The Penn's Grove record., 1920-03-05

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taking advantage of its right to legis-
late under the Eighteenth mendmen
MS the best lawyers in the country SAID
it could legally do.
Bio Ripper Bill Appears.
An administration measure sure to
cause an uproar and a scrap appeared
from Assemblyman Judge of III
1t creates a department of pubic al
fairs. with a board of five commission
ers at 1900 a year each. The depart
ment takes over and administers the
departments of health, she'll hshefles'
conservation and development, instltu-
lions and agencies. commerce ana nav
igation and the boards of managers OF
state institutions. Nearly all THESE
bodies were created by the series Oh
bills enacted in 1915 as the Edge econ
m and efficiency program, n Gov
ernor Edwards has upon several oc-
casions declared that there was nell
Their economy nor efficiency in them.
He believes that a board of salarled
officials, picked as efficient business
men, will accomplish more in that di-
rection thar the multiplicity of unpaid
boards now in existence.
The latest onslaught upon the State
Utility Board, the object of so many
hostile demonstrations, came in a bill
introduced by Asemblyman MacAteer
of Hudson, repeating the act by when
the body was created in 1911. The
ripper was drafted by City Attorney
William Kearns Of Newark as a result
of a decision of the Supreme Court
holding that the Public Service Cor
poration could at will increase its
rates, subject to review by the Utility
Board.
How far Republicans will allow
these bills to get was indicated IN Il
conference the assemblymen held prior
to the nights session. They decided
to put through as party measures the
bills they failed to agree upon at the
opening of the session intended to
strip the governor of summary power
of removal of boards and commissions
1t was the purpose at that time to get
these measures through in the first
week and prior to the inauguration of
Governor Edwards, but they were I'M
able to corral enough votes.
Daylight Saving Passes.
The house by the close vote of 81 to
% passed Assemblyman Eldridge's
daylight saving bill. In urging its
passage Mr.. Eldridge said the great
wal demonstrated the benefits to the
people at large derived from the act
of Congress, and he believed the ma
iOrity of the people favor the scheme.
Mr.. Shields of Warren said the best
evidence of the unpopularity of the law
was its repeal by Congress. He pre-
sented the arguments of the farmers
that the law, accepted as a wartime
regulation, had worked as a hardship
upon them in gathering crops and tend
ed to increase the cost of living. Mr..
Agans of HunterdOn also opposed the
bill upon the same general grounds.
We've tried to regulate everything
in New Jersey, from bullfrogs to goose
yokes, and now we are trying TO regu-
late the time. It's time to call a halt
and get down to common sense. The
war is over"
Mr.. TOZer of Bergen called attention
to the immensely large number of en-
ployed people in the city industries
who would be benefited by the extra
hour of daylight, and that these toilers
) should be considered. 1t would serve
to increase production in the factories,
and thus cut the cost of neceSsarieS
which the farmers buy. Mr.. Roberts
of Burlington, who owns several large
farms, opposed the bill, and the de-
bate went on upon about the same
lines. The Hudson delegation voted
solidly against the bill, but the Essex
men were for it.
Whitney's Bill Passed.
Leader Hirschfeld obtained reconsid-
Grafton of Senator Whitney's bill, lost
in the house after a warm battle,
charging against the state school funds
instead of against the general fund APP
preparations for continuation schools,
vocational education and similar items.
The measure was Endorsed by the APP
preparations Committee, of which Sen
atOr Whitney is chairman, and, 1t was
explained, is necessary properly to adj
just the annual appropriations. 1t in
wolves about 100000 annually.
Democratic Leader Barrett again OPP
posed the measure. Former Speaker
Pierson declared that one reason for
the need of the bill was the reduction
in the states revenues caused by the
enactment in 1911 of the pet meas
ures of the gentleman who 10Y pre-
; sides over the White House, known as
the Seven Sisters, which took from the
[ state a large sum of legitimate income.
He said the state has come to the stu
I alton where it's revenues do not meet
the extraordinary expenditures. The
{ bill passed by a vote of 33 to 81, a
strict party vote.
Need Much More Money.
, Some stubborn facts with relation
to the financial problems facing the
> people of New Jersey were presented