Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-11-15

Savings Stamp Campaign, accord
ing to County Chairman Oscar Dan
cy:
Counties in State .......... zol
Cameron i'm Wealth ........... L
Cameron i'm Giving ..-........ 215
In addition To the fact that while
we stand twelfth from the top in
the matter of wealth among the
counties of the state and are eight
from the bottom i'm the matter of
giving Mr.. Dancy points out the
fact that the county at this time is
asking great things from the GOV
ernment. Among them are
Lifting Embargo to Mexico
Deep Water ut Brazos de Santa
Training Camp for Troops.
Military Road along Border.
Aid for other Roads.
Mr.. Dancv has just issued let
ter to the newspapers of the county
i'm which he saws:
AS YOU doubtless know our
drive for the War Savings Stamps
I'm this county is i'm very bad con
ditiOn indeed on DtcUber 1..tiI,t
we were 2I3rd in Texas and Tex
as has 251 counties. we have elm
bed up to 20i, that is u few days
ago, but We are still Il long way
from "taw" and being the twelfth
in wealth I'm Texas. our position in
W. =. =. drive should mae us to
say the least feel ashamed of our
selves.
We are getting government pro
lection as no other county i'm the
United States is getting and we
are asking for government help az
no other country i'm the United
States is asking. oLifting embarg
To Mexico, Deep water IT Brazos
Santiago. Troop training camp
"A Military Road along the Border
and aid to our public roads, sup
pImenting our bond issue, Just
voted are things that We are going
to ask for and il is reasonable to
suppose that the government will
not feel like helping county that
1t considers i'm the Stacker class i'm
anything. OF course You know that
| have no right to make promSies
Tor the government but what | am
stating IS Il logical conclusion. +
know II | was in position to give
out things for the government
would take most any chance rather
tlan help those who do not help
the government.
NOW have urged and am urc-
ing each local chairman to get the
business men of his town to carry
W. :. :. advertising over their
Ilrm names in such ads. | do not
know whether YOU have cuts or not
III you do not have them auick rs
You get this wire to Hon Iouis
Llpsitz, director at Dallas, Texas
coiiect Tor these cuts: that is what
You need. Should bv anv mistake
,he telegram be charged To Won
iet me know and | will paw the bill
l nave no cuts. know that sspace''
= the stock in trade of the news.
papers Just as beans. catcbup etc
are the stock i'm trade of oroca,.v
men. know that the newnpapers
nave perhaps given more to tbe
government in the way Of snacs
than any other one class Of peonle
vet feel in this instance that Gam
eroii county has So much NJ st.t.
anu while our assessment i, tn,
large, IT was made at Washipotm
ana Washington looks to us I,
meet il and If We are yoin. to Iool
20 Washington for help we mms
stand by Washington. Now tla
the war is won. there is n tendan
cv 10 slow mp on any kind of WA,
work We must counteract fla
JUST BEGUN. The world NAV i
safe for Democracy. but Democra
cv must be made safe for th'
world. The peoples Of Europe hay,
fought our lsattles and suffered
Veritable super-hell on earth O,