The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-28

creaSing number of young men seek
ing employment in towns and in
factories. rather than remaining upon
the farms
Human nature is the same all over
the world When a boy sees the
business methods of a railroad, mer-
camille or manufacturing business, as
compared with the rural districts,
his ambition naturally prompts him
to seek a change. Farming con
Quoted under business methods and
improved public highways will go
farther than anything else to keep
the young people from deserving the
country to seek employment in
towns.
The improvement of public roads
viii enable people living in town,
With the advantage of better school
facilities, to carry on their farms
With an automobile the farmer who
lives ten miles from town can make
the trip within thirty minutes, OF in
one hour by a good team Good
roads VIII bring closer together the
rural and town people They VIII Gre
ate closer social and business rela-
tions between the country and the
towns.
Bringing the communities close.
together, and thus esta1Ishins
closer social and business re-
laGoDs, viii be d step forward. and
viii tend to bring about the Kid
which the farmers need from The
merchant, the banker and the pub
lie generally, and in every way Gre
ate conditions more profitable to all.
The South and Southwest have
suffered in an industrial way on ac-
court OF Federal political conditions.
] 10 not want to call up the past be
yond pointing out that the political
Importance Of the Northwest has
uabled the strong men of that sec
uon TO exert am influence al Wash
ingtou that has accomplished great
benefits for that part of the
country. These strong men, devel-
5eed by political competition, urged
10 their utmost by public necessity,
have striven to secure all they could
I'm develoDing the West ana far
Northwest.
In the South and Southwest we
have men as strong and capable. but
where a nomination for office means
a certificate of election. national po-
Hucal competition does not exist.
and, consequently, fighting qualities
for d constructive policy cannot be
developed
Without national political competi-
ton to occupy the attention of pub
lie men in our solid Democratic
states Cand I am of that political
faith where they are under the dis
advantage OF a minority in congress,
their attention and energy have been
too often directed against railroads
and corporations. Under different
political conditions, and with both
national political influence and clos
er financial relations with the invest
ing world, the many millions of pub
lie money expended in the Northwest
would have been more equitably dis
tribute, giving the South and South
west a more substantial recognition.
I do not want to be understood in
any sense as against the rapid growth
of the rich Northwest. 1t has work
ed for and honestly earned its pref
4 erence, and its development has ad-
ded to the nations growth and
wealth, but the SOuthwest's rich and
natural resources entitle it to more
consideration than it has received.
We have. however. passed from
the period of antagonism into an
era OF sober thought and fair deal
ings with each other. Therefore, let
each state of the South and South
west take IN in firm and business
like manner the development of our
unbOunded and unequalled resources
and push them forward; and ask that
our public speakers and representa-
tives bear in mind that the South
and Southwest are entitled to the
same recognition from the Federal
government as is extended to the
Northwest, where both political in
fluence and closer sympathy with
financial interests have co-Operated
in developing its resources
With modern means of transpor-
tation and communication, Texas is
closer to Washington than Philadel