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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-14
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Advertising Representatives
The Sterling Highway Plan

That Chairman Sterling OF the state highway COM
mission struck a responsive chord when he suggest
ed that the state finance a comprehensive system OF
paved highways with a bond issue OF ssOo.0oO,ooO 70
so50,O0o,000 based upon a gasoline tax to be levied BY
the state. Is apparent from the flood Of approval en-
anating from the newspapers and commercial and
civic organizations Of the state. t
The Sterling plan contemplstes the reimbursing of
counties which have voted bonds for state highways.
and financing all state highways without requesting
tion Of state highways as one project regardless Of thu
valuations or bonding capacities OF the various coun-
ties such highways would traverse.
One OF the most commendable features Of the plan
Is that IL relieves real estate Of the burden Of CON
structing state highways, and places that burden where
IT belongs-upon the owners Of motor vehicles who will
pay in proportion to the use they make Of the highway
system.
Another feature that has thus far failed to arouse
much comment, and which is all important. is that the
state bonds would draw interest at the rate Of 4 or
! 1-2 per cent, whereas the average county bonds draw
interest at the rate OF 5 to 5 IL per cent, and road
district bonds at 5 12 to 6 per cent. State bonds draw
ing 4 per cent would be almost as attractive to in
vestors as county bonds At 5 or district bonds At s.
BY financing a Sa0O,000,000 program with state bombs
the state could effect a saving Of approximately ST.
100000 q year on the interest. The saving in interest
alone would finance a large part of the maintenance.
tremendous savings could also be effected in large
contracts, and the cost Of paving and the burden OK
the interest and sinking fund could both be materially
reduced.
Owners OF motor vehicles would not find the tax a
burden. Records prove that the increased mileage per
gallon of gasoline on paved highways averages from
Is to As per cent. and the operator OF a motor vehicle
could well afford to increase his gasoline cost 10 or
Is per cent in order TO get 25 to IS per cent more in
mileage.
Under the plan proposed by Chairman Sterling
there would be more uniformity in construction ma
teriais and methods and in width Of highway. Such
gaps as now exist north Of Jim Wells county o.
through Kennedy county would be eliminated. and the
entire system Of state highways constructed with a
view Of maximum efficiency and service to the greatest
number.
Texas has been endeavoring for ten years to build
. connected system Of state highways under existing
laws, and the effort has proved fruitless. The pro-
gressive counties have been penalized BY the unpro-
gressive or by those which lacked sufficient valuations
to vote the necessary bonds. There is only one way !,
construct n connected system, and that is through
financing by the state upon such a plan as Mr.. ster-
ling has proposed.
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The Corporation Tax

The small corporations of the United States will
hail with considerable enthusiasm the inclusion in the
tax bill the Garner graduated scale of rates for co.,
porations with incomes under $4,000 per year. The
senate accepted the Garner rates Saturday BY a vote
Of 40 to IS. every democrat and two republicans voting
for the inclusion.
The present tax which places all corporations upon
an equal basis. has prevented the formation of small
CORPORATIONS TO such an extent that il has proved in
furious to the commercial development Of the nation.
Combinations Of capital from $4,000 to $1,000 ar.
practically prohibited under the excessive 10 per cent
corporation tax. Large corporations have been ham
pered to some extent by this tax, but the smaller cor
poratiors have found il almost unbearable.
Under the Garner graduated rate. accepted BY the
senate and soon to be placed before President Coolidge.
the small corporations will pay from Z to IL per cent
based upon their incomes. Those showing profits OF
$4,000 or more will pay IL 12 per cent, but the cor
poration showing a profit Of $4,000 will pay only 7 per
cent. In the past three or four years hundreds o.
small corporations. unable to meet the excessive tax.
have been forced from business. and the large corpor.
-tions have p%rofited through the elimination OF com
petition.
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Other Papers
JOHN NANCE GARNER


Down in Cameron county they have organized a
strong John n. Garner club. With his splendid record
of t~wenty-six years behind him as a member Of con-
gress, there should be no necessity for his friends TO
organize for his reelection, for he should be sen.
back to congress without opposition. But Mr.. Garner
has an opponent this year and the friends Of the OPP
ponent are very active in their candidates behalf.
This opponent il Mr.. Sid Hardin, a worthy young man,
and his ambition lis a laudable one. But Mr.. Garner
is needed in congress. and his long service in that
great law-making body has made him the most influ-
entail member Of the Texas delegation. This looks like
n democratic year with n democratic president and
congress. in which event Mr.. Garner would become
speaker Of the house of representatives, and that would
mean a great deal. not only for his district. but for his
state and the nation. A man is elected 10 congress.
not only to look after his district and state, but 70
assist in making laws for the worlds greatest nation.
So we'll has Mr.. Garner performed his duties, that his
fame as N lsw-maker has become nationwide and his
name is a familiar one in the law-making bodies OF
the Old World nations. Texas and the nation would
feel the absence Of John N. Garner should his district
refuse to return him to congress this year. but this
seems hardly among the possibilities. The News does
not presume to say how a majority Of the people or
the district will vote, but it believes they will see the
wisdom Of keeping in congress a man who has always
been faithful to his trust, and who. by his u%ntiring
efforts. has gained for himself a national reputation
as a law-maker and is a credit and an honor to his
state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-14
The World and All
DIMENSIONS

The paper on which these words are printed has
length, breadth and thickness. Or you may call them
length, width and height. Or height, thickness and
width. However you call them, there are three di-
mansions.
Same way with the brick in the street. the build
ing in which you live. and the objects you see about
you. Everything you can measure in three dimen-
sions.
But there has been a great deaf Of speculation
about the possibility Of another dimension that VIC
cannot measure or sense. Is is possible that all things
or some things have qualities that might be classed
as dimensions, besides 'ength. breadth and height
/ think so. For instance. consider space. Space, il
il exists at all, is just as real as a brick. But it is
infinite in extent. You cannot measure it or put it
within bounds. Perhaps it has no length or width or
height. Perhaps its only dimensions is infinity. In
finity may be a fourth dimension. and there may be
many other dimensions that we cannot sense.
There is some tendency among modern thinkers 10
deny the existence Of space, because we cannot meas
ure i. Persons who talk to the atom and the molecule
and the electron as il they were intimately acquainted
with them are inclined to deny that there is any space.
But We cannot see the atom or the molecule or the
electron. We cannot feel these things nor prove their
existence-unless the person to whom their existence
is to be proved already believes in them.
Time and motion are not measurable in three d.
mansions. Neither is electricity, for that matter.
These things have other dimensions that we have not
learned TO catalog and sense.
Love is possibly the most potent force in the uni
verse. Doubtless il has dimensions. comparable to the
dimensions of space and time. But we know SO little
about Its essential nature that we think Of it vaguely
and in a personal way. Scientists work within narrow
limits They are feeling about in the half-lirht. They
are making progress, but not very rapidly. IL YOU
asked a scientist the dimensions of love, he would ash
you to see an slienist, and would turn again to his
engine or his microscope.
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or money back. She is n middle
aged woman, N member of an improv-
erished family, with social connee-
tions In New York, Newport, South
ampton, Aiken and other colonies.
She requires that her clients he
beautiful. accomplished, poised and Of
reputable family. The broker has q
regular systematic procedure OF
match making. She entertains her
client, inviting persons Of high social
position, including wealthy men OF
marriageable age, and then obtains
for the prospective bride invitations
to fashionable affairs. She furthers
her clients interests by showing her
off 10 the best advantage. seeing that
she IL mt the fright places" at the
fright times" and acting M m diplo-
matte R~o-between. Naturally, she Is
very careful or her clients reputa-
tion.
She is credited with having brought
about several successful marriages
to men Of millions. or course, her
fee as broker is quite high.
Another reason why you can't be-
lieve your eyes on Broadway il that
n considerable number OF "leR pads"
are sold i'm hosiery shops along the
street. The pad fits very neatly over
the calf and creates what 10 70 the
passing eye q shapely Leu.
Every town has n lot of fishermen
who would love to know J. Harvey
Ladew or New York. He II spending
$4,000 to enjoy the fishing along the
coast Of Nicaragua which Zane Grey
says is the fisherman's paradise. He
chartered a five-mssted schooner %
take him and his friends down for
the snort.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-14
Cleaning Out the Billboards

Kansas proposes 70 remove the unsiehtly billboards
which mar the scenic beauties Of many rural spots in
that state. A decision handed down last week by tia
Kansas supreme court opens the way for the removal
Of all advertising signs and billboards along state
highways. In its decision the court declared valid N
statute enacted by the legislature last year which pro-
hibited any kind Of signs. except official markers. on
the right-of-way Of state highways; also any adver-
Using sign within 500 feet Of a turn in the road. an
intersection or n grade crossing.
Following the enactment Of the law. the state high
ways commission directed the county highway boards
TO proceed with the removal Of signs already put IN.
A sign company brought suit against one Of the county
boards and obtained an injunction through the district
court. The supreme court reversed the decision of the
lower court, and removal of all signs in accordance
with the state law is now in progress.
The decision Of the Kansas court is regarded a.
significant, as the signs involved in the suit were only
90 by IL inches in size. They had been placed on
fence posts along the highways, and less than one-half
the 20-inch length extended over the highway right
of-way. But the higher court held that even that. un-
der certain conditions, might constitute an obstruction
10 the view of the motorist.
AT the meeting OF the Association Of National Ad-
xertisers in Cleveland last week. cognizancc was taken
of the increasing demand for the removal Of objection
able signs, and it vas the consensus Of the meeting
that unsightly billbosrds, which mar the scenic beauty.
.ninion. II was reported that throughout New Eng
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-14
New York Letter

NEW YORK. May 14.-Some of the
things that are being talked about
now at dinners and evening parties
in New York:
The probabilities Of a severe break
in the stock market. The inn
provement in the quality OF bootleg
liquors. The further deteriors-
tion in the quality OF bootleg liquors.
Margery Latimer's first novel,
We Are Incredible" The COM
parative merits or various radio sets
and loud speakers. Herbert
Hoover. Alfred Emanuel Smith.
Whether George Jean Nathan
and Lillian Gish will I'VE get mar
ried. . The T-cent subway fare
fight. Automobiles. . Sum-
mer resorts. . The fight among
the critics over him" lower ease
impressionistic play by 2. e.. cum
minEs, lower case poet. . +. The at
tempt Of the ~Shuberts. rival produc-
ers. to have the police close down
Strange Interlude." Eugene OiNeill's
nine-act domestic drama as immoral.
on the eve of the revelation that the
prize as best moral drama Of the
year Nicaragua. A threat
ened divorce suit in which Peggy
Hopkins Joyce ~allegedly figures. . a..
The strange financial Of a
publisher supposed to be n Of the
richest men in the U. r. . What
will Lindbergh do next? The al
legged domestic troubles Of Eugene
O'Neill. The stock market. . /. /.
The stock market. . . The stock
market.
There II p marriage broker in New
York who guarantees girls marriage
10 . nan Of mean and social position
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cAprTALIzING COURTESY

As I stroiled along Fifth avenue,
in New York. one afternoon, ] re-
membered that ! needed q collar.
/ went into the nearest haberdash-
cry and frankly told q young clerk
what | had come for. He seized u
little box off the shelf, and deftly
drew a collar from a cute little tis-
sue-paper envelope, while quietly
humming a simple tune.
That's the very latest thing" he
sighed, at the same time significantly
tapping with his index finger the
collar that he himself wore. There
was no denying that the two collars
were of the same identical type.
! was really rather captiyated by
the collar and inquired the price.
Those are q dollar each" the
young man replied, MS he suppressed
a yawn.
Now. as a matter Of fact. I never
pay n dollar for q collar. l freely
admitted to the salesman that I was
seeking merely n twenty-five cent
collar. and was unwilling TO pay n
dollar, ven though the collar he had
just showed me did. indeed. make
him look wonderfully neat and at
tractive.
At the mere mention Of the words
twenty-five cents, the clerk looked
deeply vexed.
"Ah." said he. with n smile OF
mingled pity and amusement. I'VE
have no such collars as that. We
don't touch them" And he made 4
deprecating gesture with his left
hand. palm outward. as il the very
thought Of such = collar was repei-
lent TO his sensitive nature.
you won't find any cheap collars
on Fifth avenue" he added, busyinr
himself putting away his stock. as il
the incident were closed. gathered
from what he said that I might Just
as well try to find the mythical pot
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-14

Tor producing twice that amount
would be small.
Adjacent to the dam and power
house stands one OF the two giant
nitrate plants, capable. in size and
equipment. to furnish fertilizer for
millions of farmers-fertiZiler pro-
duced with the aid Of the current
generated al the shoals and factors
taken from the air.
These nitrate plants lie idle
closely guarded by soldiers. Govern
ment reservation laws exist. A negro
was court-martialed and given a mill
tary hanging for shooting n soldier at
one Of the plants. Tourists may en-
ter the grounds Of the PLANTS. but not
to linger or leave their cars.
Operation of these plants awaits
decision of the entire problem. Mean
while equipment and material is de-
~teriorating and maintenance incress-
ing.
New Dam Plsnned
Sixteen miles above Wilson dam
the stretches Of Tennessee shoal
await the building of q third dam.
so feet in height. capable Of produc-
ing 250.000 horse power in itself, and
adding something to the production
Of Dam No. 2 (the present one.)
You hear many views concerning
the reasons for the failure Of those in
control to take definite and immedi-
ate action to utilize the power now
going 10 waste at the rate Of mil
lions of horse power " X. ". VI. or
any other way electrical experts
choose to figure il.
The power companies are trying
to grab the power" is one answer.
Power Companies Side
THE power companies are in the
best position to market the power a.
the greatest profit 20 me government
and the lowest cost 10 the con-
sumer," is the reply.
"lt's being made a football"
You hear hundreds Of such re-
marks while walking atout. fly fash
ion- on the broad exranses Of con-
crete.
And ali the time the liberated
waters rush through the spillways
and on down the flat bottom Of the
river.
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JIMMY JAMS

Aoses-can run things quite as well
IS he can-maybe better.
The president pre- tenn" now. 10
. man Of consequence. Hes recog-
nized as the ~majority's big man" in
the senate. He has q vote. He has
a hand in shaping legislation. He
can call a substitute TO the chair. in
his place. and make a speech. He's
a senator plus"
While Calvin Coolidge was filling
out the late President Harding's un-
finished term. there was, of course,
no vice president.
That made the late Senator Al
bert B. CumminS, who was president
pro TEN" at the time. permanent
presiding officer of the senate. He
was on precisely the footing, in the
upper chamber, Sf the speaker in
the lower one. It's altogether a diff
ferent thing from the vice presidency
"a post Of great power and conse-
quence.
In 1925 came the customary quad
rennial readjustment.
Vice President Dawes was indicted
into office.
The public printer" issued a nev
ConEressionsry Directory.
And what do you think happened?
Why, the directory's editors had
fallen out Of the habit Of putting
any vice presidents name in the
volume. during the two years while
the country had none. and they for
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Kellygrarns

Of gold nc the end of the rainbow.
or try to solve the problem Of how
70 eat ones cake and have II. TX
that clerk should ever find out that
| did succeed i'm buying IN first-rate,
wearable collar for twenty-five cents,
only three or four doors away on
Fifth avenue, r imagine II would
spoil his day.
I'm the second store I tried. the
clerk told me they had no soft col
lars for less than fifty cents, but in
stead OF seeming irritated that a Gus.
toner should appear in quest OF u
less expensive collar he was apollo
getie-
I'VE have u great many customers
who are heavily infested with mon
ey,n he explained, in N friendly, on
fidential tone, "and they think unless
q thing Is priced at an absurd figure
IL cant be as good u collar as any
mar needs. for IN lot less money
You may think that this second
clerk went almost too far in taking
the customers point or view. but ]
contend that he was nm unusually
efficient Accommodation because
he was courteous. Just because ne
had the politeness to shift his mood
70 fit mine, I was half tempted 10
buy one of his costly collars, after
all. III I ever should decide to pay
more than a quarter for q collar. !
have an idea | would rather ~squander
NY money with this second clerk
than with the first one. He applied
the same rule Of courtesy that gov
ems the dinner host who will not
wear evening dress IL he thinks one
of his guests will be less f~ashionably
CARRIED. If one should place his
guest at ease, a guest who merely
comes "a eat food. why should n
not 60 even farther-looking nc the
thing from n purely business view
point-to place nj ease the man who
enters ones store for the purpose OF
spending his money.
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land the billbosrds have been reduced over so per cent
the past year, and that the end Of 1928 would see very
few remaining.
Commenting upon the general demand and especial.
Iy the fact that the women's clubs Of the country are
leading the campaign against the billboards. Edward
7. Hall, former president of the association, said that
women's attitude on national products Els something
to always take into confederation" Many Of the ma
tional advertisers take this view and are not only con-
forming with the demand that the billboards be elimi-
mated, but are adding the weight of their influence to
the movement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-14
India Opens Bureau
To Predict Monsoons

POONA. India-CPD-A weather
bureau in being opened here with THE
particular duty Of forecastins men.
soons.
The most deadly Of worlds ves-
Their terrors, the northeast monsoon.
1t is hoped, will be deprived or IT,
terrible effects.
The new station was the inspira-
ton Of ]. II. Field, of the Indian
meteorological department, who has
spent two decades developing a sys-
TEN for ~forecastinr the winter rains
N northern India and monsoons.
The forecasts are expected TO pre-
tect the Forthcoming regular ~
service TO India. as well ~ Shipping
which has suffered from the tam
pests in the past.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-14
By NORMAN E. BROWN

BY NORMAN E. BROWN
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala, May IA
While congress weighs methods Of
operating Americas greatest poten-
tial power source now under leash,
those who visit Muscle Shoals see
Enough power going to waste each
hours to supply
But the recitation Of figures would
only confuse the average citizen as
they confuse the visitor here.
Some things, however, are appar-
emit to the lsyman who goes sight
seeing.
what Visitor Sees
Twelve Of the SO s~p.llways in the
mile-long dam CWilscn dam are
open, with thousands cf gallons of
water rushing through untitled
every minute.
Eight giant turbines, totaling 260.-
900 horse power at capacity, stand
ready to produce power-and five are
operating. These five, capable OF
producing $4,000 horse power. are
operating below capacity - 10000
horse power.
Beyond the quarter-mile long room
in which these giant turbines stand
is another room. still longer. await
ing installation Of 10 more turbines.
as large as the eight now in operat-
ing condition.
Huge Mass Of Water
Behind this building IA part OF the
dam structure itself) the water is
penned ups feet high-waitinR to
be turned loose on the paddles Of the
turbines-The one constructed and
the ones to be installed.
Struggled timidly among the giant
turbines that spin to q steady, low
droning sound, is a tiny turbine. At
least il is tiny alongside the others.
This turbine is the "hSuse machine"
which supplies the current for the
plant. to light the dam, the buildings,
run the elevator, etc.
This turbine alone can produce
enough power az peak load to supply
two ordinary middle-sized towns
with their average industries. II IL
listed at 1.400 horse power. The
larger ones at $4,000 and 30,000-if
hat will help you any.
Yet, with the necessary water
available to .urn ls of the giant tur-
bines at peak load the year around,
only five Of them are in use
and no progress being made toward
installing the final group OF 10.
Figures Given Writer
The Alabama Power company now
is nsying the government two mills
per kilowatt hour for What power is
being produced and sold pending
final disposition Of the plant. This
rs netting the government something
like 100000 per mon'h and costing
$4,000 n produce. The added ma
terisl, labor and operating expense