Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-03-17
MERCHANTS TO
RAISE 'S250O In
AMOUNTS OF sl0g
Starting With Three Contri-
buttons of Sl00, They
Name Committee

The brownsville Merchants Associa-
tion. which met last night t. hear II.
4. o'Rrien On the subject of thc :. o..
= campaign. adopted a resolution TO as
sist the campaign and named com
mttee to raise twenty-five 500 sub
scriptions 10 make up fund If $500
for the :. %. =. fund.
The committee consists Of Charles
lIclsrhcr. chairman; Russell McChcs-
ney. j. l.. Blanton. Lon Walker G.. 4.
Stovall. y. j. Young. Conrad Cloctta.
T.. i. Harrison, J. Guerra and VI. Edel-
stein.
The campaign by the association
starts with nucleus az $500. which in
cludcs Sl00 subscriptions each by Ma
cedonio Garcia. the Palace Of Sweets.
and Conrad Cloetta. who announced
they would each give 500 if merchants
viii raise twenty-five such subscriptions.
About forty merchants were represented
az last nights meeting. many of them
representing firms who already have
attributed i'm the campaign.
Il know what the situation is said
G. J.. Jessup in speaking of the cause
of the :. O. : campaign. and ! think
ihF iftIiif ~ ifitNll~NiHf >ihfuiu wv
willing 10 deprive themselves nf tnrna
Of the luxurics Of life in order 10 give
all they can to the campaign. I thIns
that the people II Brownsville. will DO
all they can when they understand The
proposition thoroughly. And know
they will soon understand il.
1T is w TO us. We must smart a
little now or ache the rest of our lives
The Chamber Of Commerce constantly
receives letters from every part oi
United States asking about this deep
water proposition. II is surprising. the
numpcr Of places the inquiries coI1"
from. ] have received letters from tho
Pacific Coast Boston and other cities
in the north and east. asking when we
are going 10 have a harbor nj Point
Isabel
Congress has dore all we asked, in
making appropriations. Now it is IN
to u.s.
81 came ~ to have talk with the
representative men of brownsville. who
compose this Merchants Association"
said -. a. O'Bricn. II will not de-
tail the benefits that will accrue 10 the
WIFI idli anu NdlFi Aidh-
portatiOn are secured here You all
know what the city Of Brownsville was
built on. what fortunes many Of the
early settlers of the Valley amasSed. II
was because Brownsville had rail and
water transportation at that time.
up to ten years ago the only reason
for the establishment nf wholesale houS
eS here was the fact that there WAS rail
and water transportation. Before The
railroads came in here. al freight was
brought 10 the mouth VI the river ~
large ships and then carried up To
brownsville in river boats. in which
business fortunes were ama~Srd. II was
due ~ the fact that there was rail and
wafer transportation that Alatamoros
was once great city II sixty thousand
neoplc. II there had been 10 water or
no river. there would have been no
NGatamoros and no Brownsville. And
since water transportation has become
thing Of the past. the two places have
had 10 struggle for their very exist
encc II is up to the cnterprising men
of the town 10 exert themselves III an
effort 10 bring about water and rail
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