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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-16
TIME FOR A SHAKE-UP.

BY deciding to give the policemen a
fiat increase in salary instead of q
bonus, the Board of Aldermen are act
ing in accordance with the expressed
will of the people. When the police
men first asked for q raise in salary
the aldermen admitted their inability
to solve the problem. They passed
the matter over to the taxpayers. they
being the ones who would have to bear
the increased expense. This was a
perfectly proper thing to do.
The people. by their ballots. voted
overwhelmingly to give the policemen
more money. Not only was there q
big majority In favor Of the raise, but
1t was carried in every district in the
city, showing that the sentiment was
favorable In all sections and with
every class OF voter.
In the light OF such q pronounced
sentiment on the part of the people
there Is nothing else for the aldermen
to do but grant a substantial raise in
accordance with the mandate of the
people.
At the same time, the people expect
the officials to SEQ that efficient SER
vice Is rendered for the money re-
ceived. The people of Perth Amboy
want their servants to receive ade-
quate compensation, but the people
also expect their employees to be on
the level and perform the services
they are expected to perform.
The police department is at q pretty
low ebb in public estimation at the
present time. Two arrests have been
made of members OF the force &C
cused of a henious crime. 1t is sig
nifcant thai what action has been
aiken thus far has been at the instiga-
ton of County Prosecutor Stricken.
The city authorities. who are directly
responsible for the police force, have
apparently taken no steps to clean
house.
There is no desire to make anybody
the goat" in this matter. 1t is too
serious to be handled in q trifing way.
There are a lot of good men wearing
the uniform of the police in Perth
Amboy and they have a right to be
protected. If the authorities were to
go into the matter thoroughly enough,
leaving politics alone they would be
able to weed out the unfit and fill up
the ranks with capable men. This can
readily be done with the new wage
scale that is to be adopted.
The whole police department needs
u good shaking up. If such q revela-
ton as has just beer brought to light
does not bring such a shake-up about
then, indeed. is the police department
about as near being petrihed as 1t Is
possible for a concern to be and still
keep going.
In any other city. were such a scan
dial unearthed, there would be Q
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-16

to speak of a welcome" Besides.
winter is not a favorable time for a
celebration on a big scale. Yet the
boys who were not here when the
celebration was held are entitled to
their share of the recognition. I'm
der the circumstances, the commit
tee has no easy problem to solve.
1t seems to us. therefore. hat the
best solution is to follow out the plan
already suggested; that is. give every
mar who has returned home since the
celebration was held nm equivalent in
cash to the moun Of money that
was spent on the boys on June 80, and
use what is left TO furnish the head
quarters Of the local post of the Amer
lean Legion when suitable quarters
are found, preferably In a handsome
memorial building.
1t stands to reason that, after each
man who has returned since the cele-
bration has received as much as those
who were here for the celebration. the
amount remaining ought to be divided
among all the boys-those that were
here for the celebration as well as
those who have returned since. To
do otherwise would be to give the late
corners a larger share of the fund
than those who were here for the
celebration received In the way of a
good time. We do not believe the peo-
pie who contributed the money want
to show any such Partially.
But after giving $40 to each man
who has returned since the celebra-
ton, the sum left would be so insig-
nidcant when spread out 50 as to
cover all the men who went from
Perth Amboy to fight in the war that
it would be ridiculous to attempt 1t,
even IL all the boys could be reached
to get their share.
We think most OF the boys under
stand fully the purpose of the fund;
those who are inclined to ridicule the
9lU LIlaJ the CODlAllllICo pIOpOoSS W
give them in lieu of a celebration evil
IDENTIFY have not a right conception of
what the money was raised for.
The whole thing in q nutshell is that
instead of the committee spending on
an average of $40 per man to give the
boys q good time, they are going to
give those who were not here for the
celebration In June the SO in cash,
and let them have their own good
time as they may see fit. There isn't
the slightest doubt that each nan can
have as good q timo Of his W max
ing on $40 as the boys who were here
for the celebration had on that occa-
sion-and this is all tho committee
desires.
or course, no soldier who has re-
turned since the celebration is COM
PEELED to take the $40 any more than
the soldiers who were homo at the
time were compelled to attend that
event If they did not want to.
The whole affair was brought about
through the peoples desire to give the
boys some kind of a welcome home.
1t was unfortunate that all the boys
could not have been here at the time
the celebration was held. but that was
something entirely beyond the com
mittee's control and 1t is q case OF do
the best that is possible under the
circumstances.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-16
Fire Alarm Boxes

Copper Works.
n Sheridan Streets.
25-Smith Street and Central r. r..
26-Market n First Streets,
Avenue and Paterson st.
2S-High and Lewis Streets,
and High Streets.
36-New Brunswick Ave. n New ST
37-Smith and State Streets.
a2-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works.
43-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford 81
45-Commerce and Front Streets.
46-State n Washington Streets.
54-State st. n Buckingham Ave.
55-Parker st and Pulaski Ave,
56-Hall Ave. and Charles st.
b7-State and Wayne Streets.
5S-Near United Lead Works.
62-Washington First Streets.
6S-New Brunswick Ave. and Elm st,
64-Smith Street and Watson Ave.
65-Commerce and State Streets.
72-Front and Smith Streets.
73-Water and Gordon Streets.
Ave and Gordon Street.
and Hanson Avenues.
62-Smith and Herbert Streets.
s3-Amboy Ave. and Washington st.
s4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street.
City Hospital.
67-Amboy and Hall Avenues.
s6-Cleveland and Brace Avenues.
s2-Amboy W and Insiee Street.
and Francis Streets.
s4-Nevills n tombstone Streets
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-16

among some odd hundred equally!
We certainly are entitled to more thai
$40. How about a little system, even
tho 1t Is rather late-still not too late.
I hope this will interest the parties
concerned.
Mr.. Editor, I write this letter with
expectation of having it published in
your valuable paper in Mondays issue.
Thanking you in advance, l remain
Very truly,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-16

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-16
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-16

With the ban on the use of coal
lifted, all the trains hat We're taken
For this act the railroad officials are
entitled to a MAY I not letter from
the President, thanking them for their
patriotism.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-16

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-16

j. LOGAN CLEvENGER, Editor.
D. p OLMSTEAD. Business Manager
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Senators Say Wilson
Is to Blame for
High Cost of Liuing

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3O.--"Profteers
are running mad in this country" SEN
ator Harrison, Democrat Of Missis-
sippi, declared to-day in the Senate in
seeking to have the oil leasing bill laid
aside so that consideration might be
given to the amendments to the food
control act suggested by Attorney
General Palmer to combat the high
cost Of living.
"This country expects the Senate
to act" shouted the Mississippi Sena-
tor. 1T seeing to me that this food
control bill should be passed quickly
if we are going to give any relief to
the country"
Senator'S La Toilette and Lenroot,
Republicans, Wisconsin, in opposing
the proposal, said President Wilson
had ample power under existing law
and charged that his failure to enforce
the law against private monopoly was
largely responsible for increased liv-
ing costs.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Extrauagant Public
Is Blamed for High
Cost of Necessaries

CHICAGO, Aug. 3o.-Strict economy
and increased production are suggested
as remedies for the present high cost
Of living by H. A. N. Daily, presiden,
of the National Canned Foods and
Dried Fruit Brokers' Association, in a
letter to the public issued here to-day.
Speaking Of the extravagant habits
of all classes, he says: I question
whether there ever was q time in this
country when there was less real dis
tress and suffering. The only known
distress is the inability to satisfy the
extravagant tastes and desires Of the
times: Ask any butcher who is tax
ing the most expensive cuts of beef
and ignoring the less expensive ones,
and he will almost invariably tell you
that the sales are being made to those
who should be exercising economy"
In conclusion, he declares: "All
economists and others who have studied
the situation are agreed that the one
positive need is for increased produc-
ton.
"ln no other way can We hope to
see normal conditions resumed and
prices lowered"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Sugar Company
Forced to Refund
ddmits Charging Excess
Orer Federal Margin;
Escapes Prosecution

Z Arthur Williams, Federal food ad-
faMstrator, added another name yes
,.esday TO the growing list Of firms
fught overcharging for sugar. He
S1used the United Sugar Company, of
~ Ninth Avenue, to make refund
Il overcharges to the Evans Brothers
n zss Cream Company. of Hurleyville,
T. \. len days ago complaint was
&asae to Mr.. Williams that the Evans
Essm mad been overcharged BY being
|,oseed |'sn to pay IA cents a pound for
||.N pounds OF granu ated sugar The
EO0u administrations fair price for
|sagsr at wholesale is 9 1-2 cents a
pound. The manager of the sugar
lsunpany called on Mr.. Williams yes
|.leay and gave him a check for SO
!" @ ue forwarded to the Evans company
/. "e VIII not prosecute,' Mr. Will
''@Es SAID because we feel that the
'|ssai!avorable publicity and the COM
|STssory refund are enough punishment.
|as are also certain that this firm will
IT, mistake our margins again. The
||susaf Equalization Board deems l-2
/. |sI's pound for sugar at wholesale
h We tar price ard we will see that
II |sasers follow this out Sugar is one
II Ihe lew commodities which are reg
8+sseu s". py the government and we will
stand tor any prohteering."
Jewish Bakers Protest
IN ihe Jewish master bakers who met
,as. r'M Louis Marshall. chairman of the
.sS'al committee to hear their plea
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

.or higher price, notified Mr.. Williams
Yesterday that they are being crushed
pI Uue OF business by the present prices.
Ahey informed him that selling bread
at nlne cents loaf is driving them to
bankruptcy and that unless they re-
selVe a higher price most of them will
'"rn to other forms of enterprise.
Mr. Williams announced that the
sun-committee on drygoods, clothing
"s'o .t snoes VIII also meet next week for
,ne purpose of fixing fair prices on
these commodities. This meeting is
awaited with eager interest. as no pre-
s'ous attempt has been made to regu-
sa!e prices IN these lines Colonel
M'cnael Nj. treidsam has been hard at
work selecting competent sub-commit-
tees to work out basis for determin-
ing tar prices to dealers and con-
sumerS
Food Sales Total 1920, 600
More than fifty thousand dollars
worth of army food was sold in two
hours yesterday, the schools opening
at ten IN the morning and closing at
noon A total Of $42O,O0O worth of
foodstutfs has been sold since the op-
eh'ng OF the sale, it was estimated
Yesterday. DR.. Jonathan c. Day, Com
missioner Of Markets, declared yester-
day that the stores are being stocked
up tor smashing business on Tues
DAY. The new commodities purchased
!oy the city, dried fruits and jam, will
be offered for sale then, he said.
FOR three or four hours yesterday
II appeared as If Western candled epps
might be sold at the schools for SO
cents dozen. II. A. Emerson, of II. w.
tombstone, Inc. agent for Western ship
pers' offered to sell to the city on con.
signment fifty carloads of eggs at 40
cents dozen. There are 100000 dozen
eggs in fifty cars.
The otter was reported to DR.. Day.
who seemed interested until he learned
that Mr.. Emerson was making the
offer
The fact that this proposition comes
from H. A. Emerson makes me desire
further information" Dr. Day said.
Mr. Emerson has a history in the
TODD business, particularly in butter
and eggs. He was connected in the
poultry business with Senator WILL
lam NJ. Bennett, now candidate for
the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent of the Boalsl OF Aldermen. Mr..
bennett was president oc the Live
Poultry Auction Company and Mr. EN-
erson was vce-president. The purpose
OF the Live Poultry Auction Company
was to boost the price of poultry to
consumers and lower the price to ship
pers in the West"
DR.. Day pointed out that for the city
to deal in foodstuffs, except as an
agent Tor the government, would be
a violation Of the charter. He added
that the one cent margin suggested
by Emerson would not be sufficiently
large.
Wholesale dealors in butter and
eggs said Yesterday that the egg mar
ket is ove"Stocked at present and that
Shippers are willing to dispose of large
shipments at fairly low prices.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Republicans Charge
Political PrOfteeri;nc

The Kings County Republican Com
mittee yesterday charged that in the
sale of army food the Democratic Ad-
ministration at Washington had placed
the distribution of the food in Brook
Ign in the hands of Democratic wom-
ems organizations to the exclusion of
Republican women.
"This was intended to give the sug-
gestion," the committee added, chat
the lower prices obtained by purchas-
ers are obtained by peculiar favor of
the local Democratic organization. We
believe that such methods will react
on those who employ them"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Age of All Food Will Be
Marked OH the Package,
According to Measure
Soon to Go to House
Seizure Is Provided For
Plan Applies Only to Inter-
state Shipments; States
to Add New Legislation
Nc4r York Tribunes =
WASHINGTON Bureau

Nc.c York Tribunes
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3O.-A cold
storage bill making twelve months the
maximum length of time that food may
be held in cold storage, and providing
for complete Identification Of cold stor-
age foods, will be presented to the
House within the next week or ten
days, Chairman Haugen of the House
day.
Hearings on the bill were closed and
the committee began the actual work
of drafting to-day. The salient points
of the new bill, which will entertain
suggestions made by Dr.. Harvey w.
Wiley and others, who appeared before
the committee, will be as follows.
/. Twelve months limit on cold
storage food.
2. No price marking.
3. Labelling of all cold storage
food, to identify it and show how
long it has been stored at different
places.
L. Prohibition of shipment in in
the Department of Agriculture shall
declare to have been kept under i'm
proper storage conditions.
5. Seizure and sale by the courts
Of any food stored more than twelve
months.
Chairman Haugen indicated, however,
that because the committee does not
think it wise to attempt to reach food
sold in intrastate commerce by the
taxing power, the bill will affect only
food sold in interstate commerce. 1t
will be up to the individual states. he
said, to back up this act with local
enactments to protect the public from
price gougers latter the food has left
the original package"
The provision of twelve months for
storage was decided upon, he said, in
spite of the statement that meats, for
example, would not be kept more than
four or five months, in order to leave
plenty of margin for a years storage
1t is known that meat may be kept in
be in large plants where surpluses are
held more than four months to meet
lean production periods
There probably will be one exception
to the twelve months period, Chairman
Haugen indicated. This will permit
certain brands Of cheese to be held
longer. since more than year is re-
quired for certain kinds of cheese to
"ripen' to suit the taste of the trade.
The strongest feature Of the BILL
members believe, is that
which will give the consumer COM
plete history of cold storage food when
he buys it. Eggs probably will be
stamped individually as to when they
were put into storage, and with every
removal of cold storage an addition
will be made to the commercial pedi-
gree Of the commodities.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Drys Not to Oppose
Druggist Liquor Sale
agree Pharmacists May Sell 1t
Strictly for Medicinal
Purposes

wayne 3. Wheeler, counsel of the
Ant'-saloon League, told delegates at
PharmasenFfcss1 fu n,os'nF session Of the American
yesterday that Prohibitionists had d " NO ~,
Intention of interfering with the sale
oy druggists of liquor for legitimate
med'cinal purposes. Mr.. Wheeler also
sac sh'a that druggists had given substan,
tla support to the prohibition mova- w q.
'nent, only few of the poorer class
hheandlng h.g for the sale of liquor for
clos;nm Sirnm,t.ees @ were appointed at the
eioslng session to take up with The
surgeon general of the armv the nro' ,me
posal of creating a pharmaceutical carns pro
ana al 10 urge the government to increaea
;me pay OF pharmacists and chemists
Lewis {. Hopp, of Cleveland. was re-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
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New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
The Yukon Goes Dry;
Dispensaries To Be Onened

DAWSON, Y. r., Aug. 3O.-The Yu
kon territory went dry" tonight when
the law enacted last spring by the
Yukon Legislature abolishing the sa-
looms became effective.
Twenty licensed bars exist in the
Yukon, of which ten are in Dawson.
A government dispensary will be
opened at Dawson and another at White
Horse. under the control of Commits
ssioner Mckenzie, at which liquor will
be sold only by the bottle and during
limited hours.
Between now and February plebis-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

elected chairman of the council. the
recommending body comprising officers
of the various organizations which
make up the association. Professor
c. H. La Wall, of Philadelphia. retir-
ing as president of the association in
favor of l.. E. Sayre, of Lawrence, Kan.
was elected vice chairman of the coun
Gil. Joseph w. England, of Philade-
phia, was reelected secretary of the
association.
The sixty seventh annual convention
will be held in Washington next May.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Workmen in Chile Make
Gigantic Demonstration

SANTIAGO, Chile. Aug. 2s.-Eighty
thousand workmen and students par
ticipated in demonstration here to-
day, asking the government to aug
ment production, form food admins
tration, stabilize money and bring
about better economic conditions for
workers. The Minister of the Interior
promised that measures would be taken
to remedy the situation.
Meetings were held throughout the
country for the same purpose. but
there was no disorder anywhere.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Cable Strike Delays but
Does Not Tie In Traffic

Officials of tse Commercial Cable
Company said yesterday that the inter
mittent strike called by the operators
has delayed but not tied up traffic.
The men plan to walk out each Fri
day night and remain idle two days
week until the company grants an in
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

crease in pay. They demand that they
be placed on a parity with operators
on the European end of the cables,
who receive bonuses of so per cent Of
salary yearly and s25 per month for
subsistence.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

cite will be held throughout the terri
tory to determine the future of the
liquor business.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-03-18

interlocking system of tracks and at various points it was necessary to try many combinations to switch a train from one track to another. The engin- eers encountered no obstacles any where.
 The Thirty-Seventh Engineers, composed of sixteen hundred men, was organized at Fort Myer. The regiment is composed of picked men from thirty eight army camps and the personal re presents every state in the union. The Thirty-Seventh left Coblenz for homo January II, being the first regiment of the Army of Occupation to leave the Rhine for the states.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-03-18
SHIPPERS HINDER U. s. ENGINEERS
 ON THE RHINE

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION, March 1S- Cor respondence of The Associated PreSs) In it's march across Rheinish Prussia toward the Rhine, the American Army of Occupation was proceeded by two railroad exploration crews of eng n' eers, whose duty was to make sure that the lines of communication were ready to operate. The enginee tray elled in special trains.
 In one instance the special train of Colonel Albert F.. Pierce, of Eauclaire' Wis. commanding the Thirty-Seventh
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-03-18
PRINCE RUPERT TO MAKE
 TRY FOR COD FISHERIES

PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., March g. British Columbia, apparently, in ends making bid for the headquart IFS of the great codfishing fleet which operates about the Aleutian islands md which has heretofore worked out If San Francisco.
 J. P. Badcocli, provincial commits toner of fisheries, has put out his be- lief that the cod fisheries should be centralized at Prince Rupert this port being 1,5OO miles nearer than San Francisco.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-03-18

Engineers, was fired upon by snipers in the initial trip of an American force over the rail line between Tier and Bitburg on the day when the Am ercans first stepped across the line into Rhenish Prussia. None of the shots took effect.
 Company E. of the Thirty-Seventh Engineers did the pioneering between Trier and Coblenz along the Mosel'e valley. while Company T.. explored the northern route travelling by way ot Bitburg.
 Reports had been received that the tracks had been mined at various piac- es and owing to this fact the trains proceeded rather slowly and travelled only by daylight. Each train had two locomotives and about twenty cars LookoutS were posted upon the pilot of the "lead" locomotive and stop were made at each bridge and culver' to ascertain whether any of them had been tempered with by the withdraw ing German soldiers.
 Deserted roundhouses were encoun' tered in several towns, and even IT this part of Germany untouched oy actual war there was a suggestion along the railroad lines that all of the railroad employees had joined the arm! n it's withdrawal across the Rhine.
 All along the lines the engineer found the switch towers deserted and in the trip from Trier to Coblenz, a no point did any German official make any attempt to stop them or ev en inquire into their mission. The Ger mans had left no records, so far as tn Americans knew, of their complicatc'
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-03-18
PORT AT ALEXANDROVSK

VLADIVOSTOK March 1S- For No purpose of utilizing the rich coa' fields of Saghalin island it is proposed to build a port at Alexandrovsk.