The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-27

1Ofb ne SloukQ,
among other things, drink lots Of
milk and eat an egg q day, Yet
there are dozens Of states which
have set UP barriers against free
interstate movement OF both milk
and eggs,
In some states there are actual
prohibitions against the sale Of
fresh eggs not produced within the
state. Others require that eggs laid
outside the states own boundaries
and imported" be labeled foreign"
or shipped without any reference
being made as to when or to how
fresh tho eggs are Barriers OF this
kind simply narrow tho market
limit the supply, and raise the price,
Milk and dairy products are even
further restricted II moved across
etate lines. Seventeen states have
needless and overlapping systems Of
licensing. Twenty states restrict
the distribution of fluid milk,
Twenty-nine statess prohibit Allied
milk, which Is what's left after
whole milk has been run through
the cream separator to take out the
fats for butter, then fortified by
the substitution OF vegetable or AMI
NAL fats TO make II as rich or ricner
than II was before. Filled milk
sells for Is per cent less than whole
milk. and It's supposed to be Just
as nutritious, but these 20 states
prohibit It's sale. In one state, milk
brought IN across the state line
must be dyed red, II that makes
sense, so does Hitler.
MARGARINE FIGHT
AN OLD ONE
The Lattle over margarine goes
back for decades, It's made mostly
from vegetable fats and recent de-
vclopment OF the science Of adding
y1tamins have made IL possible TO
produce margarine just as nutritious
aS butter. It could be retailed for
half the cost Of butter and Il Is
needed for low cost diets, yet 80
states levy special taxes and license
fees against Us manufacture TO raise
Its price 10 near the butter level,
Only q thlW Of the nations stores
handle margarine at all, because
Of these restrictions,
All Of these limitations have been
forced over by state legislatures In
the gulse OF measures 10 protect the
farmers, but q lot OF these restric-
tions hit the farmer right where he
lives, In the case OF fertilizers,
there are so many different state
statutory formulas and state re-
qulrementS for analysis, sampling,
grading and packaging that inter.
state shipments Of fertilizers are
seriously deferred and the prices
therefore artiAeially raised.
Furthermore. II the farmer has
TO cross state line In moving his
crops TO market he Is apt to run
into many difficulties. This subject
has Eaen given more publicity than
any other phase OF this commercial
warfare between the states. but as
only repetition brings results, there's
no harm IN hitting " again,
TRUCK MOVEMENTS
TMPEDED
Forty.flve Of the 40 states have
restrictions on the loading. weight,
length and reloading OF motor
trucks and trallerS. The result Is
that II would be impossible for any
truck manufacturer to build q heavy
duty hauling vehicle that would be
legal In all 40 states, and even II
such q truck could be built, TO IL
cense II 80 that II could operate
anywhere In the United States
would cost $4,000 IN state fees and
S22, 900 In cash deposits, This In q
country that Is supposed 10 be free,
There simply Is no reciprocity
between the states and no Uniform
ity on regulations governing motor
truck transportation. The result Is
that trucks are stopped at state lines.
drivers arreGed, vehicles unloaded
and reloaded, and thousands Of man
hours lost at q time when there Is q
shortage Of transportation, men and
hours. Military supplies moving by
truck trailer into Missouri, for In
stance, must be unioaded at the
border and reloaded In Missouri IL
censed trallers. At the Kentucky
line, big trailers inugt be unloaded
and the cargo reloaded into two
smaller trucks.
Oregon finally saw the light on
Its restrictions and suspended It's
laws for the duration TO permit air
plane wings over 10 feet long TO be
hauled on trucks over state high
ways.
Other states please copy.