The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-26

shoe industry is estimated to be about
80 per cent. In the hat industry oniy
: per cent of the average workers are
now Employed. The celluloid INDUSTRY
is proceeding steadily, while an aver
age decrease Of 10 per cent OF the
workers in the button industry Is
noted. In the chemical and phono-
graph industry Is per cent of the work.
ers have been laid off. In paint and
foundry industries 20 per cent OF the
workers have been laid off. while In
the leather industry fully 70 per cent
have been laid off. A reduction OF 70
per cent of the help In metals and ma
chinery industries is noted, while the
s%hipbuilding industry has decreased It's
force from 1900 to 5000. In the to-
bacco industry conditions are the same
as they were last year. The toy In
dustry is almost at a standstiu, with
one plant employing 500 workers dis
charged and the remaining toy facto-
ries operating with only 80 per cent OF
| the regular help.
The thread industry in Newark Is
/ running about normal, showing no de-
crease. In the jewelry line conditions
are the same as last year, and the de-
mand has slackened somewhat for
cheaper grade lines of jewelry. In the
cutlery trade the conditions are the
same as last year, and no decrease fs
evidenced. A general layof of from
600 to LOCO female workers Is evident
in the porcelain industry. No general
reduction In wages is reported In New
ark, but it is noted that the bonus sys-
TENS are being gradually eliminated.
Unemployment of women workers Is
Increasing and also among men wsrk-
ers.
Beer Bill Doomed.
1t is more than probable that among
the first bills introduced at the forth
coming session of the Legislature will
be one for the repeal Of the 1878 beer"
bill, passed last winter. Senator Elect
w. H. Parry of Essex county believes
the Legislature Should pass without de-
lay a prohibition enforcement act to
check the liquor flood in the state, and
he may Introduce both measures.
"There is apparently a disposition in
some quarters to have the incoming
legislature dilly daily or p~ussyfoot on
the question of a state enforcement
act" said Mr.. Parry. ITO my mind the
duty of the legislators, irrespective Of
their views as to the merit Of prohibit
ton, Is plain and one which should not
be lodged.
1.-The Eighteenth amendment gives to
New Jersey the right to- pass q state
enforcement act defining the test OF an
intoxicating beverage as cne-half Of !
per cent or less. New Jersey has no
right to raise the percentage above that
fixed by Congress, but the passage OF a
law with the same standard as the Vol
stead act will make no sale Of liquor
illegal which is 10Y legal 1t merely
gives the right to enforce n law as
fully In the state courts as In the fed
eral.
1.-The present open and brazen def
nnce Of the law by the whisky ring in
New Jersey makes it imperative upon
the legislature te'pass an enforcement
act with more teeth in it than exist in
the present New Jersey statutes. The
purpose of such an act should not be
the creation Of new Jobs for hungry Of
flee seekers, but to give to the prosecu-
tors and grand jnries Of every county
In the state an act which will impel
them to clean UP the d~isgraeeful con-
dftions which have been created by a
notorious gang e bootleggers.
"In October, 1918, before prohibition
became operatives. there were ~ ar
rests for drunkenness In the city OF
Trenton. In October, 1927, under a dry
law, there we're 106 arrests for drunk
enness. l was teld the other day that
a, certain man In New Jersey had clean
ed up a quarter Of million dollars in
the last year from his illicib dealings in
whisky. Men who have never been in
terested in prohibition before are now
interested in the stopping with am eff,
fsctive hand Of the operations OF the
band of whisky dealers, wh0 are not
Ouly q oPSh
law, but are selling an inferior brand
of liquor, which is poisoning the sys'
tens of the people who use it,"
Largest Tax increase
The total tax to be pa.d by the rail
road companies in this state for 1927
will be $12, 644, S10l54, an Increase OF
$1,S75,445.9S over the tax paid for the
current year.. This IS the largest in
crease in tax ever made In n year
The tax is. based upon an aggregate
valuation of 1891 166,449, which is al
increase over the valuation for 1920 OF
$1S,917,46S
The action of the state board in rails
ing the assessments of the railroads Ii
expected to meet with objection on thu
part of the companies.
The valuations and taxes Of the larg