Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-19
I'm OUR
VALLEY

THE WRITER of this column the
other day said:
Corpus Christi and Galveston.
whether Intentionally or not. are
hogging' a great deal Of the pub
licity incident to ginning Of the
birst bale Of cotton"
And now the writer OF THE
Crows Nest" front page column in
the Corpus Christi Caller, appears
10 have the idea that his paper.
AAnd more particularly himself, have
been assailed or charged with some
high crime.
One error was made in the criti-
cism Of the publicity stories BY The
Herald writer-that was failure to
be explicit-and we offer an apol-
ogy to The Caller and others.
The Caller is. not only always fair
M % the Valley-it often praises this
Section and gives It valuable pub
4icity. The Caller also is always
Eriendly with The Herald-and The
Herald with The Caller. And 50
there was no complaint Of the
stories printed In that paper about
the first bale. The Valley and
Edcouch got all the credit to which
they were justly entitled. The Cor
ENpus Christi Times. afternoon Cor
pus Christi paper. likewise was emil
hently fair to the Valley and Ed
couch.
OUR COMPLAINT was with
4 Stories sent over the Associated and
United Press wires. originating In
Corpus Christi and along the route
OF the plane which transported the
bale to New York City.
And let it be understood here that
we are not jealous Of the publicity
Corpus Christi received as a result
OF the first bale being taken there.
The cotton exchange OF that city
Twas opened to the bale when others
had been closed against it. Corpus
n Christi interests forwarded 1t by
airplane to New York and thereby
merited additional publicity - and
We hope they reap the reward to
which they are entitled-an m
creased interest in their fine port.
But we insist that our first
charge was true. 1t viii be noted
N VIC Expressed doubt that 1t was in
NJ tent bnal.
M And We suggest again-as we did
III In the first instance-that a pub
4 licity man should be sent along
with the next first bale, to see that
N the Valley gets the publicity to
which it Is entitled. And the writer
VI OF The Crows Nest will agree that
Is only fair.
One more proof OF our conten-
HI tion that the Valley was not done
q right by" and then we are done:
4 The Associated Press story tell
ing Of the sale Of the first bale on
the New York Cotton Exchange
L said:
III '"The first bale OF cotton Of the
1929 crop, brought here by airplane
from Texas. was auctioned off on
the floor Of the New York Cotton
VI Exchange"
Nowhere in the story was the
VI fact mentioned that the bale was
grown in the Valley. Purely ignor-
ance on the part Of the Associated
Press New York correspondent-but
\ proof the Valley should have had a
n representative with the bale.
h ADVANTAGES Of the Brownsville
A deep water channel we're discussed
in washington yesterday-pro and
con.
Now there IS nothing more to be
done but to await filing Of bric.s
by the Point Isabel-San Benito dis
trict and the decision of the United
States engineers.
After that decision is handed
\ down there viii be other and more
NJ interesting things done which it Is
hoped viii result IN construction Of
an adequate deep water port in the
near future.
\ The Valley needs a port and the
sooner IL is built the greater the
\ benefits are going 10 be.
These benefits include reduced
freight costs and these reduced
rates are imperative TO the pros
perity Of Valley agriculturists.
Il TO-DAY is "Juneteenth." the day
\ On which negroes celebrate their
emancipation.
The first Valley-wide observance
Of the day is being held at Fair
mark in Harlingen.
II might be timely for that
aSSemblage to adopt a resolution
addressed to President and Mrs
Hoover for their kind reception Of
= rne.rher Of their race who Is in
wash mrton as a representative Of
q Chicago district.
SNOW FALLS in California-the
East swelters under hot spell such
as only that section enjoys-while
fhe Valley. cooled by a constant
breeze from the Gulf Of Mexico.
coes the even tenor Of its wav and
it, citizens enjoy "the finest climate
in the world" summer and winter.
Come to the Valley.