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

Cities OF Texas have the right,
q federal court has held, 10 regulate
ana severely restrict house-to-hOuse
selling.
IN the Pictorial Review COM
pany's attack on the Highland Park
city ordinance, a federal court de-
MED it an injunction and struck a
blow at house-to-h house canvasslng
and selling.
Now O-her 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
viii be protected from difficult and
IN numerous cases INSCRIPTIONS
competition.
The Highland Park ordinance re-
quires every solicitor selling goods
for future delivery 10 obtain a 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
pest $500 bond. Another good
provision.
Mrs. j. T.. King, San Antonio.
who led the prison advisory boards
fight for model prison camps and
the honor system among convicts,
visited the Texas capitol. But had
nothing to say about prisons. The
experiments pioneered BY a group
Of wnmen-by several distinct groups
have worked themselves into
everyday practice, and are thought
OF no more as crusading. 1t was
valuable work.
"A group Of women sponsored the
-rison welfare mental. health vo-
ional survey, which showed the
Ina Jority of prisoners were sub
normal OF mind. sub-normal OF
body, their criminality blameabie
upon underprivilege and lack Of
doctors and schools and food than
upon inherent criminality.. and
that most Of the so-called Grim
inals r barely grown, and Of an
average Of about 10 o 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 to work with Neff
and others OF the present commits
sion, though Gov. Neff testified. he
was 'Suppoed to have started as
deputy supervisor several weeks
ago."
His nomination simply stresses
the tangled situation Of discord in
the railroad commissioner condi-
ton that should materially contrib
ute 10 Texas getting a new oil
and gas commission, on the basis
Of probability.
John III. Boomer, one Of HouSton'S
most prominent sons, among visl-
tors I'm 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-comtry 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
as fire insurance commissioner,
with a highly creditable service to
his recoid.. The corridor guessers
have predicted Raymond N1auk OF
Beaumont a likely appointee when
ever Mr.. 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 Tarwater
bill TO pat q i0-cent tax on this
substance would probably prohibit.
It's sale, and thus improve the de-
mand for Texas cows cream and
butter. Thus probably the bill would
reduce the actual revenu from
this source.
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