Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-13

AT that important world congress-.
l6. Mothers Day had the honor Of
calling up in the senate and securing pas
sage through that body ~ the house joint
resolution designating the second Sunday
in May a. Mothers Day and making IL the
duty of the president each wear Ia request
it, observance throughout the United
States.
IL. Point Of Order for Parcels Post
made a point of order in the senate against
nm amendment 10 the post office a%ppropria-
tlon bill seeking to limit the operation of
the parcel posi- and after extensive debate
the point was sustained by n yea and nay
vote
Is. Forestry Policy for Texas-ln the
fall Of 1914 requested the bureau Of
forestry "a send I'M expert to Texas for
the purpose ~ dcvi~ing and reporting Il
suitable forestry policy for Texas. The
request was made and granted and j. =.
Peters Of the forestry service. spent Il
month an Texas looking carefully into it,
possibilities from the standpoint 81 for
= " ftH't - FAiAt flf't
outlining 4 definite forestry policy for the
state. and with that report n Il basis Of
action W. Goodrich Jones Of Temple and
Others secured from the recent Texas leg
~iSlature u provision for a state forester
and for the nucleus Of what | trust NAV
become an effective agency for the re
planting and extension Of Texas forests.
This j. one Of our most urgent material
needs. 4 Texas Forestry association has
been organized since the enactment Of the
Texas law with W. Goodrich Jones ~
President.
10. sheep and Goais-Realizing that
the destruction of psrdatory animals was
one of the principal needs Of the sheep
and goat industry introduced an amend
ment 10 the agricultural appropriation bill
carrying $50. 900 for this purpose. This
amendment was agreed to, and government
experts have been in the sheep and goat
regions OF Texas ever since engaged in
the determination Of wolves and other
%noxiou~ animals. Prominent sheep and
coat men nave advised me that the work
j. being attended with gratifying results.
ascertained that Texas was the only
state in the Union wholly quarantined
against by the federal government a. "a
sheep and goats. on account of certain
rould not cooperate with Texas IN com
batting these Diseases and cleaning up the
state because there was no official state
quarantine authority with jurisdiction over
heep and coat. The State Livestock
Sanitary board had quarantine iuri~dic-
ION over cattle. but sheep and goats had
not been included within it, powers. ]
-allcd attention to this matter by letters
10 individuals aud through the public press
and the state authorities prepared t. take
proper action.
20. Survey OF Oyster Beds and Reef
of Texas Coast-My resolution for a sur
vey of the oyster beds. bars, bottoms and
reefs in waters along the coast of and
within the state of Texas became a law
Inasmuch a. these waters are within the
state ! placed in the law a provision that
the survey should be made ON request o
the governor OF Texas.
2l. Surveys for Enlargement of Har-
bOr--Mv amendment 10 the last river
and harborS bill for surveys 81 the harhor,
It Galveston, Texas City, Port Arthur
Port Bolivar and Beaumont with a view a
heir enlargement were all adopted. !
tided in the III committee Il mum
~ - ..-.l. ~. 81. . -
3orS hill Of 1914 and 1915 increasing Al
'otment~ for several Texas projects and
starting certain new ones. but the appro-
priation sections Of both bills were de-
featcd by the Burton flibuSter, and lump
umS merely for maintenance 81 existing
works substituted.
80. Public Buildings and Sites[My
ILLS for public buildings IL Denton. Hone,
Grove and Orange were embodied IN tn
omnibus buildings bill Of March 4, 1913.
$4,000 being authorized for Denton.
10000 for Honey Grove and 500. 900 for
Orange. My bills for public buildings nj
Swcetwafer and Memphis resulted in sites
being provided IN the buildings act of
AiNIfi y, 1910, - .l'N btinE dulnbTlLtu Tor
hat purpose az each place. While TIN
buildings bill Wu- before the senate
moved an amendment al the request 81
>enat Culberson. who was %unavoidabl,
absent. adding $4,000 for u public building
site ut Georgetown and the motion wa
agreed to-. also helped to secure the
necessary legislation for repairing and re-
arranging the public buildings nj Calves
ton. for the new appraisers stores al that
place, and for an addition to the public
building al Lon"View. believe that
appropriations for buildings and for rivers
and harborS should b. voted only wher.