Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1940, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, toA TR California Too Hard To Get Into, Mayor 0f Portland Found State’s Oregon Border One of Worst Trade Barrier Sore Spots Fifth and last in a series of ar- ticles on State trade barriers. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.—The Mayor of Portland, Oreg., once re- fused to attend a convention in San Francisco on the ground that it was “altogether too difficult to get into California.” A short time previously, the May- or, Joseph K. Carson, venturing across his State line, ran smack- dab into a place where California officers gave his entourage a pest inspection, a motor vehicle check- up and, after some routine ques- tions, an official okay to proceed into the Golden State. “Even the most intimate things that women wear,” said the of- fended Mayor, “had to be inspected at the California line. * * * When California comes back into the Union I'l try to go there. Otherwise T'm afraid I would have to get & ssport.” paThlt incident marked a high point in the “Balkanization” of the California-Oregon border, one of the sore spots of the country so far as trade restrictions between States are concerned. Other States Follow. California’s pride in her fruits and vegetables led to the setting up of restrictions originally to protect her orchards and fields against imported pests. Efforts to protect home in- dustry later in the lean years led to intensification of these restric- tions. Resentment grew. Other States got the idea and did some recipro- cal resenting. Regional trade suf- fered as economic anschluss be- tween the Far Western States ebbed. The Oregon-California difficulty had a simple beginning. Oregon was proud of its nursery products. California barred some of these al- legdly because of earwig infestation. Oregon then decided to inspect eitrus fruit for scale, and charged | shippers 25 cents a box to have the pest removed from infected packs. California ordered the seizure of incoming Oregon strawberries on the ground they were packed in “deceptive” containers—boxes with raised bottoms and sloping sides These boxes had been Standardized by Oregon law. Growers complained another State was forcing them to violate their own statutes. The dis- | pute went to the United States Su- | preme Court which ruled in Ore- gon’s favor. Still Many Restrictions. Still the berry shipments were seized. Oregon began picking on California wine bottles—the kind with indented bottoms. It also found some California produce containers with raised bottoms. The matter was compromised when the Ore- gonians agreed to nick the sides of their boxes so the customers could see the raised bottoms. But Oregon still bristles with regulations, handicapping out-of- State produce, excluding dealer caravans of used cars and holding truck-weight maximums below those | of California and Washington. Since the Carson incident Oregon | ment. even has talked about establishing a “Greeting and Information Serv- ice” to welcome motorists from the Golden State. California’s border motor vehicle checking stations, which aroused | the anger of so many visitors and played a leading part in the notable “bum blockade” set up by Ios Angeles County in 1936, have been abolished. Border bug inspection continues, but is less painful. | Thousands of indigents were turned back when the Los Angeles police moved into strategic places along the 1,000-mile-long border of | Eastern California. Some of the| transient flow was backed up into Arizona and Nevada, which either objected or also took steps. The blockade eventually was held in violation of the United States con- | stitutional guarantee of freedom of | movement between States. Since then California has considered a | ISLEY Ja June in the new season’s _ loveliest white shoes ... streamlined for comfort . _~ with Bow pumps, spectators, ties, sandalstraps, ruffits, oxfords and elasticized step-ins...now ready in the softest, smoothest, whitest whites. plan to turn back diseased indi- gents. Barriers Within State. Trade barriers have appeared even within California. The State collects not only $15 for every auto- mobile towed or driven into the State for sale, but also a like tax on cars thus moved between Northern and Southern California and between the eastern and west- ern parts of the State. A Californian who buys a car in the East and drives it home must pay a 3 per cent “use tax”.on re- entering the State. A Californian can't send a bottle of wine to a friend outside the State without first first getting a $250 license. And just try to buy a Florida avocado in the Golden State. A State law requires avocados to con- tain at least 8 per cent oil. The Florida kind seldom have that much. The California avocado has up to 30 per cent oil. Trucks moving produce from Utah to Los Angeles have to cross 17 miles of Arizona territory. For that they must pay Arizona 2!, per cent of their gross revenue. All interstate trucking touching Arizona has to pay that impost. The State maintains plant pest and motor vehicle checking stations at its borders. Utah Residents Complain. Utah complains that the Arizona truck tax has injured its motion picture business. The film com- panies used to move in from Holly- wood for certain outdoor settings. Utahans can't avoid the State sales tax by going to Idaho to do their buying. The Utah “compen- sating use tax” catches up with them on the way back. A ton-mile truck registration tax in Utah moved one out-of-State operator to report that it was the largest “per mile” factor in his total expenses, including drivers’ ‘wages. Nevada imposed a 5-cent a gallon tax on Diesel fuel purchased out- side the State and used in trucks passing through. ‘Washington, Colorado and Wy- oming have laws giving their ‘own contractors 5 per cent differentials over out-of-State bidders on State jobs. But most of these States already have participated in a regional ef- fort to do away with trade barriers. Quarantine restrictions are being softened by reciprocal arrangements and further meetings are planned to extend the get-together move- Democratic Rally Thursday Members of the Oxon Hill and | Piscataway Democratic Clubs will | hold a rally for Representative Lans- dale G. 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