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Silzer Aims to Reduce Taxes Governor Elect Aiks Civic Bodies to Discus Problem and Offer

Plans For Early Action

Asya People of Hew Jereey Demand Solution by Incoming Leglelatur*. Opens Up Large Field for Jer-

Trenton.—Up from the sooth, where bo Is taking on some needed strength for the ordeal Jnst aberd of him, Qorsrnor Elect SiUer has opened a wide Vista for the Incoming lawmakers. He has sent out a suggestion to the civic body of the state to confer upon proposed taxation problems and let him know what conclusions have been reached with respect to changes de•ired to effect seeded reforms In present regulations. During his campaign Judge Silzer laid considerable stress »pon this Important question, and his letter gives Indication that he proposes to consider It as one of the most

Important matters on the program of ^ _ .. „ . legislation to which he will direct his “ rk by TIlo,nm * N McCarter, president Attention. jot the Public Service Electric Com paThe letter sent to civic bodies fol- n T- that lighting and power rates will lows: be reduced from 10 to • cents a kilo“Dnrlng the recent campaign it was i watt hour. This will be a reduction evident everywhere that onr people;of 10 per cent on all bills above the are overburdened irlth taxes and auf-. minimum charge of 91 a.month and. taring from too heavy public debts. It! according to Mr. McCarter, will mean i* one of the biggest problems we have ' a saving of approximately $1,600,000 a to solve. In order to solve It prompt-1 year for consumers, ly and properly there should be wide I At the same time Mr. McCarter public discussion of the question. made public the action of the board *T am therefore asking the gover-! of directors of the Public Service CorMrs of the Klwanls. Rotary and Lions' j poration. the parent company. In votCtabs to request their various clubs to' lag a 9 per cent quarterly dividend on

widespread adjustment It may int the IncotaiaF governor has Idaaa jpon the snnject which will appeal to the lawmaking body. He is a s clous and experienced man, who haa given the matter careful thought study. To be sure, he will be confronted with a legislature antagonistic to him politically, but that fancied obstacle will have little deterrent effect if he presents a workable and practical plan. The Republicans in the legislature will not have the nerve to oppose such a plan in U.^ face of the attttnde of the people of the whole state. It la considered very probable, therefore. that taxation may take first place, even over that of liquor leg tlon, la the forthcoming session of the leglslatnre. A good many well Informed men have been watching the trend of things and are convinced that the time for action has come. To-be sure, there will be one large and doubtless thrilling battle over any attempt to revise, revamp, alter or amend the drastic dry laws which the Anti-Saloon League enthusiasts managed to project upon the legislatures of three sessions, but a cursory glance over the personnel of both houses indicate early action along those lines. Announcements of Republican lead--s that divorce from the league had been decreed by the ballots of the people is looked npon as a declaration of war, and the extremists serve notice that they will be on hand when the

give this matter earnest thought and have It discussed at their meetings as •arty aa possible, say daring the balance of November and part of Decem-

■aay result from these discussions. **1 do not believe you can do anything at this time of more public 1m-

It la generally known that the govamor elect, with many other leaders of thought In the state, hold the belief that present taxation methods are Wholly unsatisfactory and must be remedied in the Immediate future. At every eesalon of the legislature the laws have been subjected to interminable tinkering with no satisfactory results, and tuere is widespread clamor for action. Last winter the State Board of Taxation was given authority under a bin passed after a great deal of opposition to go Into the counties and conduct Investigations with a view to aacertalaing to what extent the constitutional requirement for equalisation at true value had been adhered to, and much Of this work has been concluded, with the result (hat several counties have been obliged to Jack up valuations. It was notorious that in some sections of the state assessing values were placed at extremes of market values. At the same time other sections had been raised to the limit This marked discrimination bad called forth heated criticism, but it Is doubtful If the state board's command will have the desired effect The local aaMasora and the county boards wield •uch power that It may be impossible to obtain the ideal of equalization without further action by the legisla-

ture.

Meantime the tax bills of the ordinary horn'- owner continue to mount to dlzsy heights, and the end is not in Sight The backers of the proposed 940,000,000 bond Issue for continuanco Of the state highway construction program contended that the loan would Hot Increase the tax bills, as It would b« cared for in the extension of the 1 mill road tax and the returns from automobile license fees. The direct State road tax of 1 mill on the dollar Of ratcables begun In 1*17 and to run for live years was assessed for the last time this year and but for the new loan would have reduced lax bills to that extent. It ts to go on. however, and the homo owner wonders when the load will be lightened. Advocates of good roads point to the fact, very well known, that Improved highways add so materially to the general proaperity that the cost Is fully justtfled. but that docs not appease the man whose annual tax burden mounts In such proportions that

the common stock. This action restores the common stock to Its prewar basis of an annual dividend of 8 per cent When the new schedule of electric rates was filed with the Public UUIi'y Commission Secretary Barber said the board is not willing to accept the reduction aa settling the question of the reasonableness of the company's rates now nnder Investigation by the board. "The board ts engaged In bringing the valuation of the company's property np to date,” said Mr. Barber, "and will determine the question of the reu ablenesa of its rates with dne regard given to the value of the property, tbs cost of supplying service and a fair return on such value." Move to Banish League Unless the’ Republicans in the ISIS house revise their plans the Anti-Sa leon League will be kept very much on the outside, with only an occasional peep In, dnrlng the legislative session that opens the second week in Jan-

uary

This is the only possible constructicn that can be put upon the recent conference of the Incoming house majority. Not only did it select wets— William W. Evans of Passaic county and Joseph A. Oorlo of Atlantic county respectively—for speaker and Republican " hip, but it adopted a reso lutlon, presented by a wet. that If made effect! re. will keep the Anti-Sa-loon representatives off the floor—and the resolution was aimed at the league. The sponsor. Harry G. Herahfield of Passaic county, said so. The statement of Mr. Hershfleld made in introdnclng the resolution that the house floor should be sacred to the members, the accredited newsbe members of

League Meeting Held Mi Monday

Small Attendance aa Spirit Curb* Enthusiasm tad Session Troves Quiet

Little Bond Issue Talk

the senate and public. This was revealed frankly In an Interview following the raoens. To Kssp Dry Leaguers From Floor "We have bad enough of the AntiSaloon League.” said the Passaic mar.. “We have seen Its lobbyists on the floor of the house day after day. The members have been annoyed by their efforts to win support for their sumptuary measures, in this year's session there were two or three disgraceful scenes when numbers resented the league's activities. There are oih er lobbyists who have presumed on the courtesy of the house, but the Anti Saloon League baa been the most annoying, and we are going to keep It out The major!t> has adopted my resolution, and wo are going to make

it stlck '-

Speaker Elect Evans named Mr. Hershfleld. T. Harry Rowland of Cam dsn. speaker of the present bouse, and

Robert Todd of Bergen as a commit

he wonders how aoon be may look for tlN , draft a rule that will exclude collapse. lobbyists and other spectators from In nearly every section of the state. , h „ „ IMir durlnjt th „ Bomeone particularly In the vicinity of the large Immediately gave the committee a Cities, the average tax bill has doubled nwnr nmv call it the "K. O. Comer more than doubled within s dnsen an d there were several Inyears. snd If the governor elect haa J (erpretatlons of the Initials. Some dethe power to bring shout an adjust . .-i*,™, Ihry ttl „ Bn , vi.k out. others in ment that means saving he will win that they stood for knock out, the plaudits of thousands of rltlsens j an d a few of the mlld-r legislators do

OCEAN CITY— An apathetical spirit seemed to hover over the, handful of members of the Young Men's Progressive League of Ocean City in their last weekly meeting held Monday In the Hann building. The responses to regular business voting was feeble. Heavy clouds of smoke seemed to hand In mid-air and things looked woefully dead. Although not touched upon with any degree of concentration, the subject of the bond subscription sale appeared to create the tendency toward

apathy.

The usual order of business posed of, President Pearl turned attention toward a problem paramount in the minds of many cltlsena of Ocean City, namely the splendid chance for havoc and destruction by wind and Are superinduced through the medium of combustible roots on houses, stores and buildings. John Trout, a member of a Chamber of Commerce committee making efforts to radically change the present order of roofing, took the floor and explained the lack of eo-opera-tlon he had encountered on many sides. Unless be could furnish, or ’ould furnish, shingle roofing, four contracts remained in doubt, be declared. He finally declined to furnish combustible roofing, realising the immediate danger in case of Are with a high wind blowing. Nor Is the enthusiastic co-operm-tlon of city commissioners any too great in the matter of interesting themselves In protective meemre against danger of flame destruction. Trout stated. In the course of talks from the floor It was shown that Ocean City Is today facing the possibility of being wiped out entirely by flames, despite the unquestioned heroic efforts of metnberr, of the local *re depert-1

ment and the functioning properly of fire flghtia~ ^^pa-atus. That wooden houses and homes, practically all equipped only with roofs, would be aa match wood In the face of a eonflagraUan. in not denied, hut. as Trout pointed out. there la no move to remedy the danger. "We talk of lire, we think that aome day there will be one and we will be able to combat the flames with our apperstus, but wait until the entire city Is dripping red with flaming fingers tearing Into your home and mine, killing and Meking about the ruins?" Trout roared. The apathetical spirit began disappear and Instead the members of the league began to take an interest in the proceedings. Trout was given a fairly respectable meed of applause and retired. The discussion from then on consisted of touches oi. the bond subscription sale, and President Pearl Informed the TIMES, following the meeting, that mere than $14,000 had actually been subscribed, though the majority of these subscriptions had not yet been announced. The subscriptions are to be sold and an effort made to complete payments on

club quarters.

It was agreed to purchase five shares of stock In the new Flanders hotel, payments to be made from bridge stock revenue. In a statement to the TIMES following the meeting, Per.rl declared that with a!’, due respect i Chamber of Commerce, the propc -ed advertising budget plana which were presented to members of the City Council at the Monday meeting, did not meet the problem confronting the commissioners or raining money, save through a suggesijd

budget operation.

During the league meeting suggestion had been made that mercantile tax be Imposed, sufficient

to raise the needed 990.<H>O. The Income from this revenue tax to go Into the general fund and to be from that fund for advertising pur"Thls league," Pearl continued, "propoeee to solve the problem fronting the city -nd the Chamber of Commerce, with the meroaatiie tax as a basis of operation. The taxation can be so adjusted aa to dot inflict hardship on anyone. There are merchants who literally Sock to Ocean City in the summer, make their money and have enough to live on during the winter, and who pay practically no attention to the needs of the city, other than their usual taxes, and this method of operation

Is decidedly unfair.

“The city needs advertising. The city Itself cannnot pluck money from trees. It is therefore up to those interested in the growth of the city, to assist in financing such a project as is proposed In the $90,000 adverti*Ing plan. The league is out to boost this plan and raise adequate funds

at the same time."

Ou Monday, December 4. the sub-, ject will be discussed at the league' meeting, Pearl announced.

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provementa go forward ami building operation* rontinu* despite thl* tax problem, and they wonder Just to what extent these might progre** If taxes were lower. Nearly every ..i-ction of south Jersey has felt the Impetus of the demand for homes, of which there has been tragic Shortage for several years, but it is regard- ,I as certain that twice aa much construction would go on If the small investor could feel lees of the pineb of the tax colh-ctor. It is generally believed Uint the present system of assessment In New Jersey is ineffective and susceptible of so many twists and influence* that

something will have to be done at an , ., n •arty flay to effect a co«npl*t« 1 Attorney Walter 0. Wlnoe of

Hand

Edge waa not here, but h<- wa* ' conapic>iou*ly rep.eseutxd. About the state house corridors throughout the day were numerous Republican workers who are especially friendly to the senator, and moat of them were active the discussions that slmnier-d down to the election of Mr. Carlo. The group Included County Chalrni in Jesse R. Salmon of Essex. Robert t". Johnson of Atlantic, flute Committee man E. Bertram Mott of Morris, Internal Revenue ,'ollector Edward VV Stnigeea of Gloucester. State Commit teetnnn A. Dayton Ollphznt of Mercer Senator Elect Emerson L. Richard* of Atlantic and United BUtee District

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