The Penn's Grove record., 1914-01-02
lIcAL CHANGE
N STATE BOARDS
sia B Headed Commissions II
.ag AZURE Adopts Suggestion
NEABs TO BE BUSINESS MEN


fsp lal Trenton Correspondence
Tf on.-Thei statement Of Walter
s sos chairman Of the Economy and
Eflei " Commission, that single
h9aaa commissions are better and
ssos4 Economical, means, II adopted
Ey Qus incoming Legislature, the re-
srsM1eet Of some 389 MEN and women
hxssan all over the State, either as
seseess ,ul politicians to whom plums
as, en- delivered for party services
gf & who have given Of their best
tres without charge to the State.
Th ming report Of the commission
aaa hat the system oil paid and un-
gsia vmmissions is to be set aside
Tor & ingle head for a commission,
Eh.t i'd to be paid and to be a busi-
isess III n. This is a completed revolu-
ti9u D idea being that theEe were
gaar public men and women who
waula ,e glad to give of their time
a1l6 Ia 4nts to running the institutions
Of ts tate without fees, the honor of
asiieT nent being their only reward.
i8e of the money saving, this
hes ne Of the elements, and only
o1e hem, as the Economy and{ Ell
Hsselt5 Commission sees the situa-
ti5a IRE Is this complete reversal OF
INCA governing of State bodies and
tae ruction, as many see it, of that
thoaga of citizenship which has for
RAJ ears spurred on men and womb
en s manage, without charge, STATIC
saats ons.
ersonai Changes Proposed.
changes would be: Board of Ash
SECS retirement of Public Utility
sioners Ralph D0nges, Thom1
az t.lery and Winthrop Moore DAM
sa3s ate Board Of Assessors, Fred A.
George L. Record, Charles e.
hss ia ekson, Isaac Barber: Equaliza-
2ien Taxes, Fred T. Boughton,
FsaAl B. Jess, Bloomfield H. Minch,
e. Grosscup, Alfred T. Hol-
r. Ill Service Commissioners Ed
Wright, Charles HI. Bateman,
Jos H. Hoff, Alexander Robert
FoY State Water Supply Com
Charles A. Meyer. George f..
Wright, Harry R. Humphreys, Mahlon
Hoag1and, Elmer III. Geran; Inspectors
at State Prison John f. Clark, Walter
M. Dear, B. Frank Hires, Jacob Shuntz
.Rtparian Commissioners Erwin Nv.
Marshall, Joseph A. Birkhoiz, Michael
M. Mclaughlin, =. Ward Richardson:
inspectors of power vessels Just
changed with no record available for
names; Commissioners Of Pilotage J.
D. Toppin, Benjamin Van Noteo, Fred
eric Wendelkin. John R. DeWar, John
". Borden; State Board of Health,
Jacob c. Price, John H. Capstick, Will
lam H. Chew. Herbert w. johnson,
Richard Cole Newton, EIver Kelly.
To Abolish Boards.
Boards and commissions where sal
aries are not carried, the present mem
bers of which will be abolished. are
forest reserve commission, geological
survey commission, education, medical
examiners, pharmacy, dentistry, State
hospitals, Morris Plains and Trenton;
home for feeble-minded women, home
for boys, home for girls. public library
commission, New Jersey reformatory,
woman's reformatory, ebileptic village,
Kearny home and Vineland home for
soldiers, sailors, Palisade Park conn
mission, architects board, veterinar-
ians, oyster commissions, board Of
chiidren's guardians, tuberculosis
home at Glen Gardner, and commits
sion on tuberculosis in animals, tene-
ment house inspection, public ac-
counts, embalmers, nurses, blind, free
bridges, and thirteen State bodies hav-
ing more or less to do with direct re-
porting to the Legislature. This gives
some little idea of what would follow
if the Legislature adopted the views
of the Economy and Efficiency Com
mission as put out by Chairman Edge.
This Legislature will be UP against
the proposition Of abolishing many
offices when the party needs them and
men and women are clamoring for
them, or Of turning down the ideas
for single-headed commissions and so
framing them that there will be more
paid jobs after the session than before
and the paid jobs outweighing the sum
total Of jobs abolished on heavily
paid boards.
Cause of Forest Fires.
The ninth annual report of the State
Forest Commission, submitted to Act
ing Governor Leon r. Taylor shows
that the total estimated value Of prop
erty destroyed by forest fires during
the last year was $61,205, against q
similar loss of $21,5o1 in 1912. More
than the whole Of this increase, ac-
oording to the report, is due to n
Refuse to Save Murderers.
The death sentence will be carried