Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-04-16
Dlslikes Changes In Anti
Trust Laws.
SIXTY HOUR PLAN LOSES.
Governor Refuses to Approve consoli.
dation Of 3. reaus of Labor and sta
tistics-Will Veto Bryant Measure.
Exemption of P~arsonages Is Defeated.
Police Measure Lost.
Especial Correspondence.

Especial Correspondence
Trenton. n. J.. April Ex-Governor
Fielder has forwarded TO the senate
his veto of the proposed changes in the
''seven sisters antitrust laws passed
when President Wilson was governor.
Ont of the proposed laws, the execu-
tive asserted. is designed to write into
the statutes the words with the intent
to substantially lessen competition or
create a monopoly" He declared that
for him to approve it would require the
state In legal proceedings to show the
1sfhoughts or state of mind in persons
indicted for unlawful acts In business
corporations. The law which was
passed In 1913. the executive pointed
out, was for the purpose of putting to
an end improper practices which were
possible under the corporation laws
and had earned for New Jersey the
title of mother of trusts The act
referred TO above is the one which de-
fines a trust and provides a penalty for
engaging in Illegal combinations or
agreements.
Senate bill 346. one of the others to
meet the condemnation of the execu-
tive. sought to amend the statute which
makes it unlawful to discriminate be-
tween persons in the selling price of a
commodity or to render service at a
lower rate to one person than to 9th
ers. This bill, Governor Fielder de-
clared, would make all these things
lawful If lone for the purpose of meet
ing competitive prices.
The third measure. senat 347, was
designed to amend the act which pro
hibits the merger of corporations un-
less the utility commission in its dis
erection consents. This bill. he said. re-
quires that all merger shall be permit
ted II not unduiy p%rejudicial to the IN
terests of the parties concerned or to
the public. He declared the public
would have no opportunity under 1t to
show that the merger Is p~rejudicial to
its interests.
Business Men Wanted Them.
The bills were desired by the state
chamber of
One of the bills that was defeated in
the house was hat by Mr.. Hunter,
WnH VI PRIV futi=A silly n0ut WIN ~
female employees in mercantile estab-
lishments. grocery stores. butcher
shops and confectionery places. The
vote was Is to IS. The measure would
have required the commissioner of la
Dor to enforce the provisions. The bill
by Assemblyman De Camp. to author
lie common councils of boroughs to
grant liquor licenses. was lost by a vote
of 8 to %.
The governor has returned to the sen
ate without his approval senate bill
No. 5. which was intended to c%onsoli-
date the 5tireau of labor and the bu-
reau of statistics into one department.
In his message he asserted that the
charge is freely made that the sole rea-
son for the legislature deviating from
the original plan of the economy and
efficiency commission was to save Com
missioner of Labor Bryant the position
he now holds. In the reorganization Of
other departments. be maintained.
ECONOMY and efficiency were the
watchwords. and for them | am not
willing to be a party to the substitu-
ton of the word spoils.' Mr.. Fielder
further said that he would take his
stand with the honest intention of the
economy and efficiency commission to
ave money for the state and to keep
politics out of the completion of their
work.
Assembly bill 606, which would also
protect Commissioner Bryant in his po-
sition. is in the hands of the governor.
and a delegation of manufacturers
called on the governor to ask him to
sign it. He told them they could talk
as long as they wished. but that he in
tended to veto it..
Were Against Bryant.
The Democrats made a fight on the
measure when it was in the legislature.
The bill by Speaker Godfrey was
passed by a partisan vote of II to 8
Senators McGinnis and Hennessy OBJ
jected in particular to the provisions
of the measure shic5 .-sild retain in
office for five years General Lewis t.
Bryant. They maintained that the
measure allowed partisan political
graft and spoke of the political infiu-
ence that protected Bryant in Office.
1uey dlSO REFERRED 10 tHe ScduudlOuS
activities of the labor department in
spectors' in influencing the manufac-
turers and workers in favor of the bill.
They branded the provisions keeping
Bryant In his office as an insult TO the
governor. Senators Read and Edge de-
Tended the bill and maintained that ii
was desired by manufacturers and
workers.
Following another protracted debate
In the senate the bill by Speaker God
frey to permit of complete exemption
Of ~parsonages from taxation was de-
feated by a vote of 9 to 10. At present
parsonages are exempted from assess
ments up to the value of $1,000. Sena-
tors Rathbun and Ackley maintained
that the exemption scheme is being
carried entirely FOO far. and they would