Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-23
MONDAY. MARCH -. 1914.
BORDER NIGER.

La the first place there j. u ire
mendous amount Of American rlpi
tai IN Texas, which has been placed
there recently. aud more j. expected.
and rightly 50. a. Texas IL one uf
the richest and most progressive
States in the Union. Bat could The
people of this great commonwealth
expect in reason that capital wouli
continue it, present liberal flow into
the State il We went a. war with the
people Just across the Rio t;randc
Scarcely. Mexico could not very we'll
invade MS. but the resultant unccr.
taintv and waste, the diversion Of 4
great percentage of the population
Of Texas from peaceful accumulation
of wealth 10 the fighting army that
would be- called To- complete the Mex
lean job would create 4 void which
il would take wears "a refill Finun-
cial World.
This gives The Herald occa>ion "a call
attention Ia a few facts. for the benefit
of the people who describe border cundi
tions ia terms Of fire. sword. murder and
rapine.
Ii Il a fact that since The beginning 81
the present troubles in Mexico. trade has
suffered 10 Surnc extent, but il has never
entirely ceased for 4 single da,. Rail
q traffic 60 the southwark ha~ ia
deed been interrupted during most ~ the
time. Railroad communi alton between
this port and the interior Of McAicu prac
tically ceased months ago.
II is also a fact that between the pru
pie IL the Texas border and IN" people
of IN. North McAicu border. there ha>
long been much business "f y hirhl, prr
able nature between the Texas people
and the people nf Tamaulipas and other
fitablc nature. Just because the indus
tries Of Northern MrNicn have been ~
sfrOycd the people uf that countr, have
been forced To become customers IF ours
or starye. True We are ia 4 sense profit
ing from human calamiticS acute aud
widespread. Vet the calamiticS are not
81 our creating aud ID H. fortunate fnr
those people and for ~ that We can sup
ply their needs.
Let that bc ~ II may. The Ga I j. that
Brownsville " doing \ thriving business
with the people $50 tine Mexican border
across the river. c>rccialh since thr nr
cupatinn If Matli1oru> J., lhr r-hcl~ last
summer. The people 1t that "a, hl,,
become regular and constant customers
Of ours. Since The lftiu. W the arms
embargo. the selling uf arms AMI umlnu
milton has developed into a business of
large proportions.
IL is a notcWorth, fact that people
pass from one side ~ The other. fred,
and fearlcSsl, and have lone So since
the beginning 1T the war. Onr of the in
tercsting facts j. that local automobile
owners have made 4 guod deal nf munc,
by convc,i ing people "a ind from the ~
terror There has been nm aimo~, M
interrupted procession II automobiles
between brownsville aud Victoria sine,
the beginning uf This wear. None uf lhu>c
traNclrrs have been mulr>trd ~ Ear w
known. On The other hand the un>ti
~tutionaliSiS have appeared rather anN
ious TO afford them protection. since.
IN" lifting 1T the arms embargo sales
mcior arms making concerns make
frequent trips into Mexico True. ne,
usually cuniinc themselves a. The trrr.
tory occupied hN the ~Carranzi>ta> what
would happen e. them Il ihct >ira,cd
into the wrong couutr, ~ were captured
hy frdcral> would doubtless H. something
unpleasant.
j. there then me- danger ~ tra,cliu.
beyond the border into NcNico9 Their,
- always danger ~ going into i cuuntr,
-" disturbed. whether the cnuutr, ~ iu
Mexico on Ecuador. whether ia the
I niicd states ~ Europe llr who travels
Mexico Just BOW even ~ Tar ~
Matam"iu>. should have 4 clean h.ll ~
health. politically speaking. ~ should
have talked tuo mach WA Thu >ilr: Nv
should nor tIlk Az an uu that side
about McNi-Jn l%nlitir>. IL D. ra>, fnr
an, one {" break INTO jail ia MatamuIu>.
communities under martial Law are AIT
Il" suspicious, jealous. aud arhiiar,
IN their mrlh,al>. Nevertheless pprnlA
pass e. and irn constantly. THAT i-
the sort If excitement that wages nn the
here for mann >cuic> IT miles.
along the river.