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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
OUR LATIN AMERICAN INVESTMENTS

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"A few days ago IL was pointed out that since 1918
our exports to South America had increased 500 per
cent and our imports from the same sourcr $50 per
cent, the total volume being about one billion dollars.
This volume is doubled II the Central American coun-
tries. Mexico, the Caribbean states. Porto Rico and ia.
maica are taken into account. Perhaps even more sig
nificant is the increase in United States investments
IN the whole Of Latin America. These investments nov
total more than five billion dollars. or about ten times
what they we're in 1912. They are as five to four com
pared to American investments in Europe. These in
vestments indicate the increasing development in the
coutries in which they are placed.
The opening Of the Panama canal in 1914, affording
= short cut from out Atlantic and gulf sesports to the
western coast OF South America, greatly stimulated the
development of natural resources Of that coast, in
cluding copper, ritrates, tin and foodstuffs. Chile
with climate conditions and industrial activities smiilar
to those Of California, experienced an especial revival.
But throughout the southern continent and in thu
lesser republics there mas been increasing industrial
activity, especially in the way Of textiles. American
capital has been needed for this expansion, for the
building Of railroads and for the financing Of new en-
terprises To establish diversity where too much depen-
dence was put on > single product, such o. coffee.
for example.
President-elect Hoover. so far az his present mis-
sion may be a stirnulant for trade. is certainly not pio-
neering; he is following up investments and trade
already Of great and constantly increasing volume.
While he presents himself as an unofficial messenger %
good will, seeking first Of all to strengthen our friend
" international relations, he IS not unmindful Of in
vestments and commerce which means 80 much to all
the countries concerned. But it is his theory that BUSH
ness intercourse can prosper only when based on re-
lations OF friendship and reciprocity
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
The World and All
Spelling THE CHILD

am convinced that the profession Of parenthood
Is the most important one in the world. and the least
understood. Were it not for a certain amount Of in
stinct that has persisted through the ages from dsrkly
~barbarous times, I fear we would make a much worse
job Of rearing our children that we do. And ~ our
complicated civilization grows older and more complex
the force OF instinct and the wisdom Of primitive days
become less and less available as guides for the parents
Of today.
You have to pass strict examinations before you can
enter the professions Of Law. teaching. engineering.
medicine or divinity. But nobody dare examine or
cross-question you before you rush into the profess
sion Of parenthood. Well, I doubt that anybody is
competent TO make the examination, anyhow.
II. Addington Bruce, in December Coed Housckeep-
ing. talks about spelling children by overindulgencc
%petting and t~oadying. | believe this is a most i'm
portant aspect or parental delinquency.
AZ Mr.. Bruce points out, many parents think they
are storing up gratitude for themselves when they
coddle the child and give in to its every within and
tantrum. Instead, Of course, they are merely storing
up grief for themselves.
Who hasn't seen the spoiled child grown up? The
good-lcokins young woman who can't get a husband
because she can't find sny young man whom she can
bedevil and impose upon a. she has been accustomed
to do with her mother or father or both. The spoiled
boy who can't live more than a few months with any
one wife, because no sensible woman will minister 20
his self-pity as his mother did.
ssss
Almost invariably the mother who spells her chilli
lives to drink 2 bitter cup, unless she has the good
fortune to die in her early years. The spoiled child
always becomes i~mpudent, ill-mannered. inconsidera.e
Of his mother. unable to adjust himself TO the ways 81
a world that has 70 time for the foibles Of the spoiled
10y or girl.
The %coddling mother and father deserve their pun
ishment. too. They love to Sacrifice" themselves daily
for their spoiled children. They enjoy the role q
martyr parent. They think it noble. Of course. there
are ~justitiabls and necessary sacrifices which paren'
and child must make for one another. The thing 70
discern is the line between the j~ustifiable and the fool
ish sacrifices; the need is for good judgment to temper
sentiment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
Other Papers
HE'LL BE A BETTER SOLDIER
CORPUS Christi Caller).


Army life grows more alurng. Permission has
been granted By the war department to army officers
warrant officers and enlisted men to wear the fame.
blue uniforms 50 dear 70 the heart Of the military man.
In war times TIE blue uniforms. with their decorations
dor must give way TO utility. and the dull. uninsPiring
Khaki is the result.
Khaki may be all right. and probably is all right.
for the fighting man; when one is lodging s~hraPnel
and rolling about in muddy trenches and undergoing
certain other processes % well remembered BY the A.
+. Fl, blue and gold uniforms don't seem 80 important.
There is enough to occupy the mind and pride in one's
appearance isn't so important.
But in peace ~times-ah, that's a horse Of another
color. indeed. Pride in ones profession is a most vital
contributor to success in that profession. And what
officer or enlisted man can strut about in peace times
clad IN dull khaki and feel that the admiring gaze of
the populace Is conferred upon him7 What feminine
heart would flutter at olive drsb and bronze buttons
The United States marine, when rugged out in his
full dress uniform, is one Of the most attention-com p.
polling creatures in the world. He yields place 20
none; the bird Of paradise must hang his head in shame
when a marine passes BY with his blue and red and
gold and gilt. Beside him the army man looks about
Is rorsntic and about a. decorative ss 9 sack Of pota-
toes. Much Of the marines provess as q fighting man
and save fer q few d~oughboys and sohs none will
deny his prowess-!s undoubtedly due to the pride h.
feels in his job; and the pride he feels must be trace
able to the rainbow Of colors he dons when he is or
parade.
Yes. the army man has a dull enough time Of il
when there's no war going on. If he wants to wear the
blue and the gold Of pre-war days, let him, by ali
means. He'll feel better. and he'll be a better soldier.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
Q 1928. CENTRAL PRESS ASSN nc

Byrd stepped back to conceal her
agitation.
Here are the papers you asked
for, Mr.. Duncan" said his secretary,
"and in that matter Of"
II have m appointment" muir
INJURED Byrd, and was out of the
room before Jack could detain her.
She stopped in the outer office,
flustered, realizing that she had
taken the check with her. And she
had rome on purpose TO return IL 10
Jack.
Well. she couldn't 70 back again.
She couldn't.
Byrd and Pat felt that night that
they we're dining on Mount Parnas-
sus sitting with the gods.
The table was spread with shining
linen. a bowl of snapdrazons from
the tiny garden nodded in the center
Of the table and the dinner was per
feet.
MANDY" said Byrd. -milingly. "is
there anything you don't know how
to do?"
Mandy, in her clean white apron,
was serving oeftly Tor all heT n
hundred and seventy pounds.
81 shore kin cook. ef I can't read
or firEer," she grinned, from wide
blue lirs.
Here and now J decorate you
with the raspberry said Pat. for
being the best cook in America"
"Yas'm. ! think 50. tool and
they all laughed together
Pat had gotten her cigarette case
and was leaning over her coffee lux
~uriously.
II think I'll have one, too" said
Byrd. suddenly
"Thy. sure said Fat. %curiorsly.
why shouldn't you smoke with the
res. az us7'
Byrd made no answer.
Later. in the living room. Pat
stretched cut on the davenport like
a baby panther after its last feeding.
ooh, the sailors life is the life for
me. ira, La" she ans. in her high
voice.
The doorbell rang, and Mandy
brought in q telegram.
cts from Henrietta said Byrd.
opening it ard reading 4, "she ar
rives tomorrow morning.
CTo BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
PRESIDENT-ELECT MAY FEAR
POSSIBLE SLUMP e.

1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Can AM
c.lea's good times 80 on indefinite
.y.
Formerly the "business cycle
from peak 70 peak-wss reckoned at
ABOUT d dozen years. period Of
gradually increasing prosperity, cul-
miaating in an orgy OF over-exten-
sion-thcl a loud pop-a slump.
and another period of gradual re-
covery.
b. all good right there ought to
have been an era Of terrible depres-
sion after the world war
IL had been delayed BY the war
and should have been accommodating
r3iscn all the time. The war boom
II experience counted for any thing
vas due TO be followed by a mighty
slump. Vast destruction of property.
100. always bad been deemed a sure
breeder Of hard times.
That slump has not hit US yet.
There was some unemployment Tor
w space after the war. There has
been some moro recently. Agricul-
ture and q few industries are be-
low par. However. there has been
no such long. general grind Of tight
money, failures and suffering. Al l
can remember in the early eos.
Three or four Yeas ago il occur
red to me 20 wonder why this sort
az d~istreaEful interlude had been
barished forever-and. IL so-whIth-
cr. how. and by whom7
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover
struck mo as the best authority to
consult for information.
Forthwith / hied me to the COM
MERGE department and submitted
ny query.
Nv answer. probably the hsrdi-
work. in detail. Of Secretary Hoover'5
assistant. Edward Tyre Hunt, who
handed ii 70 me. but by Mr.. Hoover,
himself. read and approved was
quite explicit
The then secretary OF commerce
believed that he had the business
surve" pretty effectively and per-
manently flattened out.
He held business boons response
he for business sIumps-if he held
down the booms he was confident
rEeye Coull De no sluNirt. lHe sec"
rotary admitted that there doubtless
would continue to be ave but ex-
planned that il was his idea to pre-
vent any wave from rising 10 so high
a crest as TO break over. and fall
kerwsshi - into a corresponding
trough.
Discreet warning 20 trade and in
dustrv. as credit began 70 show riEns
az overstrain and production 70 out
run the country's capacity 10 cor-
sume-this was the de-
partment's oil on the water. as n
safeguard against a dangerously
choppy sea.
There is no Sainsaying THAT this
scheme seems 10 have worked, up 10
date.
At any rate. there has been No
general slump-whcther thanks for
the blessing are due 10 the commerce
department OF 20 something else.
What 7 would like 70 know is
Why President-elect Hoover's lstes,
proposal. for the Saving up" Of
three billion dollars worth OF pub
lie Improvements TO offset "recur-
ring periods" Of depression7-and
consequent unemployment $50 Ill
slumrs are an extinct evii7
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
Day in Congress
CFy the Associated Press)

CBy the Associated PrestD
Friday:
Routine sessions before house and
Senate.
Senate military committee meets.
Foreign affsirs committee Of
house holds hearing on proposed
calendar change.
Senate interstate commerce COM
rittee consideration az
nominations to interstate commerce
commission.
House Indian affairs considers Nc
hurry relief bill.
Thursday:
House passed Sit2,O 100000 sppro-
priation bill for the departments Of
state, justice and labor.
Senate passed interior department
appropriation bill. adding Sl,500,00O
% $3.50, 6S1. ee3 voted by house.
Bills authorizing $4,000 for new
buildings az West Point and crca-
ton Of commission to prepare plans
for supreme court building passed
by senate.
House referred senate amendments
70 interior department bill to con-
ference.
Foreign affairs committee OF house
opened hearings on proposed calen-
dar change.
Senate voted TO consider kellogg
reace treaty and naval cruiser bill
simultaneously after Christmas re-
cess.
Bill authorizing si5,ooo.Goo fer re-
lief Of hurricane sufferers, IN
southeastern states voted BY senate,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
Washington Letter
BY CHARLEs 2. STEWART

, Has he become d~istrustful OF his
earlier plan?
Or has the present wave Of pros
perity risen 80 high that he n
afraid Of TIN spite Of all the oil
that can he poured on.
Too many precautions cannot hs
taken of course.
But not such d great while ago
Mr.. Hoover seemed 80 confident
II sounds strangely TO hear him
suggesting recurring periods OF ur-
employment" today rs II such thing
had not been entirely abolished aft.
or all.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

Who an III What position did N
hold from lsof-la23R Among whFt
people have ! done considerable wc.-
fare work.
Who saved members Of the colon
Of Virginia from starvation and
death during the latter part Of 1905
Where W the Wash inEton Err
under which George Washington Xxi
aaid 10 have assumed command uf
the American army?
What Ia "Thc Fourth Estate"
"God loveth a cheerful giver.
Where is this passage found In the
Eible-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
New York Letter

sion 70 celebrate his divorce T,
Jessica Brown. Go ahead"
said. make whoopee. David" WI
he did. And Just because he rub
shoulders with the common pee
like tabloid reporters and other s
ed characters Of the good old
misunderstood Main Street, you
cided to rhffft with him. Get
right. Peggy, ! do not rare this n
business Of swapping fingers NJ
happens between you and Dave.
the deal he got from all conre
was simply another form or hit
a guy below the belt.
Last night you should have h
him when some Of the mob Sta
putting you on the pan. He wa
first 10 deIounce the knockers.
he would have none Of their rem
Then you still care" said w
You'd never know that ne did "
you looked nc him. He remindc
Of the lad who was very mise
and SEINE one said: what
matter with him."
But Northesk does care. I
II that means anything 70 you.
ray any attention TO gags you
about his running around WI
phony countess. He ~ such M
lar guy he wouldn't object "a
using him for publicity put
I'll admit that some Of the reH
and photographers have tak1
vantage Of his good nature.
have i. but the pay-off car
other night. David had triI
overdose or alinol to End II
IL didn't work, rs You probabf
glad To know. He rot m cal
a tab hocus-focus man, who
MY paper is running n fu
layout OF war heroes on Arb
Day, and they world like 10
in IL. Don't get out of bed.
be okay that way"
So Dave obliged by remain
bed Che was just getting
seems) and they took the
which was supposed 70 20
war heroes layout, but when
per came out, what happend
tell me. ask mel You que
They ran the picture OF hir
bed, to which there was I
ton: Lord Northesk as he
ed after attempting suicide
gives you = rough idea on
can toss a guy around ut
IN this mans town.
The only thing the ma
Northesk. as we can see
here, Pegs, IL that he left
hat, monocle and sdanni1a
fuIrop instead 6. oringi
with him. And down in
big over-worked heart, p
J bet you think so. too. @
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
McCRORY ASSISTANT
GIVEN JOB

S. 3. Groves. formerly assistant
manarer Of the local -fcCrory store,
has been promoted To the position
or manager and j. IA. Eoutor. the
present manager. has been transfer
red 20 the St. Petersburg. Fla, store
% the chain system.
Mr. Groves already has taken
charge OF the Florida store as soon
as he can reach there.
Mr.. Bouton opened tire store here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

A Letter 10 Peggy Joyce Hopkins
NEW YORK, Dec. e..
Peggy Hopkins Joyce,
Dorset Hotel.
West Saith St. Manhattan.
Ny dear Peggy:
Hullo baby, I'll bet you've been
thinking that I've gone tall milli-
nery and everything, Just because
I've been up 70 my lips in work. As
D matter Of fact. Pegs. I'm afraid
the racket Is getting the better OF
me. What with this murder and
that story and this column or that
review TO do. the nights are plenty
crowded and I really haven't the
time 10 come up and find out who
is doing who.
But everything - Jake BIZ me. and
| trust you're "doin' bad" too. They
tell me the rehearsals az your new
Frenchy show look good, 80 maybe
you'll knock 'em dead when IL oneaS
and I'm glad. too, that the sugzes-
ton to get tho leading lad was car
ried out. He's a first rate actor,
Peggy. and he knows how to give
out that Certain Business. particu-
lsrly with his orbs and molars, the
latter. incidentally being the best cd
I've ever seen for a tooth-paste an
nouncement.
But what | started 20 write about
was David Ludovic George Hopetoun
Carnegie, Earl Of Northesk. Baron
Rosehill Baron Irglismsuldie. You
remember him? We three went 10
the Jungle Room and the Club Rich.
man and 20 Reuben's for sandwiches
several times. 7 see by the local
papers that just because he went gay
n one OF the pash poison parlors
and the papers kidded him about IL,
you decided that such things weren't
being done, so yau gave him plenty
of prairie. Now Peggy!
Really. | think you are a bit hasty
Far he 10 from me 10 interfere and
tell YOU what men to select in your
young life, for history proves wha1
an expert you are on that score. But
after getting really acquainted with
Dave. I've come to the conclusion
that he didn't rate the slugging hs
drew from the papers, even IL I were
one Of the titterers. / learn, Peggy
that when he went to the Whoope.
Club that night and cut up like 1
regular fellow. instead Of being l
snob (Which he certainly could BEL
be got ont there on the floor m,
made buns out Of the professional
Charleston and Black Bottom toe
and-hseler-.
/ learn. too. that he went out with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
DUKE OF 4 JOKE

LONDON.-At a dinner Of tie
Hardwicke Society the Duke al
York told Of "an American GENT.
man" vho asked for a dance thus
Say, kid, lend me your form for a
twist,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

A seat on the Stock l@chaage sold for $575,o00
And you can't get one IN the subway for q nickel
sither-Nev York Evening rolt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

WIDOW GETS HER PIPE
kRESSlNGLANn. Fnr--MrF. Jane
Edwards. aged 95. fused 81 much
about her rirs when she was taken
to . hospital with a broken leg that
she ~sz finally allowed 70 smoke.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

Tcday's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are bold
ard brave. They are OF a spiritual
nature and they are not susceptible
10 outsids influence.
A Daily Thought
Facts are stubborn things
LeSage.
Answers 70 Foregoing Questions
]. Alice Robertson, "a seat in con-
Irest. Indians.
2. Captain John Smith.
8. Cambridge. Mass.
a. The Press.
s. III Corinthians,ix, z.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

1~IiIliLan, s~cisEti.i. man viii Be hcTc for q bill
hon years yet. Possibly flat is why politicians show
no rush about farm relisf-Wichita Eagle.
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/ learn. too. that he went out with
out you that night with your mis-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
FORD REPRINTS
OLD M'CUFFEY
SCHOOL BOOKS
Copies of Famous Readers
viii Be Preserved for
Posterity.

BIZ NEA Service
DETROIT, March 9.-Henry Ford,
the man who swore few years ago
that history is bunk" has turned
historian himself.
He started in that role by re-
storing such buildings as Longfel-
lows Wayside Inn to their colonial
state, so that his fellow citizens
could see just what life was like in
the old days.
He continued by reviving the old
time dances.
And now he has had reprinted
the entire list of the famous Nc
Guffey Readers-those books that
since 1886 formed the principal edu-
cational fodder for 122,OOO,OO0 young
Americans.
He has brought out the old books
exactly as they were, with the orig
inal wood cuts and type dress I'M
changed. Ford is not selling the
books, only a small number being
printed to preserve them for pos
terity.
Throughout most of America, ex-
cept New England, these books be-
came the standard readers for all
school children. Except for the
Bible, it is probable that no other
book in America attained the sales
that McGuffey's had.
Despite the tremendous sale of
his Readers, McGuffey did not grow
rich. He received a royalty of 10
per cent until he had been paid
$1,000, and thereafter the books be-
came the property of his publishers
After the Civil War the publishers
voluntarily gave McGuffey an an
nuity until he died,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
DANCE TEST TO
OPEN MARCH Is
Expected to Create New
Hop for Bathrooms.

ITO raise the ethical atmosphere
of Indiana ballroom dancing" Is the
purpose of the national and State
eccentric dancing contest sponsored
by The indianapolis Times, the In
diana ballroom and the Trianon
of Chicago.
The secondary purpose is to find
a dance which will replace the hops,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

skipS and whatnots now in vogue
throughout the country.
The preliminary contest will be
held March IS at the Indiana bali
room and two winners will be
named. Each Thursday night for
the three weeks following, two con-
teStantS to be named each night.
These eight contestants will meet
April IL for the State champion
ship. In addition to many valuable
merchandise prizes, winners in the
finals and preliminaries will be
awarded gold, silver and bronze
medals.
The State champions will be sent
to the Trianon ballroom April II
and 18 to enter the national con-
test in competition with twenty
nine other State champions.
Persons between the ages Of 18
and 25 can enter at any time by
filling out the accompanying coupon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09

"Oh, dear, do wish some one
would invent a string or something
which would keep the dress from
blowing up above the knees on a
windy day. pleads Miss Adelaide
Cohn, 1927 College Ave.
And so Lee Williams, Times car
toonist, accommodated the young
lady with the Loose Nut invention
illustrated. Miss Cohn wins the 50.
Williams suggests that since the
strings would be a trifie cunber-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
MARCH 8, 1928

where he had been a patient the
last five weeks. He leaves brother,
George w. Wright, Russiaville; two
sisters, Mrs. Mary E9 Ccliff, Elora.
and Mrs. Fannie Enditott, Russia
vile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09

and sending to The Times or In
diana ballroom. Professionals are
barred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09

Panama was formerly a state of
Colombia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09

some. a pair of trousers would ac-
conipliSh the same purpose.
There is 80 waiting for the Indi-
dianapoliS Times reader who sug-
geSts Loose Nut invention that can
be illustrated and published. Just
addressg your written idea to Loose
Nut Editor" at the indianapolis
Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09

Former KOkomO Mayor Dies
BY Times Special
KOKOMO, Ind, March 9.--Isaac
Wright, 70, former Kokomo mayor
and Howard County sheriff, is dead
at a sanitariun in MartinsVille
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09

The total United States coast line
is $3.50 miles.