TWO
THE HASSAV P99T. FBEEPOIV, \. T., FRIDAT, MABCH 2. 1»17
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LEGISLATION TO CUT LIVING COST
Pfoifidas $5,000,000 Bond Issue to Acquire Markets.
tlon bill carrying tL300,000 \a now be¬ fore both houses for actioD. Of th« amoant asked |»15.orj8,78 U to be dl vlded among tbe prlsens, tbe boapltals and tHe charitable Institutions of tiM state and'representa what these insti¬ tutions must bave to cfyry them tbroagb the flscal year. It appears that since the estimates were made f"T the year !9W the prices of clothing, fuel, food and supjilles of every kind! have advanced materially.
Th* Emergency Police. {
When the legislature took up for j
flnal passage the^ bill providing for a |
force of emergency police for New j i
York city to guard the wster supply ¦
I there. Instead of tbo national guarck .\s- |
I semblyman Shlplaeoff, .Socialist, wna Committee on T«x«tio.-i Would Increase' the only memlier of that body to vote License Feei and Limit the Number 'a the negative. The govornor will act Gr«nted-(f P.e.ed 3,100 Saloons' 'J"^'" '"^ •»''"l'"^"'"" *''""'»'-^' I
Will Be Closed and Number In All; Tewns Decreaeed. i
CHIIII6ES IN EXCISE UW:
(Hpecial CorreHpnnd'-nocl Albany, Feb. 27.—I-eglslati<m to re duce the high [irh es of fo' (I Is thi principal theme for discussion by imcui l)ers of .Now Vork stale's luwmakiug bo<lles. This subji-ct and the exeisi! measures loom up as the purnmouui features of the session now that the Rockaway bill has l>een disposed of.
Aasemblymun .Joseph M. Callahan Democratic loader of the lower house, bas presented a foiMls aud markets bill of his own which he and the members of bis parity believe to be superior tu the proposal advanced by tbe Wickn legislative committee and which is be¬ fore the legislature In bill form. As^ ¦emblyman Callahan thinks that there are too many opportunities for patron¬ age Ln the Wleks committee plan and la not backward in making that belief plain.
Wants 15,000,000 Bond Issue. Under the plan devised by Assem¬ blyman Cailabun and set forth In a bill be bas introduced a bond Issue uot to exceed $5,0<JH,0<)h Is provhled for, which is to l)e devoted to the aciiulsltlon, con atruetion and control of terminal mar- t^a tn tbe cities of the state. The bonds are to run for a f)eriod of flft.v years and to bear 4',^ per cent Interest The measure further provides for as¬ certaining the iiroilts of terminal mar kets and applying them to the slnkinK fund. If this plan does not sulUee a direct tux Is to be levied.
Assemblyman Callahan's objection to tbe bill of the Wicks committee is that it Is left optional with the elties to provide terminal markets and thn cost must be borue by tha cities. Ho says that If Goveaiior Wbitman sin Cerely desires to reduce the cost of living he should give an adeiiuate ai'- proprlatlon to the state c(jmmlssionei of foods and markets.
"Only last year (Jovemor Whitman eut down tlic appropriation for Com¬ missioner Dillon's modest but efllclent d«partment of foods and markets to 134^500. That department bas jirac- tt*ally All tfie powers which are to be yilated In the proposed new depart- tUAAt ondsr tbe Wleks committee bill." aaemblyman Callahan declares- AwPAplt\p Chaneea In Exci** Law. ^The «ommlttee on taxation of the Mnate has introduced one of the most Important meaaures of the session. It makea sweeping changes In the excise law and bas for lia end the reduction of tbe number of saloons in tbe statu and tbe increasing of the licenses of tboae whicb remain.
In cities between 500.000 and 50,00(1 Inbnbltnnfs the increased (irlce of a liquor license Is from fOSCW to $1,'2<X) All towns between 50,000 and 7,'Ahi are to receive a fiat maximum rate of 1000; towns from 7.500 to 2,500 are to pay $700, which is an inerease from the present rate of from $.375 to J.'')75; towns of 2,.''»00 to 1,0(KJ inhabitants will be reijuired to pay $375, All other towns will jiay $;{."iO,
The bill further provides that in nil other towns and oitie,« tinder 55,000 in habitants there sball be Issued ou Oct.- 1 next ouly one lleonse to every ."iOil inhabitants. This will reiltice the num ber of licenses by upproxlmately 3,10<i when liquor tnx licenses are next Is- sned. This will mean that every city lu the state, witli the exception of J^mestoyvu and Oneonta, will have a marked reduction of lh enses. It is os tlmated thut about t.KiO cities and 2.000 towns wUl be affected.
Prohibits Control by Rreweries,
Another feature of the bill is thaTn'"''"*''*'*^ ;'*^*"'' and death of many It makes it Impossible for breweries and wholesale dealers to control sa¬
loons by assignment of licenses as se¬ curity. There ts also a provision that towns may adopt the individual option class and may close any plaee that is objectionable to a community. Still another proTlsion ts made for a volnmo tax on liquor sales, so tbat after a dealer bas sold liquor flfteen times the '^ume of his license he must pay 5 par cent of the gross sales.
Mayors of cities may name a com mission of three disinterested citiseus, wbo may be empowered with authori¬ ty to aay which license shall be iasued. The Rockaway Baaoh Bill. A document of unuaual importance has beon transmitted to the legislature ,by the governor, wbo bas sent lu an omergeucy message urging the Imme¬ diate passage 'of the measure Intro¬ duced by Senator Elon R, Brown, which grants to the atate aummary power to condemn and seize landa at Far Rockaway for public defense pur¬ poaea. The governor eaJled attention to the fact 'that nothing but the ax- Igancy which existed had caused him to>rrlte the Emergency message. Tbe
Another iiiiporlunt bill bearing upon' the mllltia which Is to be acted upon ; I soon by both houses Is that of A.s- I semblyman F. L. Wells, ehairman of I the assembly mllltnry committee. The ' measure hns lieon favorably reported ' from ojminlttee and [irovidea for tbe equalization of the land nnd naval i forces of the state mllltia. It increases ' the forces of the nnval mllltia from ! 2.000 to 4..'j<H) and makes the salary of j the commodore $0,000 a year.
The Wel-sh bill, making general the I aptillcatlon of the military training j commission law passeil last year, has been favorably reported by the mili¬ tary committee and will l>e debated shortly. The amendment proposed by Mr. Welsh gives the military training commission power to classify as receiv- Ing training boys who are being given vocational instruction or who are learning professions.
Changes In School'Law, A mea-siire of unusual importance in educational circles Is that introduced by Assemblyman Macliold and Sena¬ tor Halllday. This creates the town¬ ship s.vstom of public schools. The 1)111 provides that hereafter an order consolidating two or more school dis¬ tricts muat have the approval of a ma- .lorlty of ll town board and a majorit.y of the electors of each district affected. The bill does not Include lu the tovvn- shlp syytem union free .school distrlits having a population of 1,.")0() or more. In a town hnv Ing two union free school j dlHrriyXs mnlntululng iicndomlc do|)art- I ments thoro shull be two boards of ed- j aeatlon. Not a single school district in the state Is flboll.shLsl by the bill. One of the benefits of the propo.sed law will be the e(iuulizati()n of taxation for schtKjl inirposos The measut'e hus the iiidorsoment of the stute dopuftmeiit of edllcHtliin und Is scheduled lo [lass both hou.ses.
Only Ten Anti-Suffrage Votea.
The e(iiial siilTiuge uinoiidinont to the state constitution has gone through the assembly. There were only ten votes against it, with 1'24 ufflnmitlvo one*. It is not anticipated that there will be much oppo.sltion In the senate. If any, though it Is -iot expected that thera will be a unanimous vote.
Charles A. Pratt of Washington coun¬ ty, chairman o* the Judiciary commit¬ tee of the assembly, thinks tbat the legislature should meet but once or twice a week. He says tbat until the war situation Is settled permanently it is imwise to pass important bills.
"The exigencies of any hour might change the entire trend of legislation; therefore I think it would be wise to proceed slowly," he declares, "I am convinced that the session will be con¬ tinued much of the year, for there la no telling when the inemberH of thia body will be culled ujiou for tiuick ac¬ tion,"
The report of the committee of the legislature which has delved Into the habit foruiitig drugs evil has been made to the leglsluttire, and lu it are many interesting feaUiros and recommenda¬ tions. Oho of the recommendations, which is 111 the form of a suggestion. Is that N'ew -i'ork state go Into the drug bti.sinoss to the extent of keep¬ ing on hniid a sutlicient supply of nar¬ cotics to be dispensed to persons ad,- dieted to thoir use. iiendliig treutmeiit und cure.
After muny lines of liivostlgntlon the comiulttoo found tliat^the drug evil is not u hiiblt that can be corrected at will, but an Insidious disease. Tbe past identillcatlon and treatment of drug addlctloii ns a luiblt by the med¬ ical profession hus resulted iu methods of treatment and so called cures which have been directly responsible for the
addicts, the report iioints out
Would Regiater All Victima.
The report urges the registration of all persons found to be addicted to the drufi^abit and that legislation be Im¬ mediately enacted to prevent new ad¬ dicts. The committee also recommends that Its life be extended for further investigation, so that with |;p-operatlon with the medical profession humane and efflcient treatment may be evolved.
An important tax meusure has been prepared by Assemblyman C'offey of Westchester county and is likely to entail much,debate and cause heated arguments at public hearings. The bill in question imiwses a tax of 5 per cent upon ali receipts of brekers on the New York Stock Exchange, the curb market, the Produce Exchange and similar organizations. Brokers re¬ ceive |12.,''>i> for every 100 shares of stock handled by them. The total sales of securities of this nature pn the New York Stock Exchange during the month of Jatfuary last amounted approximately to 1S,000,000 shares.
On Wednesday of the present week tbere wtU lie a hearing before the sen¬ ate committee on agriculture on the
measure was promptly paaaed when I foods and markets bill introduced by
the executive
tba Wicks legislative ciHnmlttea. ThU maafure ts a bona'of contention, it
tha document from diamber was received.
The Rockaway Beach bill haa been a would appear, and cartala Influential
matter fiur^wlde publicity and diacna- tactslatoca ac« iin donbt aa to ita paa-
akm ttjl^te past two weeka. It waa sac* witlkoat amendment It la there-
¦•Id that thera iras a Jokar in it | tora q«tto Ukaly ttiat the maaaora wlU
As anergancy dafldeacy awreprtk- b» HitMA baAwa aceaptad.
1892
1917
THE FREEPORT RANK
23=35 So. riain St.
FREEPORT, N. Y.
JOHN J. RANDALL, President D. WESLEY PINE, Vice-President
WILLIAM S. HALL, Cashier
DIRECTORS
Wallace H. Cornwell Edgar Jackson
Smith Cox William G. Miller
William E. Colder D. Wesley Pine
William S. Hall
John J. Randall Daniel B. Raynor Harvey B. Smith Coles Pettit
On March 3rd, 1917 will celebrate the 25th Anniver¬ sary of its opening and takes pleasure in publish¬ ing the following comparative statement:
MARCH 1892
MARCH 1917
Capital - Undivided Profits Deposits
$30,000
212
22,693
52,905
Capital - Surplus
Undivided Profits Deposits
Total Resources 52,905
$30,000 75,000 24,478
825,046
954,524 Total Resources 954,524
The Officers and Directors of the Bank wish to take this opportunity of expressing their appreciation of the loyalty and support of its friends and patrons who have so consist¬ ently during this quarter of a century, by their patronage and good will, contributed so largely to the success of the institution.
1892
REP. PRIMARY FOR HEMPSTEAD TOWN
The Repabllcan Committee of Hempstead comprising captains from the forty-three election diatrleta, met Saturday night to dlacuss whether the party ahoOld nominate candldktaa for town ofllcea by preferential pri- I marles or convention.
The commlttea decided to hold tiie
primary In eacb of the election dia- diton.
tricts from 3 to 9 p. m,, Saturday, March 10, Candidates for any ofQce to be voted for must file their nomi¬ nating petitions with Stephen P. Pet-: tit, secretary, on or before next Sat¬ urday. Each candidate desirous of having hla name placed hefore the enrolled voters of the party muat give a fee of $10.
The town officers to he etected in April are: Superriaor, Town Clerk. Receiver of Taxes, two Justice of Peace^ Superintendent of Highwaya, two Assessors, two Overseers of tba Poor, four Conatablea, and three Ao-
Stephen P, Pettit, G. Wilbur Jones, to Include HempiJtead, Union- tre, Oceanside and all villates west
. _ . _. (^'onat^jjjgg jjj jjg nominated in aame distrlcu as for Justices of the Peace. The report was approved by the Town Committee. Next Saturday evening the Town Committee will probably make endorsements from the many petitions which will be filed.
The campaign In the town will be under the direction of County Chair¬ man Wood.
A resolution of 'aympathy waa adopt¬ ed relative to the death of Jobn A Smith, 97 yaara old, the oldaat en¬ rolled Republican in (ha Town ttt Haopataad.
Doughty, George L. Hubbeli and | dale. Garden City, Floral Park, El- Jeremlah Wood were designated to • mont, Franklin Square, Munson and determine the two judicial districts I Hempstead Gardens, for the purpose of nominating Justice ' District to nominate Asseeaor to of the Peace and Constables, and also | succeed Clarence R. Ankers, to in- dlstrlcta for nominations for Assess-1 elude Baldwin, Rockville Centre, Lyn- ors and Overseers of the Poor. After ! brook, and Oceanside. consultation they reiiorted: | To succeed Thomas H. Brower, to
Judicial District for nomination to j Include Valley Stream and tbe Rock- succeed Justice Norton, to include away branch.
Roosevelt, Freeport, Merrick, Eaat I District to nominate Overseer of Meadpw, Smithville South, Plain | tbe Poor to micceed Pranklhi Badell, EdgC, Central Park, Bellmore, Wan- Baldwin, Fre«port and all villagea In tagh and Seaford. I eastern section of town; to aacceed
For nomination to aacceed Juatica Pranda L. HaauntlH RockvUla Cen-
Freeport Memorial Library-Nassau Post
