Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-01
BIC TAX Jump
PREDICTED BY
CITY COUNSEL
Frazer Sees Twenty-Point In
crease Under Raymond-He
BIames Democrats.

City Counsel spauiding Frazer,
speaking for Mayor Raymond, who
was unable to be present on account
of an indisposition. told the Alumni
Association Of the Newark Academy
Saturday night that there will be a
substantial advance in the tax rate
this year, but added that he hoped
1--WE can have the support of the good
element in the city. If we can have
that, despite whatever charges may
be made against US, we will be con-
tent"
Mr., Frazer estimated the increase
in this years tax rate will be twenty
one points, which will make it s2.2s
per 800 of valuation. The rate in 1914
was s2.0s and in 1913, s2.02. The occa-
sion of the speech was the annual
meeting of the alumni and about 200
were present, and Dean C. Worcester,
for fourteen years secretary of the
Philippines, was the principal
speaker.
''It seems to be the portion of the
city counsel to eat a large number of
dinners and to pay for them after
wards with poor speeches" said Mr.
Frazer. Speaking of the present ad-
ministration, the city counsel said;
I'VE have gone down to a place which
has been in the control of a certain
element in the town for the last eight
years and which is still partially IN
their control. We went down without
any particular axe to grind and We
do not expect to grind any, now that
we have gotten there. What we pro-
t. -. III nif
clean, businesslike administration.
without any fancy trills, but surely
without anything which can be called
graft or dishonesty.
I'VE are confronted with a situa-
ton which is appalling when 1t is an
alyzed. We are confronted with q
raise in the tax rate of twenty-one
points, simply because of bonded in
debtedness, which has been placed
upon the city during 1914. 1t Is a
problem such as this that we novices
are asked to solve.
What hope we can have Is the
support OF the good element In the
city. Despite criticisms, despite
charges of political favor and of Chi
canery, l hope we may still retain the
confidence of men of your type; hope
that you will still believe we are
working as hard as We can, and as
honestly, to better conditions here, to
make things cleaner. to make our bur-
dens less and to make our city
greater. II we can have such conf
dence, despite whatever charges may
be made against Us, we will be con-
tent. 1t is from the academy and
from such institutions as that that
our thinking population is drawn.
I'VE are come to a state where pas
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together. Passion and prejudice
have been the watchwords by which
a. great many things have been con-
jured in the past, but in the future it
is going to be different, l hope.
IF you will notice the agitation
brought throughout the whole land
for change In municipal govern
ment, the number of cities which
are adopting commission government,
you will see that the old days OF
ring control, the old days of
politics. as we used to call them,
have passed, and that we are coming
to a time when the citizens OF mu-
are going to take things
into their own hands, are going to
see that persons whom they can
trust are elected TO office, to see that
the city governments are conducted
along lines which they would recog
nize as proper in their own busi-
nesses. 1t is our purpose to institute
such in the present city government"
Mr.. Worcester reviewed the work
of the United States in the Philip
pines in civilizing the population, in
disease epidemics and inn
proving trade conditions. He illus
trated with stereopticon pictures the
great development in transportation
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the American occupation of the ISL
ands. The building of hospitals and
and the introduction OF
American sports. he said, have work
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