Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-21
CRIME PROBLEM
IN THIS COUNTRY
DR.. Frank Moore Gives Inter-
esting and Impressive Ad-
dress Before Rotary Club

DIR. Frank Moore, superintendent
of the Railway reformatory, gave an
impressive talk before the Perth
Amboy Rotary Club at noon today.
He announced his subject as "A
Monument in a Graveyard" This
monument" he said, lis your mon
ument and under 1t are buried Ats
/ young men who have been taken out
of society for the time being be-
cause of some offense against the
law" The monument referred to is
| the Railway reformatory which cost
over $1,500,000 to build, and which
is very expensive to keep up, each
inmate costing over $500 annually,
and the bill is paid by the taxpayers.
Incidentally it was stated that the
dome on the reformatory is the third
larges in the world, exceeding the
dome on the capitol at Washington
by some 26 feet, and being exceeded
in size only by the dome of st. Pc
ter's at Rome, which is the largest
in the world, and the dome on the
Mormon temple at Salt Lake City,
which is the second largest, il this
can be classed as a dome.
DIR. Moore told of the work being
done in the reformatory in an effort
TO make better citizens. He said they
have a school second to none in the
state, and workshops where all
kinds of trades are taught. A boy
sent to the reformatory is given
mental examination as we'll as
physical, and it is ascertained what
degree of mentality he possesses.
He is then told that he is expected
| to advance to a certain stage in
mental education. and accomplish a
certain amount of skill in some
trade. the examination determining
what is expected of him. When he
has attained this knowledge he Is
parolled, which, in this institution,
! is equivalent to graduation.
But it was along another line OF
| education that DR.. Moore laid the
greatest emphasis. This is training
| in character and morals. He de-
clared that all other forms of edu-
cation is practically valueless If
man does not possess character. To
furnish this training, DIR. Moore has
made an appeal to the men of this
section of the state to come in and
-. lie asks for twenty Roman
! Catholics. twenty Protestants and
two Jews. based on the percentage
of inmates, to come to the reforma-
tory every Thursday night and each
man take ten boys under his care
ana instruct them in character and
morals. He has met with much sue
cess in this appeal, but still needs
three or four more of each faith to
meet the requirements.
To drive home the necessity of
this work. DIR. Moore presented
some startling facts regarding the
increase in crime in the United
States, and contrasting conditions
here with conditions in some of the
leading European countries. Last
year he said, in the state of New
Jersey alone, with a population of
about 100000, there were 11S
murders. In England. with a pop
ulation of about 100000. there
were exactly the same number of
murders in the same time. In the
matter of drugs, Italy uses one grain
per person per year; Germany uses
two grains pr person per year;
France uses five grains per person
per year. while the United States
uses thirty-eight grains per person
per year. China, which is supposed
to use more drugs than any other
nation, uses only twenty-seven
grains per person per year. If the
States in one year were distributed
to every man, woman and child in
proportion, it would be enough TO
nut out of business the entire pop
ulatiop of the United States for
twenty-seven days in each year. He
asked his hearers to consider what
this means to industry and society
in general.
Plans are being made to attend
charter night for the South Amboy
Rotary Club to be held at Hotel
Pines. 1t was announced that Ro-
tary would join with the Kiwanis
and Lions in a safety meeting to be
held at the Raritan Yacht Club when
a prominent speaker would deliver
an address.
Better value than ever-''FORD.' Dor
Motors. Inc. Omen Evenings