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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04

The charge that Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon,
ky accident or design, has entered upon a policy that
eventually will lead to serious agitation for cancella-
tion or the foreign debt owed to the United States,
was charged last week BY Congressman John Garner
just prior to leaving Washington for Texas.
In an interview given press representatives the
Texas congressman charged that Secretary Mellon has
consistently opposed tax reduction and would prefer
70 apply the surplus TO the domestic debt. Garner con-
tended that when the domestic debt i wiped out.
Europe will Immediately seek relief from her obliga-
tions to the United States, and that the debt cancella-
tion proponents will use this Is the basis for their
agitation to grant Europe's demand.
eve are proceeding to collect in ~ Europe and apply
ing those collections to reduction of our domestic OBJ
legations" Mr.. Garner said. When the domestic debt
is down to reasonable proportions the international
bankers will move to cancel in part or in whole the
billions Of dollars that Europe now owes the United
States. Europe eventually will present this demand.
Her financiers are merely awaiting the time when the
domestic debt has been reduced, and Secretary Mellon,
b. using the surplus for this purpose, Is playing d.
reclly into their hands"
ar. Garner stated that debt cancellation II agitated
from time to time in Europe and that occasional rum
bles reach across the Atlantic, rs was evidenced two
wears ago when proponents Of cancellation carried on
: vigorous campaign in all parts Of the United States.
The recent tax reduction bill will Top off taxes 70 .
total Of 1925, 000.O 600, according TO the official estimate
~ congress. but experts believe the total may run as
low As $4,000 GOO when all Of the rates have been
given their full application. The latter estimate
would mean a larger treasury surplus.
Mr.. Garner predicted that the treasury surplus for
the fiscal year ending with June this year will he $780,
ooo.O0o. or more. whereas leaders in congress estimate
4 ~ not more than s4ol 100000. Regardless Of which
rav be right. the American public feel that the sum
j. far too large 10 be diverted from national business
channels. and that the decision Of the administration %
r.intain rates merely to create a surplus is not sound
national policy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
KeIlygranns
BY FRED c AELLY

that IL must observe decorum in the
house or suffer penalties. By asso-
ciating causes and effects it begins
to conform 10 certain social require
ments and becomes an agreeable
companion.
II we only studied u dogs enough
tn realize how important is this ter
dency Of every young animal 20
learn by association. we might dc a
better job in training our children
and might better understand why We
who are grown behave as we 40.
/ know a man who never lets q
servant or anybody else feed his dog
but always does il himself. because
he sees that the dog grows fcnc ot
those who feed him ant the owner
wants this pleasant association ln
the dogs mind centered on himself.
II naturally tickles his vanity 10 have
his dog decidedly q so-called one
man dog. But this AEme dox never
takes the trouble to play games with
his children. read aloud 10 them, or
&c fishing with them. And he Won
ders why he is unable TO be close
to them. The association me mas
built w in their minds Il chiefly
that he represents authority. that
they'd better BE- good" when ne
comes around, rather than that when
he comes home the fun begins.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
WILD LIFE IN TEXAS
New York Evening .Postl-

New YORK Evening POST.
In these days Of lament over the vanishing wild life
Of America we note with pleasure that those who know
their haunts may find the ocelct, the egret and the
peccary living in ~untrammeled freedom. When Africa
has exhausted its herds Of game, the United States may
still boast Of birds and animals which elsewhere have
been hunted from the face Of the earth.
The egret is. Of course, the lesser white heron,
whose name. frequently spelled aigrette, has beea
transferred to its beautiful crest. but the 3celot and
the peccary are animals which have never been par
ticuIsrly attractive to man. The former is described
as "a lecpard-like feline quadruped." the latter as "a
gregaricss quadruped. allied to the swine They we're
both found living on an inaccessible plateau in Texas.
The discovery OF the eEret, the ocelot and the
peccary was made by airplane. What other species Of
birds or animals which we had believed to be extinct
may be living in secluded spots visible only from the
air? It was in this way that giant lfzards-the dra-
CONS Of mythology-were recently discovered in the
South Sea Islands. Further search may reveal lost
worlds Of prehistoric dinosaurs and extinct dodos-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04

~nonpsying trains. But, as The News showed on q for
mer occasion. the reduction in expense has not been
proporticnate 10 the reduction in revenue; 30 that pas
senEer service has been rendered AZ an increasing loss
But it Is not only the motor bus and private pas
senger car that are depriving the railroads Of revenue.
During the three months famed. the freight revenue Of
Texas railroads was s5.o11.2s3 less than during the
same months last year. a reduction equivalent 20 $50
per cent. No one will imagine that less freight was
moved during those months this year than during the
same months last year; more was moved. pretty GER
tainly. What the figures signify il that motor trucks
moved a larger percentage Of the whole this year than
last, with the result that, despite the increased aggre-
gate of traffic due to the states growth, the railroads
had a smaller freight revenue for January, February
and March Of this year than for the same months Of
last year. There has been no material reduction in
rates meantime; % that the reduction in revenue de-
notes a reduction in traffic Of probably about the same
percentage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
HOW youR Dogs MIND woRks

HOW YOUR DOGS MIND WORKS
a man ma learn much about
himself bs studying his dog IN
deed. psychologists have maze pains
taking studies of dog behavior for
the very purpose Of learning more
about those Of us who chance to be
human. Little puppies and babies
come into the world not knowing
much. but having certain natural In
stincts. We usually show more in
t~elligence toward a little dog grow
inr up in the household than to-
ward a baby, and consequently the
dor IL soon the more obedient. There
are fewer spoiled dogs than spoiled
children. The two learn in about the
same way-each adding to inherited
instincts what he picks up from day
to day by actual experience.
We recognize that a dog begins 10
form habits almost from the day OF
its birth. but we make the mistake
OF paying less heed TO the habit
forming tendencies Of babies. It
doesn't take long for q baby TO dis
cover that IL il makes a noise loud
enough and long enough. somebody
will pick IL up and feed IL or amuse
II. But let a pup howl in the wood
shed and IL finds out thar Irs racket
Will avail il nothing. unless a scold-
inE or worse Likewise N learns
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04

settle every other practical question
that agitates the country. In an eight
hour working day.
But not one hlQomin' question OF
morals.
The trouble is-a lot of questions
As a neutral, | think this is q mis-
teal, Senator Bruce of Maryland. for
instance. considers purely moral
and Bruce discerns practical consid-
erations In numerous questions that
Curtis put in the moral category.
The coming scrap. though not new,
aS previously remarked, promises to
be an exceptionally mean one-and
en- its way TO getting meaner.
Why?
Well, the city slicker, hitherto. has
been In a minority. Being congested.
he's been able 10 break the laws the
country jake inflicted on him-but
he's had EN-.
Now he's In Z majority and wants
to repeal the blame things-not eve
e have to break EN-
The country jake, however, though
now less than 80 per cent OF the pop-
ulation, retains his old Legislative
control and won't lev the city slicker
do it.
Az o neautral. 7 think this 10 d mis-.
take.
! Let the city slieksr 10 hsek-bsnt
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
The Constitution in the Schools

A uniform Law requiring the public schools Of Texas
70 incorporate in the course Of study better instTuc-
ton on the constitution Of the United States and on
the fundamental principles of good citizenship was en-
co-sed by the Texas Bar Association at its forty-sev-
enth annual convention in Dallas last week. The law
as proposed by the committee. which will be submitted
at the next legislature by . committee appointed for
that purpose. is the product of five years Of study by
leading attorneys Of the state.
In discussing the necessity for wider knowledge Of
the constitution the fact was stressed that the proper
place 10 inculcate this knowledge in the minds Of the
rising generation is in the public schools. and the sug-
gestion was made that intensive study Of the consti-
tuition and its bearing upon citizenship be made in the
sixth. seventh and eighth grades. and that every pu-
pill in Texas be required to take up this study. The
law would require that no pupil be permitted to grad
uate who has not passed q satisfactory examination in
such a course.
Efforts to secure the passage Of a law Of this char
scter have been underway several years, and have met
the endorsement Of educators in all parts Of the state.
Proponents Of the measure take the view that good
citizenship should be taught when the child's mind is
in the formative state. and that a thorough knowledge
Of the constitution and its application is fundamental
The course would include United States history, civic
government, patriotism and duties of a citizen, thereby
fitting the child TO assume and discharge the duties
that will fall upon him or her in later life.
The proposal OF the Texas Bar Association Is one
that will meet universal support throughout Texas il
is the consensus of those who have made a study Of
this subject that to ignorance of the constitution
and fundamental duties of citizenship may be attribut-
ed the national lethargy in respect to governmental and
political affairs in which every citizen should take q
keen interest. Creation OF this interest will. result in
better government and more general participation IN
government, an ideal which. when attained, will be a
vital factor in national growth.
The public schools are the place in which to incul,-
cate in the minds Of future generations q clear knows-
edge of the fundamentals of citizenship and a proper
conception OF the individuals duty TO participate IN
political and governmental affairs Years will be re-
CURED to eliminate the national lethargy as regards
these duties, but the maximum fruits If American
democracy can never be attained until this is achieved.
In many other states the movement to make the schools
the instrument through which the national conscien e
may be aroused is daily gaining impetus. and Texas
youth should be given the same opportunities in this
respect as those Of other states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
New York Letter

othy Dalton. who used ~ be one OF
the most popular film actresses.
John r. Hyian. the former mayor.
passes through a sidewalk throng
-unrecoEnized. despite kis flaming
locks. Used to put his name on all
the city buildings, parks and auto
mobiles. The mems haberdashery
business must he shot for two or
three dozen cut-rate furnishing stores
have opened I'm the Times Square
district. Marilyn Miller. the actress
and Divorce. in a car. with q handaged
hand "A clumsy maid spilled ~ cup
Of scalding coffee on Il. Maids are
too scarce In New York to be fired
for anything less than murder.
II may b. stated with authority
that If Al Smith becomes an occu-
pant of the White House. the presi-
Dental private ZOO will be larger than
ever, for Governor Smith loves ami
mails. His favorite sport II going to
the Bronx zoo and watching the
monkeys. Also. Re likes " watch
fires, and II he's president, he'll visit
the Washington firehouEes " sit
around and talk shop with the
boys.
Charles Nj. Schwah isn'+ the only
man with a private organist. There
are a number of wealthy New York
ers who have ograns in their homes
and maintain a staff ~orgrnist. One
free-lance player, Archer Gibson, gets
$500 each time he plays en- evenings
program in q private home. and he
has two or three such engagements
weekly. John IN. Rockefeller, Jr,
loves organ music.
A medal or something special
ought 70 be given 70 the thief or
thieves ~ho carried off ar ancient
lion, weighing PTS pounds, which.
with its mate. guarded the entrance.
to am antique shop.
Police say this isn't the strangest
theft on their books. There ~ the
case Of che man who stole a complete
furnace from n house, carrying it
out a piece NJ a time. And a police
man who stole the complete furnish
ings for a house. entering stores on
his beat at niahta and taking out
heavy chairs, tables. etc. which he
later called for in his auto.
"A visiting British author told -rae.
| your hotel guests live better than
royalty"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
RESTLESS LOVE
g By Samuel MoT10iN 1928
| RELEASED sY CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

the pad. heard only: q. wouldn't
like to see it fall into outside hands
A.. too much a part Of the town
news that you'd gone to New
York 10 stay MI
1--WE come back" Homer's voice
vas firm and vibrant
"Goodl sort OF talk we like
IT, hear from a Pew what ]
was thinking may find IL a
pretty heavy burden 4 you need
any help .n
"Oh, thanks. l think well pull
things around all right"
Mr.. Harmer's voice dropped lower
still. lie seemed %guardedly to be
pressing some point. Stella decided
she'd better busy herself writing.
But Homcr's voice came out: II
don't think so, thanks. There's money
enough"
Then faint snatches Of a curiously
long speech from Mr.. Hhrmer. n.
such a loss TO the town /. bril-.
liant. really Of his fathers abil,
ity father was one az the best
| friends I ever had mustn't minC
my speaking of this naturally
interested in his boys fine Il
find the old Pew spirit carrying ~
. I'd had IL in mind, in case yol'
the voice quoted into little
more than a whisper.
"Oh, thank you a lot. Mr.. Harmer
But it's really not necessary. Nv,
taken hold and ] mean TO keep hold.
There was a little more mumbling
then the older man lifted his greaI
hulk out Of the chair and extended
his hand. Stella could see then
without looking up.
Just don't forget. Homer. tina.
you've got an old friend handy If yol
reed any help. Money. or even ad
vice. And bear IN mind. that il yol
should find the burden getting to-
heavy. why" he bent forward
and mumbled again. Then he lum
bered toward the door.
Homer spoke out: "Mr. Harmer.'
The <electman turned back.
I'm going to show you something
Miss Curry, will you please Civ.
me this weeks editorial?"
ITO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04

NEW YORK. June 4.-Observations
of q wanderer on F~raudway. seme-
times called Broadway:
Adolph Zukcr. the smaIi-siEed big
movie man, walking TO work. He has
q soft voice and bslies popular ideas
regarding what a money-master
looks like. "A n%oon-hour Bible lee
turer shouting Have faith. Have
faith!' while a nearby hawker sells
Dollar watches for rs cents-the
same kind you see advertised in the
magazines for four and five dollarsl'
The horse OF q mounted cop who
keeps auto parkers moving In side
streets. wants 10 get up on the side
walk. and has two nice old lady pass
ershy worried. Police mounts get
to know shopkeepers, and they whinny
when they get 70 places where they
some times get sugar or apple hand
outs. Harry Bruno. who has the
only annual pass good on air lines, Is
LindberEh's publicity man.
Morris Gest. arguing with his COM
panion. Talking pictures will change
everything" he may be heard saying,
Dennis King stops TO buy a paper,
He Ia Broadway's biggest matinee
idol now. with a popularity rivaling
that Of the gallery gods Of yester-
year. Gets as much fan mail as a
movie star. Speaking Of fan mail
Lou Gehrig. Babe Ruth's rival. gets
a lot Of il from girls. So do other
handsome ball players.
"A roman with imitation violets on
her hat sells little punches Of the real
thing for a quarter. O. o. Mcintyre
in his new Eolls-Royce. One Broad
way "'drug store" no longer fills pre-
scriptionS. A sandwich counter oc-
cupies space formerly used hy the
pharmacists. There are eight other
shops in the same block. and five o.
them sell food. There are twice "A,
many restaurants and lunch counters
in New York az there were six years
ago.
A luggage shop features the new
airplaae suitcase, designed especial!
for plane travel. Air passengers arr
allowed little luggage without extra
charge. and the special suitcase Il
lighter. Business has fallen off II
the automatic photograph galleries
after booming trade In regular pho
tographers' shops in the district. Th'
lis for a5 cents photos we're too real
.stic 70 suit the customers. but the,
aroused desire for real pictures. Dc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
w Washington
Letter
CITY SLICKER" ANGLE To
FARM RELIEF FIGHT
n. CL---- II Co..

- - 1Nt -
WASHINGTON, June 4-They talk
q whole lot about the issues involved
in this coming election
They argue farm relief. They dis
cuss the merchant marine and the
navy. They squabble we the ques-
tion whether or not we're az war in
Nicaragua. There's Muscle Shoals
and Boulder Dam and that hardy old
perennial. the tariff The prohibition
problem. some folks say, Is disposed
cf, but there's still a lot Of difference
or opinion as 10 whether IL IA or
isn't.
But when you come 10 simmer IL
right down to cases." what it really
~. is the age-old fight between the
country jake and the city slicker.
It's a meaner fight than ever II was
before. Otherwise it's just what il
always was.
II isn't so much that the country
jake's and the city slicker's interests
clash, but their tastes do. Or, If
they don't-if, basically, the country
jake's tastes are the same as the
city slickers-then. at any rate. the
city slicker's in a position to crafty
kis'n and the country jake isn't-so
the country jake's whole aim and OBJ
ject in politics is to hobkle the city
slicker, SOS 70 put 'em on an equal
ity.
And, Of course. the city Elicker
tights like blazes-not liking to have
his innocent amusements i~nterfered
with. He's wrong, though-dern inn
Else how can we be equal?
Senator Charles Curtis, of Kansas,
told me once that a dozen halfway
intelligent guys could settle the agri-
cultural question in a few minutes
II they'd try TO. But they won't. he
~said-they insist on quarreling over
one s~nother's morals.
4 believe him-and that they could
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04

Who am L. What position do /
hold7 7 am often confused with nm
American bearing the same name.
What is his profession?
Two siEners of the Declaration If
Independence later became United
States presidents. Who were they
What are the level plains Of Rus
sis and Siberia called?
I'm an American city there IN nm
important thoroughfare called Penn
~syHvania ven Name the city.
When my father and my mother
forsake me. then the Lord will take
me up" Where does this passage APP
pear i'm the Rible7
Today In the Past
On this date. in 1927. Clarence ID.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
Art Exhibit For
Convent Is Open.

The art exhibit cf the Convent of
the Incarnate Word will Be on dis
play nc Villa Maria Academy on JEFF
ferson street Monday and Tuesday.
The exhibit Is pronounced one OF the
best ever assembled by the pupils
Of the institution.
Graduation exercises for six pupils
Of the academy will be held Tuesday
evening no Villa Maria. and com
mencement week will close Wednes.
day night with the presentation OF
an entertainment AZ the Queen the,
alter IN which pupils Of all grades
will participate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
The Grab Bag

Chamberlain hoped off for Germany
in the plane Columbia. leaving Roose-
welt Field. II. ri. M SOS 4. WI. Charles
A. Levine. owner az the plane, ac-
companied him.
Tnday'e Horoscope
Persons born under this sign have
a business character and look TO
make their talents and accomplish
ments nay money. They are quiet and
reserved and possess IA certain
amount Of inquisitiveness.
A Daily Thought
Before you make "A friend eat a
bushel az salt with him. Herbert.
Answers n Foregoing Questions
I. Winston Churchill. chancellor Of
English %exrhe1uer. writer.
2. John Adams and Thomas JEFF
ferson.
3. Stcppes.
4. Washington, u. G.
y. Psalms. xvii. IN.
JIMMY JAMS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
Other Papers
grr1cuT AND PASSENGER REVENUE DECLINE
tn~n~~ Ncw~nN

FNNIIRS NtWETs
: co..hern Pacific is asking the railroad commits
49, II 10 discontinue ten Of its passenger
None of then, it tells the commission, returns
.mnch Is half the cost Of operation. A more gen
sr.l nd fundamental explanation is 70 be found n an
49, dispstch from Austin on the same day summar-
80 49, financial reports of the railroads Of the state
- the first three months of this year. PASSENGER
revenue was s~i,1aslis. or l4al per cent Tess IMAM iot
wonths Of last yeaS. For those months i
= 49, for the same months Of 1925; SO that IT
- - ana somewhat progressive decrease II pas
: s~ssn revenues that the figures record. Oh
$50. .ssrs ~ been some decrease in passenger train
e 80 al. a. . result Of the diseontinlanee OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04

in a hanging-basket. II he wants to.
While he's on his way maybe the
country jake will get what's coming
20 him. Anyway, my hint 10 the
country jake's to bargain for it.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04

Poison TAX or Ivy IN relieved
quickly and permanently with In
psrial eczema Remedy. All drug
gists are authorized to refund your
money H liz failA--Adv. f6l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04
aEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives

Dallas, Texas. 5l2 Mercantile Bank Building.
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Kansas City. No.. Interstate Building.
New York. $50 Madison Avene.
The Washington times., 1928-11-29
GROUP To FIGHT
DIPLOMA Mill

Sentiment in favor OF abolishing
the possibility Of formation Of addi.
tional diploma mills here will be
aroused at a meeting of the com
mittee on universities, colleges and
private schools of the Chamber Of
Commerce in the city Club Satur-
day at 1880 o'clock.
Dorsey w. Hyde, jr., secretary OF
the chamber, said today that many
incompetent medical men had prac-
ticed in Washington in recent years
by obtaining diplomas from flytby.
night institutions
Such practices would be made
impossible under the plan to have
Congress give the Board of Educa-
ton authority to license all degree
comforting institutions within the
District
Such a bill was introduced at the
last session. Efforts to have II
passed at the Forthcoming short
session are being pressed.
The speakers Saturday night VIII
be DR.. David A. Robinson. Of the
American Council Of Education: DIR.
Joseph S. Wall. former president
OF the District Medical Society. and
Leo A.. Roxer, United States Dis
trict Attorney.
Ivan C.. Weld, president of the
chamber. will preside.
The committee Is headed by Will
liam o. Tufts.