The National tribune., 1909-01-14
stripes the words, Stands for the best

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beer
Printing the flag on paper and past
| ing upon casks of beer and ale and
bottles of whisky and other liquors
Printing the flag on thin paper, and
using for wrapping of lemons, fruits,
| oranges, small cheeses, hams, spools of
thread, soap, chewing gum, fireworks,
cigars. ETC.
Attaching to the flag advertisements
or writing on the white stripe of the
flag advertisements, some of which are
of bicycles, book beer. whisky. fine cam
brio. bone knoll sour mash, tar soap,
American pepsin chewing gum, thea
| teTs tobacco, Japan tea, awnings, brew
cries, cigars, charity balls, cuff buttons,
furriers, living pictures picnic grounds,
patent medicines, pool rooms, prize
| fights, restaurants, roof gardens, real
estate agencies. sample rooms, shoe
stores, soapmakers, saloons. shooting
| galleries, tentmakers, variety shows,
venders of lemon acid, and for awnings
and host of others.
Writing or printing commercial ad-
vertisenaents upon the white stripes of
the flag.
Attaching to the flag advertisements.
Attaching to the flag political tickets.
Printing the flag on confectionery
boxes, boxes of chewing gum, trolley
car transfer tickets, pillow covers, door
| mats. paper napkins, handkerchiefs,
| blotting pads water-closet paper, etc.
Printing the flag upon the sides of
wagons with advertisements of busi-
ness.
Printing upon and burning pictures
of the flag into porcelain or crockery
water closets and urinals
Using the flag for clouts of prizefight-
ers and of contestants in foot races and
bicycle races.
Making clothing of the flag for
clowns, representations of Uncle Sam
and of Columbia
| The flag has been used for sacks to
contain coal and other merchandise.
The flag has been stripped from the
staff and torn in shreds and stamped
upon by Anarchists and others in eX-
citement and in anger.
| The above are some only of the num-
berless uses TO which the flag is put.
Italy.-Law of June 80. 1889, article
Is. us: whoever with intention of
contempt should take same. destroy. or
| insult in a public place or in a place
open to the public, the flag or any other
emblem of the State will be punished
by detention from three to 20 months"
| Austro-Hungary. = The Hungarian
criminal law, so. of 1879. paragraph 81,
says: No more than two months ar
rest and not more than 800 forms fine
should be inflicted upon any one
who, with intent to insult, defiles, dam
ages or tears down the flag or coat of
arms publicly, used as the insignia of
either civil or military authority"
Germany.-Article 135, 303, infiicts a
| fine up to 200 thaiers. or punished with
| imprisonment up to two years.
Greece.-Act 141 of the penal code
provides imprisonment and prosecution
| by the District Attorney of the place in
| which the outrage to the flag is COM
mitted, with Incarceration for three
/ months maximum.
Russia.-PenaIty is two to 10 years
in Jail.
Brazil.-Article 100 Of the penal code,
for desecration of National colors, has
! a penalty of imprisonment for not less
than six months to one year. Decree
No. 3346 OF Oct II, 1887. places the
penalty of insult to the flag at 800 to
$500
Mexico.-Has legal provision
against the desecration of or insult to
the National coiors.
China-Punishment under one of the
laws relating to the desecration OF in
sigma
Spain.-The penal code provides a
penalty for insult to or desecration Of
the National flag
Portugal.-Penal code. articles 424,
| 181, six months to one years impris-
onment
France.-Desecration of the National
| flag punishable under sections 257, 379
and ATS of penal code.
Great Britain.-Outrage to the Ma
tional coIors can be dealt with under
the laws dealing with sedition or trea-
son. A few years ago, under the pres
sure of public protest, the Government
department compelled one of her sub
jects to discontinue throwing fiashlighr
advertisements on Nelson's column in
Trafalgar Square.
Chile, Peru, Bulgaria, Belgium and
all other foreign Governments which
have no special legal provision can
bring an action before either the civil
or military tribunals for any injudicious
use of its National fias under a general
| provision of the code.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has recently construed the con-
stitutionality of flag legislation in the
case of Halter e. Haywood VS.. State of
Nebraska, 205 U. s., "a, decided March
4, 1897, the opinion of the court being
delivered by Mr.. Justice Harlan, as
follows. viz:
This case involves the validity un-
der the Constitution of the United
States, of an act of the State of Nebras-
ka, approved April 8, 1903, entitled An
act to prevent and punish the desecra-
ton of the flag of the United States
1.-The act, among other things, makes
IL mfsdemeanor, punishable by fine OF
imprisonment, or both, for any one to
sell, expose for sale or have in posses
sion for sale. any article of merchan-
disc upon which shall have been printed
or placed, for purposes of advertise
ment, a representation of the flag OF
the United States 1t expressly except
ed however, from its operations any
newspaper, periodical, book. etc, or
which should be printed, painted oil
placed representation of the flag
disconnected from any advertisement
Il Cobbey's Ammo. Stat (Neb.), 1898
Chap. 139.
''The plaintiffs in error were proceeded
against by criminal information upo,
the charge of having, in violation of th'
statute, unlawfully exposed to publ,
, view, sold, exposed for sale and had il
their possession for sale a bottle of beer
upon which, for purposes Of advertise
!, ment. was printed and painted a repre-
sentation of the flag of tire Unitet
z States.
1T may be well at the outset TO ga,
that Congress has established no regu
lation as to the use OF the flag, cxcep
that in the act approved Feb. 20, 1905
authorizing the registration of trade
! marks In commerce with foreign Ma
tions and among the States II was pro
D vided that no mark shall be refused a
/ a trademark on account Of Its nature
, unless such mark consists of or CON
: prises the flag or coat of arms or othc
insignia of the United States or an
. stimulation thereof, or of any state o
Q municipality or of any foreign Satior
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