Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-02

PERTH AMBoYs REPUTNIol

Is fertn Amooy tne WoYst Uoot-
Logging city in the countyS,
Deserving or not. that is the repu-
tation that 1T /. salnShs.-in fact. has
gained. Not a dSS goes by without
some out of toFn newspaper calling
up the EvENING NEWS to ask
what is I've latest developments in
the booze trafic.
When a truck load OF booze was
seized in Philadelphia a few days
ago, which led to the raid by federal
authorities of a local liquor house.
che EVENING NEWS got It's nrst in
formation about the matter from the
Philadelphia morning papers. In
those Philadelphia papers we read
with much modification that this
city was looked upon as the center
OF the whiskey ring in this section
of the country.
As II Perth Amboy didn't have
enough to contend with in her efforts
to build up a great city without
having this reputation added to hold
the city down!
Why should this blight be placed
upon Perth Amboy of all the cities
in the East? why isn't 1t Newark,
Paterson, Trenton, Camden, Phila-
delphia. Wilmington. New Bruns-
wick-why should 1t be Perth AM
boy that has to bear the brunt of be-
ing the headquarters of the whiskey
ing and the home of the bootleggers?
1t IL easier to carry on a lawiess
business here than anywhere else?
Perth Amboy has received many a
black eye in the past; It's reputation
has been besmirched on many an
\pceasion so that a Perth Amboyan is
always on the defensive when cities
arc being discussed. The loyal Perth
Amboyan will stand up for his city
always and is doing the best he can
to tell the world what a fine city we
have here. We call ourselves the
pace-making city and set out to
make good as such, but just as we
are making some headway, along
comes something like this whiskey
ring reputation that gives the city
name that makes it all the harder
to put Perth Amboy in her true po-
sition before the world.
We are just launching Chamber
Of Commerce campaign for the pur-
pose of putting Perth Amboy on the
map. The citizens of the city who
believe in Perth Amboy are called to
get together and do something for
their home town. Now for Perth
Amboy." is the slogan. We want to
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place to do business in: as a desir-
able place to live in. We want to
do something really worth while for
the city. But how can we ever
succeed when the city is being ad-
vertised, broadcast as the greatest
bootlegging city in the East? How
can we attract desirable citizens
when we have a reputation. spread
broadcast by the great metropolitan
swspapers. of being the headquar-
GERS for the whiskey ring: of being
the source of supply for Philadel-
phia. Baltimore and Washington for
the booze that is Illegally sold in
those cities?
Is this the way TO boom Perth
Amboy? Is this what we are re-
organizing the Chamber of Com
nerce for? This bootlegging repu-
.ation will do the city more harm
.han the Chamber of Commerce can
undo in ten years.
Legitimate business it hurt; honest
kbusiness men are ashamed to ad-
ait that they come from Perth Am
". for the first thing that is fred
them is, "How is the bootlegging
ness down that way"
e matter is too serious to be
Ed any longer. If we are really
desirous of doing something for
Perth Amboy. IL we want to save
the-city's reputation. il we want to