Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
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The Political
Analyst

Cities of Texas have the right,
q federal court has heis 20 regulate
and severely restrict aouse -to-house
selling.
In the Pictorial Review COM
pany's attack on the Enghls.d saas.
city ordinance, a federal court de-
MED Ii an injunction aid struck a
blow at nouse-to-hOuse ~canvaSsing
and selling.
Now other towns, in the interest
Of protecting their people. will be
encouraged TO adopt similar ordi-
nances, according TO Editor and
Publisher, newspaper trade maya
zine. ..And home town merchants
will be protected from difficult and
in numerous cases INSCRIPTIONS
competition.
The Highland Park ordinance re-
quires every solicitor selling goods
for future delivery TO obtain q writ
ten permit from the chief OF police.
Anybody without such a permit can
be spotted quickly. In the event
the solicitor collects advance pay
ment Of money, he Is required to
post $500 bond. Another good
provision.
Mrs. ]. z. King. San Antonio,
who led the prison advisory boards
n honor system among convicts,
visited the Texas capitol. But had
nothing to say about prisons. The
experiments pioneered BY a group
Of women-by several distinct groups
have worked themselves into
everyday practice, and are thought
OK no more as crusading. 1t was
valuable work.
"A group Of women sponsored the
Erison welfare mental, health vo-
tional survey, which showed the
Ii lority Of prisoners were sub
normal OF mind. sub-normal OF
body, their criminality blameab'e
upon underprivilege and lack OF
doctors and schools and food than
upon inherent criminality.. and
that most of the so-called GRIM
inals III barely grown, and of an
average Of about 10 or IL years
mentally.
Dick Walthall, whom another
railroad commission hired away
from Pat NJ. Neff, then governor,
as chief oil and gas supervisor,
hasn't yet gone 10 work with Neff
and others Of the present commits
sion, though Gov. Neff testified he
was "suppced to have started as
deputy supervisor several weeks
ago."
His nomination simply stresses
the tangled situation of discord In
the railroad COMMISSIONS condi-
ton that should materially contrib
ute TO Texas getting a new oil
and gas commission, on Tire basis
Of probability.
John II. Boomer. one of Houston's
most prominent sons, among visi-
tors in Austin on account OF the
legislature and Sam ID. w. Low,
Washington county judge reports
the narrow state highway is being
widened out through his county,.
that Is. the shoulders are being
built UP TO the splendid but narrow
concrete slab which was the first
unit cross-country concrete paving
in Texas.
Two choice places Gov. Sterling
has TO fill. banking commissioner
and fire insurance commissioner.
James Shaw'S term as banking
commissioner expires Sept. /. j. w.
DeWeese is holding over several
months after the close of his term
a. fire insurance commissioner,
with a highly creditable service 10
his recold.. The corridor guessers
have predicted Raymond Mauk OF
Beaumont a likely appointee when
ever MIR. DeWeese'S service Is closed
by the appointment OF his success
sOr.
When a tar bill isn't a tax BILL.
The small oleomargarine tax is a
revenue-producer. The Taryater
bill 10 put a Decent tax on this
substance would probably prohibit
its sale. and thus improve the de-
mand for Texas cows cream and
butter. Thus probably the bill would
reduce the actual revenue from
this source.
Ill. HLI