to provide
the fire chief with an automobile is a
good one, yet it should not stop there.
as every chief in the department
should have one and the taxpayers
would be the gamers by 1t. When you
consider the large territory that tho
battalion chiefs, who have charge OF
the outlying districts, have to cove it
is easily seen that they should have
automobiles also, because the head of
the department seldom responds to a
fire in those districts unles there is a
second alarm. Then, too, the neces-
sity Of having the battalion chiefs first
ing, as it very often happens that in
experienced men are often in charge
of fire companies during the absence of
the captain and ~lieutenants, and are
not able to size up the danger as quick
ly as their superiors.
Again, by having extinguishers at
tached to the automobiles a dangerous
looking fire could be held in check I'M
til the fire companies arrive.
1t seems rather strange that New
ark is so far behind in the way of
providing automobiles for its chiefs
when it was the first city in the coun-
try to have a part paid department
Then, again, the department should be
provided with automobile combination
chemical and hose wagons for the Clin-
ton Hill, Vailsburg and Forest Hill
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05
NOT FROM ELBA, BUT EGYPT.

I'D OOSENELTS reception in New York upon his return 10 the
I'm United States will be one of the great events OF the present
year. Politically and in a party sense, his return from ais
African expedition has been likened TO Napoleon return from Eliza.
The parallel is imperfect. \ closer one was Napoleons return from
his picturesque expedition to Egypt. where he hunted and destroyed
Mamelukes and Turks. even as Roosevelt hunted and destroyed
lions. tigers and elephants and the horned hippopotami Napoleon
found on his return that the government was beset by dlhhculues,
that the French armies had met severe reverses and that the re-
dictionaries were threatening to restore the Bourbons. Roosevelt
upon his return, will find his policies routed, the Republican party
split. the prestige of Taft welnigh gone, the reactonaries strong at
Washington and a great party defeat in the next elections impend.
ing. Napoleon assumed the first consnship 10 bring order out OF
chaos, but there the parallel ends. What will Roosevelt do after
the ovation is over and he sizes up the situation?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05
TAKING ADVANTAGE.

Absolutely defying tradition. leap
ing in the face Of precedent, tramp
ling public opinion under foot, the
Bloomfield councilmen recently took
the bit in their teeth and doubled
their own salaries.
Where formerly 1t was necessary
to wiring from the hard earned
fruits of the toll of the villagers
but $50 bucks per annum for each
of the village fathers, It is now in
cumbent on the tax collector to
shake down the citizens for enough
to give each representative in the
Council 300 beans.
Why, the President Of the United
States gets but $4,000 a year! Jet-'
ries will draw down but twice that
amount next 9Th Of July. and look
what they do for IT. The Bloom
field councilmen may feel exultant
now, but wait until they onle UP
for reelection!
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05
WAR ON THE HOUSE-FLY.

m CONCERTED countrywide war on the housefy is to be inau
M gurated this spring by the government, and it will be begun
in the country districts. Hundreds of experts, aided by
laborers and armed with chemicals and mechanical apparatus, will
be sent out to exterminate the househy. The evil of this insect has
become we'll understood only of late years. 1t is the conveyor OF the
typhoid fever germ and the germs of other diseases. 1t is bred in
filth, haunts filthy places and finds ready access to food, to which it
CONVEYS the disease poisons from this filth. Thorough cleanliness
of surroundings of house is safeguard against this winged enemy
of man. BY aboishing filth the breeding places are destroyed. The
Federal government should have the cooperation of States and mu-
inequalities in its work of determination.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

Speaking of the Belleville annexation
bills, the State House correspondent of
the Jersey City Journal says: 1T is
understood that the Belleville people
will not ratify an annexation bill at the
referendum, therefore it will matter lit
tie whether it is defeated or passed by
the Legislature" This is a recklessly
untruthful statement. 1t also shows a
reckless disregard OF. the plainest right
of a people, the right under the law to
change their mode of local government
if they want TO.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05
TWO coLD-s7oRAGE REGULATION BILLS.

ea HERE are two coldstorage bills in the Assembly, one more
drastic than the other. A hearing on the James bill, the
milder of the two, will be held Monday afternoon, and the
committee will give a hearing on the Sullivan bill, the radical one
in the evening. 1t was polite to introduce two contrasting meas
ues in the LerisIf ture. but the Sullivan bill is one that really means
business. The il mes bill would permit cold storage for a year
The Sullivan bill mts the time to three months. The enforcement
of such a law would not entirely dsable. the monopolists of the food
supplies, but it would prevent long continued maintenance of exces
sive prices. 1t would also insure for consumers a better quality of
food and be a protection to the public health:
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05
Do Laborer. Toll Long Enough

Do Laborers Toll Long Enough3
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Why does the Industrious ant toll in
c~essantly all day and sleep all night,
apparently too busy for anything else?
some class distinction that makes mas
tiers and slaves?
Perhaps the use of the dark half of
time for sleep refreshes 10 completely
that hard work becomes a pleasure.
II SO, man should take a lesson in in
dustrial economy from the ant.
Just think what a national blessing,
what a peaceful solution of the labor
problem, it would be if the workers
would stop drinking beer. stop agi-
tating for shorter hours of work, for
more pay, and learn that to sleep all
through the night will make their toll
the greatest pleasure! Then would the
colossal fortunes of our masters grow
beyond our widest dreams.
Talk about monuments, pyramids.
Why, our Pharaoh Rockefeller could
build pyramids of solid gold so pointed
and so high that st. Peter might think
some burglar was trying to wedge his
way into heaven with a Jimmy.
What right has a workingman to
waste his energy in selfish pleasures
when the whole of his strength and
vitality are insufficient to satiate the
nav of the god of Prosperity"
How dare he ask for Sunday anuse-
ments?
Is it not enough that he may sit at
rest one day in seven and learn OF the
great divines who are employed at
great expense by the masters to tell
the common people their duty and of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05
PERSONAL INTEREST.

I'm turning back this big bunch
of coin to the people, do you think
Mr.. Rockefeller Is justifying the
methods by which he obtained it?"
"Well, if he turned a little OF it
my way, / would be willing not only
to say yes but to make an Rff-
davit to that effect"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

All eyes in the State will be turned on
the Senate judiciary committee Mon
day to see what Senator's Alderman,
Wakelee and Fielder will do in regard
to a telephone investigation. There Is
not much doubt about Fielder. The
doubt Is with the majority. Why there
should be any doubt is the conundrum
the people of the State are as yet un-
able to solve. But there are optimists
who say there is no doubt; that the
Senate committee is merely a little
more d%eliberative than the House COM
nittee. Let us abide in that faith until
the facts prove the contrary.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

Congress has been in session since the
beginning of December and not n OF
the measures proposed by President
Taft has been passed and become a
law. Several important measures on
the administration program have been
abandoned. Aldrich and Cannon could
get through Congress at the special ses-
sion the humbug tariff act that was
passed, but they are strangely unable
to control legislation in favor of admin
i~stration objects. o
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

The curse of human slavery entailed
all the great sacrifices of the Civil War
to get rid of it. The curse. that has
rested upon Philadelphia for so long. of
political corruption and slavery of the
city to an organized gang has brought
on a condition akin to civil a What
the events of the next few days will be
it is hard to tell, but If the outcome
brings ultimate liberty for the city from
it's political masters the damage done
and the losses incurred will be well
requited.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

"Come fill the cup and In the hres
of spring
Your winter garment of repent
ance fling"
But that makes no difference. He
is not animated now by the desire
TO do away with mors but by
hope merely.
If the grounding and other hard
working prophets may be believed,
we're not through with winter
weather by a long shot.
But this man, In his own delicate,
significant way, puts to the blush
all who hesitate and doubt concern
Ing the promise OF these beautiful
days.
Let us accept him as a real har-
binger of spring.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

All the really important business OF
the LEGISLATURE is before it. Only bills
of minor Importance have been con-
sidered. The Senate has passed fifty
bills Inc the House sixty-five. There
have been forty-two bills reported and
not passed in the Senate II twenty
seven bills in the House. All these
bills are to be legislated upon, and back
of them are about 400 bills in commit
tees. Two-thirds of the time of the
session has expired and the remaining
third will be crowded with business,
the great congestion occurring in the
last two weeks.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

If a State auditing department De
established to audit the accounts OF mu-
inequalities, with a requirement also thai
the municipalities shall adopt uniform
system of bookkeeping. 1t Will then
remain to be seen whether the depart
ment will amount to much more than
an additional set of officers for the
State treasury to pay salaries to. Inc
proposition is a good n If there Is
assurance that State auditing VIII
really amount TO more than an occa-
sional official Formally 1t Is uncer-
tain, also, how a uniform system OF
bookkeeping can be established a cny
like Newark must have a more eiab-
crate and intricate system of
than a third class town.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05
HE'S A POET, MAYBE.

This man Is an optimist.
He is positive spring is here 70
stay to the extent that he is willing
to discard some of his heavy cloth
ing for a time.
Perhaps he neV neara: lin
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05
GETTING BACK.

And there are a lot Of folks who.
when the probe is inserted, would
be just as well pleased If they
didn't use stovaine or ether. or
either, on the phone trust, but just
let it yell.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

The STAR extends the privi-
lege of these columns to the
public and invites signed COM
munications of not NOR than
r hundred words treating OF
topics of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

sections of the city, which would mean
a great saving, and also the big engines
for the central part of the city. 1t is
to be hoped that the Fire Board will
be more generously assisted by the
finance committee of the Common
Council than it has been.
TAXPAYER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

Our esteemed contemporary, the Long
Branch Record, calls the proposed
prone investigation at Trenton "a farce
investigation" The Record is prema-
ture. Something of the same kind was
said about the Senator Aids investiga-
ton at Albany when it was started,
but it has developed into a political
tragedy.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

Out West they are calling that White
House banquet to Cannon a "Belshaz-
Ear feast"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-05

WMTN
Ay, THERE'S THE RUBl

Az, nEkE HE NoD'
Nc one would sneer at actors"
dear,
or that I'm very sure,
If they We're always real, NOS
near"
But oh, you amateur. V
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-20
.Forestation in Massachusetts.

Less than one-fifth of 1 per cent. of the worthless forest land of Massachu- setts is being reclaimed this spring by its owners or by the state Assistant State Forester R. S. Langdell makes the claim that in the entire state there it's opportunity because there is noth- ing worth while growing on it, and that refers only to such wild land as lie considers unfit for any other crcp than trees. Out of the entire 5,321,- GOO acres of land in the common wealth, the assistant forester claims that 2, 673,000 acres are adapted only to forest growth That is about half the state. Taking from that total of forest land the 100000 acres that are going to waste, there appears balance holding some forest that is worth having there. But in actual business there is not more than half million acres of land making any fair head way toward a forest crop.
 That brings the figures down to showing that Massachusetts is neglect ing about 2,173,000 acres of the land within it's borders. and that is at least one-fourth of the total land, or more than one acre in four. That means that one-fourth of the natural resourc- dians neglected nearly all of the land and we are only a degree smarter than they, for we neglect a quarter of 1t If that land were made to do what it is capable of, it would add annually to the value of the income of the entire state more than all the taxes that are paid now to the state treasurer. But there is more neglect than that
 The assistant forester says many
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-20
A DEATH TRAP.

The excitement at New Haven over Coroner Mix's report, which shows that negligence was largely the cause of the death Of the six dremen there, seems to be warranted by the finding which places the blame for the acci- dent upon those in charge of the jail.
 Here is a perfervid comment, said to have been made by Attorney c. M. Robinson of the Elm city:
 When Q death trap like the work shop at the jail is owned by ordinary private citizens. and loss of life fol- lows. a few indictments for man slaughter are usually found against the responsible parties In this case, 2S the responsible parties are prom fnent ring politicians. they will prob ably be given a dip in the whitewash bucket. and the deaths charged up to the act of God When public offices are filled with men fit to hold them, then these things will cease, but not before"
 Explanations from the factory in- spector and the county commission CTS are in order The partisan color given 10 these remarks indicates wig orous endsavor to make a politicaI pivot of a very sad affair The fact that the prisoners were all conducted 10 a place of safety may, be taken as evidence Of efficiency in the manage ment. any way
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-20
Evil of Procrastination.

Much of the unhappiness and inn providence in life is caused by early habits of procrastination, habits con- tracted unconsciously, perhaps, when character isat it's formative stage, and at the very time when most atten- ton should be given to the untra ned nature. It is so easy to fall into a happy go-lucky way of living, so easy to jog along unconcernedly, doing the things which suit us best and perhaps which count for the least, and leaving undone all the acts, and unspoken all the words, and unexpressed all the thoughts ad unusued all the advan- tages which are really so essential to a better understanding of ourselves and the wonderful life being lived about us.
 What a bright world Of promise full filled this would be if responsibility could only be made half as attractive as some of the minor diversions which seem to furnish so much pleasure to their partakers If the hard places could be made soft. the rocky roads smooth, and difficult undertakings easy. there would be small need for putting off from day to day the full filling of any task whatever. As it is, with the certainty that happiness unalloyed is not within the grasp of man, and with the knowledge that sorrow and trouble must come at some time into each of our lives it seems strange that for all our weak human nature we cannot learn the lesson that prOcrastination teaches and benefit thereby.-Charleston News and Cour- fer.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-20
A GLORIOUS RAIN.

The heavy shower of Monday night was a blessing to this region and the soaked earth will soon be ready to cultivate in earnest; and the crops that had been planted will now show accelerated vigor. The year 1910 opened with 8 shortage of water and the released brooks this spring are lower than usual and the earth much drser. IL is certainly hoped that the dry opening of spring may be followed by generous and spring-dlling rains later on
 And such a rain is not only good for the crops, but affords a grand op- portunity for the mosquitoes, and it Is up to the individual property owner if he would have his premises free of the pest, to see that no drains no hol- lows, no cesspools, no old pans or paiis are left to hold water enough for the mosquitoes to use as hatcheries- Work done now is more valuable than that at any other season of the year, be- cause it is now most successful in preventing the matching of these in sectS-
 Ut is a good rule of life to keep the vegetables coming and the mosquitoes going. thus increasing the benefits and decreasing the annoyances.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-20
SENSIBLE GIRL GRADUATES.

The girls Of the graduating class of .he Lynn, Mass, high school have distinguished themselves for their rare good sense in voting to make their graduating dresses plain white muslin dresses without laces or frills.
 The leader in this movement was the daughter of one of the richest shoe manufacturers in Lynn, and it was promptly approved, putting a stop to the vain rivalry and the burden upon slender incomes which in too many places marks the closing exercises of the senior class of schools of most grades
 The best thing about this simplicity which preserves nice relation of equality among the pupils is that it is in accord with democratic professions and truly American in form.
 Lynn was not the first New England city to set the example. for at Rut- land, Vt, and in other cities it has been the order for some years
 The Rutland News says:
 Private schools. patronized by s1obdom. are free to cultivate snob- bery to the limit. Public schools. paid for by the taxpayers, should not tolerate the least pretence of superiority by pupils or attempts to create caste by means of societies"
 The time is ripe for g general over turning of the vain rivalry and fool fshness which too many parents in- dulge in on such occasions
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-20
Mind as Disease Maker,

A good deal is said in these days about the effect of mind on matter in the way of the cure of disease, but less is heard about mental influences as a cause of bodily ills; yet it is an old truth that the state of mind has a direct effect on the body. The gloom and depression caused by worry and anxiety create a morbid condition of the physical system. It is impossible to feel we'll physically when the mind and spirits are downcast. The blood does not circulate properly, appetite fails. the head aches, and if these morbid conditions continue, more deep seated ailments are likely to arise, and cancer may be one of them.
 With many persons fit of anger is followed by an attack of indiges- ton; excitement destroys the appe- tite, bad news creates nausea, fright causes faintness. and so on- Violent or depressing emotions always distur the equilibrium of body and mind alike. This being the case, it is in evitable that when these emotions oft en recur or become continuous Seri- ous physical results will fellow The obvious lesson is, then. that mental serenity tends to health-is. in fact an essential element of health-and that. instead of resorting to mind cures, after the health is broken, if is wise to preserve the serenity a preventive and safeguard against dis ease.-Indianapolis Star.