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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

. month ago. and the price is the highest since Sep
se"oer 10, 1870, at which time the farm price was the
same a. this month. The advance during the month Of
o. cents Is the largest advance Of September over
August on record. The next largest advance was in
1918 when the s~eptineber farm price rose two cents
over August The farm price Of cotton seed il the
highest September price since 1919. the report states.
and attributes the principal influencing factor to the
prospective small crop due to the unfavorable season
and unusual weevil damage.
The cotton crop. ravaged by the boil weevil, is
forecast q tnearly one-third less than last seasons
record output. but the crop will bring larger returns
to the growers than the heavier crop Of 1926.
Wheat growers are also profiting by the fact tina:
the winter wheat crop is 100000 bushels less than
last year. gut the spring wheat crop Is approximately
100. 900 bushels greater. The winter wheat grow
ers are assured a big price for their grain, which is
necessary for the milling mixtures. 3
A a result Of the increase in the price level Of
farm products the agricultural sections Of the country
are generally in a more prosperous condition thar a.
any time since the postwar period. This prosperity is
reflected in farm improvement, building and expan-
sion of the agricultural programs under a wider scale
than ut any time in recent years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

The third Pan-American Commercial Conference,
which will convene at Washington October 10, will
make a determined effort to stimulate commercial re-
lations between the United States and ~Latin-American
countries by the elimination Of unnecessary shipping
documents requiring consular eertification, which are
ut present a serious handicap to development Of bet
ter commercial relations.
The proposal has been made that the shipping
documents requiring consular certification be Limited
10 the manifest and the consular invoice, and practi-
cally all Latin-American countries have announced their
decision to accept this plan.
Il is believed that the consular invoices at present
required by eighteen of the in-Amer republics
to contain, or can easily be made to contain, all the
essential information usually carried in the certificate
Of origin on the bill Of lading. The substitute for the
consular invoices now required by the three other
countries can, it is believed, be converted into q con-
sular invoice similar to the others, with little more
modification than the change Of name. Since the es-
sential data shown on the bill Of lading is repeated in
consolidated form in the ships manifest, there would
appear to be little lost by disseminating the ~certifica-
tion Of the bill of lading.
Closely related to the number Of documents re-
curing consular certification il the simplification Of
data required for consular invoices. As far back as
the first P~an-American Customs Congress in 1903
there was recognized the Importance Of simplification
in shipping documents, that congress recommending to
the American republics reforms in their customs regu-
lations to simplify as much as possible the original
declarations that have to be made in the place Of
manufacture, especially IN regard 10 the wording OF
consular invoices, and to have those documents made
as simple as possible in order to save the shippers
fines or responsibilities incurred by imperfect decla-
ration while made without any intent of defraud.
The proposal to simplify the entire system will
meet the general approval Of shippers in the United
States and also throughout all Latin-American eoun-
tries. The unnecessary volume of "red tape" has
been a serious handicap in the development OF better
trade relations between the various American repub-
lies, and the United States as the principal industrial
and shipping nation has, Of course, sustained the
greatest loss.
Delegates to the ~Pan-American Commercial Con-
ference hold the view that the elimination Of unneces-
sary documents will prove an important factor in de-
yeloping better relations between the various republics
that it will bring the people of North and South
America into closer contact, cementing bonds OF
friendship which would prove invaluable in the de-
velopment Of commerce and the growth Of the Ameri-
can republics.
The Commercian Conference has much work to do.
but there is no item on the schedule program of
greater importance than this proposal to lift what
has virtually constituted a bar to the development OF
profitable trade relations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
The World and All,
A YEAR TO LIVE
BY Charles p. Driscon

What would you do II Q company Of competent
doctors were to tell you that you had only q year 70
live? What should you doc
Well, for one thing, you probably would turn pale
You might even faint. But after q few days or a few
weeks you would get used to the idea of a more or less
limited term Of physical life. What would you dc
then?
With all due respect to the medical profession,
which I do respect very highly. ] think 1t would be
a good idea to assume. right at the start, that the doc
tors might be wrong and probably were wrong. You
couldn't lose much BY that presumption. You might
gain a lot.
I've known very definite predictions Of very good
doctors to go just that wrong. / was about thirteen,
l believe, when our very competent family physician
told my mother that ! couldn't By any possible chance
live more than three months. and that three days
might be q much better guess as to my probable term
of life.
I've seen a lot Of a most interesting and entertain
ing world since then. The good doctor, together with
one Of his colleagues who agreed in his pronouncement,
is dead these many years. I am sorry to say.
These thoughts come to me ~ ! reflect upon Q
book ! haye just finished reading. 1t is Death Of .
Young Man" by W. I. River.
This book is the running diary Of a young man in
the University of Chicago. who has been told he must
die within a year Of q strange malady that afflicrs
hin. OF course. i presume that the book is wholly
~fietional. and yet I know from the content that it Is
fiction that has in it much genuine truth.
This young man is q hypoehondriac. He Is o per-
son Of brilliant mentality. III has done outstanding
work in school, He is in love with two girls. He has
many friends. none Of whom assumes to understand
his queer ways.
He ceases to pay any attention to his studies. He
quits classes. He tries to enjoy life for his short period
of living, but he doesn't know how to enjoy himself.
He keeps worrying about himself all the time, and we
are given the impression that he finally Yields TO a
suicide mania
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
Canning Grapefruit

Large quantities of the Valley grapefruit will bs
canned this year, according TO statements made by man
ayers of various canning plants who demonstrated last
season that an excellent market awaits the Valley
product.
Under the regulated quarantine imposed by the fed.
sral horticultural board no culled fruit will be per-
mitted to leave the Valley. 1t must be destroyed OF
processed, and as a result of this edict all but the
prime fruit will be available for the eanneries
Plants have been located at Olmito, San Benito, Sar
Juan, Pharr and other points in the Valley, and many
of the Gamers have made their arrangements to secure
q large supply of fruit.
The canned fruit does not come into competition
with the prime fruit shipments. The heaviest ship
ments Of canned grapefruit from the Valley last year
went to California. which is a competitor Of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley, and the bulk of the canned products
this year will be marketed on the west coast or in
Canada. One Of the largest Gamers is now in Canada
concluding arrangements for the marketing of his en-
tire output in a section so far distant that it is be-
yond the range of fresh fruit shipments.
Canned grapefruit will eventually become one Of
che Valleys most important products. With low water
rates, which will be available when the Valleys har-
gor at Point Isabel is completed, the markets of the
world will be opened TO the Valley canneries. The de-
velcpment Of The Canadian market for canned grape
fruit IL an index 10 what can be accomplished in Eng
land and continental Europe. Those countries have
heretofore not been large consumers of the fruit owing
20 the difficulty Of shipping the fresh fruit such dis
tances, but with the introduction Of the canned pro-
duct q tremendous market could be opened which would
doubtless take every fruit the Valley could market
profitably in the fresh state.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley will profit material
Nv by the removal Of culled fruit from markets where
a has competed with the prime fruit and has proved
n decided deterrant to the expansion of those mar
kets. The eanneries will supply a market for this
class Of fruit, and il is Q market that will expand rapid
~ and each year increase the profits Of the Valley
grcwers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
Peters Adventures

he. "Guess a shadow played a trick
on me. Gee whillikens! Surely some
one is standing behind that tree
trunk. Come on out, fellow; ! see
you'll"
However, nobody stepped In sight
at his call and. now that Peter
stared more intently at the tree, he
could see that it stood alone.
"Guess I'm seeing hings," NUT
tered he. II must stop right now
or there viii be no end to II.
"But, no, I am not imagining.
There is a whiskered face owe there,
and another yonder, and still another
peeping over that flat stone! Ssh!
What's that noise? IL il were lender
I'd think meon was coming.
Must be leaves rustliagl"
Peter jumped to his feet and eupped
his ear TO listen.
Pit-pat-pitI P~it-pat-piti Not leaves
az all. but footsteps. and coming
straight toward him. He was alone,
lost and unprotected. Who could II
BET What could he do? Where
should he 60? He must hide, but
how?
Nearer and nearer drew the pat
tering feet. Now il seemed rs though
there were many Of them, as though
the Gerat Woods itself and all the
people that lived within IL were COM
ing after him.
And Peter was afraid
He turned and ran as fast ~ he
could away from the dreadful things
that pursued.
he bumped into 8 tree; he scraped
his arm on q sharp branch that jut-
ted out in his path; he tumbled head
over q root that lay hidden In
the leaves; he lodged m animal or
two that, frightened, ran from the
mad stranger in their midst; he
Mother Partridge and her
babies from their safe retreat behind
. fallen log; but he kept on ard on
and on. until st last he tripped and
fell. hitting his head so hard that
for q moment he knew nothing at all
Nezt---At the Rabbit Hole
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
Washington Letter
By CHARLES p. STEWART

WASHINGTON, Oct. For the
sufferer from insomnia no better lit
erature can be recommended than
one of the annual reports of the
United States Coast Guard.
II that won't send the sleepless
one off into a trance nothing will.
When a hurricane m screech-
ing up out of the Caribbean end
the waves break funnel-top-high off
Hatteras and merchant shipping
scuds, terrified, for shelter, the coast
guard cutters put to sea-, hunting
perishing mariners to rescue.
When fog settles on the New
~foundland Banks and the transat-
lantic lanes are deadly with ice
bergs, coast guard cutters dodge,
tootling, around among them, warn
ing liners where destruction turks.
Adventure Is Watchword.
When a big vessel piles up on a
lee short in a tempest and it's obvi-
Gus to anybody with a lick Of
that no human power can ave a
soul aboard her, a coast guard crew
launches a cockle-shell in the surf,
pulls serenity out TO the disintegrat-
ing hulk, and takes off the entire
outfit.
You can Judge for yourself If it's
an adventurous service.
Well, IL turns out duller official
reports than the patent office.
They mention, for example, a res
cue, on such and such a date. The
distressed ships name Is given, and
her captains. The number of those
saved is recorded. The incidents
latitude and longitude are men
toned. Then, perhaps. the cutters
commander adds, casually, some such
remark as: The wreck foundered,"
signs his name and that's all there
is to it. $50.
About as much thrill as there Is
to a one-horse country banks
monthly balance sheet-to some
body who hasn't any money on de-
posit there, never did have, and
never expects to.
Work Is Perfunctory.
What's more, I've yet to find a
coast guardsman who can tell an ex-
citing story Of any Of his work.
Il seems TO be purely psrfunctory
with 'em.
Lieutenant Commander Stephen 8.
Yeandle. first assistant 70 Rear Ad-
miral Frederick G. Billiard, the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

guards commandant, was called on
70 make a little talk recently before
the Atlantic Deep Waterways asso-
citation convention Baltimore.
He was pretty hard put to it TO
think Of anything to say at first, but
finally he bethought himself Of the
fact that the guard had rescued
$4,000 persons from Imminent dan
ger" in the last five years.
Vas that of any interest?
"You bet it IS" said the conven-
tion. Tell Us about it."
"Why. that's all there Is to tell"
said Yeandle. There isn't any
more"
Guards Are Modest
The convention was clamorous and
i~nsistent. The commander cudgeled
his brain-hard. At last he 20 an
other inspiration-coast guard cut
tiers, in those same five years, had
helped vessels with $1,000 sailormen
and passengers on board them. How
about that? Would that do?
The convention settled down to
listen. go on" it prompted.
Il got no place to CO." complained
Yeandle. 1--WE simply helped EN-"
The convention looked disappoint-
ed. Yeandle sensed it and evidently
it hurt him. He appeared 20 have
failed, somehow. Then he frightened
Another idea had struck him.
ave took $4,000 persons from
roofs, treetops and other points OF
peril during the Mississippi flood
he proclaimed, hopefully.
sym should GET mr. last reuort y
he informed delegates who tried to
pump him later. THAT has all the
figures better than / can give EN-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

There has been q general advance in farm prices
during S~epssmber. according to a bulletin issued BY the
D. S. Department of Agriculture, which shows that
from August Is to September IS. an advance Of 3
.points had been scored. bringing prices to lo per
cent mon the basis Of the pre-war level
This il the largest gain in q single month since
xx.v 1919. the report says. The rise was due to the
.Svsree in cotton and cottonseed, barley, rye, hay
hoex. beef cattle, veal calves. eggs and butter, the big
800 factors influencing the rise being cotton and cot
ssn..ed. dairy and poultry products All branches Of
.grieulture have participated in the advance, which is
TX points above the level attained In September. 1925
The farm price OF cotton advanced 50 per cent ever
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

Are you one Of those unfortu-
mates who are going through life
suffering with a skin disease,
making you uncomfortable, max
ing you less efficient, interfering
With your working hours, running
our sleep? You may have tried
many things without relief. Why
not try S.S.S.? For more than
100 years it has been giving re-
ief in many forms Of skin dis
.ase. Thousands Of letters Of
gratitude prove its worth.
81 feel so happy for what S.S.S.
has done for me that I want
others to know about il. I suf-
fered twenty long years from
eczema. At times the itching was
unbearable. During that time, I
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

Who am I? hat New York office
did I once hold? To what Political
party do ] belong?
On this date, in 1888, the first
German immigrants arrived in North
America. Where did they settle?
The Ukraine forms a great part Of
Russia. Before the fall Of the car,
what was the title Of the ruling Off
cial in the Ukraine?
Before the war Turkey was COM
plete mistress Of the straits which
connect the Aegean sea and the Sea
of Marmora. What are they called?
Many Of England's illustrious dead
are buried in a famous abbey. What
Is its name?
"The light Of the righteous re-
joiceth: but the lamp of the wicked
shall be put out" Where is this
passage found in the Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
is THERE NO RELIEF FROM
SKIN TORTURE?
Must I Continue to Suffer the unbearabIe Itching !

used all kinds Of salves without
receiving any real benefit. After
taking six bottles of S.S.S., I
was cured Of this dreadful dis
ease. ] recommend S.S.S. TO any
one suffering from eczema, be-
cause / cannot praise it enough
for what it has done for me-"
Cleophas Forte, Soldiers and Sail
ors Home, Quincy, Ill.
S.S.S. Is purely vegetable. It
Is extracted from the fresh roots
Of medicinal plants and herbs and
gives to Nature what she needs
in building you up so that your
system throws of the cause.
SIS. Is sold ut all good drug
stores in two sizes, The larger
Is more economical.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
POLICE L SCARE

LOUISVILLE--P-The desk ser.
geant OF the Louisville police depart
ment must answer almost all tele-
phone calls despite the fact that 20
expert telephone calls have been
been summoned 10 duty.
Most OF the applicants Withdrew
after the first hour OF instruction.
Only two returned.
They r scared sway By the
routine calls" the sergeant explain
ed. I'D hate TO think what they'd
do in q rush on election night or the
Fourth Of July
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
SEEING THINGS

Peter whistled TO keep up his cour-
age, and at first he did very well.
But it is no fun sitting all alone BY
oneself in the heart or q woods with
night drawing on, and after a while
Peter began 20 feel less cheerful.
"wish someone would come along
to keep a fellow company" said he.
"Don't suppose il is very late in the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
Other Papers
RURAL SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
washington Post)

washington Post)
Ever since 1917 rural communities in all sections
Of the country have had difficulty in finding teachers
for their schools. The entry Of the United States into
the war took the young men who were in training for
the ~pedagogic profession, and then the young women
students Of the normal schools were in demand to take
the places Of the men who went forward.
There has been widespread complaint of the dearth
Of trained teachers. For the first time in a decade,
however, the Bureau Of Education is able to report
that the supply Of teachers meets the demand in all
but a few States. This has been brought about by the
offering Of better pay in most instances, but perhaps
more through the higher standard Of the requirements
requisite to the granting Of certificates. This higher
standard has in turn brought higher pay, and in con-
sequence more students are entering the profession Of
teaching.
In the days Of the "Hoosier Se~hoolmaster," Edward
Eggleston's graphic description of the life Of a country
pedagogue. the pay Of the teacher Of the country school
was less than the computation Of the "hired man..
Many teachers received as little as 81 for a weeks
service, and "~goarding around" was well-nigh uni
versal. The teacher who received as much as $50 a
month was regarded by his fellows as among the arts
tocrats, and such enormous salaries were few and wide
ly separated.
On the other hand, the requirements for obtain
ing a certificate" from the county superintendent
were as meager as the pay. Almost any one who could
work the "rule Of three" and spell words Of three
syllables might be certified as 8 qualified teacher, pro-
viding her knowledge of geography was sufficient 10
demonstrate that she was aware Of the fact that Canada
10 a portion Of North America and that France Is not
in Australia.
Now a teacher in most of the States mus. not oaly
"know her onioas," in the language of the day. but
must be able to instill that knowledge into the mind Of
the scholar. And, instead Of being compelled to board
and clothe herself on a wage of 81 a day, she can often
command $25 a week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
Dinner Stories
STRICTLY FRESH

A mar saw a message and an ad-
dress on an egg he got for break
fast. The message read:
This egg was packed by q girl
thousands Of miles away from Eng
land. She is supposed to be the
prettiest girl in this neighborhoodi
and is prepared to marry the man
who eats this egg.
The man cabled her-"T1l marry
you"
He received a reply from the girl
II am. flattered by your proposal
but I am now married and have three
children"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

John Steele writes that there is a scheme afoot
among the Powers to partition Turkey. 1t would save
Europe a lot of expense if il would lay in a stock of
movable INSTRUMENTATION Lumberman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

Scientists have confirmed the view that the sun
will last another hundred and fifty million centuries.
At the rate we've been using it this year we don't see
why It shouldn't last f~orever.-Punch.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

We're prohibited alcoholic liquor as q beverage
and now look at what we've got!-Philadelphia In
quirer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

It is claimed that the tourists who went to Paris
this year. If laid end to end. would bridge the Atlantic.
But not all were laid end to end. Some got back 90
their hotels in ~taxis.-Atlanta Constitution.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

Answers to Foregoing Questions
/. John +. Hylan; mayor: Demo
cratic.
2. Philadelphia.
q. Hetman.
a. Dardanelles.
8. Westminster.
6. Proverbs kills.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

On the farm the lamb does the ~frisking. In Wall
Street the frisking is done to the lamb.-LOuisvill
Times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

afternoon, but way in here, where
the sun can't come, the night is 60
ing to be long; il will grow dark so
early. Hellol who's that ver in
the hollow 1t the bottom OF the beech
treei"
Scarcely had Peter spoken when he
found himself staring st an empty
hole. Peter rubbed his eyes-then
laughed
1NothinG shese at all" chnckled
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

We have about decided in case we ever abandon
the principles Of a lifetime and enter politics. to be
Mayor of New York, instead of President Of the Unit
ed States, so as not to have to work--ohio State Jour-
nal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
WET INSIDE AND oUT

CHISWICK. Eng.-Tea is being
served on tiny RATS TO the bathers
here this summer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06

THIS lS a GREEN APPLE
But MkTbE n | SHUT
my EYES Az DON'T SEE
THE COLOR IT WON'T
GIVE NE . STOMACH ACHE