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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
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TRAFFIC

What the economic loss in time wasted by traffic
congestion in city streets amounts 20 cannot be re-
solved into dollars and cents, despite the efforts Of
the traffic experts TO approximate a figure. That it
runs into vast sums can easily be appreciated by those
who observe the tedious delays which motorcars en-
counter in vending their way through city streets,
while parked vehicles along either curb shut off al
ways one and sometimes two potential added lanes Of
traffic.
For a motcrcoach to consume forty minutes in COW
eFing half a dozen city blocks on a rainy day cuts
down the profits Of the operating company, wastes the
time Of the passengers and reduces the number Of
customers who otherwise could travel rapidly from one
store to another on a street devoted to shopping. What
Is gained by permitting a privileged few motorcars to
park in front Of shops undoubtedly is lost By the in
ability Of many more customers to reach the stores be-
cause Of the traffic congestion occasioned by parked
ears.
The problem is as acute in one city as another.
varying only as t. the proximity of the more popular
stores. New York, Chicago. Boston, PHILADELPHIA
great cities Of the United States-are confronted DIV
this situation in increasingly acute form. Chicago en-
deavored to solve it by forbidding parking within the
Loop, but the strenuous objections Of merchants who
faced a temporary recession in sales initiated against
the effectiveness Of this means of e~xpediting traffic.
Numerous solutions have been studied in different
cities, ranging from the construction of vast under
ground public garages 70 the elimination Of private
cars from the center of the city during prescribed
hours. Undoubtedly the motorcoach, the street car
and the taxicab can best take care Of the needs Of the
pubic as a whole, catering as they do to the great ma
jority Of persons visiting the busy part Of each city,
and either the elimination of parking or the exclusion
Of the private car from busy sections will come in time,
as cities realize the inordinate waste occasioned bv the
presence Of more vehicles than a street can accommo-
date.
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American Cotton

The area available for cotton production in the
United States is SO large that American farmers WIZ
Be able to satisfy the increasing world demand for cot
ton for many years to come, in the opinion OF DF- -
j. Spillman, economic analyst pa the bureau nj aer-
cultural economies, United States department OF asr'-
culture.
There is 4 possible extension Of cotton area
amounting TO ten million acres in Texas alone he
says, 'and there are other large areas that may yet
be devoted to cotton in New Mexico, Arizona and Cali
fornia. to say nothing Of possible extension Of cotton
northward. The extension n~orthward now includes
about three-fifths Of the state Of Tennessee a eonsid-
cradle area in western Kentucky, four counties IN
southern Illinois, and there as possibilities Of mate
rial expansion in southern Missouri and Virginia, pos
sibly also in southern Kansas"
The question Of competition in cotton production
according 10 Dr.. Spillman, lis not as between Ameri-
can cotton growers and possible foreign producers but
as among American growers. The developers Of Tor
eign producing areas. apart from local cotton growing
and marketing limitations, viii be confronted with VIC
lently fluc.uating cotton prices. An Increasingly large
proportion Of the American cotton area lies in a ter
ritory subject either 10 occasional prolonged drouths
or to early fall frosts or both, with consequent years
Of low and high prices. The drop in prices IN 1920
and 1921 did much to lessen the feverish activities for
the extension Of cotton acreage in Japan. China, Ar
gentina, Brazil. and a dozen places in Africa, TO say
nothing Of the wild speculations about the possibilities
ss...''' 80 o. w., ,'.''. -. : .r .,'p ..,,.. pro. =
duction westward and n~orthward since 1909. DR.. Spill
man points out that in 1909 cotton did not extend 20
the western border 81 Texas, though there was one
county in southeastern New Mexico which had one per
cent Of its area IN cotton. AT that time there vere
three great conters Of cotton production in which the
cotton crop occupied more than half Of the crop area
West ~ Louisiana and Arkansas there was a 81 per
cent increase in the area Of cotton between 1919 ana
1924. Most Of this occurred in Oklahoma snd IeNas'
bat there were notable increases in New Mexico Ari-
zona and CaiifoIr a. Along the northern border q the
cotton he'll from Arkansas to Virginia, including Ten
nessec North Carolina, and states 70 the NORTH there
was 4 81 per cent increase in cotton area these in-
ereases being due to the high prices for cotton that
prevailed az times during this period.
n Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama the cotton
area remained fairly steady though there was soms
shifting about within each Of these states. On the az
erage. however, they increased their cotton acreage :
per cent between 1919 and 1924 In South Carolina
Georgia and Florida there was a large decrease IN
ACREAGE. amounting FOR the three states taken together
70 60 per cent.
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The World and All
JURISPRUDENCE AND OTHER PRUpENC

1H aAND OlnEh HhIDENIE
In all sobriety, now that some Of the Indignation
about important recent trials has died down, / offer
the opinion that we ought to do a little tinkering with
our machinery Of justice. I don't believe in wiping
anything out or reforming anything, in the common
sense Of the term. But l think we ought to begin to
think and discuss, and that within the next fifty years
we ought to make certain slight changes.
There is a fairly provocative article entitled
Twelve Men in a Box in the current issue Of The
Forum. 1t opens up the question of the jury system,
and whether some other system would be more de-
sirable.
I think the jury system needs repairing here and
there. It isn't the only feature Of the judicial struc-
ture that needs attention, however.
Here Is my suggestion for improving the jury sys.
TEN. First, reduce the jury from twelve to six persons
That might be done in a few states in a few years
after due elaboration and plenty Of talk.
Then, along about the next decade, require intelli.
gence tests for jurors. No person incapable Of forming
a rational judgment should be permitted to sit on a
jury to decide the most important matters concerning
the life or rights of another person.
Nothing revolutionary 50 far.
Well, in another century / believe it might be pos
sible to provide in some states for three professional
jurors to sit with three amateurs on every jury case
The three professionals would be required to know
something about the basic principles Of law, and a good
deal about logic and philosophy.
Some progress toward increasing the chances for
justice would have been made by this time.
Along about this time, we should have an amend
ment to the constitution, making confessions to police
men inadmissable as evidence. Policemen are not
proper persons to use Is judicial adjuncts or assistants.
Their third degree methods are notorious. Every news
paper man who knows anything knows that most con-
fessions are beaten out Of unwilling victims, and that
many innocent persons confess to crimes they know
nothing about, under the strain Of police brutality.
! believe that altogether too many criminals escape
even after arrest and trial. / believe in life sentences
for habitual offenders. I believe in using murderers
fr medical experimentation during their life SEN
fences. ] do not believe in coddling criminals. But
| know that persons who are not criminals sometimes
get in the way Of the confession extOrters, to their
notable bad fortune.
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Timely Views
A RELIGION TO SAVE US" URGED
Bv HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK


Pastor, Park Avenue Baptist Church, New York City.
(Harry Emerson Fosdick was born in Buffalo,
n. Y, in 1878. He was ordained to the Baptist
ministry in 1908 and in the following year became
pastor Of a church a. Montclair, N. j., serving
there until 1915. He now is pastor Of the Park
to 1915 Dr.. Fosdick was instructor in homiletics at
the Union Theological seminary, becoming pro-
fessor of practical theology at the seminary in
1915. He has written many books on theological
subjects).
! call to your attention a conspicuous aspect Of
American religious life. Multitudes Of people are try
ing 20 save religion. Sometimes they are trying to
save their own religion; they feel it slipping; they have
not much left Of the original capital, with which their
childhood homes endowed them; they are somewhat des-
perately clinging to as much religion as they have left
and hope that they can save it.
Many other folk are sure about their own religion
but they are trying to save the religion of the churches
They 70 about s~teadying the ark; they are deeply in
earnest, often militant, sometimes hysterical. They
are sure that religion somehow must be saved.
For my part, / am through trying to save religion
That seems TO me a fallaeious method of approach
The proposition upon which we are to put our minds
this morning is that the only successful way to save
religion is to get a religion that will save as. That
distinction Is profoundly important. II we are trying
to save our religion we are on the wrong track; the
right track is the discovery OF . religion that will
save Us.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
Kellygranns
By FRED c KELLx

cesture. and then speculate upon how
much YOU might learn even a spared
to n ripe old age. Ask yourself how
far YOU could 70 in your thinking
processes if You had mo language OK
no words wv apply tn the items about
which YOU were thinking, or 10 serve
~ aids 10 memory. How much
reasoning power would WE develop NJ"
Il y worth thinking about, too,
that. aside from inherent instincts, a
ANY,. unlike us humans learns MOTH
inr from experiences OF previous
generations. From birth we humans
nra told of different schemes ana
rraetircs which have long been
proved worthless, but the dog has 70
earn everything ne does learn
through his w enses Considering
This handicap, surely il must be con-
coded that perhaps IN te~n-year-oid
an-s knows more than an old man
would have learned under similar
circumstances.
Ancthpr handicap of the dog W.
hat. because unable 70 follow ao-
stract thought. he cannot be fore
warned WI danger or chcered by hope
when n trouble. Think Of the hours
YOUR dog must suffer lest his master
Witt WIT return for many days, when
perhaps the master has gone only 70
thu nearest grocery
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

NEW N0Ek.-IrGlous efforts of
Earl Carroll TO wire cut memories Of
his recent stay in Atlanta prison with
VI musical revue eErec nE in gorge
ousnccs anything ever done on
Broadway. fas sent thr beauty mar
kCt shooting up ana started " war
among producers. aalrol has been
raidinE other shows fgr rlichritude.
winning girls with record salary OIL
ferings.
Despite exaggerated reports to tho
contrary. Fln Lirrfald has been pay
ing his prize beauties S65 a week.
with most of the girls getting less.
Other producers have lgwcr salary
scales. Carroll is offenng from SlZ5
to $500 a week for -ha best lockers.
among them Gladys Glad, hatheryn
Burke and Dolores Grant. These are
"s how girls as distinct from chorus
girls. They need nr- have singing
or dancing talent; all they have 70
do la look pretty.
The champagne bath" man in-
tends % charge Sill nightly for first
floor seats. No Broad vay revue has
ever obtained so much. except f0r
openings.
Beauties of the GLASS mentioned
above sometimes earn mere outside "A
show than they do mas long as
thuy are in. Being " member WI The
chorus az q fsma,.s hit gives them
added value as models for artists.
advertising Illustrations. ctr.. and as
after-show performers in night clubs.
[ They are also mrrh ~nr~ht ne man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
New York Letter

beauties. Broadway III throngcd with
ioblrss chorines. Girls from road
shnws. Girls from burle4lue- Girls
from movie rgvu,s. Girls from
shows that aren't so particular about
face and figure. Conditions always
nre madpawurse Ht this season or the
year by the influx Of newcomers;
every college and every town con-
tributes its quota. The attractive
ness Of Hollywood has not made
Broadway any less q magnet
The seasonal campaiEners among
the girls form grouDs 70 live cooper
atively during the lean period
Some depend ON remittances from
ZONES they don't wan. to go TO.
Many impose on Iandladies who are
used to being paid only In winter.
Some get vacation jobs n stores, or
E0 10 resorts as mattresses or host
essus When autumn suggests itself.
an flock back to what is to them
the only street in the world, FREE
Q~ugntly quitting good jobs 70 gamble
for poorer ones. Show business new
er releases les hold upon the affcc-
tions 0f those III captures.
I arm pleased 10 report that the
demand for college GOV jazz players
has fallen off. Cafe and restaurant
men and resort operators, noting N
return t0 favor of slow r music and
sweeter pieces. are reducing their
crchcstras and changing programs TO
conform t0 Che new trend. Radio i'm
making u unnecessary for many
smaller places 10 have musicians.
There iE, however. " larger call
for college boys who qualify as
bridge experts. Resort employment
agencies report "A demand for boys
who can instruct guests ia the game
or act All partners for lcne wives.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
D0Es YOUR DOG REAsoNg

III YOU think your dog has reason
iup powers then try this experiments:
Roll a ball along the floor toward
n wall. at an angle. Hold your dog
where h. can observe that the bali
VIII come back TO within q few feet
AZ the starting point. lf he desires
the BAN and raally has reasoning
power, then maybe he viii not chase
the ball but will remain right where
like is and grab III after III has rolled
back.
But the chances arc that instead
nf doing this ha win chase the ball
clear to the wall and back again IN u
futile effort to ovsrtake IT,. Or. John
B- Watson made this experiment
hundreds of times on different dogs
without discovering one that could
firurH QUO the short. casv way. IIe
believes that tha research for reason
inr in animals viii forever renal n
futile. Nhy1 Because he points
out, .the biE Kan between mankind
ana brutes Is made BY the lack Of
language habits in tha lower ami
mails. just stNn amid think what
would happen Is Us II none Of us
humans were able tn talk or COM
municate with cne another. Imagine
yourself as small vs. 4 dog. unable
to talk, lacking hands with which I'd
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
w Washington
Letter
STEWART SEES BURTON or OHIO
AS NATIONAL FIGURE EVEN NOW
~ IhnrInn n Etrmnrf

DA ANNEANn 4 NAAN 1T
KANSAS CITY, June ls.-Thco-
dore r. Burton. who has announced
his candidacy for the senate. is look
ed upon ~ a national figure even
when a president ~ being chosen.
Few folk can achieve that.
tie "a N of The original Ohio
Hoover men.
It's a shame that the man who
LOOKS the most senatorial of amy
individual in public life shouldn Z
BE one. IL seems like such a waste
az perfectly magnificent raw ma
~terial.
This shouldn't be interpreted as
implying that Congressman Burton
Is a good locker in the ordinary
sense Of the term. He's FAR from a
beauty. What he does look like is a
great man" ] doubt II there's an
other as imposing a presence m the
national capitol.
Burton has a massive figure and
massive features and a massive
head. He's very ola. Tic somehow
suggests solitude, even in the hurry
burly Of the house Of representative
something like an aged American
eagle, sitting IN lonely dignity on his
crag, with q lot of sparrows and
other small species fitting about.
chirping and chattering, while he
thinks.
But III ne does take a notion sud-
denly to reach out a claw-bingoi
20 about two pecks Of sparrows at a
swipe.
What's more, the Ohio congress.
man is just what he looks like
not an eagle, Of course. but one hum.
dinger Of a formidable old man.
He has 70 have a massive head. tr
store his brains.
Speaking Of suggestions. he sug.
gests q freight car loaded with p4E
lead. Standing still, with IT'S brake.
set, it's inert enough But once geI
il going. On a down grade. and al
heck can't stop the dern thing.
There's no appearance Of effor-
about this old Buckeye.
A campaign for the senate is gen
orally considered mighty hard whrI
especially in a large. %populou.
state like Ohio. Ii must cover n tire
mendous amount Nj ground and ar
awful lot OF people.
Even on comparatively young men
its "a pr0diEious physical strain.
Burton's nearer the f0ur-scor,
than he is to the 70-year mark. an,
he takes on the contract ~ casually
as you please.
Well. blame iti-doubtless he car
afford to, on account Of his eviden.
enormous reserve. lie doesn't hay,
to put out his full strengthen an,
considerable fraction of it. IA 40 pcI
CEN effort on his Fart. ia guess
would be about equivalent 20 125 PEI
cent Of the average politicians kind
Perhaps the reader viii infer tina.
I admire this ancient Ohioan. YoI
bet J 40.
HE isn't a politician. By this
don't mean that he doesn't under
stand politics. I imagine that nv un
derstands 'em better than any tel
: men, rolled into one, whose ccn5tit-
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RESTLESS LOVE
g BY SaMHeZ MeYzoiM 1925
RELEASED 1BY CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

scrutiny. Then. No. sir. ne are not
allowed 70 sell anything"
Stella smiled up At him. "You
don't know u.s. she remarked. But
really. we're an rirht. THIS gentle
man IS Ernest Hallam. the novelist,
from New York
The Greek stood there. merely
looking. Hallam drew q handful Of
papers from n coat rocket and looked
through them. -lIere." he said. 'iH
a card admitting me 70 Gustave's, in
FoTty-siyth street. Do YOU know
C~ustavc's p"
The Greek stood a moment longer;
then. without further wcrdH, moved
away.
They're careful enough" said
Hallnm.
"They have ~ he.H Stella replied.
(TO BE CONTINUED
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selves. and that can be accomplished only through or
ganization.
The equalization fee plan Of the McNary-Haugen
bill is designed for one Purpose-to compel the nation
to pay for the failure of the farmers to organize. II
is true that under the present tariff the farmers would
be seriously handicapped, but with adjustment Of the
tariff schedules upon q basis equitable as between az
riculture and industry, that obstacle would be elimi'
mated and through cooperation and organization agri-
culture could We established upon the same profitable
basis as industry is today.
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ents send Fem tn Washington. But
they're incidental WV HIAl-a neces-
sary means 90 an end.
Burton was in CHI senate once he-
fore. When his term ended. he
wasn't a candidate 10 recollection
not interested in any pending ques-
iion just thcn-took a seat En- tine
house nf rnFrca entatiras simply tu
Keep his hand iH. Imagine an or-
binary politician making a choice
lhe that. ELt raw it happens that
he thinks the time's ripe to work for
world peace. and he th inks he Gan Go
it better in the senate than thn l1w-
er house. Therefore. back into tle
senate he proposes to To.
An earnest cuanavar tn awaken "
greater interest of the people IN pgh-
like government. education upon pub
lc questions ARIA the development oi
those moral and spiritual aspirations
which are really the browning dis
tiRctiaH nf ~ people, that his idea
Wy the duty of " public man.
How does il compare with the
usual lime of political ronnyc0ck?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
The Grab Bag

German soldiers IRE noted for a
peculiar gait. What is il called?
"JudEe not. and wv shall not ~
judged. condemn not, and ye shall
net he condemned. forgive and We
hail he forgiven" Whore does this
passage appear IN the Bible?
Today NV the Past
On this date. IN 1912, the United
States declared war against Great
Britain.
Today's Horoscope
Persons horn under this sign
seldom rise t0 "A fun knowledge ~
their real worth. They are inclined
tn doubt themselves, and are crit
ical. On the whole. they are con-
tented, although easily weighed down
under rcverses-
A Daily Thought
"a mans first care should be 90
avoid the ~repr0aches w his own
heart."-Addison.
Answers ~ Foregoing Questions
/. Thea Rache; aviatrix; German.
2. Asia.
Y. AmoriEo Y%csnucci. an Italian
navigator.
A. The goose step.
NJ. St. Luke. vi, 5T-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

ST0Rk COMES 18TH TIME
RDAM. 49, Her twenty-fifth
child. a boy, has been born 10 Nine.
Elizabeth Theumit.
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After whom WA America naned7
Putnam patriot., 1928-03-08
OBITUARY



Mrs Philomene Anger, for many
years a resident Of Putnam, died at
her home on Church street last Thurs
day night. Mrs Anger was the wife
Of Nelson Anger end was sixty years
Of age.
The funeral service and solemn high
mass OF requiem were from st. Mary's
church az 10 O'Clock Monday morning.
Rev. u. o. Bellerose was celebrant Of
the mass, with Rev. w. A. Routhier
deacon and Rev. Joseph ID. Casey sub
deacon There was special music By
the choir from Dion's funeral mass.
Members Of the st. Anne Society, Of
which Mrs Anger was member, at
tended In a body. Burial was In st.
Mays cemetery.
Mrs. Anger was born In st. Sui
pice. Canada, May both, 1867, daugh-
ter Of Joseph and Vehline (Gagnel
Bodin. When she was a young girl
the family came TO Putnam, where she
attended school. She was married 70
Mr.. Anger July 27, 1891. AS mem
Der Of st. Mary's church and parish
she was active IN church and parish af-
fairs until failing health overlook her
Besides her husband she leaves five
daughters, and three sons, all residents
Of Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1928-03-08
Arthur Iabossiere

Arthur Labossiere, So. died at his
home on Church street, Sunday. The
funeral service and mass were held
from Sc. Mary's church Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. u. o.
Bellerose was celebrant Of the mass,
Rev. A. w. Routhier deacon, and Rev.
Joseph Casey. sub-deacon. There were
many flowers. Burial followed in st.
Mary's cemetery. The bearers were
Joseph Gagne, Henry Jollie. Eugene
Miller and Joseph Brodenr of Putnam.
Emory Labossiere Of Woonsocket, and
Alva Lahamme Of Hartford.
Mr.. Labossiere was native of st
Bernabe. Canada. where he was born
June 10, 1873. The family came 70
Putnam when he was q boy. He was
baker by trade and at one tiuie had a
bakery on Smith street. A wife and
+ hYo children survive.