Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-04

criminal law in such a way as to
separate the first offender and the
girl from the habitual
criminal and providing more hui
name methods for securing reforma-
ton.
State Highways
The State Highway Commission |
under Democratic ADMINISTRATION
mas quilt roads-roads of the high
est type and equal to any roads that
are Delng constructed at the present
DAY. The Democratic party still in
slsts that the commerce, industry.
AGRICULTURAL and rural life of the
state demand highways of the high
est type, and we'll maintained.
The New Jersey State Highway
department, created under the Edge
Highway act. functioned under the
former Highway Commission until
july. 1920. The total number of miles
OF highway completed in that period
was forty. Since July. 1920, up to
the end of the ~resent construction
season, the present highway COM
mission under a Democratic admin
istration, will have completed zoo
miles of highways. The commits
sion under Republican control did
net attempt any maintenance of the
state highways until 1919, and then
only on a part of the system. The
present commission, upon assuming
office, Immediately put the entire
system at that time, except the parts
under construction, under mainten-
ance. The present commission was
the first to Systematically remove
snow from the highways.
Under the present commission the
highway department has been thor
oughly r~eorganized so that by a cer.-
trial control of operation it has been
enabled to promptly bring about the
building of roads and their mainten-
ance to the highest degree. Under
the reorganization the engineering
ana administration costs were great
ly reduced.
We pledge ourselves to the sys-
tenn of open specifications for all
road paving as the only absolute
guarantee that the moneys of the
taxpayers will be honestly ana
economically expended.
Road Bond Bill
In view of the ever-increasing
tax rate and the unusual burden that
is being put upon the people of the
state, we are opposed to the accept
ance of this measure, which would
require the issuance of bonds to the
extent of forty million dollars. The
plan is to issue these bonds at the
rate of eight million dollars a year.
Such a sum of money would allow
construction at the rate of over three
hundred miles of roads per year. l;
is a practical and physical impos-
sibility to construct roads at that
rate to the necessity of detours and
other %exigencies of road construc-
ton. The method of raising moneys
at present by taxation has resulted
in a sufficient sum to keep pace with
ths ability of the State Highway
Commission and the contractors &c
| construct roads. To issue the bonds
would result in an unnecessary bur-
den being added to one that is al
ready too heavy.
Furthermore, we are against TIT
principle of issuing bonds to pay for
the cost of roads the life of which
is uncertain and experimental, while
the bonds must be paid in not ex-
ceeding fifteen years. We may have
and probably will have. the result
that the roads will be reconstructed
before the bonds are paid off.
Labor
The Democratic party Is now an
has always been the friend of labor
Again reasserting that the value o
labor is integral to the nations sue
cess must be fully recognized ant
the welfare of the worker regarded
at all times as especially entitled t
legislative care. we advocate legisla
tior facilitating production an
making possible more healthful an
protective measures insuring a hap
pier and a more prosperous life TO
this workingman.
I We pledge our party to the en-
actment of laws ~forbidding the I'M
warranted issuance of writs of In
junction in labor disputes where n
property right is involved other tina
the property right claimed in the Ia
!, Dor of the human being. We guar
:, antee to the w~orkingman of Ne
JERSEY the right of trial by jury
all times.
We advocate amending the Ne
Jersey Workmen's Compensate
: law to assure the prompt settlemei
OF claims and to provide more ecu
table compensation to the work
and to his family in case Of injul
or fatality.
, Tunnel Ripper Bill
: We condemn the tunnel r1pp
, bill passed by a Republican legisl
ture over the veto Of the governt
/, by which an efficient and success
commission was removed from OH.
| for the sole purpose OF SUBSTITUTE
. lRepublicans in their stead, and tn
+ obtaining control of the commissi
: for political purposes.
We condemn the complete su
: serviency of the new commissi
/, under the ripper bill to the N
, York commission, Its failure to pr
. tect the rights OF New Jersey,
| legal partner to the enterprise &C
!, tributing $14,O00,oOo to the c.
+ struction OF the TUNE.
We condemn the extravagance
thl new commission in increasi
. salhries in almost every instan
|. SO 1-3 per cent. tho optaini
, corresponding additional sci
ice1 instead of reducing all en-
nedring expenses since an ensihe
ingt problems are soiveo anu %
ordinary SUPERVISION
fcrf the future.
IHe condemn the unnecessary ]
crakse in the number OF employ
Ehe commission. the making
lointment purely political.
'pppEs favor a commission Will
M compel respect of the eqt
IA of the people of the state
Jersey as a full partner WI
Estate of New York in the ente
me J and we deplore the inject
pfi C%olitics into this great enterpri
Agriculture
urinary importance TO :
liz welfare is the basic INDUS;
psp griculture, which annually az
u 100000 to the wealth OF I
stat ! advocate the adoption OF