Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-08-16
IN OUR
VALLEY

DAY, and the day following thai
rs Tuesday, on which voters of Gamer
on county will 60 to the polls to cast
their vote on the question of issuing
bonds to the amount &C $1,500,0OO fol
Hood control in Cameron county.
We have said it before, and it is
worth repeating that in this election
there must be at least thirds OF
the qualified vote of the county in fa-
vor Of the issue.
This means in effect, that every voter
that fails to 60 to TIE Polls Tuesday
and vote is voting against flood control
just as much as if he had gone to the
polls and cast vote against the bonds.
Remember that. And tell your neigh
bors. And tell them to pass it on to
their neighbors.
Never to our recollection have busi-
ness houses in Cameron county closed
In recognition of an election day.
But this step is to be taken Tuesday,
when business houses in Brownsville,
San Benito, Harlingen and La Feria
will close half day or longer.
or longer.
This step on the part Of the business
men Of the county indicates full recog-
milton of the necessity of carrying out
The flood control plans.
Business men will be affected direct
ly by floods. Floods mean losses to
farmers. Losses to farmers are just as
much losses to the business concerns.
Hidalgo, which voted b bond issue OF
S1,620,0OO for flood control more than
a year md half ago, is now ready to
let contracts.
Bids for construction will be opened
on September %, at Edinburg.
The Cameron county flood plans in
terlock with those Of Hidalgo county
in that Hidalgo county will deliver its
flood waters to the Cameron county
,lne. Cameron county will then pick
them up and see that they are carried
off to the coast, with a minimum dam
age.
Do not be mislead by the seeming
unanimity on the matter Of the bond
election going over.
!. Ordinarily, in bond elections, voters
do not go to the polls if there is unan-
unity on the question. It's going over
anyhow" they say, land my vote
isn't needed"
In this particular election every vote
is needed, for the law under which Cam
eron county was given tax remission
by the state requires that two-thlrds
Of the voting strength of the county
must be represented favoring the
issue.
There are certain to be some oppos-
ing votes in this election. There IS
always opposition to bond issues.
The harm, however. does not promise
to come from opposition but from the
possibility that voters will not go to
the polls.
The Denison Herald and the Mar
shall News aresrapping the last legis-
lature for granting tax remission to
Cameron for flood control.
The Denison Herald and the Mar
shall News are both profoundly lgno-
rant Of the purpose of the Legislature.
Each editorially denounces the act
asserting that there is mo more reason
why Cameron county should be aldeo
to dig irrigation bitches than Grayson
and Harrison counties should be helped
because Of poor crops, or words 20
that effect.
The state is not helping Cameron
county dig irrigation bitches. II Is
helping Cameron county to control
floods, which will increase land values
and thus increase the states Vevenue.
Saws the Denton Herald:
"The Herald has always opposed the
pernicious practice of tax remission.
srhe junketing trip Of the last legisia-
ture to the Lower Rio Grandc Valley
and the favorable action on tax re-
mission which followed is one or the
most revolving incidents in tn" annals
r. he Texas lCgis.e,cSa 81 the davs
Of tic carpetbagge-s. This action has
aroused indignation Throughout She
state and it is hoped that the storm
Of protest will grow to such proportions
that no other legislature will dare to
make any county a gift Of the STATE
taxes IT
Manifestly. the North Texas paper
lacks great deal of being informed
on the details.of the flood control plans
The paragraph from the Denison pa
,er Is reprinted here as warning
- Cameron county voters that II tnes
fo;, - take advantage Of the leglsia
ture's act it may b the last opportu'-
ity they will have.;n a ;,, +.le
The legislature y = certainty taA.
advantage of any oppJEtnnity to rescihu
+ho law