New Britain herald., 1929-08-23
QUARANTINE QUIZ
 ]. JUST PART OF LIFE
Few Motorists Resent Holdup in
 Quest Of BorerS

Have you any vegetables or flowers in your car?" is a question
 now familiar to all drivers and oc- cupants of cars that travel back and
 forth to the shore resorts in the neighborhood of Madison. Clinton Saybrook and Westbrook are among the Connecticut towns under quar- antine restrictions, in the state and federal fight against the European corn borer and the inspectors at station F ask the question, from five to ten thousand times a day.
 This inspection point is located just west of the bridge which divides Clinton from Madison. It catches the brunt of the shore traffic. Twenty four hours day, grey-uniformei men in the employ of the |. s. De- partment of Agriculture stop each west bound car, ask the question and make their inspection.
 Widespread publicity has been given the quarantine regulations and the areas under control, but being stopped for the first time comes as a surprise to the bulk of the trav- oilers. Many of them regard it as an encroachment upon their rights and show their resentment in vari- ous ways.
 Ma Invited to Show COrnS
 Knowing that the inspectors have lhe law back of them, the resentful ones still exercise their right of free speech and reply to the query with 'wisecracks" like, Yes, We have no bananas" or Take off your shoes, Ma, and let the guy see your corns."
 The more quarrelsome folks try to start an argument and make tue process as difficult aS possible for the government men. A few times a day, a car darts past, without regard to the stop signal.
 Many think they are running into a state police trap, set to catch rum runners or Violators of the motor vehicle laws. They get all set for the ordeal, with their license papers In their hands and a prayer on their lips that their brakes are in good 1 enough order to pass the tests,
 Nothing contraband is found in | the greater number of the thousands | of vehicles searched but when a nice | batch of fresh vegetables or a bou- quet of cut flowers is extracted and l tossed to the side of the highway, | the protest is liable to be long and loud.
 Uncle Sam Doesn't Pay
 Often a demand is made that the price of the farm products be re- , funded. But the government pays nary a cent for what it confiscates. ith no chance of redress. the ag- grieved party may drive away with a taunt to the inspectors, "Is that | the way you graft your fresh vege- tables or q suppose your sweetie will get those flowers tonight"
 Resentment toward being stopped | arises from the lack of public ur- derstanding of what is being at- l tempted. But the great majoriy Of l drivers give the inspectors no trou- ble. The good natured accept the interruption as just one more an- noyance of touring. It is not un- usqal for the inspectors to be passed 3 sandwich or two from the occu- pants of q car.
 Abuse Rolls Of Their Shoulders
 While the department of agricul- ture men have it in their power 10 make their inspection so stringent | that it would cause much more in- convenience than does their routine | inspection, and while it would be | but human nature for them to bear down on the insulting drivers, they | -ake the abuse hurled at them and . treat the passing public in a most . courteous manner
 They are high type men, recruited l largely from the ranks of colleg stu dents and school instructors. The |