Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-07-21
BENNETT ALSO
COMES IN FOR
p. A STATEMENT
Explains Reasons For Failure
to Meet Bond Subscription
With Cash = Tells Of His
Former Help to Road
To The Public:

To The Public
I dislike TO discuss personal differ
erccs through the press because ! think
that matters pertaining To our e"n pri-
vate affairs and our -city business
should be handled in such a way that
the outside public cannot see our short
comings: and while did not mind hav-
H. my friends listen To Mr.. Jessup M
the Rotary Club. the publication Of his
speech insofar as his attack on me is
concerned requires an explanation. for
want the public TO know the correct
status of the situation.
cannot help but feel that afy man
who has read Mr.. Jcssup's speech will
agree with me in that said article treats
Of personal grievances only.
About That $1,000 Subscription
At the time that my $1,000 subscrip-
fon was undcrwrittcn 10y seven citizens.
! was only one of the many that made
up the $1,000 they underwrote. and did
not consider il any disgrace to let them
underwriie my share. Al that time
was short Of cash and needed all |
could get 10 handle the many interests
that I have in brownsville.
About sixty days after this $1,000
was M derwrittcn | had some spare mon
ey and went over Ia bank Ia pay my
subscription. I was told that there was
interest due amounting to. think. so
I bccamr rather sore at this. as | dill
M, think that interest should he charg-
ed on subscription of this nature. ami
told the banker that | did not think
il was right lie answered - that the
guarantors had guaranteed other sub
scrirtions and that they felt that some
might not he paid and that they were
therefore collecting the interest IN order
to protect themselves. | met Mr. .Ies-
snp and told him about my talk with
the banker. aud told him at the same
time that If ! would have to pay inter
est ! would take INV time about paying
the prinripsl. Wouldn't you have done
the samcy Mr. JcsSun knows that
when the Rio Gralde R'y needed funds
with whhh TO pay interest in order Ia
save its property from foreclosure.
PIT in 500 To- help make the payment.
] had no assurance il would ever be re-
turned | asked for neither assurance
nor security al had forgotten about
fUt en'f IthNP ~ iflfn ulfl nF
one day. invited me to his office ana
gave me check for the amount
wear after ! had supplied the money
WHY diGn't Mr.. Jessup mention this;
Simply because il would have dciract-
ej from his purpose to dScrrdir me.
Constructive Criticism
In my talk M Rotary | asked these
questions in substance:
do you know of any orc thing
that the Valley rs u whole has
started and accomplished in the last
ten years.?
"Do you knaw of anything the
present Chamber of Commerce has
undertaken and finishrd:"
said I'VE have talked about Il dozen
things but | would like ia know about
q single. solitary thing that the Valley
has accomplished as whole I said
that there are five propositions before
the people " the Valley M the present
time. viz: Deem water. railroad. gravity
irrigation, ievecs and n marketing sys-
tenn to handle our nroducr 10 protect
our farmers. ! stated that the only way
fo accomplish these projects is for the
Vall"v 10 get to~ether and do one thing
ns n time: that the most imnortan; thing
before the people at present was the
ccmnl.fi"n ~ our railroad aad harbor
pr"ies.t and this should be done first
I stated that after this WAS arcnmrlsh-
eel could tackle the next important
matter. which. as I So" il. is mar-
keting system by whirh the farmers will
be protected anr Get the money ,hey are
entitled to for the protlnce which they
raise. and until such a marketing sys-
tenn IL established the same conditions
that prevail at the present time viii
continue. and our farmers viii he in III"
same boat they hrve always been.
further said that there were persanal
jcalcusies between the different com-
muniiies i'm the Valley that should net
exist. a Il That until the Valley coinmun-
itins did helm each other by working
hand in hand in putting over these i'f-
ferrnt propositions before uS outside
capital would nnt cnrir into the Nalirv
because IL could tia. We were snJi.
s-a'nrnn' ifi"s. The above was said not
with 'hc lien e attacking amy organiza-
fon IN artisp'ar. hut it was said with
the th"irhf IF fr~;ng fs wake us up hv
constructive criticism To- the fse' that
n"f a. ing. a.s.l have not lone
y IN" nas; wLat we should do to Save
Ourselves
j. BENNETT
July n ig,..