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THE COURTS AND THE PEOrLE.
Seldom, if ever, have the higher courts of
New Jersey been held in euch dierepute by the
public as at the present time, due to the Public
Service fere-increasing mess. The people of the
state have defended their judiciary system
against all attacks. The agitation for the popu
lar election of Judges has found little sympathy
here. The desire has been to keep the courts
out of politics. While occasionally there has
been cause for criticism, by leaving the appoint
ments of the judges entirely in the hands of the
governor a high standard has been maintained
in this state and “Jersey justice" has become
famous in all parts of the country.
To say that confidence in the state'a judiciary
has been severely shaken by recent events, how
ever, is putting it mildly. The influence of the
Public Service Corporation in the state govern
ment haa been notorious. Bills have been
Jammed through the legislature favorable to
the Public Service interests: concessloni have
been secured from various commissions: fran
chises have been violated with impunity, and
the “public-be-damned" policy has been so
flagrantly flaunted before the people that it
has seemed almost as if the grip that the Public
Service held in the state could never be broken.
, But through It all the courts have retained
the confidence of the great majority of the
people. Regardless of in whose favor a de
cision has been rendered it was accepted as
Just, and although some may have continued to
differ with the conclusions arrived at, the
opinion as finally handed down by the courts
has been fully respected.
Of eourse, it is not to be expected that the
court will always take the popular side of a
question. To yield to popular clamor despite
the justice of a case would destroy utterly the
usefulness of the court. The independence
shown by the New Jersey courts has been their
greatest strength. There are occasions, how
ever, when the faith of the people is pretty
badly shaken. We have such an occasion right
now.
There hae been more man one oeai.ua.
the efforts of the Publi* Service Railway Com
pany to increase lta fare. One Publlo Utility
Commission has been wrecked because of it.
Having finally settled on a seven-cent fare.
Vp-orauor the Publlo Service made further ap
plication for an Increase to ten cents. The
Public Service wanted this new fare increase
right away pending a determination of a Just
rate of fare based on the valuation of the com
pany’s property. This application the Public
Utility Commission denied, whereupon the Pub
lice Service appealed to the supreme court.
The grounds on which the utility board re
fused the increase seemed perfectly reasonable
to the public. The final decision as to a rate
based on valuation has got to be made by July
14 or the ten-cent fare goes into effect auto
matically. The utility board felt that as the
time was so close at hand, anyway, and as the
permanent rate of fare to be fixed at that time
might not be ten cents, it would only add to
confusion to grant a ten-cent fare for the brief
period intervening with the possibility of
another change so soon.
In the appeal to the supreme court, however,
a decision was handed down a few days ago by
' Justice Bergen ordering the Public Utility Com
mission to reopen the case and practically
demanded that an increase be allowed the Public
Service Railway Company during the interim,
declaring that the action of the utility board
In denying the Increase was not in accord with
the evidence ■ubmitted.
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But It was not so much the action of the court
in ordering a rehearing In the fare matter aa
it was the language used by the supreme court
Justice in setting forth his opinion that has
] aroused public indignation. There Is every
reason to believe that the Public Utility Com
mission is conscientiously trying to do the right
thing in settling the fare question once for all.
To have its motives attacked and Its integrity
questioned In such a manner could not help but
cause resentment.
It was natural that the Public Utility Com
mission should appeal from the decision of the
supreme court and request the calling together
ot the court of errors and appeals to decide the
issue that has arisen between the utility com
1 mission and the supreme court, and, Incidentally,
determine whether rate making for a public
utility was a legislative or Judicial matter.
But Chancellor Walker, who presides over
the court of errors and appeals, has declined
to call the court together. He says It is
physically Impossible to do so no'w. To disturb
all the Judges who are away on their vacations
and make them hurry back to Trenton In the
heat of the summer would be a hardship, of
course. What of It If the supreme court does
accuse the Public Utility Commission of
"victimizing” the Public Service Corporation,
and regardless of the fact that such an im
portant issue as a ten-cent fare, affecting thou
sands of wage-earners who have to work
whether it is hot or not. Is at stake, the judges
of the court errors and appeals simply must
not be disturbed during the warm weather. _
Thus does the Public Service Corporation
score again. Because Chancellor Walker re
fuses to call the court of errors and appeals
together the Publlo Utility Commission must
reopen the temporary rate jiearlng again and,
If the instructions of the supreme court Is
obeyed, grant the trolley company an increased’
fare.
The question naturally arises, why Is the
Public Utility Commission? If, after lengthy
hearings and much deliberation, the men who
make up this commission are incapable of
determining a fair rate to be charged for riding
on a trolley car, what Is the use of paying them
$12,000 a year each for Just such work? With
all due respect to the bench, we believe that
tl e men who make up the present utility board
are possessed ot Just as much honesty and
integrity *as any other appointments the gov
ernor makes, whether judicial or not.
By this direct interference with the work of
the Public Utility Commission In behalf of a
discredited corporation, and by .the refusal to
call together the highest tribunal to render a
final decision, thereby leaving the Public Service
Corporation with the upper hand with no re
dress for the public, the courts have deliberately
invited a criticism that cannot help but reflect
upon the state's whole Judicial system, and
may have far-reaching consequences.
Raising cane lowered the price of sugar; rais
ing «oofs will lower rents.
Let Harding take, heart; Charlie Chaplin
couldn't satisfy some pie hunters.
New tariff motto: Any old import in a storm.
The enternal try-angle: Father, a worm, and
another fish.
If clothes make the woman, many women are
cnly half done.
THE DEBILITY OF FOREIGN TRADE
By Frederic J. Baskin.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12.—Disarrange
ment of foreign exchange rates as an after
math of the war is admitted by financial authori
ties to be one of the greatest ills to be cured
or at least improved before the world can be
restored to normal.
Domestic and foreign business are so closely
allied that both must be considered together.
They are so closely linked that much of the
business depression of which constant complaint
has been made can be traced directly to the
fact that all foreign monies are at a discount
in relation to American dollars. Turning it
around, and looking at the situation from the
point of view other than American,, a premium
must be paid to buy American dollars.
Kxperts of the government are of the belier
that the greatest evil with which business has
to contend in this foreign exchange situation
is the fluctuation of values of foreign monies
in relation to American gold. A purchase made
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abroad, to be paid for in ninety days, may find
a material change In the exchange rate which
makes the purchase cost either coneiderably
more or considerably less than was bargained
for. The net result of this has been to encour
age gambling and speculation, buying gooda
with the Idea that when the time came to pay
for them the cost In American money would
be less.
In the present situation, the nations whose
money Is depressed in value are not the only
suffefers. The United States, whose money Is
at a premium, Is hurt very badly, too. Foreign
business men cannot afford to pay for American
goods on the basis of American money values.
This materially c$its down the export of Ameri
can goods, which In turn reacts on the amount
of production, and works on down the line so
that there is an overpluk of labor, and prices
and wages are forced down, too, by the opera
tion of the law of economics known as supply
and demand.
Foreign nations, with their money depre
ciated, look to other nations where the money
standard Is not so high to supply their needs.
As an Illustration, suppose that France Is In
the market for a lot of wheat.
The United States could supply this wheat,
and so could Argentina. The price asked, let
us say, is $2 a bushel in each case. However,
! the mopey of Argentina being at a discount of
about thirty per cent, compared to the Ameri
can dollar, the Argentine price means that
France can get the wheat it desires from
Argentina at what would amount In American
money to *1.70. Naturally, this business goes
to the South American republic.
Impractical Remedies.
Hundreds of "cures” for this situation! have
been advanced by theorists, but all of them are
rejected by Government experts. Officials of
the Federal Reserve Board know that the age
of miracles is past, and caution against expect
ing a sudden snapping back to normal con
ditions throughout the world today, tomorrow,
next month, or next year. The restoration will
be gradual and .slow. Some European nations
will never again reach the point where their
standard of money will have the value it did
before the World War.
The situation can best bo benefited only when
the countries of Europe stop quarreling and
fighting among themselves and settle down to
hard work and saving. There have been cases
where the nations therq Instead of trying to help
each other and help themselves, have apparently
been bent on cutting each .other’s economic
throats. The parcelling out of Europe into
many new nations has given rise to much of
this sort of thing. For instance, integral parts
of the old Austro-Hungrfrian Empire have been
prime offenders. For a long time Hungary would
allow none of its wheat to go to Austria In
retaliation for Austria refusing to let its manu
factured goads needed by Hungary reach tha*
country. TJne Hungarians could not get the
clothing and machinery they needed. The Aus
trians could not get the food they needed. The
situation benefited no one, and hurt both coun
tries, and all other countries with which they
have to have dealings. ^ .. TT .. ,
It has often been proposed that the United
States Government take a big sponge and wipe
clearL the slate on which are cllalked down the
debt* of foreign nations to'the United States.
These debts are owed to us by our late allies,
and the loans were necessary for the prosecu
tion of the >var to a successful conclusion.
Government experts are inclined to look upon
this suggestion with the idea that it would do
little or no good. It would mean cutting down
the financial obligations of certain foreign
nations, but these experts say that unless the
common, every-day citizen of those lands bene
fited, it would do no good. For instance, if
forgiving the French debt to the United States
were accomplished, there would follow a lessen
ing of the tax burden on the French people.
Unless the United States government could
dictate how this should be done, there would
be no surety that the ameliorated taxes would
help the ordinary French citizen, or that the
value of the French franc would be appreciated
at all, which is the only way America cj^uld
benefit from this transaction.
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some Instances, ttet the limit of taxation on
manv foreign counties has been reached., ir I
this ‘ is true, and these countries cannot now
pay even the interest on their debt to the united
Htates—about a billion in back interest is unpaid
at thi# time—wiping the slate clean of the debt
would accomplish no good at all, either for tnat
nation, the United States, or the rest of the
world. „ ,
t A Possible Cure.
Some of the countries partaking of the Ger
man reparations have suggested that In ex
change for their obligations to the United States
that the American government accept the Ger
man bonds which some of our late allies hold.
In support of this idea, it is brought forward
that by France , for instance, holding German
bonds, and America holding French bonds,,
hist makes an extra transaction for the United
States to get its dues. France collects from
Germany, then the United States collects from
France.
The American government has been reluctant
to turn back the direct' obligations of our late
allies, in exchange for the obligations of the
late enemy nation. This is not because of fear
that Germany would not be able to pay the
interest charges and the principal of this obliga
tion in time, hut because of the situation which
arose out of the peace conference.
By returning French bonds to Paris, for
instance, and taking the equivalent in German
obligations which France now holds, it would,
It is feared, put the United States in very much
the same position as if it had joined the Beague
of Nations, lock, stock and barrel. The present
administration and the present senate majority
is opposed to this. The virtual membership In
the league would be because it would give the
United States a direct and deep interest in pre
serving the solvency, of the German nation.
The ramifications to which this would give rise,
government financial experts say, would make
necessary American participation in the afTairs
of Europe, with all of their conflicting interests,
to an extent to which it is not thought the
American people would countenance.
RIPPLING RHYMES
II Br Walt Mam
DRAWING THE LINE
Oh, every mortal ailment has had
its grip on me. and I’ve known what
a pail meant when taking boneset
tea. In Troy I had lumbago, in
Kansas I had mumps, and here In
San Diego neuralgia bumps the
bumps. And when in old Nebraska
my liver wasn’t right, and up in
Athabasca my bunions were a sight.
I’ve traveled here and yonder, that
comfort I might seize, but every
where I wander I have some new
disease. In Maine I had the shin
gles, in Illinois the croup, and
when I wrote my Jingles they were
not worth a whoop! And all
throughout the nation the surgeons
sought my door, and said, "An
operation will make you hale once
more. Oh, let us carve your body—
we’ll do the Job with care—and
you'll be feeling gaudy and fit to
whip a bear.” And friends and
neighbors told me to try the sur
geon's knife, but I replied, "Behold
me—I'm *111 as large as life! And
when King Death releases my soul
from this worn trunk, I shall not
die in pieces—I’ll perish in one
chunk.” The surgeons still are hew
ing for every known disease and
o’er the land they’re strewlug the
sawed-off heads and’ knees; they
boost their carving riot, and oft I
wonder why, for invalids who try it
are pretty su^e to die. *
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS^
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any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director,
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plies strictly to information. The
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Q. Was William Howard Taft a
candidate for the Presidency at the
time he took the trip around the
world ?—H. H. P.
A. Chief Justice Taft was a can
didate for the Republican nomina
tion for the' Presidency when in Au
gust, 1907, he started on the trip
around the world.
Q. When will there be a read
justment of wages paid coal miners?
—M. C. B.
A. New wage scales for the coal
Industry will be negotiated this fall
and will go into effect April 1, 1922.
Q. What kind of a bird is the
guidguid?—H. T.
A. In tropical America this name
is given to any small bird having
a quickly repeated cry, particularly
to those which seek their insect
food on the floor of the forest,
loaded?—E. W. R.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
there is no satisfactory process for
reloading dry cells.
Q. What are the largest arc
lights used?—M. F. W.
A The largest arc lights in terms
of candlepower are probably those
used in military searchlights In
some of these the candlepower of
arc without the reflector is of the
order of 100,000.
Q. Has there been a marked
decrease in the number of beef cat
tlo raised In the United States?—
G. E. S.
A. In 1911 there were 39.679.00lf
beef cattle in the United States. The
number decreased yearly, until in
1914 there were 35,855,000. Since
that time, the number has steadily
increased until in 1920 there were
44.750,000.
v-ai» ;uu icu mo »»
the odor in a kitchen sink, which
seems clean?—F. S. C.
A. One of the most prolific causes
of defilement and offensive odors in
kitchen sinks and the outlets is the
presence of decayinig grease. This
comes from the emptying of kettles
in which meat has been cooked into
the dish water, and from the soap
The grease lodges in every Ncrevice
and catches at every obstruction.
A remedy may be found in the use
of tile (ommon alkalies instead of
soap, aqua ammonia in washing
clothes, and boray in washing lawns
and laces, and washing soda in
cleansing dishes. These alkalies
prevent a solid soap from forming
in the sink and its pipes and neu
tralizes all effects of decomposing
fat.
Q. I Jiave a blue spruce tree ftnd
wish to start several little trees.
When, should the slips be planted
—J. V.
A. The Bureau of Forestry says
that It is not possible to grow blue
spruce trees from slips. It is neces
sary to buy young trees from nur
series and plant them early in the
The Toonenrille Trolley The* Meet* All the Traine—By foniaine rox.
Nof M AVI KG a CRoWGAR HANdT, THE
SKIPPER had taken /k couple. or,
PEMCi RAILS PRom Squire PlinT’s
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spring.
Q Did the government ever make
three and tour dollar gold pieces?
—W. C. C.
A. The government made three
dollar gold pieces for a-number of
years. No four dollar gold pieces
were ever made by the government.
Q. Who painted tho picture of
the Revolution that has three fig
ures, one playing a fife, one a drum
and one carrying a flag?—8. T. C.
A. This picture entitled ‘‘The
Spirit of ‘‘76," was painted by A.
M. Willard.
PUBLIC _0PINI0N
THE NATIONAL BONUS
EDITOR EVENING NEWS:
In reading an editorial in the
Perth Amboy EVENING NEWS of
July 9th, 1921, concerning the much
discussed “Soldiers Bonus" I was
very much Impressed by the fairness
and good patriotism of the editor.
I think that the majority of the
ex-service men will agree with the
editor that it is much more Impor
tant to get things back to norma!
and the wheels of Industry In motion
again than to rush the bonus bill
through at this time.
A job at the present time is what
we want more than anything else,
and I am sure that the nation has
not forgotten us and will do the
right thing by us when It finds Itself
in a position to do so.
If a, delav of payment of the na
tional bonus will benefit our dis
abled comrades, and the country as
a whole, I know the “boys” will
gladlv sacrifice everything, as they
did when Uncle Sam called them to
the colors.
Thanking the editor of "Give the
Administration a Chance,” I beg to
remain
Yours truly,
EX-SOLDIER.
A. G. SPRAGUE
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EXCUSES
| BI DR. W. E. BARTOX
Any man la a failure ftho becomes
proficient In the habit of inventing
good excuses.
Whether he ever uses the excuses
or not, he has already failed by pro
viding himself cushions to break his
fall.
I know men who never accom
plish anything except the Invention
of good alibis. They can tell in ad
vance just why the thing they have
undertaken never can be done, and
they come back with the thing un
done, but with a convincing list of
good reasons why the thing was im
possible.
No man is good for much who
cannot do the impossible.
CowarOy Habit
No man is good for anything who
forms the cowardly habit of excusing
his own failures.
There is a thrilling moment in
the drama of Richelieu when the old
and apparently defeated, cardinal,
fighting his apparently hopeless bat
tle against a weak but stubborn king
and many hostile Influences, com
missioned a young lad to undertake
a hazardous enterprise.
The boy undertook the expedition
and said, ‘‘And if I fail—” But the
old cardinal said to him, ‘‘In the
bright lexicon of youth, there's no
such word as fail!”
Success Counts
If the youth of this present day
has incorporated that word into iti
lexicon, it is time for a new edition
of the lexicon, with that word mark
ed "Obsolete.”
I know men who, if overtaken bj
success, would be dismayed. Theii
success would involve such waste oi
perfectly good excuses!
The men w>ho succ«ed%have very
little need of excuses, and those who
fail do not help their p.ause by the
employment of them. **
Not good excuses count, but sue- Wm
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