Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-28
SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND THE RECENT UPRISING

! blood aud Mexican ideas, but among
communities where ID was possible for
u low order Of persons to terrorlze an
honest aud conscientious citizenship be
cause il was not properly protected by
the federal government.
Al matter 81 faci thes Rio Grandc
Valley Is one of the most progressive
sections Of Texas. and this. too. despite
The handicap IF 4 large and ignorant
Mexican population.
| II was about ten years ago that the
first railroad pcnei rated this territory,
which was previously looked upon * ut
Tie better than a sem arid plain. but
since that time the American immlgra
lion and the aggregate Improvements
that have been made combine 10 furnish
a modern fairy tale.
.ih 1905 Brownsville was the only town
If The Rio Grandc Valley and Browns
willie had very few convenicnccs III that
time which could be described IL mod
ern. Round about il swept Il vast and
d~csolatc region given over To- the long
horn. the coyote and the rattle>nakc.
This portion of the border was indeed
the stamping ground of lawleSSneS> and
refuge for outlawrv.
Now. however. there is n different Sto
ry to tell. Sine the advent Of the rail
roads between 10000 and 25.G00 sturdy
AMI intelligent Americans nave come in
To Cameron aud IIidalgo counties. Irri
CATION has been employed to such AN cX-
tent that more than 100000 acres NJ
veritdhlc desert have been reclaimed.
Brownsville has been transformed into
Il modern city. ami eleven other towns
have sprung mp which can boast the con
vcnienccS of civilized life. such aS wat
rrworkS. ice plants and electric systems.
Nearly q miles of mainline canals
have been laid ont and cultivated Ia am
like a thousand miles of latcralS. The.
region has been threaded with excellent
roads. modern schools have been erected.
banks have been established. mills and
factories have been built. and farms
have been laid oc and cultivated Ia an
amazing extent.
Low sections rave vccn drained. lev
! ec$ have been constructed telephone and
telegraph lines have been extended to
all towns and throughout most of the
rural sections great preceding and re-
frlgcrathg pants have been construct
ed. grain elevators nave been built. pic.
kle factories established. and the 81.
Louis. Brownsville and Mexico RAILWAY
has been taxed To IFS utmost capacity 10
handle the freight and passenger traffic.
Not less than SJ0.00O. 900 of good Amcri
can money has been spent for improve
ments by good staunch Americans
this section during the last d,radc.
There was Il large Mexican population
To begin with and there il Il larger one
now. III was always used To the hest ad
vantage 10y old school politicians. and
VIII continue To lac used, Just as i, such
Il population in all sections of the con-,
Try, until the last gasp. which il close
at hand. The Mexican population has
been augmented hy the revolution across
the border and the excellent Labor con
ditlon> on this side. 1t has bern argra
waited by outlawry in its own country.
ana ny INSCRIPTIONS politicians III this.
The laNltN Of the federal authnritIr,
and the over confidence of the American
population contributed to bring about A
feeling among some ignorant and Hitter.
ate MeNlcan> ON both sides of the Rio
Grande that they could raise A little
hell aud secure a little plumber with I'M
munlty, and thew tried il. But they and
th"lr iawlcs>ncss do not represent Cam
cfun and l1idalgo counties III the rral
sense ~ the word. for these ~cnuuticS
nave made 4 record ~ Developments and
improvements q (which not only Texas
nut the whole country should ~ prond
ahd which was deserving nf more W.
fictitious care M the hands If the United
States.