WASHINGTON.—City officials and
newspapers of Washington, D. C,,
have worked themselves into a ter-
rible dither lately over a new kind
of bootlegger—a bootlegger of milk
and cream. This city, like every
other city, has tight regulations con-
cerning milk and cream that en-
ters the national capital. They are
regulations designed to protect the
health of those who reside here.
Moreover, maintenance of such reg-
ulations are an entirely proper func-
tion of government, because there
can be nothing more important than
health.
According to the charges filed and
dairy four or five hundred miles
from Washington, inspected and li-
censed by the state of its location,
brought in a truck load of refrig-
erated cream without first having
obigied a permit to do so.
»fficials, prodded perhaps by
Saree and nearby
threw a couple of men into jail and
place because of this bootlegger.
The local press reports indicated the
city officials had made asses of
themselves over the whole matter,
keted with a variance of laws on
most subjects that it seems almost
a hopeless job to untangle them.
For example, there are 170 differ-
'
ucts.
ear of corn in another. My friend,
cepted as No. 1 in one state, and
find himself as No. 3 in another. A
bottle of beer in Missouri, tax paid
and respectable there, becomes vir-
tually a bottle of slop in an adjoin-
ing state. Wines from grapes grown
in California cannot possibly be as
good as wines grown from grapes in
so and lays a burdensome tax to
prevent Oregon citizens from having
their stomachs corroded or some-
thing. Cement entering Florida, for
a time, was not as good as cement
produced in Florida and Florida was
prepared to tax it—until the case got
to the Supreme court of the United
States.
to this discussion.
The incident is very important as
illustrative of a condition that is
rapidly endangering the national un-
ion of states, and is,
matter for analysis here.
ly, great national issues lie around,
or are kicked around, for months
before somebody
a match to the powder; and it hap-
pened to be local officials who struck
the match.
Barriers to Trade Between
States Has Become Flagrant
The thing called to national at-
tention by the cream bootlegger is
the existence through the nation of
barriers or obstacles to trade be-
tween the states.
grant. Selfish interests have been
operating, first, in one state; then,
in another.
utilizing proper government func-
tions to accomplish unscrupulous
ends.
measures. Other states have passed
laws to ‘‘get even'' with those acting
ahead. State officials, state
Constitutes a Truck Load
Take another and less known con-
because fewer
people come in contact with it, but
you buy, I refer to
state
just the same.
laws about load limits of
don’t have any love for
trucks; they are so doggoned big
the timber when I see one of them
have rights. Yet, there
learn that have the same regulation
about the size of a truck's load. The
trucks can be regulated because
they use the highways, and yet one
state says 120,000 pounds is a load
and another state says 18,000 pounds
is a load. The others have laws
|
ened, and have been threatened
right back, until now we have
throughout the United States thou-
sands of people sticking out their
tongues in the most childish fashion
at other thousands of people. Each
otherwise: ‘“‘you’re another.”
It is serious business, and there is
no doubt in my mind but what the
condition bodes ill for national unity.
It takes ro expanded imagination to
think of the time when we might
have 48 little nations, snarling and
frothing at the mouth as crudely,
and quite as unintelligently, as they
do throughout Europe.
Now, it is one thing,
proper thing, to use regulations for
the preservation of health, for the
protection of property, for the sup-
port of government, or governmen-
tal policy. It is quite another, and
dastardly, thing to make use of those
regulations to prevent the flow of
and factory. It is such things
and there you are! Just
what is a load, anyway?
The truth of the matter is that
local interests are to blame in most
cases. They are taking advantage
situations to further their own
And where are they
leading to with this polyglot of leg-
islation?
The whole thing seems a bit in-
congruous to me. Here, on the one
hand, Mr. Cordell Hull, the very
able and valuable secretary of state,
has been moving heaven and earth
If the now rather ill-famed monopo-
ly investigation is worth its salt
(which it has not demonstrated thus
far), it could demonstrate its value
by examining into trade barriers be-
tween states.
Proper Legal Power Used,
But It Is Used Selfishly
Representative Halleck of Indiana
has been engaged for weeks in dig-
ging up facts about these trade bar-
riers.
he intends to try to break them
down, either by constitutional
amendment or by national statute.
There are plenty of difficulties con-
fronting him, he admits, because all
of these things have been done by
using entirely proper legal power,
but by using it selfishly.
To illustrate, Mr. Halleck referred
to that oft-repeated assertion that
““the power to tax is the power to
destroy.” Indeed, it is! The power
to tax for government revenue is,
and always has been, used. But
there are many instances of record
where that taxing power was em-
ployed to levy such high rates of
tax that the tax collector took every-
thing produced. The business was
destroyed. And it is the same thinly
disguised use of proper power that
is getting the nation into an awful
mess, now. This choking of trade is
going on despite the constitutional
provision which says emphatically
that no state may levy tariffs
against importations from other
states. The bright law makers, and
their henchmen, have got around
that in the manner mentioned
above.
Mr. Halleck supplied some facts
to show how widespread the condi-
tion has become. He mentioned,
moreover, that the nation is so blan-
Reciprocal trade treaties,
seem to work badly, and some oth-
ers appear to be producing results,
but no one knows yet whether the
whole system should be kept or
thrown out. That question does not
belong here. It is the national pol-
icy of breaking down obstacles, jar-
loose log jams, so that our
products may move into other na-
tions that is important to be consid-
ered when within our own bounda-
ries every kno¥n means is being
used to block shipments and sales
between I cannot figure it
out unless some folks are strict fol-
ical injunction not
to let the left hand know what the
right hand doeth.
National Government Policy
To Blame for Conditions
I have been wondering, therefore,
what had actuated the selfish inter-
ests of the country to start on this
spree of battling among themselves.
There must have been some reason
behind that. At least, 1 have come
to believe there is. 1 believe that
the condition fundamentally springs
from national government policy
which for years now has been in
the direction of destroying the rights
of individual states, Little by little,
the federal government has torn
away the rights of the states—and
the states, with pain reduced by fed-
states.
Suddenly, however, the states and
whole jurisdiction is enveloped in
creeping paralysis.
noted resentment
regulation upon individual
rights and freedom.
oped a new disease as a counter
other fellow off.
than socialized medicine to correct
it. The national government's poli-
cies, having started it, will have to
assume the blame and will have to
find a way to remedy the condition.
I hope Mr. Halleck, and those he
has enlisted to help him, can find the
proper prescription for the cure,
© Western Newspaper Union.
California’s First Capital
Monterey, a quiet and unhurried
little town on the shore of the blue
Pacific, was the first capital of Cali-
fornia. There, under three flags—
those of Spain, Mexico and the Unit-
ed States—California’s administra
tion was carried on from 1776 to
1849. Because of its historic role
in the settlement of California, Mon-
terey has been described as the
“Williamsburg of the West.”
F YOU have not already been
seized with a mania for a new
frock of gay silk print, call a physi-
cian. Your case serious
néeds immediate
1s
attention,
the inspiration of bright
prints in the springtime of the year
(any time of the year for that mat-
ter) as it is for flowers to turn
their pretty selves toward the warm
rays of the sun.
It is positively exhilarating to
look over the new prints this spring.
The colors are so out of the ordi-
tile
Colors that lead? Answering the
question, fuchsia shades perhaps
come first in favor although a flair
for prints that pattern navy
black backgrounds with chartreuse
or spring green motif is definitely
evidenced in the ensembled cos-
tumes featured at various prevue
showings. These green and black
or green and navy prints are won-
derfully attractive.
Major trends
styling viewpoint? Well, for one
thing, there are the very chic jacket
costume suits. And when we say
“jacket’’
casual jacket types we are accus-
tomed to seeing season after sea-
son. The new jackets are done in
a man-tailored way with lapels and
stitched pocket flaps, are frequent.
ly lined with a
the niftiest are double b
toning (large pearl buttons) with
real honest-to-goodness worked but-
tonholes. There's nothing smarter
‘“‘going'’ than these extremely prac-
tical and attractive print silk jacket
suits, The better shops are show-
you aspire to “make
a few yards of swank
a reliable pattern that
in point of high style and
is no reason why, if you are
handy at sewing, you cannot turn
out a costume that will give you
“class” wherever you go.
The pleated vogue continues a big
factor in printdress styling. The
latest call is for pleated bodice as
well as pleated skirt. The model
centered in the group gives the
idea. This short-sleeved daytime
dress is made of pure dye printed
with white medallions
with green and magenta
your own,"
silk,
has "it"
there
centered
sun-gold print silks
word’' for spring.
To the right a slim jacket dress
is shown of a silk print featuring
tones in a spaced
wool violet pattern. Quilting bor-
ders the wide-shouldered jacket and
a nosegay of violets makes an ap-
propriate flower accent he belt
is of violet colored leather—a cos-
tume that sounds a refreshing note
are the “last
closely
New lo ooking and stunning in ef-
fect is the combination of print with
plain silk fabrics as carried out in
the mode to left in foreground. The
worn of white
Often the
removable thus
two-dresses-in-one, a very
over a dress
monotone skirt is
affording
€ Western Newspaper Union.
World Fair Print
Just out! It's an official print
showing all the New York World's
fair buildings in their natural color-
ings. Of course this print is des-
tined to cause talk and create ex-
pitement. See here pictured pretty
Elaine Mulligan selected as “Miss
Chicago’ at the fair, posing in a
charming housecoat ‘made of this
unique washable print. Spreading
skirts and corded flounces illustrate
the new romantic influence, in strik-
ing contrast to the geometrically
formal symbols of the fair—the obe-
lisk and sphere. This World's fair
housecoat is one among thousands
of new styles that were displayed
during national Spring wash apparel
show held recently in Chicago.
Fashions Stress
‘Little Girl Look’
If you follow fashion's lead you
will be wearing clothes with the
“little girl look,” such as designers
are turning out with such enthusi-
asm this season. The magic of these
new ingenue fashions is that not
only do they subtract years from
your appearance, but you will be
sedh at your prettiest.
Notable among the young looking
dresses that now center the fashion
stage are the types that have short,
full swing skirts pleated, or if not
pleated, then gored in as many as
16 sections. It adds to their cun-
ning that these skirts reveal tantaliz-
ing bits of frou-frou frill, which ac-
counts for the term ‘‘petticoat
dresses,”’ as registered on fashion’s
program.
We could go on and on telling of
this youth trend but “nuff said”
for your shopping tours will convince
you of the claim that the new clothes
look as if they had been dipped in
the fountain of youth.
Lovely Things in
Latest Neckwear
Dainty white organdie fichus with
the val edging your grandmother
wore are charmingly feminine and
so flattering on a black dinner or
daytime dress. Another variation of
your belt, or as a vestie.
quaint,
Should you feel an attack of “‘pet-
ticoat fever” coming on you, re-
member there is a reason for it this
year—Mainbocher did adorable pet-
ticoat dresses with cute touches of
white at the neck in his collection.
Buy embroidered batiste by the yard
and sew it on the full skirt of your
pet dark dress.
Star Dust
% Tracing Resemblances
% For the Cause of Art
% Indians Above Par
‘— By Virginia Vale —
the 20th
Century-Fox producer
made a mistake when it
abandoned “I Take This Wom-
an” as Hedy LaMarr’s sec-
ond American-made picture.
Certainly he liked the idea of
taking that woman. to be his
lawful wedded wife. Oddly enough,
there's a strong resemblance be-
tween the new Mrs. Markey and the
first one, Joan Bennett, as Joan ap-
pears in her brunette wig in “Trade
Winds.” And there'll probably be a
resemblance in the setting of ““Trade
Winds’ and the next picture in
which Hedy LaMarr stars—“Lady
of the Tropics,” in which Robert
Taylor will be her leading man.
This business of tracing resem-
blances can go on and on forever,
Old timers can try to find one be-
tween the glamorous Hedy and that
HEDY LA MARR
glamour girl of an earlier day, Bar-
bara LaMarr (surely there couldnt
have been a thought of Barbara in
the mind of the person who suggest-
ed “LaMarr’” when the lovely Vien
nese Mrs, Markey was choosi ng a
yame for her Americ an career!
Believe it or not, Merle Oberon
had her face washed with kerosene
the other day. The same thing hap-
pened to Laurence Oliver and
David Niven, and all in the cause of
art. Not that the makeup man had
anything against them. Kerosene,
when mixed with paraffin and heat-
ed slightly, provides a quick-drying
spray which dries white, so that he
who gets sprayed looks as if frost
had appeared on hair, eyebrows and
eyelashes,
3
—
Wi
wani
th the cops and robbers cycle
ing, motion picture producers
are certainly taking to playing cow-
boys and Indians in a great big way.
Paramount has three big westerns
scheduled for this spring a sum-
mer-— i: Bill”
“Geronimo,” “Buffalo
and “The Lives « f a Texas Ranger,”
a sequel
nd
a
I
i
to ‘Texas Rs
There's going to be a premium on
Indians in the Hollywood studios,
first thing anybody knows.
singer
Muriel Wilson, formerly known as
“Mary Lou” on radio's “Showboat”
program, recently received a gift
that moved her to tears. It is a
crocheted tablecloth depicting a
scene from ‘“‘Showhoat,”” and was
designed and made by a blind
woman,
There's a man in California who,
if he could be granted the wish near-
est his heart, would ask that Cecil
B. DeMille decide to broadcast a
play with a good wind storm in it.
The man is Charlie Forsyth, sound
effects expert who officiates on Mr.
DeMille’s Radio Theater, and he has
two dozen new wind records that
he wants to use. During the recent
California windstorms he worked all
night making records of the wind
whistling through cracks in his
garage and through the shrubbery
around his house. They are the first
authentic wind records Forsyth has
been able to make, and he won't be
happy until he uses them.
BR ,
Lanny Ross celebrated his tenth
anniversary on the air by giving a
body was delighted with the idea,
but since then Lanny has sometimes
wished that he'd never thought up
the plan. He has been deluged with
letters of protest from women all
over the country and the only way
ont was to form an auxiliary.
ascii.
Five years 2go Shirley Ross made
her screen debut as a bit player in
starring Lee Tracy.
Imagine what a thrill it was for her
when she was engaged to appear
as his leading lady on a Silver
Theater broadcast,
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