New-York tribune., 1912-04-03
AUTO. BILL NOW SIGNED
Bars in New Jersey Let Down for
Foreign Motorists.
FIVE.YEAR BATTLE WON
Reciprocity Measure Which Has
Aroused Such a Bitter Fight
a Reality at Last.
TBy Teleeraph n rbo rrihuro

Trenton, n. j., April 2-Governor Wise,
signed the Stickel automobile reciproc,tv
bill at o'clock this evening, and from now
Oh the New York motorist who wants N
drive through New Jersey can do so for
hfteen days without registering or iling
power Of attorney with the Commission.
of Motor Vehicles at Trenton.
About a hundred automobilists croud.a
| around the governors desk when he signed
the bill, which was quickly rushed over To
the Secretary OF States office Telegram,
were then sent to the forty-nine agencie.
or the Motor Vehicle Department notify.
ing them Of the new law and telling them
that hereafter the fees for domestic
motorists would be 80 per cent higher. th,.
being one Of the concessions made bv tbs
local motorists to aid the enactment OF IN.
law.
Assemolyman Stickel, the sponsor for IN.
reciprocity BILL IS the youngest member a,
the Legislature. and IL is the intention a,
the automobilsts Of New Jersey IN give a
dinner in his honor shortly. al which th.y
VIII present him with the pen which Gov.
ernor Wilson used in signing the bill On.
enthusiastic motorist in the Governor,
office when the bill was signed hand.d IN.
Governor blotter. and after the Ex.cu.
tive had used 1t to dry his signature tucksa
1t away in his pocket, with the remark tha,
he was going to have it framed as a sou.
venlr OF five-year fight for what IN.
motorists contended was fair PLAY.
New Jersey is the forty-1fth state 4, m.
Union TO throw open its doors to the for.
eisn motorist for reasonable period .s.h
year without requiring him to register ara
file power OF attorney
Previous 10 signing the bill the coyarr.,
granted hearing on it, at which a large
number Of motorists and farmers wera
present. W. Give Crosley. Jo.eph n
Wood. president Of the State Association
Of Automobllists; Judge Lewis 5. Martin
Richard c. Jenkinson, of the Newark Board
OF Trade, and number of others spoke in
favor of the measure. John D. Cox. OF
Hunterdon; c. c. Hulsart, Of Matawan.
and Theodore Brown, OF Gloucester Cd.
posed the bill on behalf Of the farmers
Mr.. Jenkinson made perhaps the most
potent argument in favor OF the Governor
signing the bill He presented a petition
from the Newark Bo4rd OF Trade urging
then pointed out that 1000 persons were
now employed in New Jersey in the manu-
facture of automobiles and accessories,
with yearly wage of more than sl6,OOo.o00
Mr. Crosby, who said he spoke for % 90
automobilists in New Jersey, said, in part:
We represent that the granting Of this
privilege with the fifteen-day limit does
not in any way jeopardize the highways
OF this state or any interest thereof or
that OF the farmer or granger, but, on the
contrary, it contemplates the increase and
circulation Of money. the promotion OF
good fellowship and the exchange Of priv
ileges which should long ago have been
extended by New Jersey to its own advan-
tage and the advantage OF its citizens.
Further if the law is justified at all IL
should take effect Immediately. Our state
is also peculiarly situated, as those from
other states must come in by clearly DC
fined and well known channels, and prop
erly and well organized motor vehicle de-
partment could locate any gross violations.
and an example or two would be all that
would be necessary TO prevent any general
violations OF the privilege.
Public opinion Is with the principles In.
voved in this bill, both within the state
and outside.