22 - MTPL

THE RED BANK REGISTER.
JOHN IK COOK, Editor and puliliaher.
GEORGE C. 11ANCK, Associate Editor.
THOMAS litVJNG iUKOWN.
ground that the railroads could not
mnke enough profits to suit them at
the old fares, although these fares
had been jacked up tremendously.
Hiprht on top of this big increase
comes the story that the Lackawanna
railroad, which is one of the railroads
getting: these big; increases in fares
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M-tolund freight rates, 1ms got a surplus
Bit
onths
25 ! of over ninety million dollars to tlisaraong
its stockholders. If
litre* mo nth a
Bntfrod nt the poslnflico Red the Lackawanna railroad can pile up
Bank.
iN. «?„ 05 eecand-claBs matter.
a surplus of over ninety million
dollars: it looks to most people as jif
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1920. it already had been ehartfinf,' a good
deul ifiore for freight and [Hiasenjjcr
service than should have been
TOWN TALK.
charged. And people will ask why a
railroad which can pile up a surplus
The fire insurance trust is workinjr like tin's should have its rates increased.
the game lmlh ways, and is "working
tin- ends ;\n:iiiist the middle," us the
slang expression ^oes. Tlu j fire insurance
trust, with the active help »f Not because he wanted Ihe job
-o-o-o-o-o—
till 1 Reiiuliliciin and Oemoenitir leatl :
or the sulary attached to it, but been
use no one else would take it iit
eta, passed a law which (jives the
trust power to fix the rates of lire infiuranct-
at whatever price it pleases. iol I*. Doyle, is teaching school at
the compensation offered, Uev, Dan-
JJu iiisuraiu-e company Ji"'l »o insurance
ii|,'C'ilt can iilaee-insurance at less dren KQ without a place to f*o to
.Scitbi'.vvillc rather than hnvc -H chil- j
than the figures fixed by thetrust \ school. He refused to discuss his
"under |ienalty of-heavy lines v iXO- ! salary, in spite of tlio fact thai conditions
wero such that he could have
ang 1 ti> jiiil. I'IKU'I' this law many
people are p;iyi'if.< two or three times dictated his own terms to the school
lis much for insurance as they did board:
^tfornierly, when individual lire insur-
"aiu'c comp:init's had tht' ri^lit to fix, The clergyman said he Imped tho
tlie rates at which they could do husi- i [ hoard would soon'^ct a regular teach-
HLS.S and make ;i satisfactory,profit. ! t>r to fill ( the "job but j that be \voul< d
;
j continue teaching until a teacher was
This is another instance which ! uiitfHtfed, hct'iiusc hf believed it was
shmv.s how thoiuu^lily the bif;- mrn' his duty as :i citizen to do no. 'The
' of both parties are supporters of the | shortajrl* of teachers and the controtrusts
and.are against the welfare of | vei'dv ever teachers' salaries has been
the people. .The commissioner «[ : mure general and more acute this
Itaitkint; and insuraiu-e in New Jersey
investigates every insurance comj
suited in many unusual conditions,
j year tiian ever before. It hay repany
which desire.-, to do business in ; luit it in doubtful if any of the prob-
Wcw Jersey. If the company is nut : lems which the school boards have
ittutnciallv sound and in n condition .had to face woru solved in a move
to ]«iy its hisses, it is refused pcr-
'• unusual way or in a way which
jnissimi to do Imsiness in this state. | showed a ^rentur decree, of unsoifiKh-
3f it is finaneially sound and ill a ; ness than was shown by Mr. Doyle.
condition to ])ay its losses it frets a
certificate entitling- it to £-o ahead It was. a Rraciouri act and one
and write insuranee policies. which should receive more than pass-
* * v I ing attention. In. those days it ig
If a (ire insurance comj,a.iv is 0- raro ind , eo(1 ^ find a "minister or
nancinlly bound and able to pay iU anyone else who wants io serve out-
3osses, it rertainlv ought to be per- SIlIt ' ot Ins own profusion because of
millw to place insurance at a tigure il ***** .y the country dominie
in this
than the rates fixed by the trust.
instance.
One would imagine that a law of
"thi:i kind would be fought by every
legislator of every party. Nothing
of tlie kintl is done. The leaders of
hoth parties want this outrageous
law kept in force. ISofh parties y.oted
for this law when it was passed.
It was claimed at, (lie time of il.- passage
that it was sneaked through in
the last, hours i.f a legislative session
and that it would lie repealed at the
Jicxt session. Neither party has ever
made a peeji toward repealing this
most iniquitous law. It stands on the
book just as it was passed a
dozen year;; ago. I illtti p
It i illustration
of tilt' absolute conc cbl, which h theh
trusts have over
ties.
both political par-
Ijesideij getting the polit ieiaiis to
give it a law to fix: its rates at any
!iguve it pi rases, the fire insurance,
trust tries to work the other end of
the? game by paying out as little as
.it can. It issues a little paper and
in the lasst^issue, of that paper it says
that one of the reasons for the high
cost of living is the fact that folks
arc not careful enough in regard to
lire. It tells the people they ought
to be more careful in 'regard to iirea
; Jtnd it gives a lot of questions which
it .w;i,ii(.i the school teachers to ask
the 'children about the household ar-
TaiiL'ci>nM!t.s ef their homes.
It is a good thing to use all method.',
of fin* prevention, but when the
fire in.sui'aiue tru^t .says lack of care
in this direction is one. of the reasons
lor the* high cost of living it is far
from the mark. One of the reasons
tor the hi!',h cost of living is the tremendous
lire insurance rates which
the* trii;it huii put uj)on the people 1 .
H-'lie t'll'urts of the trust to prevent
fires art' not made fur the public welfare,
but are made solely to increase
its own profits. The trust incvea^es
The insurance lates to a tremendous
'ligure and then it trios to work tho
other end of the game by making
school teachers and school children
fc'cep down the losses they must, pay
in cases of fire.
Everything possible should be done
to prevent fires. Every precaution
.should be taken in the construction
of buildings and in the care of buildings
which would lessen the fire risk.
!Kvery protection against firo should
be given by municipalities in the
filu'jie of firi 1 apparatus. P.ut this
.saving, which is made by the efforts
:md .it tin 1 expense of the people,
should go bark to the people. It
should not go into the already swollen
pockcU uf the iire insurance
trust.
Tho lire insurance trust has a
Jtmnopoly of die Cue insurance hupirnoss.
Like every other monopoly,
ihr.s ifiOiuifM/ly slmiild ftc owned by (he
people. Tlu n the people would get
in lUiance nt co.sl. llesides that,
i'very additional fire appliance
liought and evvry additional caru
taken to prevent lircs would be rettirned
t(» the.pi'njile in tliV shape of
]o\vor iiK^uriim-f rates. 'j!ut so loup
31 s tlu' trusts continue to own both
Jioliiical parties -as they do' now,
thcie is no hope fur any relief. The
people inu^-t cfintinue io pay wliat-
•'ver exorbilant i ;i> e:. the flit' ii'r-ur-
;mi c liti.-!' ;iik., uv they must go uith-
44-44^
HUCKTOWEtS.
All wliite hemmed Huck
Towels, good size, very
absorbent, fast side selvages.
Regular 25c each,
sale 19c each.
A twice a year event to make new customers and give our regular patrons a chance
to share in the big savings.
A STRAUS SALE IS A SALE ; / -,
Many of the items listed below are on sale at or near present wholesale cost.
September 23 September September 25
81x90 SEAMLESS SHEETS.
Double bed size seamless,
heavy, close-weave sheeting, free
from dressing. Value
$2.69, each
TURKISH BATH TOWELS.
Extra large size, 44x20, fancy
pink or blue borders, heavy double
yarn weave; place for initials.
Regular S5c. Sale price,
each
CURTAIN MATERIALS.
Yard-wide Scrims, white, ecru
or cream; fancy borders, some
with lace edge, values
35c to 39c yd., sale
KITCHEN TOWELS.
Made of genuine Startex Toweling,
yard-long, hemmed for use,
part "linen and worth by (he- yard
39c, all made, sale each
. at
36-Inch UNBLEACHED MUSLIN.
Best you have bought at this
price in a long 1 time, full yard wide,
perfect even' weave, suitable for.
many uses. Regular 3oc
grade, sale per yard. .. .
DOMET FLANNEL.
Dlt'achdd Domet Fhmne , 27
inches wide, well fleeced on both
sideSj good weight. Regular
39c yd., sale
$8.98 ELASCO BED BLANKETS $6.98 PAIR.
Manufactured for the linest retail trade, extra
large double bed size, white with pink, blue or
yellow borders, silk bindint;-. You save S2.00
a pair at this sale. VVhile 25 pairs last.
$4.50 BED COMFORTABLES $3.50 EACH.
Medium weight double.bed size, covered on
both sides with ligured silkalinc, carded cotton
tilling, well tufted and made in sanitary work
rooms.
$2.50 SCRIM OR NET CURTAINS $1.79.
Plain Cream Net with wide hemstitched border,
or white Scrim with lace edge; full length
and width. On sale at about present mill cost.
Choice $1.79 per pair.
$3.98 BEDSPREADS $3.00 EACH.
Save a dollar each on the full size honeycomb
weave hemmed bedspreads, with raised
Marseilles patterns. Pure white bleach.
GRASS RUGS REDUCED.
Japanese Grass Rugs, best quality, pretty
borders, in various colorings:
27x54, regular $l.5(), sale. . .
36x72, regular $2.59, sale. . .
-I,'JX/'-J,' regular S 5.00, sale.
0x9, regular'$7.98, sale.
.$1.00 each
, . $2.00 each
.$3.98 each
. $6.98 each
$3.00 to $3.98 SAMPLE DRESSER SCARFS,
$2.00 EACH.
These Scarfs arc salesman's samples, size
18x54, for dresser or sideboard use. Some are
all pure linen, others in various handsome filet
patterns. A chance to buy a gift at a low price.
Septemb
The Big Benefit Fair of the
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Visit the Lyceum
CURTAIN MATERIALS.
Scrim Marquisettes and Nets,
36 inches wide, white, cream or
ecru, hemstitched or plain edges.
Regular 5octo 59c a yd.,
choice, sale per yd
ENGLISH LONGCLOTH.
Yard-wide Longcloth, ten full
yards to the piece;'extra quality;
Soft underwear finish. Our regular
$3.90 grade, sale
per piece .,
TABLE DAMASK.
Bleached mercerized Table
Damask, 58 inches wide, good
patterns. Regular $1.19
quality, sale, yd
RAG RUGS 65c EACH.
Size 18x36 for many uses, woven
of clean rags, hit and miss pattern,
fringed ends, worth $1,
sale each
72-Inch TABLE LINEN.
Every thread all pure linen, two
yards wide, good floral pattern.
Cant be manufactured today
at our sale price, yd.
PURE LINEN TOWELINGS.
Suitable for hand, glass or
kitchen use, blenched, unbleached
or glass checks. Regular
5(Jcto 59cgrade, sale yd.
SBAND
LCOME
% Attractive Art ides, on Sale
Handso
Melodic ComM
The Royal Italian Ban
latest songs.'• "Are ydu
ADMI
Dancing
ing the
Can^i«Ja8a for Freeholder on the Republicafi
Ticket,
Former Mayor George B. Goodrich
of Avon, one of the present coronura
of the county, is an active eapirant
for the Republican Freeholder nomination
at the primary, September 28.
Mr. Goodrich was elected coroner
in 1918 for a two-year term, leadingthe
county ticket. He declared ho
had the assurance of support from
many prominent Republican workers,
with whom ho has been associated oa
a member of thu county committee.
In my home town, the borough,of
Avon, I have served us mnyor two
years; and six years as a member of.
common council.
Since leavinR offices of mayor and
councilman I have devoted my onerfiies
to the board of education of
which I have been a member for 10
years and district, clerk for eight
years and 1 am proud of the fiict that
my activity in this hndy has helped
to make the schools of Avon second
to none in the state, I have always
taken an active interest in tht_> Volunteer
Firemen's Relief association and
the Exempt Firemen's useocisition of
which I have been « member for 12
yeara.
In conclusion lot me lay 'emphasis
upon the fact that while I lmvc al-'
ways advocated and put into practice
progressive -policies I have bi'en ever
mindful of the taxpnyei'3 whose interest
I havo always endeavored to
J
conserve.
I have made n careful study of the
( county needs as far aa they relate to
j the office of chosen Freeholder and
should I he honored with the nomination
for and the ekctiofi to this office
by the voters of Monmouth county,
I shall devote the same enevpy and
careful forethought to every matter
that may come before the board that
has characterized my conduct in every
office I havo held, as I intend to
give my entire time to the oflice.
I am a member of the local carpenter
union of Ashury Park and have
just finished my term as chief of tho
Avon fire department.
(Paid for by 0. B. Goodrleh
Committee.)
OEPOHT 6F THE CONDITION OP
*V tho Second National Dunk nt Red Bnnlt, In tho
Btato of New Jerflty. at closo! of buutnesa on
September 8th. 1H!O.
•KES0UBCE3.
.. a Loans and cifscountu Including
rodiacounta, (except those shown in
b andc) S2,8S8,«.l 65
Total loann ' 2,888.493 05 2,E88,« 05
Ovordcuftfl. unaecured 552 55
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a Deposited to Bocuro circulation
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