Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-02
THEN AND NOW"
ELECTION TALES
Some Extracts from the News
in Support of Democratic
Progressiveness.

Following is a series of extracts
from editorials published in the New
ark Evening News in the last four
years or so. They show plainly that
the Ner-r which during the present
campo has been accusing the ad-
ministration of Mayor Haussling of
extravaganza, consistently urged in
It's columns the expenditure of large
sums of money for the Improvements
which 1t Is now criticizing the Demo-
cratic administration for making.
Many times in its editorials the
News commends Mayor Haussling for
suggestions made in his annual mes
sages and on other occasions. Some
of the editorials and the dates on
which they were published are as fol-
lows:
January 3d. 1913.
'aThe attempt to make legal by a
new law the taxation of the deferred
dividend fund of the Prudential really
Involves the whole basis of taxation
-
~Hence. if you are going TO lay
down the law that all properties are
to be taxed. this fund ought to be
taxed, and the obvious difficulty in
taxing it anywhere else than In the
hands of the Prudential (where II -
held in trust makes the way attempted
by Newark the logical, proper, simple
and sensible way to do IL.
January 3. 1919.
mayor Haussling's annual mes
sage is a progressive document. II
treats of the great problem confront
ing progressive city and makes very
definite recon lamentations that the
mayor believes will be thoroughly
practical and will tend to enhance
the substantial growth of the COM
munity.
March 12, 1912.
"Newark and this whole section OF
New eJrsey need not expect that
great seaport will be created In this
vicinity without organization and
the expenditure OF money and large
amount of energy.
There are other interests looking
with longing eyes upon the business
that must be shortly diverted from
the existing waterfront of New York
November 90, 1912.
"A municipal market exists for the
public good. If IT does not make
more profitable to the consumer, it
has no excuse in being. AS a mere
money maker 1t is not within the
scope of municipal undertakings, at
least as long ais present economic
Ideals prevail
December I5, 1911.
and Newark's harbor is to be with
out question an important integral
port of New York harbor. The devel-
opment of Newark bay waterfront,
1.-THE transformation of the meadows
into factory sites and to furnish the
ground for a great railroad freight
classification yard, and the establish
ment of docks and warehouses will be
more than ever justified now that the
barge canal terminal (New York;
question has been settled and settled
right.
July 81, 1911.
Newark is growing rapidly and the
demands at the City Hospital are in
creasing with even greater rapidity.
= The facts seem to be that the
hospital is already oyercrowded and
ought to be enlarged.
Friday, june 10, 1911.
Newark is just beginning a new
era of city planning. There
will be many improvements that will
be obligatory, if Newark is to keep up
with the progress Of the world.
June 10, 1910.
mayor Haussling's special message
of last week to the Board of Works
was a reminder that so far as the
reclamation Of the meadows in the
Improvement of this city's shipping
facilities was concerned time is pass
ing
"The mayor is to be commended for
bringing this subject back to public
notice.
January 8, 1910.
Mayor HausslIng's annual message Is
= plain business-Iike document. very
largely devoted to q review OF the city's
I'll Awn1 80.