Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-28
mo BOSS LEAGUE
|. FINDS FRIENDS IN
MEMS Federation
ICirculars for Political Organ
ization Distributed at Meet
ing in Orange Church.

Circulars favorable to the No Boss
Assembly candidates were ordered
distributed to the men and women
who attended the opening meeting of
zthe Mems Religious Federation in the
First Presbyterian Church, Orange,
last night, This political support on
.ffhe eve of the primary was evidently
due to the replies sent by the No Boss
League men on local option, ana the
Anti-Saloon League leaflets were
handed around by ushers as tho
people were departing.
Isaac H. Blanchard during the read
ing of replies from the candidates for
political office had stated that the men
0f the churches we're more keen over
the handling of the local option ques-
,ttion by the Legislature than they
Ocire concerned in the question of
i Isther Mr. Dalrymple or Mr.. Nugent
= "the shop"
mss addition to the answers from
at 9didates the meeting listened to a
Ank by George w. Perkins, the Pro-
Elhssive leader, who told of his ad-
ORration for the German government s
methods of handling corporation prob
lens He called attention to the fact
That under the Sherman law no con-
trolling force could even step in now
poration now in the making and
which the newspapers were freely dis
cussing, and said the law should be
abolished and a federal Incorporation
act passed to control big business.
He likewise paid his respects to the
Seven Sisters act in New Jersey,
which he affirmed had in NO wise
stopped the creation of corporations
under the old conditions, with water"
generously used to initiate valves, but
only had the result of sending the
seekers after corporate charters to
Delaware, Maine and other states,
where they were enabled to gain the
necessary State authority for carry
inS~on their work. Mr. Perkins said
we we're as unprepared for Industrial
heace as we are unprepared for war,
and he painted a lugubrious picture
6f the spirited competition American
business will have with Germany and
other countries of Europe that will
follow the big war.
Business was topping here under
the new tariff" he stated, "wlAen war
orders sent our men back to work.
They are now getting larger wages
and shorter hours than ever oefore.
Europe has withdrawn her men from
the manufactures and sent them 10
war At fIS lOWtSl NoSCo. w hSAA NN@S
twar ceases there will be large groups
,of men In Europe sent back to work
eit any price they can get. Europe
twill then seek to get back the goio
caow flowing to this country, and II
swil1 mean she will send manufactures
products at attractive prices.
Germany Is we'll organized indus
,riaIIy. as we'll as she was for war
in fact, for three years prior 10 tne
war no Germans were leaving tneir
country to come here to the lano OF
the free. They will go after US com,
mereially, and will find us with all
h.rs down and we will be democrat
ized We now have everything our
cwn way and ought to be out now
afteY husjness that = competitors
have had to relinguish. We ought TO
reach out for business to CHINA ana
10 south America, as Germany anu
England had to forego their trade
With those countries owing to the
war.
Asked his advice on how TO meet
conditions, Mr.. Perkins then ex-
pJafned his idea of Federal COM
mission to give charters. The fanlt
with the State permit is that the
authority is not broad enough to
cover the wide activities Of business
Of big corporations. With a Federal
authority to protect the consumers at
home and to represent and encourage
business abroad he foresaw a better
era for enterprise.
Publicity he considered cure for
corporate and official evils, and he
urged supervision of capitalization
of the companies seeking Federal
charters with dollar for dollar
rToyiso to eliminate watering OF
stocks. He called attention to the
improvements the United States Steel
corporation Is getting under way
which has prevented any strike with.
in ten years, and said these liberal
acts toward men and stockholders
were not required by law but simply
were favored as wise policies to fol-
low.