Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-16
JUDGE MONROE
MAKES CLEAR
HIS PURPOSE
SAYS he DOES NOT CONDEMN THE
PRESENT IRRIGATION SYSTEM
AS He SAYS HE IS CHARGED.
EhOEAv0RS TO MAKE HIMSELF
CLEAR AS TO MEANING AND IN
TENT OF ARTICLES.

have lust returned from Brownsville
and on my trip ! heard complaints against
some articles have written and published
~ The Herald. claiming that | condemned
the present system OF irrigation 10 the eX-
tent that my articles greatly intericred
with the sale of lands. destroyed conf
.lence IN land purchasers, and thus pre-
vented development IN the Valley.
rcue,t that The Herald publish thu
article, hoping herein t. explain my posi-
ton. believing that If the people could IN
dcr,tand the purpose. meaning and intent
Of what have written every man III this
Valley would not only agree with me hul
become q worker for gravity irrigation an
proposed BY our a--ociatl"n.
have said that the pumping system viii
lrrlgatc but a snail proportion. po~~ihl,
not over } per rent ~ the 1000. 900 acre.
Of IrrIgahlc land III Cameron. llidulg" and
Starr counlle~: possibly none M Starr
county. a. there are hui lev pump ~iic~.
and none below the town 1T Roma where
pumps can be established with absolute
safety. and thus my county. Starr. will
lNThNAN 'A'NfA ~ mum AA'i' - ~ 90 ~
~ri.atlon alone can develop this Valley.
have ~aid and published that the pump
Ing system v unsafe. that the river ma,
"ncruach on the pumps ur rcccde from
them. and that Il ~ costly. have SAID
and published that under the .ravIt, -,-
tenn a. proposed the whole of the 2.0o1. 900
acrc~ al lrri.ahlc land III the three cuuu
tie could h. irrigated and such uu ira
cation. when constructed a. proposed.
would he certain aud much cheaper than
the pumping system.
l. there 4 man who can DENY or dispute
amy one ot the foregoing propositions
Can II hc construed that hy making such
statements condemned and denounced
the pumping system! Such "a proposition
would bc the hcichth 1T FOLLY. unrru-nu-
able, unjust and untrue. Bv such state
ment> only intended 10 use them hN way
81 comparison, intending ~ show the dit
ference between The Two systems. Ever,
man knows that the gravity system a. pro
posed must and will WI tar better Nv Ger
tainty. quantity and ro-i than The pump
ing system. But We have not the gravity
system and when wr will have " nu man
can tell. Surely ID never Mil ~ unlr-- NJ
can show that 1t o. better lu every par
tiruldr than thc pumping system. ami III
not. why ad,uratr u'
Let mc make - r"mlarl-nu. u-lu. the
hack aud automobile. -lplu-u. thr auto
in"bilc ~ III pr"r,~- ui invention. WI up,
vet IA operation. The hack has been the
mode Oi conveyance tuf c.utrlir-. Wr and
our ancestor used N and were satisfied
with It. II did good service and no com
plant wa~ found "a II. True. the hack will
only run about ! per cent ~ the distance
annually - the automobile being invented.
True. q" keep the hack III repair. icrd ihr
l@ir - horse. hIrc Y man ~ drive and
Iced and take care ot the horse. will cost
from - \" >ln per mile lurrci over which
the hack runs. while they SAY" that fhc
automobile. II invented. will cost about ~
rent- Ter mule iurrcl and that with au
automobile they -ut the, rlu un over
1000, oo0 mile 'acrc-i annual, and m =
hack only lnu.noo mllc- trcr,~i annually.
But The automobile w uut Mt invented.
II d "ulN ~ Pr"cc-~ 80 invention and such
y ihc confidence an n the government ha-
appropriated ~lI.nn0 WI uId WI thc in,rn
ton. and from what hu~ been done and
being dome We now feel certain ID will b."
Invented. and VI Invented the I'D reliable
hack. handed down 10 u, ~ ulr fathers.
will retire. l;ut are W. going to retire the
hack before NJ, 1rl the automobile
My position ha- been and l. that a.
should guard and keep IN repair the old
hack: prepare good roads t"l it. open aIl
the new roads possible d" the extent ~ III
travelling caparity. and then should the
automobile M invented and prove I'M ~
what il J. claimed. the roads prepared for
the hack will serve Tor the automobile.
d. condemn tie Old. reliable hurk
lpumplue -y~tcml ~ Thu comparison, ~
go down int" Cameron and llidal.o ruuu-
tir~ and -rc where iLr old hack ha- run
and T. hclu- run. the vast improve mrui-
made by IT. running. and To pas alor.
road where y ha- not run. pitfalls aud
rum can ~ seen. ~aN. tu IRE these c,t-
dcncc> 81 the work oi the old. reliable
hack. would IT, au art ~ folly a. condemn
a.. DESTROY it, ne. until m" automobile i~
invented and M operation and II l. proven
that Il will do what H. cuntcnded hv it, in-
v%entor~. Then and not until then will wv
the time 10 lay aside the old hack. But
never condemn IL. Remember II Tor the
good Il ha> done. Not knowing when NJ
will have the automobile. although We now
feel certain - it invention. we must u>e
the old hack and keep up and extend good