Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-01-27
VALLEY TO FIGHT PARRISH COTTON BILL
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VALLEY

tictt~u the first general man.
~fer OF the South Texas Chamber of
Commerce
ms means the drafting into
S"uth Texas Of another Of those
VINO have had much To do with the
uusse'opment Of an up and going
west Texas body-thc West Texas
namber Of Commerce.
ne first Of the West Texas or
kAh'zation 10 come was Porter Wha-
,ss. lie manages the San Antonio
namber Of Commerce. When Wha-
'ey took that job, leaving very
good one. he declined 4 contract.
No contract" he said. You might
NOT satisfy me- might not satisfy
you Without a contract. either of
as can quit"
That's good sense. Nobody bound.
LhEMAN LONG ago saw big pos
sibllities in South Texas.
ihere's big job awaiting him. If
ne can put il over. south Texas will
benefit.
There's the pending Box bill. Pos
slhiy the South Texas organization
can Get to work quick enouf n 10
prevent IL going through 81 il
stands. with the assistance az Con-
FrcSsman Garner.
That Box bill. which would b..
immigration from Mexico W \ aro.a
basis. Is real menace 10 South
Texas, which obtains the only tabor
Y gets from Mexico.
As every South Texan known. 90
per cent Of the immigration from
Mexico, possibly more, is sea sonal
and fo- harvest purposes. IL returns
10 Mexico after the harvest.
That Immigration is needed in
South Texas. There's no one else
10 replace IL.
GOVERNOR DAN MOODY Il CALI
ing on some Of Texas best known
names 70 form his highway com
mission.
X. :. Sterling. who has been nom
mated for rhairman of the commits
sion. Is a Houston man. and prin-
eipal owner Of the Houston Post
Dispatch. Tie il raany times mil-
lionaire. Made Il IN oil
Cone Johnson of Tyler. Is noted
Texas lawyer. who became famous
Years ago - a.5 fight on Joseph
Weldon bailey.
The third man is TO be- named. II
may be Cato Sells. former United
States Indian commissioner. res
ident OF Cleburne. Texas.
Sterling may be considered n
South Texas. since Houstoh's inter
ests lie largely along the Gulf coast
and toward the Mexican border.
Johnson would represent East Tex
as.
Sells lives III North Central Tex
as. but The West Texas Chamber of
Commerce i clamoring fer man
fron that section.
TIE SOUTHERN PACIFIC anpli-
cation TO enter Brownsville Is now
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Which does not mean 20 SAY that
Il is up fcr consideration before
that august body
The briefs have been filed We've
filed on January 10. Brief by
both proponents and opponents
Some dav soon the ease will be
called up by the Commission for "a
decision.
That day should come within the
next TIVE or three weeks.
There i every reason 10 believe
maj a decision should be handed
dcpr BY March |.
T., the meantime lets be patient.
Dut not waste time. No reason why
new building contracts should 10
delayed. A city must be built here
THE CITY OF Brownsville viii
soen be nj work on \ million dol
lars worth cf hieh class paving.
That paving can be made more
worth while hy connecting country
roads.
These country roads nay be built
. .nder the bond issue 70 be voted
mon SATURDAY..
william =. West. speaking before
80 brownsville Rotary Club Ned
n.sdav. expressed the opinion that
,h;s may be Brownsville's last
rhance 10 participate in bond is-
sne IN the proportion that this plan
allows.
That's a thought worthy earnest
consideration
DON'T GET JUNIOR COLLEGE con
fosed with junior high school
Some of the junior college teach
- enthusiastic over the COLLEGE.
- worried because "a many people
aon4 realize the difference
The junior high school cares for
~yades between the grammar grades
~rd the hieh. school proper.
The junior college cares Tor those
.,,aiects between the high school
nnd the last two years in university
work.
That j.. the junior college az
forss an opportunity 20 attend uni
~.,tv M home for two years he
sevs going 90 university proper.
These junior college years arc
lehman and sonhomore years.
~ ATTENDING junior college two
-.srx the student IL junior when
I. reaches university.