Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-18
COL. ALBA HAYWOOD ANSWERS
SEC. WATERS OF HARLINGEN.

ing was favorable to hi views that he
would abide by it. if nniavorablc he would
not" This statement leaves a very unfair
impression. You fail 20 state the real or
counter proposition which was put up to
me that | turned down. III on my PROPOSE
tion they voted to not merge could do
nothing but "abide by their decision. bat
the proposition that | turned down was
that ii they voted not 10 merge that !
would abandon the Unit Marketing System
and cease Ia agitatc it. ! was asked to
let the Unit Marketing System stand or
fall, on a vote, not of the whole Valley,
but on a vote of the stockholders of the
association. That j. not all. the vote Wa
not To be taken on whether or not they
wanted the Unit Marketing System. bnt
whether or not they wanted II ~ a certain
way-by merging or trading stock.
Nor is that all. the president. Mr.. Lomax,
informed me that the association used
proxies only 10 determine II quorum and
that they were not allowed To vote and that
he would vote all proxies votes. That ~
one not sufficiently Interested 10 person
ally come could nave anything to say. a.
a matter of course | would not be- bonf.u
To desert the Unit Marketing System on
such a vote on such n counter proposition.
Mr.. Waters, | very much dislike 10 think
that a man hold "A position like your.
where absolute fairness and confidence 4
indispensable. dealing with 80 many people
a YOU are, that YOU would be guilty of
%purposely misleading them, hut | have 20
high an estimate of Your ability to use thu
English language Ia say Just what YOU de-
sire to say that | am forced To believe tina.
YOU did it with malice aforethought. thai
YOU purposely intended Ia mi>lcad your
readers. ! have more confidence in your
ability than have IN voGr good intentions.
This same uniaIrne~S and desire Ia ms
lead runs through every lire OF your ar.
tlcles. use the above only n u sample.
but ! have not the time nor has the press
of the Valley the space 10 allow me. to cor
rect all of your misleading statements. You
have held your job a long time, possibly
too long. Ii ha> given YOU a golden OPP
portunIty Ia study the people of this Val
ley and To know their wants, their needs
and their desires, but YOU have wasted it.
You don't understand them and their
wishes. With all your talents and your
ability YOU haven't taken in, absorbed, di-
gc~tcd. comprchended these people, their
needs and their desires. Permit me 10 tell
you something. The people of this Valley
realize that something L. Numerically
wrong with the marketing of their excel
lent products. They recognize that mis-
takes have been made, that they them
selves have made a part Of them. Ii 4
their earnest desire, yea, their determine
ton to correct them and get right. You
>nccringly call this movement a one MAJ,
system without definite plans. This
demonstrates how little YOU have taken III
the situation. II i evcrybody'~ problem.
These people want to >traighten out tai,
marketing tangle by the course Of the least
resistance. BY the shortest cut, BY thc
best method. They are listening, thinki9.
studying. They are looking for help al
assistance. They are convinced and So are
YOU that a Unit System l. the only end
tina solution of the problem. The, differ
with each other only a. to the method Of
arriving at il. III you mislcad them hy
false statements and impressions You vii
sooner or later be discovered and your et-
forts will fail for lack of their confidence