Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-17

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address delivered in Trenton today.
This address fs one Of the briefest
of its kind ever delivered, yet II Is
fraught with the simplest language
and Is complete In every detail.
There is no mistaking what Cover
nor Wilson Is aiming at and what
he will endeavor to accomplish as
chief executive Of this common
wealth.
There are seven distinct things
that the governor hopes to bring
about and he tells the Legislature
that these things can be done easily
at a single session. He places first
in Importance the adjustment OF
employers liability, and working
mems compensation. He points out
that the present laws were intended
for a day that is past. "A new
economic society has sprung up,
and we must effect a new set of adj
justments," he says. Instead of the
individual employer as in the older
days, we have a powerful group of
individuals In control of the various
industries In the shape of corpora
tons. The same time the employee
remains as a single Individual, only
instead Of being employed by tens
and twelves and being personally ac-
quainted with the employer, the
workingmen are now employed by
hundreds and thousands and, per-
haps, have never see the men who
are at the head OF the concern for
which they work. Governor Wilson
wants laws on the statue books to
properly protect these employees,
because" he declares, ut affects
the rights, the happiness, the lives
and fortunes of the largest number,
and because it is the adjustment for
which justice cries loudest and with
the most direct appeal. to our hearts
as well as to our conscience"
Linked with these adjustments
the governor urges a law that will
sthenceforth effectually prevent the
abuse of the privilege of incorpora-
ton which has In recent years
brought SO much diseredit upon our
The points out that the
modern corporation is IN no sense d
u yate concern. + e composed Of
ndreds, ant 9perlfaE fh6IsaFdEs oH
yople who have invested In the
stock and who have a common risk
the sudpess OF th~ concern. IF
aw is at liberty to adjust the gem
sral conditions Of society Itself, IT is
~ liberty to control these great In
strumentalities which nowadays. In
large part. determine the- char
acter Of society"
From the consideration OF lac
proper control OF corporations the
governor passes on to the Public
Utilities Commission. This body Is
supposed to represent tina people~in
dealing with these vast corporations,
but the governor points out tina the
present commission is entirely In
adequate to properly handle the
matter. He says in order to ac-
complish any real good such a COM
mission should "have complete -sesa-
lative powers; the power to regu-
late rates, the power to learn and
make public everything that should
furnish a basis for the pubIie-jaag--
ment with regard to the souadRess,
the efficiency, the economy-of BUSH
ness-the power. in brief, to adjust
such service at every point and in
every respect of equipments or
charges, or methods Of financing or
means OF, service. to the general in
terest to the communities Affected
Next. taking up the matter of tax
alton. the governor shows where the
foregoing knowledge on the part Of
the Public Utilities Commission is
necessary in order to establish a
system Of taxation that will be sat
isfactory, unless the Public Utilities
Commission has the power to fx
rates and learn the exact value of
the corporations. we cannot fairly
tax the values.
The next point that the governor
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