Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-07
RECORD
At METUCYEN
PinChot Also Speaker in Dor.
ough in Campaign Against
Senator FreIinghuysen

METUCHEN. Sept. About six
women and two dozen men and a
big crowd of children, attended the
George l.. Record tent meeting OH
Main street here last night. The
party was disappointed at the lack of
interest taken in this meeting.
Col. Adamson presided and the
rf1st speaker a Mrs. Margaret b.
Laird. Essex county acknowledgement.
She asked the support of Record on
his progressive platform and his
stand against invisible machine gov
eminent. After Mrs. Laird had con-
cluded her address. the chairman
realized that he had not opened the
meeting properly and played the Star
Srangled Banner.
Following the Pinchot address,
Mr.. Record was introduced and in
formed the gathering that he agreed
with United States Senator Joseph
Frelinghuysen. his opponent for the
republican nomination, in one thing
and that is that the Republican
party is the best of the two major
parties, Outside of this, however,
his platform is altogether different
from that of his opponent, he de-
clared.
Mr. Pinchot's address follows:
Mr.. Record is for government
ownership of railroads. Also, he is
ABOUT the only mar in political life
who knows the railroad question
from A to T. and can give the I'M
answerable arguments for govern
ment ownership.
we need government ownership,
not only because under it the roads
VIII be run better, run by railroad
experts free from the control
of the stock jobbing directorates
that have wrecked the majority of
Il American lines. The real rea-
o Scr government ownership is
that AIn"I-tan business requires it.
Under private ownership free COM
petltive enterprise is being swamped
and our major industries falling,
T. after ARCHER, into the hands of
M~onopol+es. Take for an example
the packers trust. For other trusts
are built III by private railroads in
exactly tie same way. How does
private railroading kill competition
and keep up the price of meat?
The Federal Trade Commission
and the Interstate Commerce Com
mission discover that the railroads
haul the trusts refrigerator cars so
miles a day and the cars of would
be competitors SO miles a day. They
find that the trust cars are well iced
by the railroads, the competitors
cars iced badly; hat the trusts cars
don't get lost. while the competi-
tors cars go astray.
"Unde: these conditions of unjust
discrimination, what happens to the
American packing industry? 1t
drops. like a ripe plum. into the
monopo;!st's mouth.
"RaiIrcad discrimination is the Sc
cret Of most monopolies. Railroad
discrimination is the secret of most
monopolies
most high prices. And, as Mr.. Rec
ord points out. We can't get rid o.
railroad discrimination short of gov
eminent ownership. At all events
that's what the railroad president
say.
President Galloway: We do no
do these foolish things Crate dis
crimination) from choice. l will sa.
that they are just as bad and fool
ish and stupid as a be, but wha
are we going to do about it? w
have built up these big shippers
and now they control u.s.
President Hill: Discrimination
will always exist. We have to dis
criminate.'
President Fish: Tell me how tc
enforce the ten commandments anC
| will tell you how to stop discrimi'
nation
President Stickney: We do no
make rates on cattle and meat pro
ducts. The packers make rates.
Il wish our friend, silent Joseph
would read these opinions and tel
us whether or not he agrees witt
them.
Il see by the papers the senator
has cancelled his Jersey speakins
dates. 1t is rumored that he l!
stricken with paralysis of the par
ticuIar vocal cords that are used il
explaining ones political principles
But he might still communicate b.
writing or sign language"