Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-19
EDITORS ARE
OPPOSED TO
R. R. PASSES
CFrom the NEWS corrcspondent)

Washington, Feb. 19:-That the at
tempt to amend the interstate com
merce law SO that passes may be re-
stored and once more distributed to the
newspaper fraternity is not approved
| by the brethren in New Jersey, or at
least some of them, is evident from the
copies of resolutions adopted by the
New Jersey editorial Association which
have been received by the New Jersey
Congressman. The language of the res
olution is positive in its opposition to
return to the old basis, and it recon-
mends that the newspapers of the conn
| try stand for cash In exchange for
space.
| 1t is stated in the preamble that there
is demand on the part of the patrons
of railroads for the resumption of the
publication of time tables in the news
papers, and the papers are disposed to
support the movemsnt to amend the
present law so that they may be en-
abled to take advantage of this idea
1t is stated that the cash basis method
of doing business with the railroads has
demonstrated that the old method of
accepting transportation in lieu of ad-
vertising space was losing proposition
for the newspa pers.
= The New Jersey Editorial Assoeia-
tion also adopted resolutions favoring
the bill which has been introduced in
Congress to put stop to the practice
of the Postoffice Department of printing
return addresses on stamped envelopes
without cost to the purchasers and
thereby depriving the printers Of the
entire country Of work that would
otherwise come to them.
Resolutions adopted by the Board
of Trade of Paterson, representing the
prominent business firms of the city,
have been received by the New Jersey
Congressman, urging that the require
ment for filing of returns under the
tariff act be extended until thirty days
after the decision Of the Supreme
Court upon the constitutionality of the
act, and that the assessments be extend
ed for term of three months
The Committee on immigration and
Naturalization of which Representative
Howell is the chairman, has reported a
bill which will stop the separation of
families of aliens when no member of
the family is suffering from tubercu-
losis or a contagious disease Under
the present law it often happens that
a member of family from some for
eign country Is deported, and thereby
causing hardship upon the entire FAM
lily on account of some slight physical
ailment or deformity. If the bill
which was reported becomes a law it
will enable the immigration authorities
to admit the entire family in such
cases, and not separate them. The bill
was reported unanimously by the COM
mittee.
Jersey Blue chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, located at
New Brunswick, has forwarded a petit
tion in favor of the retention of the
information bureau Of the immigration
service 1t is not believed that the
committee will ever consent to any leg
islation that would repeal the section
providing for this bureau of informa-
tion and distribution. The impression
has gotten abroad in some manner that
the committe was disposed to abolish
this bureau, but there is no grounds
for any such idea.
United States Senator Kean has filed
memorials from Hoboken and Jersey
City, opposing the postal savings bank
bill; from Knights of Columbus of
Trenton, urging legislation to admit
publications of secret orders to sec
ond class mail rates; from Junior Me
chanics of Camden, urging the restrict
ion of immigration; Jersey Blue chap
ter Daughters of the American Revo-
luton of New Brunswick, favoring the
retention of the bureau of information /;
New Jersey Chapter of American Ar
ehitects of Jersey City, favoring the
participation in the exposition in Italy
in 1911; and a protest from Farragut
Post, G.. A. R., of Paterson, opposing
any appropriation for confederate mon
uments.
Life savers of Monmouth and Ocean
Counties will be interested in knowing
that there is probability that plan
will be devised for granting pensions
to the men in the service. Some of the
Senators as well as Congressman are
considering the matter, and it is be-
lieved that the plan will be worked out
in the near future whereby life savers
who are retired through disability viii
be paid a pension.
Miss Kean, sister of Senator Kean,
was a guest last evening at dinner
the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Ballinger gave in honor of the Presi-
dent.
Howard A. Reynolds, a well known
lawyer of New Brunswick, aecompan-
led by Elmer Riley, of that city, is here
for few days sightseeing. Mr.. Rey-
nolds and Mr.. Riley were at the Capt.
tol yesterday.
G. S. ATKINSON.