The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-17

WI LILY pOIi~C "a mn pm -
to endeavor to build up their own
section or develop their neighbors.
Some of those persons living at
Corpus Christi or along the Lott
route who have been making a
practice of decrying Brownsville
and its immediate vicinity in order
to induce prospectors to stop and
invest at other points, instead Of
coming here, may gain something
by 50 doing, but the consciousness
of having done a mean and I'M
worthy thing must rob them OF any
pleasure III it. That khere are a
number of persons Of more or less
prominence at Corpus Christi who
have been industriously knocking
Brownsville fer the some time there
can be no doubt. A HERALD re
preventative was informed not long
since BY a raliable citizen Of Cor
pus Christi that no less than eight
men who had come chat far on
their way to Brownsville within
the previous two weeks had been
discouraged by the reports Of some
of these knockers and induced to
abandon the idea Of coming here.
In another instance a certain prom /
inent northern capitalist who al /
ready owned large interests att
Brownsville met a man who is
more or less interested personally /
in the development of the territory
contiguous to the Brownsville rail
road and who, being unaware of |
the first mentioned gentleman's |
connection with this place, endeav-t
ored during all the journey on the
train from Corpus to Kingsville to
induce him to stop at the latter
place and invest while saying all
that he could to the disparagement
of Brownsville and this immediate
section Such ungenerous treat
ment from anyone living in South
west Texas and especially along
the new railroad to this place has
surely not been merited by Browns
vile. 1t has never been the policy
of our people to disparage any
other town or part of this section.
On the contrary, all minded
readers must admit that THE HER
AID as a rule has always spoken in
praise of Corpus Christi and of
every other place and party of this
region. In this THE HERALD has
been a fair exponent of the senti-
ments of Brownsville in general. II
Again, considering the part which
the citizens of this place and coun-
ty did towards securing the con-
struction of the Lott railroad, it IS
surely entitled to at least fair play
in the matter of securing imni-
grants and capital for It's deleIOp-
meut. Live and let live should
be the policy of all who are in any
way interested in the development
now in progress in all of this sec
ton
THE HERALD can see no season
why the advocates of one particular
place should attempt to pull down
or throw obstacles in the way of
any other place or section, in their
efforts to build up their own. In
regard to the newly opened terrific
" between Corpus Chrisri and
Brownsville, all persons interested
IN any part of it should work in
unison for Its development and al
though it is natural to set forth the
particular advantages of ones i'm
mediate locality, they should alb
stain frym saying things detriment-
al to any other part of the same
territory.
There Is consolation, however,
in the fact that, despite the knock
ers referred TO, and despite the set
backs due 10 floods which caused
crop losses and hurt the twon by
the long delay in railroad traffic,
and desDite the liars who have cir