The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-15
CITY PAYS
Beer on Boats, and
Castles i'm Germany
-LaFOllette Backs
Old Problem-How
the English Do It
Law Designed for
Monopoly Traps
Bakers-New York
A d Opts a Wis
Bridgeport Custom.

Adolphus Busch tells Chairman
Lasker of the Shipping Board that
they are equally selfish in desiring the
sale of beer, the one in the territories
of the United States, the other in U S.
ships the high seas. There is a
difference. LaSker is not protecting
private business. 1t is nothing to
him, or not much. Busch speaks for
his own pocket. 1t is a little beside
the question to tell about the castle
in Germany, no more important than
a castle in Spain. A brewer may de-
sire to brew beer, and somebody else
to drink it, without mourning the
charge of boosting the German mer-
chant marine. Reflection is neces-
sary in hot weather also. Look be-
fore leaping. Think before writing
LaFol1ette brings up an old ques-
ton He says that the Supreme court
of the United States has no veto right
over legislation. None was given in
the constitution. The convention
argued it pro and con, and left it,
having refused to bestow the power
upon the court, or upon the court CO.
operating with Congress; or with the
president. Read the Madison notes.
But the power exists. 1t has been
created by custom, the same the
manner of electing the president is
based on custom, and not on the con-
stitution. LaFo1lette proposes the
congressional veto, to be operated by
passing again the law, which the court
council upsets the veto of the mayor.
The practice would not be so extreme
as the veto at the ballot box, prac-
ticed against some state courts. 1t is
not Immediately probable that the
idea will be adopted.
The English have done something
of the kind. The English supreme
court is the House of Lords. In the
old days the Lords stopped any meas
ure by refusing to adopt it. Now the
House passes the measure thrice, and
the job is done. The world gets lit
tie bit nearer all the time to pure
democracy, of which many students
are afraid. Perhaps the modern will
do better with it than the ancients
did.
Some New York bakers opened a
cooperative store and sold bread I'M
der the market. A neighboring baker
complained that they were under
than cost, to ruin him. The "a cut
price bakers have been indicted, for
unfair competition Let's get madi
Remember how mad we used to be
when Standard OIL killed competitors
off, by cutting prices. The law was
made for Standard Oil 1t hits every
body who comes into that area. Hard
to make laws to cover all cases; never
doing injustice; never working evil.
New York took a finger print of
baby five days old, yesterday. The
thing seemed original to them. The
record insures the babes identity for
life, less the mix up that may occur
in the first five days. In Bridgeport
ing and footprinttng in fants for long
time. The practice is a good one. New
York IS welcome to follow it. They
print noses of blooded cattle. A cows
nose has lines that never change.
There VIII be a world in which even
animals are fndexed, in which no
human creature can get misplaced
without being put back on the proper
shelf. if the body can be found
Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers buys coal mine, which it will
back with $4,000. 900. Mfddlemen are
will be worth watching. If any Amer
lean workers can operate self supply
ing enterprises, the locomotive en-
gineers can do it They are as able
a body of men as can be found in
labor unions anywhere In the world.
If the experiment fails it will be some
proof that collective merchandising
cannot compete against the private
kind. Private merchandising will do
we'll to put IT'S best foot foremost. The
most efficient machine will win in the
long run
Veterans of G. A r. met at Park
yesterday, TO attend nag day exer-
cises. run for ninth time under the
auspices OF Miss Sara Boudren, daugh-
ter of the late Major Thomas
Boudren, famous civil war veteran.
Miss Boudren makes a hobby of the
flag. teaching its proper use, protect
ing It from Illegal use, and sacrilege.
What should be done with bit of
paper upon which the flag has been
printed IN colors, which may be
thrown into the waste basket. Miss
Boudren says It shouldn't be so print
ed, because It the pictured flag can't
he Drotected Would it be better TO
permit the picture, regarding 1t as no
flag but merely as the shadow of
flag. Is It wrong to trample upon the
shadow of flag? Miss Bcudren does
a useful work. The flag should be
venerated.