The Penn's Grove record., 1923-01-19
GEORGE 5. SILZER
~Inaugurated Governor. Big Civic
Parade In Trenton

George S. Silzer, who was elected
Governor of New Jersey, last No
vember, was inaugurated last Tues
day, at noon, in Trenton. After the
ceremony he viewed a civic parade in
front of the State House, from 1.15
to 2.35. There were twelve train
loads of men and m from the
big cities of Jersey who marched for
an hour and twenty minutes, six and
eight abreast, making the biggest
=. civic parade ever at an Inauguration.
He was unwell and unable to give
the reception in the State House be
tween 3 and ) o'clock, as announced
on the program.
> The inaugural Address
GOV. Silzer gave a lengthy address
t for forty-five minutes. The principal
l topics discussed were as follows:
> We are giving too little thought to
government and, by our Indifference
are frequently entrusting it to others
who are not solicitious of the common
good.
Our bonded debt is increasing very
T.. rapidly. Our State, five years ago,
free from debt, will shortly
$4,000. 000. This debt, sooner or
later. must be paid.
Competition is crushed and elimi-
rated. Preferential laws are passed
but no effective methods are devised
er employed to prohibit practices that
at every turn harass the ordinary
citizen and permit ~ class to press
Hpca another.
Labor
Tie cares and burdens Of hard
gor ingmen and tired women. as we'll
rs helpless children, are u RESPONSE
hilits, and the state, is not doing its
duty TO its citizens if these things
Industrial improvements are me-
.e.el and Of the helpless ones, men.
women and children, are left alone to
help themselves.
Chief among the present day Ills Of
industrial workers is night work for
women in our mills and factories,
particularly young married women.
who are either mothers or about to be-
come mothers. Such things should
not be either possible or necessary in
this enlightened day and generation.
If the mai OF men Of the family are
not paid a sufficient wage to enable
them to support the family with some
degree of comfort, at least, then that
condition must be changed, and chang
ed Immediately.
Public Utilities Watering
On the one hand we have the own
ers of the securities. A. against
these we have the man who tolls and
VINO must be carried from his home to
the factory, the Woman who must
earn her own living and the children
who attend school. They are truly
innocent. They are entitled to honest
treatment. They should not be called
upon to furnish a return upon infiat-
Ell securities; they should not have to
take from their ~hard-earned pay the
large sums required to bring a return
to those who own Watered securities.
There is no equity or honesty in ac-
!, cOrding them such treatment. There
is no justice in levying upon them
such tribute to give value to that
] which never had real value.
As between these two classes, in
weighing the equities, it is as clear as
day, that the equities are in favor of
the great masses who go to make up
the public-the innocent public. We
must, therefore, follow the course
that brings this result.
Prohibition VS.. Temperance
There was and is a strong senti-
ment against the saloon and its at
tendant evils. They must be abolish
ed and never allowed to return.
Temperance can be brought about
by education. Legislation often fails;
!. education never does. There is but
one way to make moral progres
that is in the heart and conscience Of
MGR. not in LEGISLATION