Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-04-11
FAREWELL DINNER TO
PROF. E. C. GREEN.
Continued from page one.)

tAlCn. Al d6llCAtLOl al 0CPdl lI1Cnh
try out their men, and when one Of
exceptional ability is developed, they
have a place for him on their gen.
eral Ntafr at Washington. Prof.
Green is still a young man, and it
would not surprise me, to see him
within the next ten years at the
head Of that great department.
met Prof. Green the day he first
arrived in Brownsville. and have
known him both in a business and
social way ever since. l have wan
dered through the woods with him
on hunting trips, rifle in hand, and
in camp have slept with him under
the same blanket. and konw him as
a true and tried friend. He is al
ways ready TO go out of his way to
render a service, and has one of the
most lovable and estimable DISPOSE
lions it has eve been my lot to find
in any man, and | feel that when he
departs from here. | have indeed lost
a friend and companion that can not
be replaced.
Hon. John Bartlett-Prof. Green's
work as one OF the best people on
earth.
Some few years ago there appear
ed upon the streets of our city a per-
son of medium size, of a blond COM
plexion, of a modest and almost diff
fident manner, and our fraternity,
being of a charitable disposition and
approaching his apparent lonesome
ness, took him in and. having prop
erly trained and disciplined him,
found him to be a Jolly good fellow"
which nobody can deny. He went
out a man of courage, and gave
judgment upon the conditions in our
vicinity without fear our favor.
do not wish to take up much of your
time, and when | say we found him
a man, it is needless to say anything
farther-for that covers the most
we can say of anyone. In our fra
ternity, we found him courteous to
all, charitable, always willing to do
justice, and ever ready to extend the
love of brotherhood. In closing, |
wish to say that wherever he may
go, the friendship of our fraternity
will go with him, and that where
ever he may be situated, there he
will find the fraternal greeting and
the extended friendly hand of the
B. P. o. E.
f. c. Green-How it feels to leave
the crowd.
The thing which appeals to me
most strongly tonight is that / am
leaving my friends. For ten years
my work has kept me in Texas, and
at the moment it seems that all
there is of companionship and SYM
pathetic understanding exists in
those rue and loyal hearts with
whom the past few years have
brought me in such close associa-
ton. 1t has been my fortunte to
observe the men of the South and of
the North, and in justice it must be
said that the cold-blooded, anaemic,
personally selfish, hustling money
grabber is conspicuously absent in
Dixie. am leaving known friends
to go to a large city where no doubt
generosity and kindliness exist, but
where it is so securely disguised that
l feel it may be definitely located
only with considerable difficulty. As
one grows older, friends are made
with increasing caution, and the tried
and true friends are left With the
more regret.
"Some have spoken this evening
Of the good that the United States
department of agriculture has done
in Southern Texas. What the depart
ment has done can never be meas
ured in dollars, o can the benefits
be appreciated for some time to
come. Still, / have frequently felt
a keen regret in witnessing errors
and losses which could not have oc-
Cured, had greater confidence in the
opinions Of Uncle Sans agents eX-
listed. 1t is of first Importance in a
pioneer country that the farmer reap
adequate reward for his industry.
On the happiness of the farmer de-
ponds the success of all enterprises
Of this section. Some of the great
est corporations in the Valley are
still paying a price for overlooking
this almost ~self-evident proposition.
''One of my regrets on leaving is
that, having seer the Valley strug-
gle through the first half dozen
years Of preparation and develop
ment, and having il clearly before
me that the toughest work is done,