Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-02-25
Net An lGIe Dream.

UOt MI tiiC rdm.
Ii h. not an idle dream. with the fulfill
mcnt ~ these practicable possibilities.
winch are III certain ny lite and death. IN
paint \ picture NJ the Valley SURPRISING
Millions paradise Rcgglncd," VI \ hand NJ
citIc~ surprising that III the famed ritv.
Lost Atlantis" An IT this n not unrea-
~onahle AT may b. determined IN even 4
partial analysis of the existing conditions.
The fact that We have III the Lower Rio
Grando Valley of Texa~ something over n
million and "a quarter acre. subject To
reclamation, irrigation AMI cultivation. ~
fertile %, those 81 the Valley Of the Nile.
Wi;h a ~cni-tropicJl climate. permitting \
continuous growing season. thereby
doubling and trehling Tho per srrr tonnar,
NJ those lands III the temperate zones will
2 corresponding increased capacity tor the
~E~tcnancc ~ life. u evidence sufficient III
prophecy 4 future population for the Tcxa-
Lower i.io Grandc Valley az one nr more
million inhabitants a compared with u pos
~ih!e l25.eoO under president conditions.
winch necessarily means that land value,
would be- priced IN the thousands OF dollar
per acre and taken a readily a. they are
today in the hundreds at dollars. N viii
likewise mean that instead 81 one trunk
railroad and one micrurban handling the
traffic ~ the Valley. II will require nol IT,,
than a dozen each 1T -ach road~. NV well WV
= deep water port ut BRACES Santiago with
steamship lines III order III Adequately han
dic M" traffic. What II true III the posi-
bihilc~ ~ the Texas valley ~ likewise true
~ the Mexican Lower Rio Urandc Valley
they are one md In~eparahle a. to their
destiny. Adding the two and we have -
possible future population of 1000. 900
souls borderin. the Rio Crandc from Roma
70 the gull. 4 distance less than l35 miles.
repre- -cHting u taxable value or billions Of
dollar~. a- compared with something les
than thirty million today.
We believe that Others Ike ourselves
have not fully comprchcndc,l the maani-
rude IA thc gigantic result ~ tnlluv gray
MY irrigation: the homes tha- II will mo
vide tor the millions io come. and under
such favorable circumstance that pcacc.
happiness and prosperity j. assured with
an added lease to life. being free from
drcarcr and colder climes: the great wealth
that II will create. the factories and indus
tries that viii spring up over ..Iglt. giving
tens and hundreds of thousands profitable
Labor. What more could We ask or desire
Tor the insignificant ~um and energy that
II vlll require ~ each 10 obtain these great
blessings II l. surely sufficient to ~iimu-
late our very best efforts H. Ne have M
10 gam and - little IL lose.
Our great critics Ia the no.ih. east and
west which We %patroaizc literally. should
awaken To the golden opportunities of IN
crea~mg their trade relations with IL a
thousand fold by lending u 4 helping hand
IT this hour with suitable resolutions from
their commercial organizations with IN
creased publicity o. the cause through the
press 81 those cities. In doing -. they
would not be endorsing charity. or pork
aarrcl appropriations" I'd the federal gov
rrnmcnt. a. We are not a~kin. aims. hut
only The privilege Of helping ourselves BY