Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-07-04

commits sioncrs on the following Monday
morning "a pay the men for their help
at the rate Of 81 a day. believing, hc
told the commission. that since ErrwnS-
Vile had suffered no Inconvenience from
the flood that il could well afford to take
care of this item Mayor \. II. Cole
said, however. that the city was with.
cut legal authority TO pay for an item ~
this kind. and the commission refused
10 authorize il. However. Commission.
or Cobolini started subscription Iist.
which was headed 10y members of the
commission AM others present and in a
brief time the money was available About
500 was rased for the purpose Mr.
c'.boIini said later without canvassiug
the Elizabeth street business section.
Mr. JeSsup wrote the following letter
To The Chronicle demanding to know
the source of the Information published
ia The Chronicle:
We have before ~ copy ~ ynur
issue ~ June Goth and refer ~ M NV.
ticle written IN your Mr.. a. u. Wade w
regard To the flood situation III the Val.
ley. The article starts on your frott
page and is continued in Column -. page
=. In the paragraph headed. VALLEY
can care for itself. We find the fol
lowing:
Mayer r. H. Haynes of Mercedes
reflected the typical attitude Of the
Valley residents wheil he declared
that the town could take care of H.
self. The city even paid the one
hundred MeNcanS whc came up
from Brownsville 10 help fight the
flood Saturday night. However.
hundreds Of American citizens from
all over The Valley came 10 the aid
of Mercedes without any thought Of
pay.
The article ~ Mr.. Wuidc IN fic S-
sre of Jun. 2oth l. prrfaccd wirh note
which calls attention to the fact tina,
Mr.. Wade was IN the Valley Tor the
express purpose If sending "ut accurate
Information. This being the case. we
nre calling upon the Chronirlc fnr Mr.
Waidc's authority ~ publish III ynur rn
per the absolutely false statement that
Mercedes paid the hundred Mc,ican "a.
borers sent to that town from Browns
Vile. There j. not a semblancc of truth
III this statement. and there was nrver
any foundation IN fact for such state.
ment being made. We called W. Mayor
, j. III. Haynes of Mercedes this morn.
ing. and he states that he did not fur
nish Mr. Wade AN such information ot
any kind IL information Mt nh Ia re-
gard r. paying Mexican lahnrrrs Or any
body else.
This statement il rendered duuhly "
asperating on account of the fact that
Mr.. Wade magnifics this fal>ehopd p,
calling attention 20 the fart that Browns
Vile j. the only community in the Val
ley that presumed To take pay for their
Mexican lahorers.
We regret that the Chronicle should
stoop Ia slap brownsville II. the face IN
this way. Generally speaking. the
Chronicle has been quite conservative IN
regard a. the statements published con
ccrning the high waters III our Valley.
MANY sections III the Valley have suf.
! fcred much worse from exaggerated
reports in the upstate papers than they
have from the overflow itself The
flood has come and gene There has
been no damage from high waters worth
mentioning anywhere throughout thr
! length and breadth "f Cameron county.
| brownsville. which San Antonio papers
have had under water SO mnay times IN
the last two weeks. has not suffered g.
the extent Of one cent from the high
water III fact the river during ~ re-
cent high water lid not reach within
twelve inches ~ many previous river
stages ~ Brownsville.
We shall expect prompt reply Ia
this letter and a statement from Mr.
Wade n a. where he secured his in
| formation