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kilograms. letters. invoices or ~manifests, and copies Of
inspection certificates.
One Of the most promising features in connection
with the administration Of the new law Is the cocpera-
tion extended the bureau by the weli-estabiished re-
ceiyers whose business has been affected by the
illcgitimate methods Of those who have preyed on the
growers and shippers. Hundreds Of commission firms
in the big market ceDters were stauneh supporters Of
the produce agency act. and hail IL a. a measure des-
tined to eliminate from the trade those dishonest. sle-
ments largely responsible for the serious losses growers
and shippers have been compelled to bear in the past
Bureau Representatives are confident the investiga-
lions under way viii result in the Standardization Of
systems, methods and practices, and by the elimination
Of undesirable elements will prove q factor in STABILIZE
ing conditions in market centers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21
Timely Views
WOMEN BOSSES DECLARED ESSENTIAL IN
POLITICS
By MRS. FRANKLIN d. ROOSEVELT

By MRS. FRANKLIN ID. ROOSEVELT
Chairman of Women's Activities Of the New York
Democratic Committee
MRS. Franklin ID. Roosevelt Of HYDE Park. New
York. is the wife Of Franklin ID. Roosevelt, former
assistant secretary OF the navy and democratic can
didate for vice president in 1920. She is active in
all women's movements in New York and is prom
inent In democratic politics in that state. Mrs.
Roosevelt is chairman Of the women's. activities OF
the New York state democratic COMMITTEES, which
passes upon social and legislation planks for the
platform of the democratic partly.
Women have been voting for ten years. But have
they achieved actual political equality with men. No.
They 60 through the gesture Of going to the polls;
their votes are solicited by politicians and they possess
the external aspect Of equal rights. But IL Is mostly
a gesture without real power.
With some outstanding exceptions, women who have
gone into politics are refused serious consideration by
the men leaders. Generally, they are treated most
eOurteously, to be sure, but what they want, what they
have to say, j. regarded as Of little weight. In fact.
they have no actual influence or say at all in the con-
sequential councils OF their parties.
In those circles which decide the affairs Of national
politics women have no voice or power whatever. On
the national committee Of each party there is a woman
representative from every state. and a woman appears
as vice chairman. Before national elections they will
be told to organize the women throughout the Jnited
States, and asked TO help in minor ways in raising
funds But when it comes to those grave councils AT
which possible candidates are discussed. as well as
party policies, they are rarely invited in. AT the ma
tional conventions no woman has ever been asked 10
serve on the platform committee.
Beneath the veneer Of courtesy and outward show
Of consideration universally accorded women there is
a widespread male hos~tiIity-age-Oid. perhaps-aeainst
sharing with them any actual control.
There is a method by which, 7 believe, the end Of 9
fair representation and share in control may be At
tanned. Personally, I do not believe in a woman's
party.
Our means j. to elect, accept and back women po-
litical bosses; to organize the women, but within the
parties, in districts, countries and states, just as mer
organize. and to pick efficient leaders-any two or
three in the state-whom we will support and BY whose
decisions we will abide.
With the power OF unified women voters behind
them. such women bosses would be in a position to talk
IN terms Of business" with the men leaders.
The trouble with many women is that they won't
work. They won't take up their Jobs rs men do and
put IN seven or eight hours a Gay. They lack knowl-
edge, and many won't take the pains to study history,
economics and political methods.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21
Peters Adventures

day or so, I believe--and l was
simply starving TO death. Father
and mother had flown off-goodness
knows where-and the rest Of my
brothers and sisters were out trying
their wings. All alone I was sitting
BY the rivers bank. wondering how
I could get something to cat and yet
more than half afraid to venture far
away from the nest.
1T was in the spring and right
near the cave was an old boat that
was stuck, half on shore and half in
the mud. ! was perching on the edge
of this. The water looked very cool
and clear. and something told me
that I would feel better IL I took n
dip. although I had never been in
the water before in all my young life.
by and BY ] saw some little min
nows floating along, and before l
knew quite what I was doing, down
| dove. just as you now saw me, and
caught one little minnow.
"What a feast | did havei II
thought / had never tasted anything
half so delicious, although I had had
lots Of minnows before. The truth
Of the matter was that the minnow
! caught myself tasted better than
all those that dad and mother had
brought me because I'd had to work
TO yet it'll I have lived on fish ever
since except in the winter when the
water is frozen over and I can't
catch any. Then / dine on any food
that / can find.
"As to my throwing the fish up SO
that II comes down head first-that
Is a knack that all Kingfishers have"
continued the bird. "You see IL Is
necessary we Kingfishers early learn
how 60 do this, for il ever a fish
should come down sideways-unless
il was a very tiny one indeed-it
might stick in our throats and then
we would probably choke. So far Il
have never failed in turning the
trick. BY the way, now can YOU
guess why my beak Is 50 long7"
"Yes, l think ! dol" Peter thought
for a moment. "Why OF counsel III
your beak were any shorter. you
couldn't bring fish up out of deep
water as you do, nor I suppose, could
you catch the fish after throwing
them high into the air."
Exactly" Kinrfisher nodded his
approval. $50 you see. boy. my beak
is not out OF proportion nc all, but
just right for the rest on my body.
! am very proud of il myself, it's my
best friend nc all timesi"
Nexs--Why Kingfisher II Proud
of His Beak."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21
Try TO Curb Court Cases

An innovation in legal practice has been inaugurated
by Cincinnati lawyers who have organized a club for
the express purpose Of persuading litigants to settle
cases out Of court. The plan, which Is to be put into
operation this spring, is intended 70 demonstrate the
practieability Of the clubs objective, so that ii ulti-
mately will result in the adoption Of a state law in
Ohio making the Cancellation method as official as tn.
court.
The plan proposed by the club Is in effect that the
court inform all counsel Of record, beginning with the
oldest cases on the docket, that the court favors con-
ciliation where agreeable to all parties; that twenty
lawyers give two half holidays or evenings a month to
work at the court house; and that a formal Cancellation
agreement be signed in each case 20 give the opinion Of
the conciliator authority. The hearings will be private,
with or without counsel. The conciiator will hear the
evidence, advise the parties to their respective rights
and urge them TO agree upon an equitable settlement.
According to sponsors Of the movement the plan
substitutes agreement for argument and pugnacity. Il
has been successful for more than a century in Den
mark, and has succeeded TO a limited extent IN the
United States. The club has a strong membership. in
Gliding the most progressive lawyers in the city, and
the leaders express confidence in their ability to es-
tablish the merits Of this progressive system Of settling
legal disputes.
The wise counsel seeks to chop away underbrush
and hew out a clear path for his client to tread. SO that
he will neither be lost nor entangled as he proceeds
along his way" the president Of the club said. Lin
coin summed up the plan thus: Discourage litigation
Persuade ~neighbors to terms wherever YOU can. Point
out to them how the nominal winner is often the real
loser-in fees. expenses and waste or time. As q
peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity, p
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21
The World and All
sKEPTfCAL

do not believe that a frog or a toad. with or with
out horns, can live in a cornerstone, sealed up, for
thirty years. I am aware that very respectable and
lovely people in Texas believe that horned toads can 10
such things and have done them. Perhaps IL ! lived In
Texas my faith would be strengthened 30 that I might
believe in these miracles Of the cornerstones. I grant
the Texans the right to believe thus. and ! would be
the last person in the world to criticize or ridicule them
for their belief. But TO me it is not true.
The world is full Of untrue and unscientific beliefs
and creduities about men and animals. Months ago.
in this column. / expressed doubt concerning a widely
circulated story that a certain citizen Of Quinter, Kan
sas. had had a mindful Of shot extracted from his ap-
pendx, although he had never been shot in his life. It
was alleged that the shot had collected in this Quinter
citizens appendix through years Of rabbit-eating. Al
though l begged that anyone knowing anything first
hand about this case would write me. my only informal
ton came in letters assuring me that there II such a
place as Quinter in Kansas. / still do not believe that
the Quintcrite ever had a handful Of shot, or even one
shot, removed from his appendix, although I wouldn't
be quite 50 ~skeptical about one shot as I would be about
a handful.
However. we all have our moments Of skepticism.
I feel terribly hurt when someone refuses to believe my
own tall tales. For instance. ! related in this column
not long ago how a tornado in Kansas lifted a dwelling
house "a small one, to be sure) and set il down on a
rain-barrel, perfectly balanced. That item received
some frankly ~skeptical snorts. and a few readers round
~ abused me for telling such yarns. Yet the story Is
true, and my own father helped remove the house from
its precarious perch.
Furthermore, / have met far more wonderful lorna
does than that one. In Omaha I saw a tornado that
drove small splinters Of wood into concrete walls, head
on, like pins into a pin-cushion. I helped pick the
splinters out, and nobody who was in the Omaha lorna
do will doubt it.
Also. in the Omaha tornado, / saw an ordinary win
dow which had a large piece Of lace curtain driven
right through the glass in such fashion that the glass
looked as though il had originally been melted around
that bit Of curtain. The window frame was not broken.
nor was the glass cracked, except just enough to admit
that curtain, edgewise. The window frame was removed
from the house and photographed, and / was told IL was
to be sent to n museum. Perhaps it's to Be seen IN
Nebraska today.
But really ! shant blame my readers severely il they
are s~keptIcal- about these tornado stories. Nobody b.
heves them, except persons who have had first-hana
with tornadocs. Maybe a person who has
lived in Texas and known horned toads intimately has q
right to believe the oad-in-the-ccrnerston story. too.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21
Washington Letter
BY CHARLES p. sTEwAR7

ness, social. political, and every
other imaginable way.
Some Of the traps they set for him
arc very ~cleverly camouflaged, and II
keeps him everlastingly on the alert
to avoid falling into one
The results been % develop q decp
vein OF suspicion Of his fellow men
and women-in the young colonel; in
fact, TO threaten him with q broad
streak Of downright cynicism.
Nobody who's observed him. from
time to time, since his initial arrival
in Washington. directly following
his transatlantic flight, can have
failed 70 be struck by the change in
him.
He vas a jolly. good-natured boy
then. He vas too we'll poised 70
suffer from swelled head, but IL was
evident that he liked the attentions
which were paid to him. re was all
a new thing, and the novelty OF IL
hadn't begun TO year off. That ami.
able grin Of his was as much a mart
of him rs his features.
He seldom smiles now-at least In
public. AT best, he looks bored. Hc
can even look irritable. He's had an
overdose Of publicity-maybe not too
much III It had been gradual, 80 that
he could have assimilate1 ii, but too
much Mt once, decidedly.
It's a tribute to Lindy's good sense
that 70 much adulation hasn'. spoil
I'd the youngster.
On the contrary, he gags mt II.
The faults with the publicity and
the adulation, not with Lindy-he
won't swallow any more Of EN- than's
good for him. but they do drive him
70 make faces.
In addition 20 which, undoubtedly.
he's tired.
He's young. and he ma not need N
rest cure in n hospital vet, but sooner
or later a - 10 36-hour air-pIane
trip every month or two. nm often a.
not with . banquet on top OF IL, will
get" anybody.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21

talks about for fifteen cents in d res
taurant.
i agree with Mr.. Lee on that sugar
bowl and water bottle proposition. 4
have been IN heightened restaurants
where you had 30 many knives.
forks and spoons spread out On each
side Of your plate that il was a pug
xle 20 figure them out, and you
always had half n dozen or 20 left
over after You had finished your
meal "a still you couldn't ret IN
lump OF sugar for love nor money.
4 gave up taking sugar i'm my coffee
years * just On that account.
But Mr.. Lee hasn't begun 40
scratch the surface Of my grievances
against restaurants 4 think, maybe,
sometime \ will run for president cn
one simple platform. ! will Ruaran-
zee ~ my voters that I will abmte the
much-ice-in-the-water-glass nui-
sance. Why busboys in hotels and
restaurants keep on putting Jumps
OF Ice into your glass until they
overflow the top, / cannot imagine.
lou can't take VI fg ink without feel
ing the cold ice against your upper
HIP, ard I'm order Co sip the Biz of
water that In nc the bottom of No
much ice you have to suffer the
dribbling OF melted fee down your
cheeks and clothes. And always, no
sooner has the busboy or waiter
filled your glass full OF ice and
poured in two spoonsful OF water
than he rum off with the water bot
tie and hides IL somewhere. Then,
when you are furnishing for water,
he keeps on filling up your glass
with chunks on fee.
If ! were president 7 would GER
EAAinlE RHt N staP to that's
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21
New York Letter


Exclusive Central Press Dispatch to
The Herald
NEW YORK, March 21.-Charles
w. Lee on Meriden, Conn, writes:
"In reading your stuff / note your
statement that Beefsteak Charlie and
Dinty Moore have catsup bottles
right on the table. But | would like
to bet you that you don't know ANY
place where there enough sugar bowls
and water bottles 60 20 around. And
I wonder IL you are old enough TO
remember good old Smith & McNeil's
place on Washington stretch boy
Ia big piece Of good steak or fish
and all the potatoes and bread and
butter that a Teller could eat for fif-
teen cents, and / have seen q dame
holler for syrup 10 put ON the bread
and butter and get away with it
catsup bottles on every table, Of
course"
No, I can't remember that far
back. You see, 4 am only "a country
boy myself. Ny me and experi-
erce don't even no back 20 the corn
paratively recent time when IN was
fashionable 10 live on Fifth Avenue.
When i came here IN was already the
swanky thing 10 have a duplex or
triplex apartment in Park avenue in
stead of a Rraystone or brownstone
house in Fifth.
Mr. Lee must be as old mn Methu-
seiaE. 4 o remember the time
when my mother sent me down to
ne butcher shop for fifteen cents
outener was 80 gratified By the hand
some purchase that he threw I'M A
piece OF liver for the cat and some
beef cuttings for the dog. But that
was back in Kentucky. r can't re-
member = time any place where you
Gould 90 80 4eEt rs msaA MA kea
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21

to dive. | never could seem 20 get
my hands quite right. l had to
stretch them straight, high above my
head. ] noticed that you folded your
wings close 60 your sides. And how
in the world did you ever mas 10
throw that fish up so you could be
sure that he would come down head
first, straight into your mouth? Who
taught your"
Again the bird gave his peculiar
harsh, rattly cry. However, there
was not the least doubt that now he
was pleased and not angered at Pc
ter's words. Evidently Kingfisher,
like all other birds the boy had met.
did not at all object to a bit Of
praise.
Nobody taught me, boy" shrilled
the bird. att all came natural. / re-
member we'll the first time ever
went ~a-fishing. I hadn't been out
Of the cave so very long-only a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21


Who am I? What is my national
ity With what political event was
/ connected?
Tn 146 b. q. N famous rival city
was destroyed by the Romans. Can
you name il?
Who was the youngest president OF
the United States?
In the early days OF the World
war. the seat Of the French govern
ment was removed from Paris TO
what city?
What is "The City OF Brotherly
Love" and who founded il?
IF any man me, let him fol-
low me; and where | am, there shall
also my servant BE-: IL any man
serve me, him will my Father hon
our" Where does this passage ap-
pear In the Bible?
JIMMY JAMS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21
no LIVE IN YALLEY

TepeclhI 20 The HeraIdJ
McALLEN, March 21.-James Me-
Neil. who is connected with the
Pfeiffer-Wilde shoe store, arrived
recently from San Antonio TO make
his home here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21

THE FIRST CATCH
Kingfisher had rome a-fishing and
made his catch 70 quickly that the
boy had not had time 70 say a word.
Now Peter clapped his hands and
cheered:
"Creat work, Kingfisher; you are
a wonder! how did you ever learn
to dive like that. The water scarcely
splashed as you went in. and you
must have gone down quite far, too.
The water is deep underneath that
branch where you are sitting. IL
took ne the lnrynst while ~ lnnrn
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21
DAINTY MINERS

ROTTERDAM. Eng. 49, The 1000
miners at Sherwood have petition
ed for the installation or baths they
can use the moment they quit the
shafts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21

Hoover says he ~ill carry out the Coolidge policies.
me little boy in the third row will please tell Us what
they are-MuskOgee Phoenix.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21

Today's Horoscope
PerscAs born under this sign like
good living. But it often happens
that they are chained down by cir
cumstances to labor and toll from
which they seldom completely escape,
until perhaps late in life.
"A Daily Thought
Hours fly flowers die, new days,
new ways pass BY. Love stays
Henry Van Dyke.
Answers TO Foregoing Questions
4. Alexander Kerensky; Russian;
the Russian revolution.
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8. Theodore Roosevelt. He became
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21

Congress may now order Lindberrh 70 stop flying.
That's night. Let some one fly that can fIy.-Miami
HERALD
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21

One thing which his friends men
ton as particularly trying on his
nerves Is the constant effort. On the
part OF heaven knows how manv
people. Of every walk in life. all ages
and both sexes. To capitalize him for
their own personal interests-busi-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21
NAGGING BY CURIOUS
WEARS ON LTNDBERGH

WASHINGTON, March 2f.-His
friends in government aviation cir
cles are worried about Charley Lind
bergh, he's nagged so much by Curl
Gus folks.
As Air Secretary Bill MacCracken
Of the commerce department said,
denying recent reports that Indy in
tended to seek refuge in Johns Hop
kins hospital, TO rest up from all the
flying he's done, the only peace the
colonel does get is when he's on the
wing.
All the same. those who come most
IN contact with him speak Of the
young birdman as worn TO a pretty
thin edge, perhaps due rather to his
strenuous last ten months on earth
than TO his eloudland journeyings.
IL appears that the colonel IN pre-
pared 70 accept his role az a celeb
rity when he's on official tours, such
a. his trip 10 Mexico and the Carrib-
bean countries, as q necessary part
Of the regular performance, but be-
tween times he wants to Be simply
an ordinary individual.
Finding this impossible unless he
DISCUSSES himself, all accounts agree
that the general disregard Of his
wishes ~ steadily and progressively
making him more and more fretful.
The last time he was in Washing
ton, he Secretary Cracken. and
a couple OF pals. took 4 Sunday after
noon walk down Massachusetts ave-
nue. and managed 20 escape reccgni-
tion, but all the way Charley's de-
seribed as having been as iumpy as
. cat for fear he'd be identified and
draw a crowd.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21

But really ! shant blame my readers severely il the,
are ~skeptEcal- about these tornado stories. Nobody b.
.lieves them, except persons who have had first-han.
experience with t~ornadocs. Maybe a person who ha.
lived in Texas and known horned toads intimately has
right to believe the oad-in-the story. too
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-05
In the Stock Market


NEW YORK, March 5.-RainboW
chasing may be termed the occupa-
ton Of visionary, but it is a bet
ter occupation than constantly
looking for clouds and drawing on
ones imagination for trouble.
The old southern darkey preacher
had the true philosophy when he
said to his congregation, Its bet
ter to be an oposumist than per-
Simonist"
Look at General Motors. Isn't
that more cheering than pointing
the finger of scorn at some poor
helpless company whose stock is
down to about what its worth.
We don't care whether it's the
short Interest," that's doing it or
whether its the approach of spring.
Perhaps a combination of both is
putting new life into the market. AS
for the short interest. we don't
think there is any room for argu-
ment about that. It's here, and will
probably be heard from in moves,
similar to what we saw last week.
AS for the weak spot In the market,
the over extended loans, maybe
they are not so over extended after
all. At all events, the money mar
ket is working normal and so will
the stock market; the worthy up,
the unworthy down.