Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-02
Monday being INDEPENDENCE Day, the EVE
NEWS will not be published.
BRINGING NEW WORKERS TO TIME

DAsAIN0ANu NEW 1OrShEfto III TIME
1t begins to look as If the New York state
officials were coming to their senses in regard to
reciprocity with New Jersey. Sec
vetary of State Lyons. of New York, is coming
Df his high horse and has dropped his defiant
attitude. He has been made to realize that
when It comes to a~rresting nonresident auto
Its for not complying with New York state
avs, although they may be living up to the
strict letter of the law as far as their own state
II concerned, It is something that can be worked
IN New Jersey as well as in New York. Latest
veports from Albany are to the effect that after
, consultation with the attorney general of that
state. Secretary Lyons is more disposed to meet
with Commissioner Dill. of New Jersey, in an
bfort to adopt . policy regarding the operation
pf automobiles from their respective states that
will be mutually satisfactory.
New Jersey does not want an automobile war
with New York or with any other state. but
New Workers. must be made to understand that
they cannot come over here and do al they
please. disregarding all law and traffic regula-
tons. and crowding J~erseymen out into bitches,
while New Jersey residents who venture across
the border into New York state are arrested
on the slightest provocation even though they
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their own state.
It stands to reason that II Jerseymen have
to conform to New York laws as well as New
Jersey laws in order to operate cars. in New
York state. there is no use having a reciprocity
agreement between the two states. The same
applies in regard to New Workers. coming into
New Jersey. Reciprocity ought to work both
ways and If an autoist is conforming with the
laws Of the. state in which he is registered he
ought not to be molested az long az the reci-
procity agreement exists.
Residents of both New York and Pennsylva-
mia haye abused New Jersey laws for a long
time. They come over into this state by the
thousands. hog our roads and wear out our
pavements. 1t is high time that the state au-
lhorities took action. Commissioner Dill would
have been derelict in his duty II he had al
to pass unnoticed the action Of the New
York authorities in arresting a Jerseyman when
he was complying with every requirement OF
the New Jersey law, although at the time he
was operating his car in New York state.
Down in South Jersey they have just been
celebrating the completion of the famous White
Horse pike, the direct route from Camden to
Atlantic City. This road is used by thousands
OF Philadelphians every weekend about as
much as the road through this city to the Mon
mouth coast resorts is used by New Workers. 1t
IL natural that Philadelphians should rejoice
over the completion Of this beautiful stretch OF
highway all the way across the state built at
the expense of the New Jersey taxpayers.
What do Jerseymen get in return for furnish
Ing this excellent highway which Philadelphians
enjoy so much without question? We can only
fudge from what the Camden Courier says about
II. According to the Courier, Jerseymen are
frequently greeted in Philadelphia with some-
thing like this:
.sHey, you farmer! Come ahead with that
turboat! Where do you think you're atm
Jersey"
Ana that is just about the attitude of a great
many New Workers toward Jerseymen. and one