Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-06
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Value of a Regional Chambel
of Commerce


The people Of South Texas will have the oppor-
tunity November IA and Is to participate in the first
annual convention Of the South Texas Chamber OF
Commerce, an organization designed to serve a territory
almost as large as the state of New York They will
have the opportunity to discuss the mutual problems
Of the communities which make up what is known as
South Texas, and IN this convention q definite program
will doubtless be formulated that will have great effect
upon the future development Of the section the re-
gional organization is designed to serve.
The South Texas Chamber Of Commerce has been
In existence one year, and the achievements Of the
year are indicative Of what can be accomplished in
the future. Through this regional organization South
Texas has secured a medium which will eventually
work out the solution or their problems. The prob
lens OF all South Texas communities are very similar
in many respects, and while it viii be virtually impos-
sible for the individual communities to work out the
solution, the regional chamber, with its wider scope,
greater influence, and the fact that it can draft the
best brains Of the region il serves, is in position 20 ex-
tend service far beyond the range q community or
CARNATIONS.
At the coming convention Of the regional chamber
many subjects Of utmost importance to the future Of
South Texas will be discussed, policies and principles
outlined and a definite program Of activities formulat-
ed. The Box bill. with its threat Of curtailing the
available supply Of labor for the South Texas farms;
water appropriations rs they affect irrigation and
rover. transportation, and similar subjects in which
ali Or South Texas "a vitality interested, will be among
the TOPICS for discussion. II ~ essential that all senti-
ment in South Texas be coordinated upon problems Of
this magnitude in order that concerted action may be
taken through the South Texas Chamber Of Commerce
when policies have been agreed upon and announced as
the policies Of the regional organization.
The South Texas Chamber Of Commerce can be
made i tremendous asset 10 the region Il l. designed
To serve. There il no territory in the United States
that offers greater opportunities for agricultural and
industrial Development. and there is no region where
coordination Of interests and cooperation of communi-
ties through a regional organization will bring greater
results. There is not q community in South Texas
that win not he directly benefited through the estab-
lishment of the South Texas Chamber 81 Commerce
mon 1 foundation that viii make il a power among the
regional organizations Or the United States, and the
benefits that will accrue viii be in direct proportion
to the cooperation extended.
II is safe TO predict that the convention in
Brownsville next week viii mark the beginning Of a
new era in South Texas. an era Of cooperation for
regional development. which win bring the almost I'M
limited resources Of this most favored part of the
United States to the attention of the world.
south Texas has many problems 20 solve, much
work 10 do. before IL finally attains that ~place in the
sun 70 which it is justly entitled by reason Of its
great natural resources and its s%tragetieal commercial
and industrial location. With "a strong regional or
sanitation. an organization that has the unstintod CO.
operation ~ every community and individual, develop
ment throughout this part Of the state can be accel-
Grated " a point never conceived by those pioneers who
first recognised the unlimited opportunities South
Texas presents.