Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-31
MEN HEAR
FREL|NGHUYSEN
Senator Speaker at CIambake
of Co. Miners anq Manu-
facturerS' Assn

IF you, as business men. feel that
have done we'll; that l have kept
the dignity and integrity of the state
of New Jersey standard high. want
to go back to the United States SEN
ate for six years." Senator Joseph
Frslinghuysen said Saturday after
noon in closing an address delivered
to the Middlesex County Clay Work.
ers' and Manufacturers Association
at the clambake held in Pfeiffer's
woods near Fords.
In beginning his remarks the sem
ator remarked that it was his first
experience at speechmaking at
clambake and that inasmuch as he
didn't know what line to take he
would proceed to talk little poll
tics.
The clambake, originally designat-
ed as merely a social gathering OF
county clay men, was all or that,
but it also resembled political rally
In addition to Senator Frelinghuy-
sen, other prominent Republicans at
the affair included State Senator
Morgan F. Larson, John Pfelffer.
Republican county chairman; VIII
liam A. Spencer. Ira Grouse ana
George Anderson of Metuchen. who
is in the race for the Republican
nomination for assemblyman.
Senator Frelinghuysen. however,
was the only guest who made an
address. He sketched his political
record at some length, including his
service on the senate committee on
military affairs during the war, and
then dwelt on the achievements OF
orIi ndv tCtr a
The senator strongly advocated
! government control of the coal situ-
alton, pointing out the right of the
consumer to know the real cost OF
this essential commodity. He said
he was personally unwilling to have
mystery shroud coal prices and ex-
| pressed the opinion that consumers
would cease to complain of the price
of fuel if shown that costs made
hight rates inevitable. Referring to
the present strikes, Senator Freling-
huysen hoped President Harding
| would be able to bring about an
early settlement and intimated that
in case the President failed in his
purpose the future would be dark.
The speaker dragged the long
suffering tariff out into the sunlight.
| saying that while during the war the
| tariff had been a dead issue present
peacetime conditions of competition
made protection necessary for AM
erican business. Department store
dealers who import large quantities
| of cheap foreign goods were blamed
| by the senator for much of the pro-
paganda against protection.
Heavy taxation throughout the
country was characterized by Sem
ator Frelinghuysen as the inevitable
result of the war, with its ensuing
let down and the necessary confu-
sion in returning to normal condl-
f! tions. Other points made by the
speaker included mention of the ad-
| ministration's intention to restore
the American merchant marine IN
| sofar as possible.
Asked when he intended to come
to Middlesex county to begin cam
palgning activities the senator said
he had no definite date set but tnat
his preparations for the statewide
campaign were under way.
| Senator Frelinghuysen lodged a
question as to whether or not he took
George L. Records opposition cam
paign seriously and remarked that
he didn't care to be quoted on that
subject. To a question on the prob
ability of his starting tent tour SIM
liar to that being conducted by Mr..
Record, the senator remarked tnat
he was in the hands of his campaign
managers. Active campaigning is to
start about September l. he said.
Forty-five members of the clay
workers and manufacturers assoei-
alton together with many of their
| friends attended the clambake. Some
of those present were: Charles
Bloomfield of the Bloomfield Clay
Company; Fred +. Anness and j. j
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