Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-14
PASTORS |NDORsE
CITY ICE PLANT
PLANS OF STAR
Believe II Only Way to End
Monopoly of Commodity
in Newark.

The STARS proposal TO establish q
municipal ice plant in the Pequannock
watershed for the benefit of the poor
of Newark was received with enthusi-
asm today by several local ministers.
Realizing, as they do, that there would
be practically no investment involved
in harvesting ice from the watershed
lakes, and that the product could be
used not only in the city institutions,
where 1t would save enormous ice bills,
but could be sold to the retailers at
prices which would end monopoly, the
ministers indorsed the plan heartily.
This is what they said:
The Rev. AIbertus T. Brock, pastor
Of the Clinton Avenue Reformed
Church,
TITS a pretty small man, or corpora
ton, who would corner a necessity like
ice. and for the sake of his own per-
sonal gain starve and murder families
perishing in hot, crowded tenements.
Anything that can be done to put such
people where they won't be able to
maintain such monopoly meets with
my hearty approval"
The Rev. DIR. J. C. Howard, pastor Of
the HaIsey street Methodist Episcopal
Church;
"If the men behind the trust realized
that there was always a good supply
of ice In the watershed storehouses
they would be willing to take fair
profit and not send prices up to figure
that is virtually robbery"
The Rev. William EaIins, pastor of
the Franklin street Methodist Epis-
copnI Church.;
81 haven't had time to follow this
proposition as much as | should have
liked to, but from what you say [
take It to be one of the most admirable
plans ever suggested to ameliorate the
condition of the poor 1t would lay the
ice trust fiat, as far as charging rob
berry prices is concerned
The Rev. Robert II. I.itteiI, of the
sixth Presbyterian Church;
IT am heartily glad to note that the
ministers are taking such an active in
terest In this proposal of yours. We
must keep driving at these reforms
until we get them. for If we don't have
agitation we won't have realization
The recent hot spell. I nope, has taught
us a lesson In the matter Of ice famine,
and / hope the lesson won't he forgot
ten until we have something which will
insure us against a repetition of IT.
The Rev. DIR. Davis w. LUss, superin-
tendent Newark Presbytery ExtensiOD
Work,
'The STAR Is to be congratulated
on warming up the ice question these
warm days. I think you can always
depend on the minieters, as a body,
standing with the people and willing
to do what they can. The well-to-do
can always help themselves, but the
poor need somebody to stand for them.
The Man of Nazareth gave them His
sympathy and His followers are not
to do less. The suffering among a large
element of our people during the past
few days has been very great. One
thing that helped to make life easier
was ice. There should be some way
by which ice could be furnished to the
needy at nominal sum. and where
they are unable to pay, free, So the
suggestion to harvest the Toe in the
watershed and use 1t for this purpose
seems to mo to be timely and good,
II wish the city could undertake
work like this and II there are other
ways to use the watershed to benefit
the masses of our people. especially
the needy. why not do it?"