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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
Protection Necessary

The tremendous volume Of winter vegetables nov
rnovinr onto the American markets from MEXICO and
the West Indies would indicate that unless adequate
protection is given the industry in Florida, California
and the Lover Rio Grands Valley it will not be many
Years before the cheaper lands and cheap labor Of
Latin America will have complete command, OF the
American market.
In less than four years shipments If winter vege-
tables from the Mexican west coast have doubled.
While this 10 alarming, the fact that the movement
from the West Indies. especially Cuba, has practically
doubled in q year, should impress upcn congress the
urgent necessity for granting immediate relief TO
American growers in the form Of tariff protection
which will al least cover the difference in the cost cf
production.
The u. s. department Of agriculture, in 2 report
issued January 30. states that during November, 1928,
o total Of 1888 pounds Of tomatoes we're shipped
from Cuba to the American markets as compared with
$3.50 pounds for the corresponding month in 1927.
In December the Cuban tomato shipments increased to
6.4es.11e, shipments for the same month in 1927 to-
falling 1926 5e2. Another gain was registered in jan
usry when 5.45ssso pounds were shipped into the
American markets az compared with 4,s5l,6si pounds
in January. 1925.
Shipments from Cuba. IN addition 70 tomatoes, in
clude egg plant. peppers, okra. lima beans, Sucumbers.
squash and potatoes, all Of which come in direct COM
petition with American products. The total Of all
vegetables shipped from the iSlanu 10 American mar
kets in November and December. 1927. was 4,2i5,e2t
pounds as compared with e.O1S.o4s for the correspond
ing months in 1928. Shipments from other West In
dian island brought the total 20 practically double tina.
Of 1927.
Additional boat lines and installation Of mechanical
refrigeration has proved an important factor in the
development Of the West Indian vegetable industry at
the expense Of the American industry. With low water
rates. cheap labor and low land values, the growers
are rssping rich profits BY placing their products On
markets at prices which would not return the cost Of
production TO Florida and Valley growers. The Valley,
by developing "a deep water port, can secure approx
mately the same rates toeastern seaboard consuming
centers, but the Valley can not secure the same adj
vantage Of cheap lands and cheap labor.
No industry in the United States feels foreign COM
petition 70 a greater extent than the winter vegetable
industry. IL il imperative that when congress finally
grants the protection for which the vegetables grow
ers have been pleading the past two years, that the
tariff rate Re sufficiently high % cover amply the diff
ference In the cost Of production. Unless this i done
the West Indies. with their cheap transportation and
cheap labor, and Mexico with ia l%ow-rriccd lands and
cheap labor. will completely dominate tho Americaa
markets, driving the American growers out n The W.
dustry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
Sterling In Line

Chatham n s. steTlInE q the tate hlEhrsy COM
rissien has t~iEnified hts approval az the sl75.ooocon
state road bond issue proposal. presented the lsEisla
ture, though II i not IN full accord with his plan
which suggested = bond issue Of Sso0.0o00co.
He takes the view that the amount proposed would
~ sufficient a. get the program well underway. and
that II would always b possible Il increase the amour.
IN the event the people OF Texas 50 desire.
Of the Sl75,ooo.ooO proposed. sloo.Oooooo would re
used IN financing the system 81 state highways, and
$T5,00o.o0O would GO 70 the counties to reimburse them
for expenditures on state highways and u construct
lateral roads after retiring such bonds a. they have
issued TO finance state projects.
Practically no opposition to the proposal ~ evident
n any part Of the state, and II such exists II Is not
reflected In the legislature where Il " evident that
o. overwhelming majority of both houses will support
the proposed amendment IL the event they are assured
there are no legal ohstructions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

mother for another ride. When her
mother returned she Was all aflut-
ter. She had discovered the reason
Mr.. Brainard was 80 sympathetic
was because he had lost his wife
about a year before. and 20 was
able a. rympathiEe with her. He
had asked her In he could not come
around and talk tc her.
II suppose the neiEhhors will talk.
because your father has only been
dead about ten months. but | don't
care. IL IA just a. Dir. Brainard
says, we poor derelicts have our
lives 70 live. We cannot sit around
and cry all the time"
II an glad you are going out with
him." Betty spoke, doubtfully.
II am a young woman. and not
bad looking" said Mrs. Brown. II
am going % diet again. although Mr..
Brainard says that when a woman
reaches middle age she either gets
plump or skinny. lie thinks plump
women are much nicer than skinny
women ] asked him to dinner next
Sunday
Was her mother thinking of mar
rying again What was more i'm
rortant. was this prosperous mar
thinking Of marrying her mother!
She could not think of having him
in her fathers place. but what could
she dot
ITO BE CONTINUFD)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
An. dF5yAbout -Wsae
I !stNh New York l.H1E

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Waltsr Gif-
ford the president ct the American
Tel and Tel. will tell you that IL real
Nv happened 20 him. He came acrcsS
nm amusing cartoon in Punch. the
British humor magazine. which dealt
with phone service. IL pleased Pres
idsnt Clifford 40 much he decided 10
ask the magazines permission to re-
print II in newspaper advertisements
TN America.
50 he telephcned I'd Punch, IN
London. from his New York office.
This IL President Clifford OF the
American Tel and Tel. in New York, \
he said affably. THAT cartoon was
very funny. and 7 do wish you would
iet me r~epublish it here. what Ia
the cartoonist's Name
"fou cot the wrong department.
grcwled the voice, 5000 miles away.
~ 1t hung Up.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
Other Papers
NEW YoRks BACHELOR SURPLUS
(st. Paul Pioneer Press).

According 10 Joan Hampton. writing III the current
istus az the North American Review, New York City
has . higher percentage Of bachelors between the ages
~ Is and 81 than any other place in the country. II
used 20 he just the opposite. The Wild West had the
surplus Of men and ths effete East had the women.
Now the situation Is reversed, but strange Us IL may
seem. there j. nothing surprising about this. II only
means that America has come or ass IN economic de-
velornent and entered On a new phase Of wealth
makinE.
When q rev country II opened il is naturally the
Younger. more adventurous and unattached men who
chiefly respond to the call az opportunity. The Amer
lean frontier attracted all classes and conditions, frcn
the East and from Europe. but BY far the greater num-
her we're unencumbered men They came to make their
fortunes On the rrairies. in the mountains and forests.
Or cut cf the mines Of the rich new country being
reclaimed from the wilderness. Some brought fani-
lies. but more did not, hoping to become wealthy and
then either settle down or return home. Thus IL hap.
rened that the West was populated with more men
than women and this division has persisted down 70
present time.
But now there Is more gold 70 be dug out OF ths
Enlehes that branch off the canyon cf wsn street than
wss ever won from the mountains cf the West. A
Backward movement cf the adventurous has begun.
The youth q the no longer wild West, new seeking
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

the commercial frontier, travels East to make its for
tune. Like those who fifty years agc made the Pill
xrimare from East to West, the new fortune hunters
are mainly young men just ready to come to grips with
the world. Miss Hampton points cut that once In New
York. or other large city. they tend to become perma-
nent bachelors. For one thing. there are not enough
wives to 20 around. For another the young men. be-
cause Of the very high cost Of living in New York,
cannot afford to marry and the middle-sged are too
comfortable to change Hence il happens that the
marriage-rate in New York has been on the decline and
that the city has a surplus OF unmarried men.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
The World and All
LIKES y nISLIKES

like 70 write about bridges, and yet ] dislike the
Consequences. 50 many printers and proofreaders fol-
low the dolorous practice or leaving the : out when
I write about bridges.
Not long ago | wrote q whole days talk atods
bridges. and from all over the country / received clip
pings and deEisive quips. because in two places the
discussion turned out to be about 3 "birde spanning
the Rio Grande." There was also some talk Of "the
longest bride in the world
This is not q new experience with me. In fact.
through years Of experiences in writing for newspapers
/ have become bridge-shy. That one has q : in il.
|. ] usually refer to these stately works OF man al
great spans that unite opposite shores" or in soma
equally eloquent manner try to dodge the use or the
wcrd bridge. 90 often have ! seen it printed bride.
] am not the only sufferer from this peculiar typo
graphical error. ! often smile when another writer
gets IL between the eyes, and ! read at least once a
week Of the great bride that Is to swing from two
tall towers on opposite banks Of the Hudson"
That structure. BY the way. which IL to span N.
Hudson river between New York and New Jersey. a.
about One Hundred and Seventy-second street, Il max
Ing itself seen these days. From my office, at Times
Square, on q day that is fairly clear, ore can see the
great steel tower rising on the Manhattan side, and
from points Of vantage a little further uptown you
can see the tower on the Jersey shore also.
As I intimaaed before, I love these msn-made things
on which one crosses rivers. / love 10 see them rising
under the skilled hands % good craftsmen. and 7 love
TO watch light and shadow play upon their stately cx-
Panses after they have been completed.
ssG
The steel work on this Hudson span don't YOU
think I'm doing well in avoiding repetition Of the word
with the elesiye Z in it, is being erected BY the labor
Of nimble men, many Of whom are Micmac Indians
from Nova Scotia.
The Micmacs are quite unlike any other American
Indians ] have ever seen. Most or the Micmacs | have
seen are small and very dark. They look very little
like the red men | used to see in Kansas in my boy
hood. ] see in them a slight resemblance TO the Eski.
mo, a hint cf the Mongolian. and not a little apparent
cousinship to the Lapps OF northern Scandinavia.
The Micmacs have done the steel erection work on
most Of the great river-crcssinEs in Canada. They
have surprising agility. much endurance, and they are
willing workers.
Some other day ! shall write about brides; those
interesting young women who wear white and are ac-
companicd BY ring-bearers and all such things. But
todays talk, in case there remains any doubt in the
N them and arc among the noblest OF mans archi-
mind Of the reader, was about bridges, which have IL
teetural accomplishments
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

Who I'm IL Who was N before
my marriaaa- With what standard
Oil official iH ms husband uaEing
q battle at present.
which one of the United States iH
least densely populated
Where ere che highest tides I'm ths
world registered
Prom where did cine Pennsylvania
Dutch migrate
"For this w Che Howe or God. that
I'VE keep hiE commandments. ard hiH
commandments mra mot ~Kriev0uH.n
Where Ia this passage found liza tho
Eihlef
To-day in thr Past
On this dstr. in HIT. CaerEia
adopted IA state constitution.
Tohay-s Horoscope
Persons horn wv this day ARE not
always practical in their emotions
but they ore careful cf their money.
IA Daily ThruHht
Testing. often. DHFv proves a want
of intrlIert."-LMBruyerr.
Answers tO Foregoing Questions
N. Hrs. John D. Rockefeller. Jr..
Abby Greene; Col. Robert Stewart.
.. Nevada.
~ Bay xxx Fundy.
a. Germany.
". 7 John NJ. vi.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05


Park Rowgues we're Ginning about
good newspapermen and one Of them
recalled Gene Fowler's clever ruse 10
Get a yarn concerning tho last illness
Of the elder j. n. Morgan
IL vas winter. and. with all The
other scoopee makers. Fowler o.
tiently waited Ill the snow I'D front
cf the mans house. They hoped for
bulletins from the doctors on the
condition cf the distinguished pa
tient. for his death would mean ter
rihle depression on the stock market.
But the physicians decided not 10
give ont any announcements.
Finally, Fowler hit nrcn A plan.
When he saw nr. Walters leave the
house. hs dcnncd specs and "A beard
and procured a doctors satchel. Then
he rang the dcorbell, and asked for
nr. Walters. lie was told Dr. Wal
tiers had Just departed
III am DR.. Fowler" said Gene. she
urged me 10 join the c~cnsultaticn.'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
DINNER
Stories
FOR BREAD AND BUTTER

Herewith the whole or an affsc-
tionste letter written after the lsphc
Of N week By q boy In camp who.
the old folks feared. might he suf-
fering from homesickness;
Dear Dad: This IN ona ar the rest
periods when you are supposed 20
rest and write letters home. This iH
one Of the letters. l would probably
not have written 80 soon. but 10 rst
into the dining room tonight I have
10 have wittsn "a letter home. IN WY
about dinner time. nov. sn mu-r
close. Your son, Bill
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
~ CHARLES r. STEWART
Washington Correspondent for Cen-
trial Press and The Brownsville
Herrid

Washington Correspondent for Cen-
trail Press and The Brownsville
Herrad
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5-Billionaire
income taxpayers certainly are care
less with their money.
We small fry. who swAeten the
United States treasury only a few
dollars apiece annually. may make
our mistakes. too. but u IA not sheer
recklessness on our part.
Few except specialists can make
any sense out or an income tax blank.
We can't afford 10 hire specialists.
Consequently most OF Us give the
government the benefit of every
doubt when We make out our state
mentE, in order 10 keep out or tail
If possible.
IL does seem ~ IL "a concern which
counts it, assets up into ten figures
and employs "A biz staff or expert
accountants and high-priced counsel,
to save u from letting Fo or "A cent
more than Il has 20. ought 70 be
proof against very many enormous
accidental oser-Psyments-
Yet two billions. 81 millions and
thousands cf dollars is "A considerable
EEn-
Treasury records show that that
amount wsB tossed casually into
Uncle Sans hopper. between lsfa
and 1898. inclusive, in excess 81 the
income tex laws requirements
Uncle Samuel honestly returned A.
in one way ard another.
Ut was not all repEid I'm caHh.
Some or NJ went into the ledger ir
the form or credits Or deductions 0n
subsequent taxes. "A mere trifle "a
600 and an few cdd millions was re.
funded In actual dough-
However. Eenstor Kenneth De
KelIar OF Tennessee. who was ccm.
planning about thsse refunds. speks
MI even 900 millions aA "A good daal
CT cash e. hs forked hack. out OF thr
treasury. with such n dsnrth or -
plantations.
McEslIar did not know. NJ thai
time. about the credits and dsdrc'
tionA.
lie kre~ about the 600 naillianE
because tka treasury has 70 ONE ts
congress and ask fer the nnrnsy wher
III literally makes N refund
The credits and deductions ~
fimpiy little details OK Bookkeeping
It rFas In the course VA hiE hcwl
cw.r the 900 millions tn cash refunds
that III occurred a. the ematm Az
ask fer the Bookkeeping information
also.
That brought the total up m nhDvs
y H. billions.
Before Senator Mcclellan barsr
discussing the refunds in the uppei
house Of cnrrreHT. Representative
join ~. Garner cf Texas had had \
gsrat deal 70 say about them in thl
lover cne-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
A MEASURE or GRIEF

Tunncy ~ champion wasn't pcru-
lar m the accepted sense But Just
the same. he must have received tele-
grams or regret nc his retirement.
Which reminds " cf the story or
two Broadwayites. One was telling
az feeling sad over some happening
70 n friend. But ! sent him a teln-
gram right away The other Broad
wayite asked him what Ne said w
the Telegram. III wired. Just heard
the terrible news ! ann shocked BE-
yond words" "Not more than ten,
anyhow answered the pal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

Fowler was admitted. and. once
inside. the other doctors told DIR.
Fowler" that he could IT, cf re- e.
s~istance. 80 MorEan'B passing would
only he IA matter OF hours.
-Nerv well. gentlemen said Fowl
e. Folemnlv. aa Nv FASTENED sway to
break one cf the most important
scoops OF the last decade.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
I'm not
dancing.

n Az only an untallEhtsrtd rcman|
mho htAll suffers painful peEiodH-
The cId-fafhionad Eirl who murt
keep ore her feet taB not learned
of Mid0l.
Take H tiHv tablet nf Hidni-ard
forget thu time cf HA1rth- MAlnl iA
mot IA narcotic IN Gas mot inter-
frrc With tHn normal, necessary pro-
cess of m~enHtruatirn. But it stops
the rain. It brings rrmplrts ease
in fire tn Herrn minAt-H. And TIE
SONAR who anticipates hnr timF nmh
takes Midrl beforehand ~ilI - nD
pain me- all.
Midol M tha work of BnacfslirtH.
MA iH effective mn mAHtter hnw nHrh
tine rnu'F~ alwaEH had Try itt
AIT dfnzHtpFeh, ln ~ Allm HlHminnrn
case 40 tHrh in purse. t1r fifty cents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
HASTY LEANE-TAkING

NY guest has gone home" the
colored maid announced Ia her ms
tress the other morning.
rs that 10. thought shr WA
going 20 stay all summer
"Yes'mC she was was the rsrIv
+hut I toll 'er 7 had rented trv
room. jes' couldn't stand her face
bearin' down on me no longer"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

The department n war expects to spend $4,000 600
next year in levee building and bank revetment work
On the Mississippi river flood control project. A total
Of S~2i.000.0O0 Is being expended in the work for thc
current fiscal year.
For next year the requirement ~ necessary rights
q way for fIoodways and spiIlways Is being planned
50 that work on these can Ne pushed. Condemnation
proceedings arc being started for the lsvees and spiII
way near New Orleans. and for the levee on the west
side NJ the ~flocdway opposite Cairo. IN. IL II expected
that these rights az way viii Ne secured A. An early
date and that actual work On these spillways and flood.
ways will start promptly.
Work that u being done this year in the YaEoo
basin and cn the south side OF the Arkansas river viii
make the fszcc basin in Mississippi and the Trnsas
basin n Louisiana somewhat safer BY reason az high
Grand stronger lssees. Every year will add to this
safety, but FIJI protection will r. secured only after
the completion Ct ten years work contemplated ~ IT,
project.
Similarly, work being done On the Atchafalsra
river lsvees, as well ~ the Mississippi river ieveeE.
gives additional protection 70 the lands On each side
OF the Atchafalays river. The lsvees or the Ponehar-
train district north OF New Orleans are also being
raised and strengthened.
IN the Upper river il addition 10 Ievee RAISING I'D
charging much revetment work is being done to sta
hilizs the banks for the purpose of aiding NAVIGATION
and preventing the csvirS cf levees into .he r5rsr.
About sliloooeco Is being spent this y.sr fer such
work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
As IF you DIDN'T KNOW

And Madeline Cameron points
that the divorce courts are clc41
because too many men buy IA.
typewriters flowers instead of fff4
hons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

The Chinese have presented Gen. Smecley Butler a.
umbrellas with 10000 blessings" and. considering ths
nature Of the gift. IL strikes me that 10000 happy re-.
turns would he more spPrcpriats-Detrcit News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

According e. the Atchiscn Glsbe. enctisnalisn In
> woman makes her attractive Providing. of course
shos doesn't dranati-s il with q sash weight. or son.-
thing -Arkansss Garstts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

II : resolution indorsing the Ten Commandments
we're introduced in the senate IL would he loaded dowr
with ITO ressrvstions-New York Evening Pest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

T. France q woman divorced her husband. th-n b.
came his business ssSociats. Women will Dc anything
for . little stfeetcn-council Bluffs N~onparsiI.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE

FDFGIKE AuFtTtIsEHB NLFIt10HI1|N"
Dallas, Texas, 512 Mercantile Bank Building
Chicago. Ill, Association Building.
Kansas City, no, Interstate Building.
New York, $50 Madison Avenue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

Take II from Colettr d'Arvllle, the
French prima donna, who IN 0f the
opinion that some vaudeville critics
are - Thorough they don't leave N
turn UNSIGNED.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
Timely Views
FLOOD CONTROL WORK ASSERTED AS
PROGRESSING

By DWIGHT r. DAVIS, Secretary of War.
Dwight Filey Davis was born al 81. Louis. 40.
July ;. 1879. He was graduated from Harvard and
Washington university. Active in civic affairs
"a &C. Louis for many years. such a. Membership
~ the public library board and the public recrea-
ton commission, he became director |. IN. war
Finance corporation in 1921. In 1928 he vas named
assistant secretary Of var and has been secretary
since 1928, He was > colonel in the Officers Re-
serve corps in 1928 and has been awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for services in Franc.N.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

Before Senator McKellar began
discussing the refunds in the upper
house Of congress. Representatives
Join ~. Garner or Texas had had "
gsrst deal 70 say about them in The
lover one
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-10-10
CAMPBELL TAKES PRISONERS
 FROM KETCHIKAN TO- JUNEAU

U. s. Deputy Marshal H. D. Campbell went north from Ketehi- kan to Juneau on the Queen hav- ing in custody the following pris- oners: Wilfred Jacobson, J. Frazer, K. L. Fote, Frank Durban, and Joe Burdette. Mir Campbell had with him as guards Fred Amundsen and Ford Hunter. The five prisoners were all young fellows under 25 years of age. Each one was fined 5000 and sentenced to serve one year in jail Jacobson. Frazer and Burdette will serve their sentences at Skagway while Fote and Durban will do their time at Juneau.
 MT. Campbell and Fred Amund- sen returned to Wrangell on the Yukon which arrived here south bound Wednesday morning.