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A Flexible Tariff

The proposal Of Congressman John n. Garner that
the tariff be given more f~leXibility in order to meet
changing conditions is receiving the consideration of
leaders of both parties in connection with proposed
tariff revision either during the extra session or the
regular session which conveneS in December.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is greatly interested
In the proposal Of the Texas congressman, which
would be especially applicable to agricultural prod
ucts. In brief, Garner proposes that the recommen
dations of the tariff commission for changes in the
tariff rates be submitted to the ways and means COM
mittee at any time, and that immediate action be
secured.
That the present tariff law lacks ~fleXibility and
cannot be adapted to changing conditions is appar-
ent. Increases in rates by the president, upon rec
concentration Of the tariff commission, are limited
to so per cent of the rate fixed by congress. AS re-
vision Of the tariff occurs on an average Of only once
in y years, it is apparent that the such f~lexibility as
the present law provides is wholly insufficient to
meet changing conditions.
When the present tariff rates were established the
early tomato industry was practically non-existent.
A rate Of one-half cent per pound was fixed. During
the years that have interviewed the early tomato in
dustry has assumed large proportions on the Mexican
west coast, in Cuba and other tropic or sub-tropic
sections. Efforts to develop the industry in the Rio
Grande Valley and Florida have been handicapped
bv the competition Of foreign growers.
The highest rate that could be imposed by the
president. under the existing law would be three
fourths of a cent per pound, which is wholly made
ouate to cover the difference in the cost Of produc-
tion. Valley and Florida growers are now endeavor-
inc "a secure a 3-cent rate when the tariff is revised
Had CONGRESSMAN Gamers proposal been incor-
norated in the present law, the tariff rate on toma-
toes would have been increased two or three years
600 and the industry. would not be confronted with
the competition of cheap foreign labor and low
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priced lands. AS the industry developed to the point
where protection is essential, that protection would
De accorded without waiting years for a general re-
vision Of all tariff schedules.
Congress never will grant to the president greater
power than he now holds in revising tariff rates, but
there is no logical reason why congress itself should
not act on recommendations Of the tariff commits
sion and the ways and means committee and grant
relief for industries which must have protection to
exist. So long as the degree of f~lexibility is limited
as at present, it will be impossible to adjust the
tariff rates to conform to changing conditions. Flex-
Utility is essential to a scientific tariff, and the Gar
ner proposal will provide the degree Of ~flexibility nee
essary to assure adequate protection to all interests.
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Other Papers
THE NEXT OF AGRICULTURE
beaumont Enterprise).

beaumont Enterprise).
In appointing former Governor Arthur NJ Hyde
of Missouri as secretary of agriculture, Mr.. Hoover
chooses for this important post a man from a section
of the country where the farm problem is acute.
Most Of the agrarian rumblings Of discomfort have
come from the middle and northwest.
MI. Hoover again d~isregards political precedent by
naming for a cabinet position, not one of his support
ers, but a supporter of a rival candidate for the presi-
dency, former Governor Lowden of Illinois. However,
the farm views of Mr.. Hyde conform to those of Mr..
Hoover. in SO far as the equalization fee Of the Nc
Nary-Haugen bill is concerned.
Mr.. Hoover is reported to have advised Mr. Cool
idge to veto the McNary-Haugen bill, which the pres
ident did when it was twice presented to him for
signature. Mr.. Hyde supported the presidential cam
didacy of Mr.. Lowden and shared more Of his views
on agricultural relief. but did not approve Of the prin-
ciple Of an equalization fee.
The practical experience Mr.. Hyde has had as a
farmer in Kansas and the study he has made of ag-
ricultural questions should enable him to be of great
service in solving the farm problem, by long odds the
most difficult and vexatious task confronting the
Hoover administration.
Mr.. Hoover solemnly covenanted with the farmers
Of the United States to cooperate with congress II
working out a practicable plan Of farm relief. What
ever else he does or fails to do, his record in this re-
spect will he closely scrutinized by about one-third Of
the American people who belong to the farm popula-
ton.
BY a large proportion of his fellow citizens Mr..
Hoover will be Judged more by his efforts to solve the
farm problem than by any other undertaking of his
administration. And to q large extent his political
future will depend upon a solution Of this question.
No doubt Mr.. Hoover gave much thought to the
choice Of a secretary Of agriculture, for the secretary
Of agriculture and the attorney general are destined
to be the two key" men of his administration.
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blame myself as much as you. You
we're too young to know what you
were getting into"
Betty again felt the flush Of re-
sentiment. She had as much
knowledge Of what she vas getting
into as did George, who had never
been in a night club. But she felt
it best to drop the conversation.
George was thoroughly conven-
tional, and could be depended on
to do exactly what any e~ll-regulat-
ed man would do under the same
circumstances. He reminded Betty
of a copy book maxim; very true
and very dull. AS the thought fit
ted through her mind she felt she
had not been fair.
Il shall try to take your advice
in the future, George" she added.
What a relief it was to chat with
Andy, with Saunders, with Larkin
after George! They were so alive,
SO full of quips and jests that they
kept her laughing and on her men
tai tip-tOes. George was so SER
ious it was impossible to joke with
him. She sighed and went. home
to try to dance off her depression.
Mrs. Hogan was curious to know
where Betty had been the night
before. and limited for informa-
ton; but Betty evaded her by say
ing she had gone dinner and for
an automobile ride later with some
Of the folks from the office.
After all your trouble. I should
think you would be afraid to get
into an automobilel I want to
climb a tree every time I hear one
Of the things toot. There isn't a
day I don't expect to have n Of
the children come into the house
killed." cried Mrs. Hogan.
CTO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-21
By CHARLES P. STEWART

Dy =
WASHINGTON, March 21.-Pres-
ident Hoover'S cabinet, as many per-
sons have remarked, is not char
acterized by are brilliancy, but it is
exceptionally well rounded.
The s%upposition is that Mr.. Hoov-
er's aim was to attain a good gen.
eral average and furnish his own
genius.
An average requires all kinds of
ingredients, and when he got down
TO the item of ancestry the presl-
dent put in Charles Francis Adams
of Massachusetts,.
MI. Adams got the navy portfolio
as a celebrated yachtsman. 1t may
or may not be that long experience
in the skippering of racing yachts,
under sail, fits a man for general
| supervision of the destinieS Of an
oil burning fleet of a steel-clad
fighting craft, but it is a plausible
talking point, anyWay-and besides,
this was not so much a question OF a
technical expert as an adequately
satisfactory appointee, from New
England (for geographical reasons),
with a top-notch ancestry.
Nobody can say that an individual
whose great-great-grandfather was
the second president of the United
States needs to take off his hat to
anyone in the matter of an aristo-
cratic pedigree.
Nor is that all of it.
The present Mr.. Adams is also
a grandson, only five generations re-
moved of Henry Adams, who settled
in America 293 years ago, leaving a
long line of high-class progenltors
tombstones behind him in England.
/ wish I could likewise say posi-
lively that the new navy secretary
is a lineal ~descendent Of John Quln-
cy Adams, but I am not quite sure
on this question. The sixth president
may only have been one Of his grea'
uncles. I tried to ask him about i
the other day. at the navy depart
ment, but he was SO busy answering
Il don't know yet" to a long series
of questions concerning his depart
mental plans that he accidentally
returned the same answer to ny
-queru; SO I came away unenllght'
] ened.
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1t doubtless is unreasonable to ex-
pect a cabinet member, after no
more than a few days in office, to
give a full advance outline of his
policies.
However, it is nine years since
MI. Adams skippered his yacht Re-
solute to victory in the international
races Of 1920, and he answered: II
don't know yet" to interrogations
relative to his sensations on that
occasion, too.
1t was hard to avoid the impress
sion that these replies were per-
functory.
MIR. Adams has a reputation as a
wit. Perhaps he will turn out to be
so on further acquaintance. On a
first meeting, I found his conversa-
ton monotonous. "I don't know
yet" is nothing to laugh at-tvo
dozen times repeated.
The scion VI presidents Is what ]
would call a dapper man.
He is not very large, but neither Is
he a midget. He stands very
straight, and probably makes a
mighty smart-looking yachtsman in
sea toys. ~
He suggests prosperity. but not In
a fat ponderous way-the clipper,
very brisk type instead. And, in fact,
he IS prosperous, they say-a multi
millionaire. But that's nothing, in
washington. There r several null
| timillionaireS in congress, and they
| rate only as politicians, without a
bit of regard for theinr money. Mr..
Adams ancestry is what counts; not
his millions.
In Justice, it should be stated that
the secretary's face does look as If
he might be witty-a sunburned
face chats his yachting) with hu-
morous wrinkles.
Mr.. Adams is 63. but not nearly
as bald as Secretary of Commerce
Lamont, who is a year younger.
People speak of Attorney General
Mitchell as a curiosity in a repub-
lican cabinet. inasmuch as he calls
himself a democrat. They seem to
overlook the fact that Mr.. Adams
actually ran for mayor Of Quincy
twice As a democrat-and was elect
ed. Moreover. he never voted the
republican ticket until 1920. whereas
Mr.. Mitchell began it eight years
earlier.
There is this to be said for Mr..
Adams yachting career, at all
events -
He never will refer to4the right.
and left" sides Of a ship
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-21
Star Lore
Ancient Star Lore
Ry Arthur Dew. CARPENTER

To derive the greatest pleasure
from the stars, one must learn the
consultations into which the an
cient peoples grouped them. Evil
IDENTIFY shepherds of Mesopotamia
|charted and named many Of the con
stellations, for they bear the names
Of animals Of that country such as
Aries Cthe RAM, Aquilla (the eagle,
Leo the lion) But many others
bear the names of Greek mythology,
as Orion, Cassiopeia, Andromeda
Perseus, Pegasus. Forty-eight c1r-
stellations bear ancient names; f5ftv
more. modern. Beyond the fortieth
degree south latitude there are some
tWenty-siX modern consultations
not visible from more northern lati-
tudes, that were, Of course, unknown
to the ancients.
More Tomorrow
Answers to Foregoing Questions
l. Princess Shigeko; Hirohito,
Emperor Of Japan; Emperor Yoshi-
hitO.
2. American Samoa.
8. Washington Cathedral, Wash
ington, D. @.
4. st. Mark, tx. so.
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NEW YORK, March 20.-In This
Town of Ours: Twelve yrs. ago,
Spyros Skouras (who gets $50 Gs
as exec for his brothers recently
acquired Stanley theaters group
was a bus boy in the Jefferson
hotel, Saint Looye ... Warmers
shot each scene vice in the two
Jolson flickerS (once with Al, and
once with another starr to pro-
tect the investments in case Jol-
son dropped dead ... Helen Nor
gan, who adopted a baby, is list
ed by Variety as getting $500 per
on the ziesfeld roof She rates
Boat George White, who just
dropped a mess of coin in Miami,
has a pass to all Shubert theaters
for life, which is something .
Florence Golden, the fallen lady
in Nina" is the dotter Of the
Cincy Enquirer drama defender.
Among Fed officers reported TAX
en- for a ride by Mex rebels is Col.
Arguljo, who used to pitch for the
Giants . Helen Flint. the actress,
IS now on a dude Arizona ranch,
because she is fed up with B'way
and thinks the retiring to a con-
vent gag is too old.
The reason Will Rogers wasn't at
Eddie Cantor's dinner recently was
because he was invited to tear a
herring with the Hoovers He
leaves Three Cheers" April q to
make q lispie Owen Davis COL
lected 122 grand from Paramount
on his years contract without do
ing any work Jeanne Temper-
amentaD Eagels is driving the Fa-
nous Players mob cuh-razy f. The
reason Louise Groody isn't with
Spring Is Here!" is because she
also wanted 10 per cent of it
What movie star who burned to
death" shot herself? Bosley
CroWther writes those Times bulle-
tins that circle the rags edifice .
That English heireSS and daughter
of a British cabinet member who
peddled laces at Sak's is now icing
cookies at the National Biscuit COM
pany for sl4 per.
OUR LANGUAGE
Among other dumb retortS is the
one reported by an attache at Earl
theater, who overheard this repartee
between two show girls:
Between you and I, I think Mil
DIRE dhas run away from home
whispered one.
"You shouldn't say between you
and l." counseled the other.
Pardon my glove,' was the re-
ply. Il meant to say between you
and I and the lamppost."
NIFTY
Credit Sam Hill with the one
about the two fellers whe we're ar
guing in this manner:
You say you don't believe in
evolution?"
II certainly DON'T"
Well, how about the cigarette
that has developed from a coffin
nail into a cough drop?"
TO LIsETTE
Thy frowns and bitter words
Have strained my heart.
Speak speak gently.
Or the aching strands will part.
C.
IN FEWER WORDS
Take II from Cecil 3. De Mile.
the movie director, who porbably
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I am considering introducing a bill IN the next
congress with a view to revising the laws governing
the appointment of cabinet officers in order to take
some of these positions out of the category of politi-
cal appointments and bring about greater efficiency
ia handling the government business.
The logical place to start any such program IS
with the office Of the postmaster general. | would
like to see him appointed say for 10 years. The
length of the term might be heightened or shortened,
but the important thing would be to fix the term so
that it would not expire with the term Of the presl-
dent who appointed him.
In my opinion, the position Of postmaster general
is not one that should be affected by the policies
which NAV change with changing administrations.
Further, there is no reason why the senate should
be called upon to pass on thousands Of postnlasters
each year. The postmaster general should have this
power without requiring confirmation Of such ap-
pointments by the senate.
The plan of l%ong-term cabinet appointments WITH
out reference to presidential terms. might well be ex-
tended also to the office of the attorney general, and,
possibly. to the secretary of interior and the secre-
tary of commerce.
It should not be applied to such an office as that
of the secretary Of state or to the heads Of the de-
partments of war and the navy, however, in my
opinion.
The secretary of state has to carry out foreign
policies. and that is a function of the president. I
would not interfere with that office nor with the
heads OF the army and the navy.
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Timely Views
MORE GOVERNMENTAL EFFICIENCY URGED

GEORGE w. NORRIS, Senator From Nebraska
George William Norris was born in Sandusky
county, Ohio, July II, 1861. He worked out for
farmers summers and attended school during the
winters. then taught school before attending
Baldwin university. Ohio and Indiana normal
schools. He later studied law at Valparaiso uni
versity and was admitted to the bar in 1883.
Moving to Nebraska in 1885, he served as prose-
cutting attorney for three terms. From 1895 to
1902 he was judge Of the Fourteenth Nebraska
district. Serving in congress from 1903 to 1913,
he was elected senator in that year and is now
in his third term which terminates in 1881. He
is a republcen).
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Dinner
Stories
HE COULDN'T HELP TT

A Jewish gentleman boarded a
street a with his small son and
handed the conductor a single fare.
why, how old is that boy?"
asked the conductor.
-Four"
well, he certainly looks more
than four years old"
HIN! Am I responsible if he
worries?"
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SMART LAD

Teacher (preaching on honestly
Now, Fritz. if you found a shill-
ing, would you keep it?
FritZ-No, sir.
Teacher-Good, what would you
do?
Fritz-Spend it.
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SHE G TO n

Mother" said the eight-Eear-
old.
Mother, may I ask you a very
important question:"
why, yes. dear. What is it?"
"Mother-it's something I've
never asked you before"
"Then perhaps you had beker
consult your father about sch
matters
mo: you know more about it
than he does; you've been married
three times"
"Well-er-Jimmy. what is it?"
Mother, how you you-how-
how do you get a divorce? Jane
and I have separated"
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HEAR! HEAR!

Picture caption in Science and Invention maya
zine: THE above is a restoration OF the Neanderthal
man after Prof. Osborn"
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TOday'S Horoscope

Persons born on this day are hard
workers and they sometimes feel
their lot is a hard one. They must
strive to keep circumstances from
disheartening them.
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MONEY OUT

A man wen to Canada and took a
high-priced wolfhound with him in
order to get rich by catching wolves,
on which a high bounty was being
paid. A wolf was seen, and the
hound went after him.
The owner of the dog and his
party followed for some miles with
out getting sight of either wolf or
hound.
Finally they came upon a man
chopping wood.
did you see a wolf and dog pass
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-21
OF what American possession Is
Pago Page the capital?
Where is Woodrow Wilson buried?

salt is good: but if the sale have
lost his sadness, wherewith will We
season it? Have salt in yourselves,
and have peace one with another"
Where is this passage found in the
Bible?
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MI, ~ About -Waas
ElQ lg44A New York .RT

is the most kidded man in the coun
try, it is better to be Kissed at thar
yaWned at.
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here?" the owner asked.
Yes, they just went BY"
How was the racer"
Pretty hot. But the dog was q
little ahead"
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HMashington
DaybOOk

Editors Note: The fifth of a
series of interviews with men,
bers of President Hoover'S cabinet.
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CAREFUL!
RastuS: BOY! When All kisses
ma wife she jes closes her ewes SO
tight"
Sambo with enthusiasm): "Ahll
say she do"
Rastus: whats dat?"
Sambo mot so enthusiastic): "Ah
mean, do she?"
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ter to a vote as soon as possible,
Harry Faux stated.
Under the terms of a bill passed
by the 41st legislature it will be nee
eSsary for the city to assume the
bond tax and flat rate on all wa
ter district land included in the
city, the city to pay the tax direct
to the water district before collect
ing from the taxpayer. Residents
of the water district assert this
would take approximately so per
cent Of the tax collected by the
city from such lands.
The law also provides that two
elections be held, n in the city
and the other within the area to be
included, and that a majority vote
must be secured in both elections
before the lands may be included.
Members Of the committee are
now working on the proposed ordi-
nance, which will be presented the
city commission in conjunction with
their recommendations, and it is
understood that complete details
covering additional population and
valuation also are being worked
out.
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TRAINS COLLIDE;
9KNOWNDEAD
Passengers Trapped In Burn
ing Coach Perish AS Res
cuers Are Helpless

PARRY SOUND, Ont, March 81.
-P)-Survivors of the wreck of two
Canadian national express trains
near here told today how they were
forced to stand helplessly by while
men. women and children burned to
death.
Nineteen dead were accounted for
and a score or more were injured.
Wrecking crews were searching the
debris for other bodies. The wreck
occurred when trains number three,
east bound, and number four, west
bound, collided head on near Dro-
court, a siding, As miles northwest
of here about dawn yesterday.
The greatest loss of life was in a
colonists' coach near the end Of the
west bound train, which caught fire
Immediately. The flames held res
cuers at bay while passengers trap
ped in the w~reckage persisted.
The only identified dead were six
members of the train crews. They
we're Conductor Barstead, Brake
man Ferguson. Brakeman White,
News Agent Miller, Fireman Smith
and Express Messenger Strut.
The west bound train running by
a switch was given by some of the
passengers as the cause Of the COL
lision. but A. E. Warren, general
manager Of the central division of
the railroad, said the cause had not
been determined.
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are a large number of smaller own
erS.
According to the proposal of the
committee the new city limits will
extend along the west line of the
Missouri Pacific to the Davis canal;
east along the Davis canal and
across highway No. IL to the east
line of the DR.. Dickinson lands,
then south to a point on the east
line of the r. E. Holland land. From
this point it would run due east,
crossing the city reSaca twice and
striking Los EbanoS addition near
the end Of Palm boulevard, and
then east through Los EbanoS and
the Guadalupe addition on the j.
&. Wells land to the east line Of
that addition; thence south to the
old city limits and following the
old line to the west line of Share 5,
owned by the Agnes A. Browne eS-
tate. From this point it would eX-
tend south across the old military
road to the north line Of the An
tonic Barreda land, following Bar
reda'S north line west to an inter
section with Taylor street; thence
south along the east line of the
Walker tract to the Rio Grande.
In the western part Of the city
the limits would be revised to fol-
low the east line Of the Randall
Mathers' farm to the Rio Grande,
including tracts belonging to Mrs.
Margaret Fairbanks and that area
included in the banco formed three
years ago and lying south of the
Trevino-CanaleS banco.
The committee will Recommend
that the commission call hearings
at an early date and bring the mat