Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-29
I'm OUR
VALLEY


labor in the cabinet Of President Cal
win Coolidge, has perpetrated some
thing on the Valley, and has beer
called" By the Brownsville Chamber
Commerce.
Writing in a nationally circulated
Magazine under the heading. why
Our immigration Law is Necessary
he very kindly referred to the At
lantic seaboard as "Uncle sam
Front Door," and very unkindly tc
the Mexican border as "Unele Sam
Back Door"
OF course Mr.. Davis has never beer
at Uncle Sans "back door" That
possibly has not been entirely HI:
fault. Perhaps he doesn't know about
the Lower Rio Grande Valley sec.
lion Of Uncle Sans back door"
The Valley challenges anyone "a
put up better ''front door" than II
presents.
Let's invite MIR. Davis TO visit this
'baek door" We can make him like
it, whether he wills or no.
Mr.. DAVIS refers to what he terms
growing social problem arising out
of disproportiohate immigration from
Mexico" to which Manager G. c
Richardson of the chamber replies as
follows:
IL am sure all of US living on the
border will wonder just how you ar
rived at our conclusion relative "a
our social problem. We in this Sec
tion who are well acquainted with
the Mexican people know them to be,
generally speaking, Industrious. hard
wording and peaceful. When they
come into our country most Of them
of course secure work as laDorers
and, to be frank with you and our
selves, we must realize that if it were
not for the Mexican labor the won
derful development that We have en-
joyed in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
section could hardly have been pos
sible. In addition to this, some OF
our best business men along the bor-
der are of Mexican parentage."
At least, Mr.. Davis may experience
the sensation Of curiosity as 70 one
section of the Mexican border wher
he reads the protest of the Chamber
. of Commerce.
BROWNSVILLE proposes to take
another step along toward metro
politan ways, il was the decision OF
the city commission on Friday last
An automatic street crossing sigma
system will be installed on Elizabeth
street. from Tenth TO Thirteenth.
There will be red lights. and blue
or perhaps green. The red sigma
will stop traffic. The other sigma
will permit it to pass along. Thirty
or forty seconds will be given traffic
between signals. In case of fire, al
signals will show red. Which stop:
all traffic until the fire apparatus
is safely out of the way.
As Commissioner Of Streets Hipr
says, 1--WE may be a little ahead o.
the need on that proposition, but no
much. This winter it will prove IL.
value. So we're going to it,
THE WESLACO NEWS has an.
nounced that il is to become semi
weekly newspaper.
II is the fourth newspaper in the
Valley to take this step.
News is happening too fast for US
to remain in the weekly field" said
Edmund p. Williams, the publisher
$50 we're going to the twice. week
variety"
The other semiweekly newspapers
are the Rio Grande Sun, Pharr, the
Mercedes News, and the Harlingen
Star.
incidentally, the News Is using the
advertising columns of The Browns
Vile Herald to spread the news that
the Weslaco and allied newspapers
including the News at Alamo and
Mercedes, can give concentrated serv-
ice TO advertisers.
A. G. SPERBER. the genial Valley
salesman for the San Antonio Paper
I Company. lies seriously i'll in a Sar
! Antonio hospital.
Mr.. Sperber is a welcome visitor Ia
every newspaper office in the Valley
as well as in many other lines OF
business on which he calls. and words
of sympathy are constantly reaching
his bedside.
EVERY TOWN in the Valley is re-
ceiving reeord-breaking amounts OF
materials in carloads, but II has re-
mained for the Mercedes Tribune 70
J 20 10 the trouble of finding out what
has come in.
The Tribune reports SO carloads in
week. Of which l6 contained build
ing materials. There were two cars
OF brick, two of tile. four Of cement
one of roofing materials. Others
were carloads Of melons. cars Of ag-
rieultural implements. two cars of
goats, car of sugar. five cars of
gasoline. two cars Of oats. one car OF
bottles. one of flour. twelve, Of mer-