Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-20
PEASE ARTICLE
UNFAIR, JESSUP
SAYS In REPLY.
Declares Methods Used in
Pursuit Of Desired Results
Caused Resignation
To The Herald:

furnished by Mr.. &. H. Pease as To hls
policies in regard to gravity irrigation.
which was published ia your issue Of
yesterday. | do not care 10 keep up a
continued discussion on this subject. but.
inasmuch as Mr.. Pease has carefully
stated his position in writing. and
only had time the other day 10 give y"u
a brief statement over the phone. anu
since the pcasc article casts an unfair
reflection oL Ine. | respectfully request
that you give space To the following:
The effort seems To bc To show thar
] was out of harmony with the policies
of the organization. a. set forth ia the
article Of Mr.. Pcase. This is gooa
maneuvering. but | decline to be caught
In this trap. In fact. 81 far Mr..
Pease sets forth his policies in this ar
ticlc. there has been no controversy be-
tween us. So far rs the results to 10
ohtaincd are concerned. we have been IN
absolute accord, but as 10 the methods
20 pursue to get the desired results. we
have differed widely for the past year.
The Peas" article indirectly. If not III
rectly. inSinua:cs that | have been sub
sIdizcd by the land comparicS and some
gross Injustice. | have all the time held
rcliyiously to the belief that il was TIA,
business Of the Water Users ASsocia.
tinn 10 attend strictly "a its own bust
ness OF promoting conservation Of the
river. and the economic distribution 80
the same. rather than t0 he antag".
izing the people and the interests whose
hello we would need 10 help us wip.
For several years | have been an ac-
tive supporter II the so-callcd gravity
irrigation project. have given consider
able time. some effort and little money
Ia the causr. aud | have not had any
holdings in the dry land belt. or outside
q il. 10 be benefited by gravity irriga-
ton. To he more specific. the litcra-
turc that our association has been send
ing ont. AID the public addresses that
Mr.. Peasc has made in some instances.
have contained statements that
Thought were detrimental 10 the best in
tcrcsts of the Valley
have had abundant evidence of the
fact that maLy of our best business
men in the Valley. including some of
cur leading bankers. have had the same
opinion.
Until the recent election of directors
of our board. the majority of the board
felt just as | de- in this matter For
many months our association had been
cndeavoring tu get the varirus irrica-
tion districts To take over the engineer
ing features of the work in connection
with the reclamation service. AMI vhci.
they decided 10 do SCI. they also dccid-
cd t. act independently of oar organiza-
tion and deal direct with Washington.
because they did not approve the meth
odS e Mr.. Pcasc. Since il was evident
that We could not work ia harmony. an.
since the irrigation districts of the Val
ley are taking over the engineering fca-
tnrr uf the work and il therefore ap-
rearcd e. me that il was not necessary
to keep open the McAllcn office of the
Water Users Association for the
amount of good il could 10 i'm the near
future. for these and numerous other
reasons that space forbids that I mrL-
tion. ! felt il my duty to resign.
Charlie Pcasc and have been friends
for years. and | hope we shall continuc
friends. Charlie L:.ows he j. right. and
] have thought | was. and now We will
leave il at that.
In con 'lusion. permit me 10 say thai
| nm still for conservation of the WA
teTs of the Rio Grandc. their economic
distribution by gravity. if that proves To-
hc the better plan: am also in fav,r &c
deep water at Poiit Isabel. and for
these important matters | shall pray and
labor until they come. or death does.
Very respectfully yours.
&. l.. .IESSTp
Brownsville. Tex.
June 20. lg12