Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-12-29
IN OUR
VALLEY
r. wo movements are under way owe

n the United States asking the heip
of congress in stopping two sources Of
what is considered unfair competition
to the home merchant.
One of these asks congress to stop
the sale by the government of printed
envelopes which carry the stamp. The
contention is that the sale of these en-
velopes by the government is unfair
competition for private enterprises.
For instance. suppose a Brownsville
firm buys 10000 envelopes from the
government with the firms return card
on the envelope, a Brownsville printery
has lost just that much business to the
print the envelope, probably the home
printer would have gotten the business.
Recently a new scheme has been
flooding the country with parcels Of
unsolicited neckties for men, hosiery,
garters and similar articles of merchan-
disc.
A Boston concern, for instance, will
secure a telephone directory of town.
They will send the names listed box
of neckties, depending upon the honesty
of the recipient to either pay for the
ties or return them.
Usually a man will pay rather than
bother to return the ties. The percent
age that will keep the ties without
paying or returning is so small that a
profit remains even after paying the
postage.
These concerns are betting on the
honesty of folks, and no doubt are
winning in doing So But it has been
suggested that the recipient is under no
obligation either to pay for or return
the package, and that if enough would
keep them it would soon put the sender
out of business.
Valley merchants have been feeling
khe effect Of this sort of competition
Congressman Henry w Watson of
NOrristown, Pa. has introduced bill
seeking to prohibit the use Of the Unit
ed States mails for this purpose.
The Herald is writing Congressman
John n. Garner Of this district calling
his attention to the measure, pointing
out the damage that is being done the
merchants by the practice, and asking
his support of the measure, if consist
ent. The Herald urges that other con-
Germs write Congressman Garner alonS
the same line. And it is advisable that
others than retail drygoods merchants
do likewise. for there is no limit TO the
fields which this "buy-it it "
method may enter.
Tom Finty, Jr., editor of the Dallas
Journal, who was a delegate at the re-
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ing in Brownsville, writes F. X. Burt
as follows:
"We surely enjoyed our visit down
there. Mrs. Finty says that if she
were twenty years younger she would
insist upon moving to the Magic Val
ley"
Miss Finty. their daughter, lost her
suitcase at Houston, on the way to
Brownsville. The case was never
found, Mr.. Finty says, but the Gulf
Coast Lines already has sent check
to cover the loss. and Miss Finty is
s'reasonably happy"
Once in a while your newspaper may
print an item which appears to you to
have been ill-advised. You may con-
slider it knock" to the country, or
to the state, or county. or your home
town.
But WHY not give the man who was
responsible for inserting the item the
benefit Of reasonable doubt. Perhaps
he saw in its publication a desired eff
feet that had not occurred to you.
Handling as he does scores Of news
items daily. his mind is trained to read
between the lines, even behind the
lines
And so far you know he may throw
away daily scores of items that he did
not consider worthy. Not once a month
or once in six months. but every day.
Yet you blame him for the single item
that fired your anger once sin blue
MOON
1t is human to make mistakes And
nothing is more human than the news
paper.
The Valley Wholesale Drygoods Com
pany of Brownsville has adopted
"Delta" brand for its domestics and
other bolt goods.