The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-01-11


transfers of property annually exceed
$4,000 in number and that practically
every one of the majority Of the latter
involves a mortgage consideration. ii
becomes apparent to everyone that
the time has arrived when business
activity of such magnitude and which
has bearing upon practically every
citizen who has purchased or hopes
to purchase his own home, should be
subject to. proper regulations
During the year a total of sixty-two
serious complaints were filed. In
each instance, says the report, the
commission gave a heasng to the par
ties involved and disposed of the pro-
eeedings according to the merits OF
the case.
Reference is made in the report to
the fact that in all this important
work of regulation the state treasury
has not been called upon to meet any
of the necessary expenses. 1t IL
pointed out that a sum in excess of
SC, 500 was turned over to the state
treasury, but no mention is made
of the commissions expenditures,
which, however, exceeded $4,000 for
salaries OF members, Office rent, clerk
hire and other expenses.
Dry Law Legislation
The problem of prohibition enforce
ment, considered the most serious
which the Republican party in New
Jersey has to face during the coming
year, was brought before the joint
conference committee of the incom-
ing Senate and House by Assembly
man Corio, majority leader, at meet
ing at the State House. Corio, who
expressed what is believed to be the
sentiment of Atlantic county, urged
that the majority in the Legislature
take firm and decided stand for
repeal of the state enforcement act
and that Congress be urged to modify
the Volstead law.
The Corio plan was vigorously OPP
posed by other members of the con-
ference committee, notably Senator
| Whitney of Morris, who, though an
opponent of prohibition, is staunch
advocate of enforcement as an obli-
CATION 10 support the Constitution.
Up to late hour the conference had
not agreed upon any definite course
of action.
A committee of Republican county
chairmen appeared before the con-
ference committee to urge party legis-
| lation, including various amendments
to the election laws. One of these is
modification of the direct primary
by authorizing pre-primary conyen-
! tons for the adoption of platforms
and Endorsement of candidates. The
plan of the county chairmen. similar
to that in New York state, is to have
platforms adopted by delegates in adj
vance of the Nominations, rather than
by candidates after nomination at the
primary polls.
Extended Use of Schools
Schools should be open 1865 days
and nights in year. thus justifying
their overhead in use, was the opin-
ion expressed at the opening sessions
of the State Teachers Association
convention in this city.
sit is the teachers job to justify
the cost of education to the taxpay-
err" declared State Commissioner of
Education Enright. Education is
costly because democracy is costly.
The people in this country are its
rulers and they must be trained and
educated for authority, but the cost
should be justified in its returns"
William Mather Lewis, chief of the
educational service of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States, in
sisted that too many people are de-
| priving the children of this genera
ton of the things that made the last
generation strong and successful" and
he urged that children be taught the
/ value of the dollar, the dignity of la
Dor and the joy of doing workman
like job. He championed the sugges-
ton of keeping the schools open 365
days and nights in year.
by our lack of interest this coun-
try becomes a garbage incinerator
rather than melting pot, Mr.. Lewis
said in emphasizing the Importance
of school Americanization program.
criticizes Fund Distribution
The distributor of state school
funds in this state came in for severe
criticism in an address by DR.. George
d. Strayer of Columbia University.
DR.. Strayer's subject was THE
States Part in the Financing of Pub
lie Education"
Nothing could be more stupid than
to assume that taxes when paid into
the state should be returnable to dis
tricts from which they were raised,
he declared.
From that point DR.. Strayer contin-
ued into the field of corporation taxes,
condemning the apportionment by the
state of funds so derived on a basis of
| the assessed valuation of districts,
giving a larger proportion to those
having a higher valuation.
In making this point the speaker
asserted he was thinking of New Jer-
sey. The poorer districts were in
greater need of state support, he as