Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-14
GET TOGETHER
SPIRIT NEEDED
THE GOSPEL OF PROGRESS FOR
ALL SOUTHWEST TEXAS AS EN-
POUNDED BY PRESIDENT HEY
WOOD AND SECY BRIGGS.
TALKS ON PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE
AROUSE ENTHUSIASM AND
TEACH BROWNSVILLE PEOPLE
TIE CALIFORNIA WAY.

In the north they must grow in four
ID five months enough for the entire
twelve months consumption. Here crops
grow luXurianiiy the whole twelve month
In the north if crop fails, they must
10 aS they have done this season-rush
their stock e. market 1T sacrifice in
weight and pf'cc and stock up and be,
Gin all over again next wear Here, il a
crop fails we forget it and i'm ten days
have another crop growing in its place"
Thus declared Alba Haywood. Presi-
dent Of the Southwest Texas Progressive
League. at "A meeting held last night i'm
the Federal courtroom. A good crowd of
representative citizens was present TO
hear Col. Haywood, and J II Briggs. sec
rotary Of the league, who also addressed
the meeting briefly urging the co-opera
tiOn of the citizens of Southwest Texas.
urging them 40 adopt the gcttogether
spirit and insisting that if We can't 10
cate 4 newcomer, We should stuff his
pocket full Of literature AMI send him
along To the next town.
Secretary ID. A. OBrien q fthc Browns
Vile Chamber Of Commerce introduced
the speakers for the evening
Col. Haywood not only gave his hear
cas- information of an educational value,
bat he gave them information of prac-
tt.a value He told Of the organization
Of the Progressive League D! southwest
Texas. how il wa sthc chi Il Of one man,
J III. Briggs the secretary and how
when some months ago h. rccci'el c,r-
cular from Alice signed hy man nam
ed Briggs. he wondered abscntly who
Briggs might be, and what his game was,
and chuckcd the circular into the waste
basket. But in scanning the circular
single idea he had seen had somehow
struck his thought II was Southwest
Texas needs To get together" Tie fiShed
the circular ont Of the basket. looked
more cloScly at it, and wrote Briggs
That WAS how he came to know Briggs
he said and when he learned more of
what Briggs was doing single handed
practically. he became more interested,
and later there was formed at Corpus
Christi the Progressive League of South
vcst Texas, with Col. Haywood ut its
head st8U
Col. Haywood urged that every man in
this section Of the country. and anywhere
else for that matter. write 10 his congress
man asking the support of the Doherty
Marketing Bill II. T. 7J93. bill to es-
tabliSh i'll the department Of Agricul-
tnrc bureau to he known as the Market
Bureau" He spoke of the progress that
has been made i'm the matter of the to-
DC hopcdfo adoption ~ this bill. bill
that is many supporters hope will prove
blessing 10 the farmer and to the coun-
try at ialg.
Speaking ON the first and second hob
bicS Of The Progressive League Of South
west Texas "DIVERSIFICATION." and
GOVERNMENT AID AND PROTEC-
TION IN MARKETING FARM PRO
DUCTS" Col. Haywood said:
1--WE believe that one Of the cardinal
reasons for much Of the indifferent sue
cess, and for al Of the failure, is the
fact that too many Of our farmers grow
one staple crop. or truck to the neglect
I Of those things that make practically
ssre. Farming aS well ~ everything else
must have q foundation.
Truck il not vet II substantial fOunda-
Y ti0n-it SavorS too much of the air cas-
Y tie" Every farmer should raise his own
living and his feed and grain. Instead Of
4 having out back Of the barn yard vcri-
table goat pasture Of tin cans labeled
String Beans. Sweet Potatoes. tomatoes,
Green Corn and Squash, he should have
nice garden with these and other things
growing fresh
INSTEAD of serving Stingy little tea
spoonful of condensed milk of Pet cream
i'm his coffee he should adOrn his table
with pitcherful of milk or cream from
4 few pet Jerseys"
| "Instead of eating his bread dry, or
'sOpping it in hot lard or molasses. he
should spread it with good, fresh Jer-
Sey butter and trade the surplus i'm on
groceries. Instead Of going meat hungry,
or paving high price for it at the mar
kct. he should raise a few hogs and Kill
his OWE meat. He should have a flock of
chickens and ducks 10 pick his meat from
1t any time. and that would furnish all
the eggs he could use and a surplus to
sell