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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26

We do not see how these children
can be forced upon the municipaIit-
les that have received them "a school
children making An additional bur
den upon the taxpayers there. Their
homes T In Lawrence, Mass, and it
is there where they should be attend
ing school instead of being paraded
about the streets OF various cities to
excite sympathy.
" While 1t is reasonable to insist
that parents should have the right
to do with their children as they see
fit, yet there are times when 1t is
necessary for the state to step in
with certain rules and regulations.
We find this in the compulsory
school law and other statutes. 1t
would seem, therefore, that the
sending of the children of the
strike" away from Lawrence. some
of them going as far as Philadel-
phia, while others are being taken
care of in New York. Providence and
Boston, is SUFFICIENT cause for the
public at large to step In and take
a hand,
Better still, the public should
insist upon having q say in the set
Element of tho struggle that is o
on In the factory town. The impress
sion is general that the people 10
ployed in the various places, where
there Is q strike are not receiving
the wages they are entitled to. There
should be some law which would
compel an impartial arbitration
board to listen to both sides, and,
having given due consideration, to
have the power to enforce Its rulings
when 1T has rendered a decision. In
that case 1t would not be necessary
to send the children away to be
taken rs of while the struggle
lasts.
There Is a great problem for the
public in the conditions that
exist in Lawrence. If the present
crisis over the sending away of the
children Will bring about final ac-
ton, the high handed steps taken by
the authorities will be justified.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26

t5UF.
NY By ROY X. MoULTON.

ter in the long run. and then, TOO
they are easter to land. "a tat man
is tender hearted and simply cannot
refuse an offer of marriage. :
Never mind the looks. Don't wait
until O find a Greek God. Gtab
off a homely one while the grabbing
Is good. The homely mes are the
ones who bring home che pork chops
If you cannot support the young
man in the I'M to which he mas
been accustomed, be honest and
STRAIGHTFORWARD about it and tell him
so. Don't lead him to expect cram
payne when you have only a beer in
come. Never lie to the young man
about your salary, for when he
learns the truth there is apt to be
trouble.
Be sure that your approach Is all
that 1T should be. Everything de-
ponds upon that. When you ask a
young man to marry you don't go
about 1t as though you were order
ing q ham sandwich In a one-armed
restaurant. BE pleasant and polite
about 1t. Approach him with tact
and let him find out your true ma
ture after 1t Is too late for him to
back out
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26

SOME LEAP YEAR HINTS.
Girls. be sure and look before you
leap.
Pick out a fat man. They wear bet
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2s. 1912.
PERTH AMBoY
Population, 32,131.
20 miles from New YORK.

! 23 miles from New York.
I Tax rate LTD. ~.
) mouth of the Raritan river ana at
I the head of Raritan Bay.
( Ocean steamers can dock In from
y IS 10 40 feet OF water.
I Channel Fl feet deep &C Low. Wa
) ter leading UP the bay from SANDY
{ Daily steamer service TO NOW
s York.
! Central Railroad Of New Jersey,
s Lehigh Valley and the Staten Island
Z Rapid Transit. Branches running in
s all directions. afording almost an
Z unlimited number Of excellent rae
{ Has two telegraph and two tsle-
Z phone companies.
/ Electric fight and gas companies.
I Two daily newspaper,s
{ Public Library.
{ Nine grammar schools and one
I high school, which 10 on the ap-
! proved list OF all the ielading uni
I versities In the country, four paro-
{ chial schools and a business COL
Churches Of all denominations.
City Hospital.
I Municipal water works.
Prominent center for trolieyB co
I all parts of the state.
I Richest clay deposits In the SCUM
I try In the immediate vicinity.
Splendid theatrical advantages
/ Some OF the leading industries are
American Smelling 3 Refining
\ Company's smelter; Rarttan Copper
! Works smelter; Barber Asphalt
Works; United Lead Works. United
States Cartridge Col Architectural
Tile & Faience Co; c. Pardee Steel
ard Tile Works; Atlantic Terra Cot
"a Co.: Federal Terra Gotta Co; New
Jersey Terra Gotta Co.; three plants
Of the National Flreproof1ng Com
pany and other similar industries
Within the immediate vicinity; Ger
annie Works; Chesbrough yaseline
Works; Marcy Stove Works; two
drydock. companies together with
shipyards and marine railways.
Standard Underground Cable Com
pany, Roessler & HHsgIacher Chem
teal Works; emery mills. coke n
cigar factories; cement stone worka:
coal shipping piers. handk erchtef
factory, cement works; achine
shops and Iron foundrfes
For further particulars address,:
Albert Leon, secretary OF re
Board OF Trade.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL.

THAINS LEAVE PERTH AMBOY..
For New York, Newark and Eliza
beth e;2s, 7;I2, x7:3s. 1853. xs:2A
$3.50, s:z2, 1905. lib a. M; 1907,
1888. zs47. g:14. $40. sos. 6:02, 8.14,
g:49 p M Sundays, s:s2 a. M: 1923.
sos. t:62. g:27 p. m.
Fpr Phiiafelphia and Trenton via
1000. 1915 a. M; I2:33. 3.14. sos. STA
p. m. sundays. s:a2 a. M: 1923. sos,
$3.50, a:27 p. II.
Ocean Grove, eto.. 5:ie, sos, 1904 q
M; Pos RES, a.ne, Ss5<- Gs68, 1871
night; Sundays. 4:bo. s.37 a M; t:tY
For Freehold, $40, 7:02. s.o5 3. m.
|12.e2. 2.21. 6.1G. 6:03. 6.24 D. nn.s Sundays
il .gs =. M; 4.67, k.1S p. M
W. q. BhsLER. ". p. q d. NJ.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26
WEST srDE AVENUE SEWER.

Notice Of b appIicatton Of the CouD-
Gil OF the City Of Perth Amboy in the
County of Middlesex and State of New
m~issioners to estimate and assess the
benefits by reason of the construction
of the sewer In West Side avenue In
the City OF Perth Amboy.
Notice Is hereby given. pursuant ITO
the provisions of an act of the Legis-
1ature OF the State OF New Jersey, en-
titled, AN act to authorize cities to
construct sewers and drains, and to
provide for the payment OF the cost
thereof approved March $. 1882, and
or the several acts am~endatoIy thereof
and supplementary thereto, that the
Council Of the City of Perth Amboy. IN
the County of Middlesex and State OF
New Jersey, ON the Fourth day of
March, In the year of Our Lord. one
Thousand nine hundred and twelve. at
the hour of ten O'Clock in the forenoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26
CHILDREN or THE STRIKE.

Interest Is again centered In the
strike OF the WOODEN workers at
Lawrence, Mass. by the action Of
the police and militia at that place
prohibiting the strike committee
from sending another lot Of children
TO other places to be cared for while
the strike continues.
Whether or not it is wise for
these children to be SEN to other
cities during this struggle, 1t Is GER
tain that the authorities have used
rather high handed methods in stop
ping the practice. If the parents of
the children were opposed to the
Youngsters being transported TO 9TH
err places for the time being, but
were compelled to give their consent
by the action OF, certain strike Lead
ers, the authorities would be fully
justified in taking such measures al
they did. But when the mothers
and fathers themselves accompanied
the children to the trains to put
them aboard, some parents even go
Ing along, we do not believe there Is
any law in America that can prevent
1t. IN fact it is a violation Of the
constitution to thus deprive any per-
son OF mis- right to 20 and come
as he sees fit. Those people who
ere endeavoring to end the strike at
Lawrence have not won public SYM
patty BY this drastic action.
There is another side to this
question, however, and that is the
welfare q fhe children and their II
ture prospects. These boys and girls,
most Of them Of school age, are be
Ing taken from their homes at q
time when they all should be in
school getting an education SO nee
essary fer them in their future life,
They are being sent TO cities mans
hundreds of miles away where they
are taken care Of bg certain bands
Of socialists In many instances
saey are used as / medium % excite
eg1upathy sor Tie strikers 70 TIL
grease flss contributions far fnan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26

They peddIe the rumors and pass tue
reports
they settle lawsuits in advance of
the courts,
They argue religion and music anu
sports
There is no appeal from decisions
they make
Over the back yard fence.
They argue the case just for argu-
ment's sake
over the back yard fence
This court is In session both morn
ing and night 4,
While yictuals are burning. until
they're a sight
And time counts for naught Wheh
they get started right
Over the backyard fence.
They rake the whole neighporhooc
with a fine comb
Over the back yard fence.
They tell OF the skeletons IN every
home
Over the back yard fence,
1t will ever be thus as the decades
roll by
And the centuries, too, unless his
tories lie.
And until the millennium gossip Will
over the back yard fence.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26
A FAM EXCHANGE.

There Ii now before the legisla-
ture a bill which would permit the
Pennsylvania railroad to condemn
land parallel to It's main line across
New Jersey. SUFFICIENT to lay two adj
ditionai tracks, neSilrs nj tracks in
all. This bi}ks7siaeea great power in
the hands Of tho railroad corpora
ton and gives the people but little
consideration.
Before passing this bill tho 1egis-
~lators should remember what the
railroad has dors with the Delaware
q Raritan canal. which the state
turned over to 1t. practically with
out restrictions. Today We realize
that . grave mistake was made.
The question Is. will not some fu-
ture generation realize that we. to-
day, made q serious mistake should
we pass this bill now before the leg
islature, providing for two addition
al tracksf
We note that the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad wants this additional line
t In order that 1t may increase Its
( transportation facilities. There Is
0 no doubt hat the laying of two adj
g ditionalN tracks parallel With the four
that are already laid, would mean a
vastly increased revenue for the
company. On the other hand the
r railroad admits that the Delaware
r & Raritan canal Is a losing PROPOSE
ton. costing the railroad company
i many hundreds OF thousands or dol
: lars every year. These two facts be-
( ing true. and - the people OF the
9 state would be glad to get back the
: control OF the waterway, why would
I 1t not be a profitable exchange for
t all hands II the privilege to lay two
: additional tracks along the main
= line of the Pennsylvania railroad
$ were given by the state in exchange
9 for the return OF the control os the
i Delaware G. RaritAn canal to the
t people7 II tina railroad Is so sure
: that the water competition can
$ never hurt the railroads 1t should
t have nothing to fear in this ex-
9 change. AT the same time the peo-
pie would be glad TO have the cor
g poration monopoly lifted from the
o waterway so that it might be thrown
open to free m
We do not believe the Pennsyl-
yania railroad should be given the
s right it now seeks without giving
e some compensation. We realize
That .ae prosperity Oh the state
!, largely depends IN It's transporta-
> ton. We. therefore. do not want to
a do anything that viii hinder tbs
n railroads in improving transports
tion wherever possible. Therefore
: If two additional tracks viii be
$ SeneatsSe favor granting the privil
ege under certain conditions, buf
IS would insist that when this l. CIV
. en-. the right to the Delaware q Rar
. ttan canal shall 81 returned obso
Nute4g 10 the atate: This Is a mat
a-Laar EoE Ihe lealalaEoIa Ia tale "a To!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26
WHEN THE WORLD FINALLY
MONO

Somebody Will be trying to solve
perpetual motion.
There Will be rumors that Uncle
Jim Wilson Ia about to retire from
the cabinet.
Some new hope OF the white
race" Will be bobbing up to try and
whip Jack johnson.
Eva Tanguay will still be singing
II Don't Care"
George NJ. Conan will still be per-
petuating the memory CT the grand
old flag.
Some vaudeville performer some
where will be initiating Eddie Foy
and Harry Lauder.
The police commissioner of New
York will still be putting the lid on
the tenderloin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26
I ALARM BOIEs.

2S-RarItan Copper Works.
and Sheridan Stss
zb-Smith st. and G. r. H
26-High and Lewis Str.
nc Broarson 81.
"a First SITS.
35---Y1nf%DSNAnd High SITS,
S6-N. b. Ave n New st.
97-Stste and Smith Gts.
&S-Buck' ham Ave. + Hartford st.
45--Commsree and Front Ste
46-State and washington Ets.
47-IIigh and Warrington sts.
64--State st. and Buckingham AVG.
b6-HaIl Ave, and Charles 6k-
67-State and Wayne HtA
b8--Near United Lead Works
59-Maurer.
6o-Waahtngton and First Sta.
63--N. d. Ave. n Elm 8t.
64-Smtth st. and Watson Ave
k-vnrss>sAve ..N state nts
7z-Tront and Smith Eta.
T3--Water aud Gordon Sta~
7A-Kearny Ave. and Gordon 6t
/ S2-Smith and Herbert SITS.
! 68-~Amboy Ave. q Washington st.
I E5-Near City Hospital.
: f6-Cleyeland and Brace Aves.
I S4-LehiRh Ave. and Stanford vt.
( ST-Amboy and Hall vea.
) 82-Amboy Ave. n InElee st.
s4~-Neviile and tombstone SITS,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26
or as soon thereafter as tbs Court win

or as soon thereafter as the Court will
hear the same. at the Court House, In
the City of New Brunswick, In tina
County OF Midd,esex and State OF New
Jersey. VIII apply To the Circuit Court
Of the County OF Mtddlesex, wharein
the City OF Perth Amboy Is situated,
for the appointment OF three disinter-
ested persons. who shall be freeholdere
n residents of the said City OF
Perth Amboy, as commissioners to en-
innate and assess the benefits to any
lands and real-estate benefited by rea-
son of the construction Of the new
sewer in West Side venue, in the said
City of Perth Amboy.
Dated, Perth Amboy, n. IL February
1T D., 1912.
1886 2-2O lot City Clerk.
5000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26
cATrcHr on THE FLY,

"
One OF the new ONE voters who
Registered at Los Angeles admitted
being ninety-one years of age. she
lis the only suffragette In the world
more than thirty.
An Eastern minister says every
woman will some time take an in
l~terest in baseball. Then there vii
never be anybody to stay at nome
with the children.
The progressive Republicans have
mailed forty thousand speeches.
Perhaps, after awhile the Wrights
will invent an aeropiane that cant
be pulled down out of the air With
a team of horses.
Gambling, which was banished
from Mount Clemens, Mich, forever
Iabout a month ago, is again being
investigated.
1t cost Uncle Same s2,000,00o to
send his army to the Mexican Dor
der. These seeing America" trips
are expensive.
President Taft has received a
prize pumpkin from Illinois. He
has received several prize lemons
from that. locality.
According to q government report
$50, 900. 900 lead pencils are used IN
this country every year. Most OF
them are being used this year tc
figure out who Will be the next pres
lfdent,
Siam has three kinds OF grape
fruit. so 1t is just three times as hard
Ito be fashionable-in Siam as In any
lother country.
~ EttfeH 49, 81 H5
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26

THE REAL
FORUM.
The nations great
problems are set
tied at last
Over the back
yard fence.
items are Flip
PANTY passed
Over the back
ward fence.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-26

no NEW YORK.
SO 49, ISL 7soo. s7:as. 7.2s. $500.
500, $3.50, $50 1l:i0 q. M. 1915, 1:5e,
1850, $40, 4:26, B:25. $40. 1857. $500,
10;26. 1850 p. N.
s:i6. TAG. s:4s. g:4b, i0.46, t1:4s a. m,
11:44, 1:46, 1905, 4:0B, $40. els, 9.lS,
s:is. 1000; lao r n. vopp
Leave New York Daily
800, TOO. 500. 300, 1000, ft:se
a. m, 1880. 1870. 2:40. SAP. 4:40. SIS
$3.50. 6:45, els. s.S0, TOO, 7.40. 600
1000. fi:s6 .. m, i2:se a. M.
Sundays and Holidays
7:s0. 300, 1890, 1900 a, mr. 1906
Noon, 100, 400. 800. 4:so, $50 sac
GEO. T.. BROWN,
General Traffic Agent
! Holiday nights only.
Express.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-05
TEACHING PEACE IN SCHOOL.

In a pamphlet just issued the United States
Bureau of Education urges the addition to the
curriculum in the elementary schools throughout
the country of course in good will The an
nounced object is to encourage love of peace to
the end that the coming generation may be pre-
pared to carry on the movement for the abroga.
ton Of in the event this generation fails in
that humanitarian work
But such course would do great deal more.
1t would train the child in habits Of forbearance,
gentleness and selfcontrol, thus preparing the
young mind in the lower grades for the emphasis
that would be laid on the agitation for universal
peace in the higher grades.
The plan is an interesting one According to
it, in the first grade the child would learn the
treatment due companions and pets In the sec
ond grade the lesson would be of gentility in
home life; in the third of the consideration that
should govern the relations of children at school
and i'm playtime: in the fourth. of the cordial
and kindly treatment that should be accorded
neighbors. And then the course would broaden
to include consideration of the whole country.
In the fifth grade the child would be taught
the true meaning of citizenship; in the sixth,
the close relations of the members of the world
family; and, finally, would be impressed with
the larger patriotism that could be served in fur
therance of the movement for peace in every
land.
Generously comprehensive is the course out
lined 1t would also teach fidelity to principle,
gratitude hospitality, fairness and honesty; and
would open for discussion such practical questions
as: How can we help community How can
we serve our country2 What have other nations
given usq What are our obligations to other ma
tons? What the effects of war? What are
the moral substitutes for war; Who have con-
tributed most to the progress of civilization?
And Why's
This is a splendid activity. 1t denotes the
part of the federal bureau of education an in
tense devotion to a great That the child
will profit by it cannot be gainsaid.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-05
THE MINIMUM WAGE PROBLEM.

In recent sociological discussion there has been
great deal of contention over the question of
the minimum wage. The problem has been made
the basis for many theory of legal enactment ;
but in this country at least there has been little
progress along practical lines toward its solution
From Portland, Maine, however has come
news that is genuinely encouraging There cor
poraton with soul has looked into the question
of itself and set example which if followed
generally would greatly reduce the sum of misery
of those millions of unskilled laborers, men and
women, who have right to live comfortably
and happily. The experiment was made with
working girls but the result can be applied to
the conditions of employment that affect all both
men and women IN the poorly paid classes.
On its own account the corporation made an
investigation. 1t found that selfsupporting girl
could not live for less than 81 week and that
she must be paid that as minimum wage
Those who instituted the inquiry were not act
uated by sentiment; nor did they have in mind
the Inauguration of nation wide propaganda for
a universal minimum wage Their purpose was
simply to insure the comfort of their own en-
ployes and thereby to increase their efficiency
Hence, because they acted only in response to the
dictates of business Judgment there is reason for
stronger hope that what they learned will make
such appeal to other large employers of labor
that self-interest will effect the reform for which
dealists have long been planning compulsory
legislation
AT present, the minimum wage problem is an
issue in many states. Several commissions are
at work it, trying to fix rates below which EN-
ployes shall not be paid They will get little aid
from the Portland experiment because the cost of
living is affected by local conditions and varies
considerably; but employers in general have been
shown that the question is one which they can
well afford TO study for their own profit as did
the Portland corporation The more the problem
can be localized and the more the certainty of a
resultant increase Of efficiency in return for lib
eral recognition of the right Of employees to con
tentment can be impressed upon employers the
sooner will the reform sweep the country. Self
interest, once established, is much more powerful
than law-Sacramento Union
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-05
COAST EXCURSION
FARESI!!
LOS ANGELES VIA SAN FRAN
CISCO AND RETURN $500.

DISCO AND RETURN $500.
Stop over at all points including
Truckee (for Lake Tahoe), Reno
Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa
Cruz Beach, Del Monte, San Jose,
Paso Robes Hot Springs, MERGED
(for Yosemite), Santa Barbara.
On sale Mondays, Wednesdays, Sat
urdays.
Final return limit, October 31st.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-05

This is something for the young men and wo-
men to consider Somebody has calculated that
if a young man at the age of 20 years puts 500 in
a savings bank at interest instead of spending
it for tobacco, and then at the beginning of the
next year repeats it, and include also the prn-
cipa and interest of the preceding year and thus
continue to do from year to year until he shall
have reached the age of seventy, the amount he
would realize would exceed 100000 That sounds
almost incredible but can easily be verified Most
young men could put away $50 or $780, or more
instead of 500, and thus have fortune at the
age of 10 If people would form the habit of
saving instead of spending unnecessarily and then
grumbling, there would be more contentment
more happiness
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-05

The investigation into the Titanic disaster has
disclosed several facts The ship was driven at
maximum speed, though the commander had
been warned of the presence Of ieebergs The
watertight compartments were not closed and
could not be closed after the collision Had they
been closed the vessel might have foated at least
until assistance came The distress signals were
seen on board the Californian but for some rca
SON or other the captain of that ship which was
only few miles away, failed to understand their
significance and did not go to the rescue Such
are the blunders 10 which the tragedy was due
lsmay may have been responsible for the speed Of
the vessel. but not for the failure to keep the
hulkhcads closed What IS done is done and
cannot be andonc. but similar circumstances
should never arise again The owners 81 ships
should see 10 that, the government shond
place them where they cannot risk the lives 81
their fellowmep IN the scramble for large dvi.
dencs
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-05

Recently the city of Paris offered $41, 100000
municipal bonds for sale by public subscription.
The bonds were subscribed eighty times over in
fortnight That is, the city of Paris wanted
to borrow Sal 100000 at low rate of interest
and was offered the enormous sum of $780,
100000 All the offers were from citizens of
France Such a thing could happen in no other
country It is striking evidence of the wealth
of the French nation and the strength of the
public credit in France When the government
of France wants to borrow money it never APP
peals to bankers, but offers its bonds to the
people at fat price Every bond issue is sub
scribed many times over by the people In con
sequence the public debt of France is owed ex-
cusively to the French people and the govern
ment can get all the money it wants at any time
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-05

Worlds Work: THE great office of president
has been degraded in men s eyes They have seen
ii handed over by man to another and then
treated by them the prize of a personal com
bat to decide which of them shall now have it.
This is deep and lasting offense against the dig
nifty of the great office. "