Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-10

dress itself is the. labor situation.
During the last year serious labor
disturbances have occurred in this
state, and cur courts have been filed
with controversies ove the legal
questions involved. The right of
men on strike to peacefully walk
the streets in the neighborhood of
the shop or plant against which
the strike was declared or to peace
fully persuade others from taking
their places has bsen denied in our
court of chancery, and the matter is
now before the court of errors INK
appeals for adjudication. To what
extent injurctive powers of our
courts should be invoked in labor
disputes is now engaging the consid-
Grafton and thought of those who
are interested in re@onciling the diff
ferenceS between labor and capital.
A more favorable view of the right
men on strike t. peacefully picket
seems to tie taken by the United
States supreme court than by our
state court.
In a recent opinion Chief Justice
Tai. of that court indicates hat men
on strike have the right through the
designation of an agent to act for
them to picket the employers plant,
and that they also may attempt to
persuade others not to take their
places without any right, of course.
of forcing such views upon the new
emDloye. Some of our vice chancel-
Tors, however. have gone so far as to
adjudicate that the men on strike
cannot do anything to aid or assist
the strike. which. of course, would
prevent the strikers from contribute
ing strike benefits or ven discuss
ing the strike among themselves.
Lately. it has been the practice of
employers having strike troubles to
seek out those members of our court
of chanccry who hold decided views
in respect of the absence of the
right on the part of the strikers to
picket or to attempt to persuade
others against taking their places,
avoiding the submission of their lit
igation to other members of that
court who do not hold such decided
views. In some instances alleged
strikers and their sy~mpathizers have
been summoned out of the localities
where the disturbances occurred and
have been compelled to journey to
other counties to answer the process
of the court. Some of the strikers
have been tried for contempt in such
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distance away from the place where
the contempt was alleged to have
been committed. This is contrary, it
seems to me, to established princi-
Piles of justice and equity and should
not be allowed to continue. l there
fore recommend the passage of an
act which shall provide that WHOM
.veT any person is charged with con-
tempt of the court of chancery or
the state fer acts done or commit
led elsewhere than in the presence
Of the court, such Charge be tried by
the chancellor personally in h
chancery chambers nearest the place
where it is alleged such contempt
vas committed. l am also of the
opinion that the legislature should
i've serious consideration to whether
II not in contempt cases the accus-
ID should be tried before a jury.
1t may lie doubted that the meas
ures suggested above would be con
stitutiohal. If it is concluded that
tlley would not be. then l would urge
the passage of an amendment to the
constitution accomplishing the desir-
ed result.
State Highway
If our state roads are to be put
in order and maintained in proper
condition. additional sources Of rev.
enue will have to be found. 1 hes
itate to recommend the submissir IN
to the people of a referendum on
the question of a bond issue to COM
plese the highway program, but some
definite pl n for raising the neces-
sary moneys will have to be worked
.IL il that program is to he uccu.l-
pIished. In this connection l urge
4I. ro - , cfof1tfn which will
impose a tax of one cen on each
gallon of gasoline used by both
pleasure cars and automobile trucks,
the NlX to be collected from the pro-
ducer to be devoted to the mainten-
ance of our highways.
l hesitate to pass along to you 4
recommendation which ONE to me
from the commissioners of the Pal
isade Interstate Park with reference
to the incorporation in the State
Highway System Of Sylvan avenue
and the Boulevard in the Borough
of Englewood Cliffs, Tenafy and
Alpine, in Bergen county. l am de-
termined to rigidly hold down any
extension of the highway system be-
cause of the tremendous cost in
VOWED in the completion OF the pres
,ent program. However, I have
yielded in this particular for this
reason. The Interstate Park, when
completed, will furnish to the citi-
gems of New Jersey a splendid play
ground. The state has spent or obli-
gated itself to spend approximate
lv a million dollars in the develop
ment of the park. 1t is my UNDER
standing that unless the roads in
question are improved this state Will
lack a convenient and accessible
means of reaching the park. Under
those circumstances it is my thought
that the highway in question should
be incorporated as a part of the
state highway system and improved
Immediately so as to furnish a ready
means of access to the Interstate
Park.
Morris Canal
A difficult and important task
facing this legislature is the proper
solution of the Norris Canal aban-
comment problem. 1t must be con-
coded 1 think, that the canal has
outlived it's usefulness and is no long
err a convenient or profitable means
of freight transportation. In the
cities through which it passes it has
become a nuisance by reason of its
pollution by dead animals, rubbish
and the sewers and drains emptying
into it. Everyone, I believe. is in
agreement upon the proposition that
the canal should be abandoned,
provided hat that is accomplished
UPON terms which are fair to the
state. 1t is my view that this legis-
lature should make a real effort to
work out a solution of this problem.
New Jersey Forests
Our forests constitute one of the
states great neglected resources.