Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-18
Vital Issues Stated By Senator Edwards

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nkephg with the program of ounomso and "sraane" the Republican machine t
reaed by Baird and Stokes and Vice Praddn wakde of the Public Service Corporation in its
desperate eHms% divert public attention away from locals and home iSuSn Hha campaign by
talking about wholly irrelevant matters of national or international character haveen enlisted the
services of the Republican National Committee M mar fmw whom you will cast your em No.
vmbm Ah will have any influence with or duties to perform affecting national issues now be-.
fore Congress OF teP Peace Conference
III an successful at the election my every energy will be devoted solely and exclusively
tthe ntmeHs@ Jnsymen to freeing Jeagmen from the hypOoahol tyranny 9" jaime X
Shields and samuelL Wilson ad the Financial tyanny of the Public Service Corporation repre-
senhdN waksssB Baird, Stokes and Edges Political Utility Commission
the Public Service lobbyists out of the State House at Trenton
shall resist with all the Legal power can omnand the Anti Saloon League program of
letting Alabama and Mississippi and Texas tell New Jersey, Jew York and Pennsylvania how m
people may live WHAT they may drink ind WHAT they mye eat
hold that the greatest mmaoe to the welfare IT. citizenship d to the safety of our nation
and tn" p@peu&n of the repubHo lies not in the man Who steals Oafo read to feed hun
CRY family or he who takes a drink of wine for the aOmaohs sake but in those ypomHes hn
without who set utsp spying upon and regulating other peoples customs and habits sand stealing
III I'M elected Governor will use all the power and influence that great Office
make the persons and the ZONES of New Jersey citizens invae by professional fanatics nd
hypO0dts
K Shields and samuel L wilson will play no part in public policies and the enforcement ofh laws
shall continue to dominate ns public officials COMMISSIONS and boards Of this State and to write
bwst relieve that monopoly of its just tax burdens
The Public Service copmaHnni is mote content viii monopoly in the most vital industrial
;% no as Rsss#'% . t t sys srf sd but Ut 4 aana nea a1 @a4s mn S s sn e@ Affecting Is 4 m1 r a%s to
do whe enforcement of the l"sa against hsoopor@e monopoly
tm ~ 1 bel %s THAT IL. e. ssn% %. Of e sn ,as ga ss Ssssa . ,s as s g 4 s51t''" and !" ''" ''A"s'
Through the Public Service Corporation Hobbies in Trenton and las partnership in politics
a sS eaeh %hp a nMa h one 1 fas S aa m mA as CITIZEN oa"ns o p pn@nh and new York York ""s' ga
company 91, oa as ssy. ss' n sf r rhsd as PM 1sss ss nassR Rsa Rn1's oanpns 1'% a n sss9 5s" e ' IS ss%%'
ing on bankruptcy on ~venoent fares with the e@ntr transfer
In New York 80mt gas has proved profitable to the investor while in New JNey 97cent
gas of a character unfit for use mgs from the Public Service Company a demand fer anohr in
ceae in price with a threat to discontinue the supply.
We are held UP for fat 10ot per klWath hour electric charge in New Jersey by the
Public Service Electric Company while the average rate in other cities operating under like con-
dMonsan and patronage averages less than cents
IF the people of Jew Jersey at the polls in November rp0e their confidence in me I
promise that oe of my first official acts will be to take step to remov the present Utility Com
missions and substitute a commission thtw will give the people of New Jerseys es same trolley fares
and the same eerc light charges that prevail in negbming States operating under like con-
dhon.
The Public Service Corporation through its gas electric and trolley subsidiaries hsd done
more to add the high cost of living than any other combination of causes in this State
This singh monopoly that dominates the Utilities of this State touches the pookehook of
every nome in New jersey
The me expense of every pm family is increased by an eNrionte charge for trolley
fares for gas ad for electric light
The $3.50 to 1919 overhage for gas and electric light and power on industries adsj just
that much to the cost of production JUST that much to the elm m of products of the manu-
featured articles of home necessity.
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