[Magdalen] Prescription shift

[Lynn Ronkainen]

..or is it state dairy laws?
Lynn

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2017 5:56 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Prescription shift

> Wisconsin is now having a war on Kerrygold Irish butter, as I discovered
> while reading the online site of one of the Madison TV stations. People 
> are
> smuggling it in from Illinois as it's illegal to buy in Wisconsin.
>
> Petty private fiefdoms.
>
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/9/2017 3:10:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> I  did take two bottles to his house once when I was going to Michigan
>> to see  my mom. Interstate smuggling of an illegal 
>> substance!>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Reminds me of the "margarine runners" in the post WW-2
>> years when  both Minnesota and Wisconsin had strict laws
>> that prevented the selling of yellow-colored oleomargarine in
>> pound containers with quarter pound sections the way butter
>> ordinarily is marketed.  This was thanks to the powerful dairy
>> lobby in both states, of course.
>>
>> Only the squishy bags of white margarine with the little color
>> packets were legal.
>>
>> Illinois had no such regulations, though, and there were interstate
>> margarine transporters who regularly supplied WI and MN buyers
>> with shipments, often in the dead of night via flashlight.
>>
>> My father, being an elected official, had to be especially careful,
>> and our cache of margarine was kept in unmarked containers
>> under lock and key in a basement room.
>>
>> When the laws finally permitted the selling of yellow margarine in
>> MN and WI it was tantamount to the repeal of prohibition.
>>
>>
>>
>> David S.
>>
>>
>>