Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-30
800 IN RAIN HEAR
OSBORNE ON TRUSTS
Crowd Stands Under Bamber-
gers Awning While Can
didate Discourses.

Five hundred people stood under
the awning of the Washington street
side of the Bamberger store in the
pouring rain last night and heard
Edmund B. Osborne make his first
appeal in Newark for the Progressive
nomination for governor. The speaker
was soaking wet and so were most
of his audience but everybody re-
manned and loudly cheered the oandi-
date after his remarks.
Mr.. Osborne and James G. Blauvelt,
of Paterson, reached Washington and,
Market streets in the latter's auto
mobile. AS Mr.. Osborne began to talk
1t began to rain. and when someone
suggested getting under the awning
the crowd moved over and Mr.. Os-
borne mounted a box under the shell
ter
An outline of the privileges respon-
sible for the high cost of living was
Mr. Osborne's theme
For the first time, | think, in the
history of this country, the propo-
sition to reduce the cost of living be-
comes a direct issue in politics." he
said. The great cause of the in
creasing poverty is not extravaganza
and the appetite for luxury, but the
increasing power of privilege to taAe
away from the workers a large share
of the wealth.
Agrees with Roosevelt.
I'VE are not going to settle the
trust problem as a mere economic
question-it is a moral question 1
agree with Roosevelt in the matter
of trust regulation, and I would con-
tinue the attempt to regulate and
curb the trusts and monopolies as
long as we have them. l also agree
with Mr. Roosevelt that we must
abolish privilege We will never
abolish privilege by regulation.
I am opposed to the government
taking over any business that can be
conducted just as safely and as we'll
by individuals. But whenever u
service can be performed better by
monopoly, such as the railroads, the
telegraphs, etc, then let us have
monopoly but let the people own the
monopoly, and don't permit the
monopoly to own the people. | pro-
pose that we pass a law to give each
municipality the power to take over
their gas, electric light, trolley and
water service and give us these
services at cost, as we now get the
postal service at cost. Newark pays
ninety cents for gas; Indianapolis
pays sixty. The people of Detroit
now get eight trolley rides for a
quarter saving more than q third as
compared with Newark.
But If our municipalities take over
these utilities and continue to allaw
a few people to appropriate all the
Increase of land values earned by the
community the people will not reduce
their cost of living. l propose that
We pass a law that will give every
New Jersey municipality complete
home rule in the matter of taxation
and allow us to exempt all buildings
and personal property from taxation.
II we adopt that system we will
directly reduce the rents and living
expenses of all the people of Newark
How Plan Affects Newark.
II want to show just how it will
affect Newark If we abolish all taxes
on buildings and personal property.
The tax rate in 1912 was $2.04 per $780,
If taxes had been abolished on build
inss and personal property, and the
same amount raised by taxing land
only. the rate would have been Sc. 40
per 500. Here is how it would work
with factories: The Lauter Piano
Company recently built a new fac
tory They paid taxes in 1912 on a
1913, GOO assessment for land, buildings
and personal property If the Van
couver system had been in operation
they would have paid no taxes on the
building and personal property and
$5.49 on the land; their tax bill would
have been $5S7.43, a saving of 81 300 81.
I'VE want more factories in New
ark. If you had a 100000 factory in
New York and intended moving out
of the city, would you think of going
TO any other State and paying 81. 1898
In taxes, If you could come to New
ark and pay only S5S743?
"Abolishing taxes on buildings and
personal property in Newark will
make it much easier for man to SUD-
port a family by working in Newark
and much more difficult for people to
get living in Newark without work.
ing"