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

Tie tremendous volume of winter vegetables nov
moving onto the American markets from Mexico and
the West indies would indicate that unless adequate
protection il given the industry in Florida, California
and the Lower Rio Grsnds Valley it will not be many
hears before the cheaper lands and cheap labor o.
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 a year, .hould impress upon congress the
urgent necessity for granting immediate relief to
American growers in the form Of tariff protection
which will at least cover the difference in the cost a
production.
The U. s. department Of agriculture, in a report
issued January 80, states that during November. 1928,
a total Of 1898 pounds Of tomatoes we're shipped
from Cuba 20 the American markets as compared with
4s,si0 pounds for the corresponding month in 1927.
In December the Cuban tomato shipments increased TO
b,4s9,11s, shipments for the same month in 1927 to-
falling 3I2955a2. Another gain was registered in Jan
uary when 5,4s3,ssO pounds were shipped into ths
American markets as compared with 8,s5l,6si pounds
in January, 1923.
Shipments from Cuba, in addition 10 tomatoes, in
ciuGe egg plant, peppers, okra. lima beans, cucumberS,
squash and potatoes, all Of which come in direct COM
petition with American products. The total Of all
vegetables shipped from the island to American mar
kets In November and December, 1927, was 4,2l5.92l
pounds as compared with 6.Ol3.Oi3 for the correspond
ing months in 1928. Shipments frem other West In
dian island brought the total to 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 It
the expense of the American industry. With low water
rates, cheap labor and low land values, the growers
are reaping rich profits by placing their products ca
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 ad-
vantage Of cheap lands and cheap labor.
No industry in the United States feels foreign COM
petition 10 a greater extent than the winter vegetable
industry. IL is 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 be sufficiently high to cover amply the diff
ference in the cost Of production. Unless this is done
the West Indies. with their cheap transportation and
cheap labor. and Mexico with its low-priced lands ana
cheap labor, will completely dominate the American
markets, driving the American growers out a the III.
dustry.
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mother for another ride. When her
mother returned she was all aflut-
ter. She had discovered the reason
Mr.. Brainard was 50 sympathetic
was because he had lost his wife
about a year before. and so was
ablo 10 sympsthize with her. lie
had asked her il he could not come
around and talk 70 her.
81 suppose the neighbors will talk,
Because your father has only been
dead about ten months. but | don't
care. 1t u just as Mr.. Erainard
says. we poor derelicts have our
lives "a live. we cannot sit around
ard cry All the time"
II am glad you arc going out with
him. Betty spoke, d~out.fully-
II am a young woman and not
bad looking said Mrs. Brown. II
am going t. diet again. although Mr..
Brainard SAYS that when a woman
reaches middle age she either gets
4 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
portant. was this prosperous man
thinking Of marrying her mother
She could not think az having him
III her fathers place, but what could
she DOT
(TO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
Sterling In Line

Chairman r. S. Sterling Of the tate highway COM
misticn has siEnified his approval Of the si75.O0o,O0o
state road bond issue proposal, presented the l,gisIa
ture, though it is not in full accord with his plan
which suggested a bond issue OF ssO0.0Oo.ooO.
He takes the view that the amount proposed would
be sufficient to Get the program well underway, and
that X would always be possible to increase the amour
in the event the people Of Texas - desire.
or the sl75,0eo,00O proposed. si0000O0o0 would "
used IN financing the system Of state highways, and
S7s.0Oo,e0O would 20 to the counties to reimburse then,
for expenditures on state highways and 10 construct
lateral roads after retiring such bonds a. they have
issued 70 finance state projects.
Practically no opposition to the proposal n evident
in any part Of the state, and IL such exists il is not
reflected III the legislature where IL Is evident that
an overwhelming majority Of both houses will support
the proposed amendment in the event they are assured
there are no legal chstructions.
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The World and All
LIKES AM DIsLIKEs

I like to write about bridges, and yet / dislike the
consequence. So many printers and proofreaders fol-
low the dolorous practice Of leaving the & out whea
l write about bridges.
Not long ago ! wrote a whole days talk abod.
bridges. and from all over the country / received clip
pings and derisive quips, because in two places the
discussion turned out to be about a "birde spanning
the Rio Grande.7 There was also some talk Of 'thr
longest bride in the world"
This j. not a new experience with nc. n fac-.
through years Of experience in writing for newspapers.
l have become brdge-ahy. That one has a Z in I'LL
] usually refer TO these stately works or man as
great spans that unite opposite shores" or in some
equally eloquent manner try to dodge the use OF the
word bridge, so often have l seen it printed bride.
I am not the only sufferer from this peculiar type
graphical error. 1 often smile when another writer
gets it between the eyes. and / read at least once a
week of the great bride that is to swing from two
tail towers on opposite banks Of the Hudson"
sss
That structure. BY the way, which il 10 span the
Hudson river between New York and New Jersey. a.
about One Hundred and Scventy-second street. i max
ing itself seen these days. From my office. at Times
Square, on a day that is fairly clear, one can see tbs
great steel tower rising on the Manhattan side, and
from points Of vantage a little further uptown you
can sec the tower on the Jersey shore also.
As / intimsted before, l love these man-madc things
III NHieh VHe CRUISES rivers 1 love 10 see them rising
under the skilled hands of good craftsmen, and I love
to watch light and shadow play upon their stately ex-
panses after they have been completed.
The steel work on this Hudson span don't you
think I'm doing well in avoiding repetition or the word
with the elcsive z in itD H. 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 Of the Miemacs / have
seen are small and very dark. They look very little
like the red men / used 20 see in Kansas in my boy
hood. | sec in them a slight resemblance to the Eski.
no. a hint Of the Monaghan, and not a little apparent
cousinship to the Laps of northern Scandinavia.
The Micmacs have done the steel erection work on
most Of the great river-crossings 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-
eompanied BY ring-bcarers and all such things. But
todays talk. in case there remains any doubt III the
IN them and are among the noblest Or mans archi-
mind n the reader. was about bridges. which have gs
tcctural accomplishments.
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Other Papers
NEW YoRk,s BACHELOR SURPLUS
est. Paul Pioneer Pressl.

According to Joan Hampton, writing IN the eurr.n.
issue Of the North American Review. New York City
has a higher percentage Of bachelors between the ages
If IS and 50 than any other place in the country. Il
used to be just the opposite. The Wild West had the
surplus Of men and the tffete East had the women.
Now the situation is reversed. but strange as il NAV
seem. there is nothing surprising about this. II only
means that America has come Of age in economic de-
nelopmsnt and entered on a new phase Of wealth
making.
When q new country Is opened II Is naturally the
Younger. more adventurous and unattached men who
chiefly respond 70 the call or opportunity. The Amer
lean frontier attracted all CLASSES and conditions. from
the East and from Europe. but ~ far the greater num-
Der were nnsncumbersd men. They came to make their
fortunes on the prairies, In the mountains and forests.
or out OF the mines Of the rich new country being
reclaimed from the wilderness. Some brought fami.
lies. but more did not, hoping TO become wealthy and
then either settle down or return home. Thus il hap.
pened that the West was populated with more men
than women and this division has persisted down TO
present time.
But now there Is more gold to be dug out az the
rulchcs that branch off the canyon az Wall street thar
was ever won from the mountains of the West. A
backward movement Of the adventurous has begun.
The youth O. the no longer wild Nsst. now 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 AGO made the pill
grimage from East to West, the new fortune hunters
are mainly young men just ready to come to grips with
the world. Miss Hampton points out that once in New
York, or other large city, they tend to become perms-
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 20 marry and the middle-aged are too
comfortable to change. Hence il happens that the
msrrisge-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

Who am Il? Who waE 7 before
my marriarc7 With what Standard
OH official is my husband waginE
q battle at Present.
Which one of the United States III
least dCnacly p0pulatcdf
'Where are thc highest tides In the
world registered
From where did the "Fennsylvania
Dutch" Migrate?
"For this Ii the love az God. that
we keep his commandments: and his
commandments arc not ~rrievous."
Where IS Lhis passage found in the
Bible!
To-day in the Past
On this date in lTrT. Georria
adopted "A Stale constitution.
-
TrAls's Horoscope
Persons bora uR thfH nhv arr met
always practical in their emotions
but they arc careful of their money.
I'M Daily Thought
Testing, often only proves q want
or intcllcct.n-IaBruyrre.
--
Answers 10 Foregoing Questions
l.. Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller. Jr.:
Abby Greene; Gel. Robert Stewart.
2. Nevada.
?. Bay Of Fundy.
4. Germany.
3. ] John ", :.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
m, nv About Macs
lg VIII New York l.R1EN

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-walter Gif-
ford, the president of the American
Tel and Tel, will tell you that il real
~ happened 10 him. lie came across
an amusing cartoon in Punch, the
British hunor magazine. which dealt
with phone service. IL pleased Pres
ident Clifford 50 much he decided "a
ask the magazines permission ia re-
print X tn newspaper advertisements
In America.
50 be telephoned to Punch. in
London. from his New York office.
This iS President Clifford w The
American Tel and Tel, in New York. n
he said aftably. That cartoon was
very funny, and I do wish VOC would
let me rcpublish IL here. What ~
the c~artoonist's name"
"lou got the wrong Department.
growlcd the voice, 5000 miles away,
as it hung Up.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
NEMSPAPERMAN STUFF


Park RnWEuCs were Ginning about
good nnwsPapermcn and one of them
recalled Gene Fcwler's clever rugn tO
Ect "A warn concerning the last illness
VI the elder y. N. Morgan.
III was winter. and. with all the
other scnopec makers. Fowler De-
ticntly waited IN the snow in front
cf the mans house. They hoped for
bulletins from the doctors on the
condition Of the distinguished pa
tient. for his death would mean ter
rible depression on the stock market.
But the physicians decided not to
give out any announcements.
Finally, Fowler hit upon a plan.
When he saw DR.. Walters leave the
house, he donncd specs and n beard
and procured q doctors satchcl. Then
he rang the doorbell. and asked for
DR.. Walters. lie was told DIR. Wal
tiers had just departed.
III am DIR. Fowler" said Gene. "Hr
urged me 10 join the consultation
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DINNER
Stories
ron BREAD AND BUTTER

Herewith the whole OF an affec-
tomato letter written after the lapse
Of a week by a boy In camp who,
the old folks feared. might be suf-
fcrinz from homesickncss:
Dear Dad: This Is one OF the rest
periods when yon arc supposed 10
rest and write letters home. This is
one or the letters. I would probably
not have written 50 soon. but Ia rrt
into the dining room tonight have
70 have witten a letter home. III w
about dinner time. now. 10 mu.r
close. Your son. Bill
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
nv CHARLES r. STEWART
Washington Correspondents for Gem
trail Press ard The Brownsville
Herald

trial Press ard The Brownsville
Herald
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Biilionsirs
income taxpayers certainly are care
less with their money.
We small fry. who sweeten the
United States treasury only a few
dollars apiece annually. may make
our mistakes. too, but X IA not sheer
rccklessncss on our part.
Few except specialists can make
any sense out Or nm income Tux blank.
VIZ can't afford 10 hire specialists.
Consequently most or MS give the
government the benefit of every
doubt when We make out our state
ments- in order 20 keep u OF jail
Iii possible.
II does seem as If a concern which
counts It's assets up into ten figures
and employs a big staff Of expert
accountants and high-priced counsel.
to save 10 from letting 10 % a cent
more than II has 70. ought 10 be
proof against very many enormous
accidental over.rayments-
Yet two billions. 6i4 millions and
thousands of dollars IA IA considerable
ann.
Treasury records show that that
amount was tossed casually into
Uncle Sans hopper. between lg28
and 1878, inclusive. III excess of the
income tax LAWS requirements.
Uncle samuel honestly returned II,
in one way and another.
Il was not all repaid In cash.
Some Of IL went into the ledger in
the form Of credits or deductions on
subsequent taxes. A mere trifie Of
800 and a few odd millions vas re-
funded in actual dough.
However. Senator Kcaneth Mc-
Kellar Of Tennessee. who was con-
planning about these refunds. spoke
on even 900 millions nE "A good deal
ar cash to We forkcd hack. out 0f THE
treasury. with such ~ trarfh of e.
plantations
Mcclellan did not kn0w. at fhat
time. about the credits and dedur-
I tons.
He knew about the GOO miiIioas
because a. treasury has TO cotne Ia
congress and ask for the money when
Is literally makes a refund.
The credits and deductions are
simply little details Of Bookkeeping
Il waS in the course 4 his howl
ev-r the 600 millions in each refunds
that i occurred to the senator "a
ask for the bookkeeping i~nlormatioz
alao.
Tia. brought the total Hp 10 above
: IL billions.
Before Senator Mcclellan began
discussing the refunds in the upper
house cf congress. Representative
Jnsn NJ. Earncr nf Texas hmd had N
Gerat deal 70 say about them in .h4
Loser one
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Fowler was admitted. and. once
inside. the other doctors told Or.
Fowler" that he could be Of no as
~sistancc, as Morgan's passing would
only be q matter OF hours.
Every we'll. gentlemen, said Fowl
er Enlcmniy. rs he FASTENED away 90
break one ar the most important
scoops of the last decade.
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A MEASURE or GRIEF

Tunncv as champion wasn't peru
iar in the accepted sense. But Just
the same. he must have received trlr-
grams or regret at his retirement.
Which reminds Us or the story or
two Broadwayitcs. One was telling
OF feeling sad over some happening
to n friend. But ! scnt him 4 tclc-
gram right away" The other Broad
wayite asked him what he said in
the Telegram. Il wired. Just heard
the terrible news. I am shocked be-
yond words" Not more than ten,
anyhow" answered the pal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
I'm not
dancing

Tx is onlg WYNN unr-IiEhtenad woman
who tfiil suffers painful periods.
Tho cld-lBshIoHEd Eirl who mutt
"kerp or her feet has aot learned
81 Nidoi.
Take a tiny tablet of Nidol-and
ferget the tine OF month. Midol is
not a narcotic. II does no. inter-
fere with the normal. necessary pro-
cess % merstruation. But IL stops
the pain. II brings complets ease
in hse tn W minutes. And TIE
wnnaan who anticipates hr- tintf and
takes Hidcl beforehand will LMA no
pain at all.
MidRl MN che work nf s~pecfalFHfH
AN MN effective WV matter hpw aHrd
" tirnr snH're always Ma. Trr it!
All druEHtprer, IVA VA HlAm aI4rninuyn
cAae 20 tuck in purse. for fifty cents,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
HASTY LEAyE-TAKTNC

my guest has gone home.r tha
eolored maid announced TO her mis-
tress the other morning.
rs that so? / thought she was
going 20 stay all summer"
"fes'm( she was.r was the rerlv.
"but I tot 'er I had rented hcr
room. ] jes' couldn't stand her face
bearin' down on mo no longer
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AS IF YnT nInN-T M

And Madeline Cameron points r'
that the divorce courts are clurhn.
because COO many men hnv their
tyncwritcrs fliwcrs instead of rib
hons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

The Chinese have presented Gen. snedlsy Butler ar
umbrella with 10000 blessings" and. considering thu
nature Of the gift. il strikes me that 10000 happy re-
turns would be more appropriates-DetrOit News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

According 70 the Atehison Globe. emotionalisn III
= woman makes her attractive" Providing. az course.
shoe dcesn't dranatiEs 1t with a sash weight, Or some.
.thing-Arkansas G~a-ette.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

IN France 4 woman divorced her husband, then b.
came his business associate. Women will 90 anything
for . little sffeeticn-Couneil Bluffs Ncnpareil.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives

Dallas. Texas, SIP 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

II a resolution indOrsing the Ten Commandments
were introduced In the senate H. would Be loaded down
with ITO reseryations-Ncw York Evening Post.
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QUITESO. QUITEsO,

Take IL from Colette d'Arville, the
French prima donna. who is Of the
opinion that some vaudeville critics
are SO thorough they don't leave 4
turn unst0ned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

The department Of 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 s2io00.0o0 u being expended in the work for the
current fiscal year.
Fer next year the requirement Of necessary rights
q way for f~loodways and spillways is being planned
so that work on these can Ne pushed. Condemnation
proceedings are being started for the levees and spiIl.
way near New Orleans, and for the lcvce on the ives.
side Of the ~foodway opposite Cairo. III. It is expected
that these rights Of way viii be secured at an early
date and that actual work on these spillways and flood.
ways viii start promptly.
Work that is being done this year in the Yazoo
basin and on the south side Of the Arkansas river viii
make the Yszoo basin in Mississippi and the Tensas
basin In Louisiana somewhat safer By reason N high
Grand stronger leyecs. Every year will add 10 thu
safety, but full protection will Be- secured only nftsr
the completion % ten years work contemplated Nv w.
project.
Similarly. work being done On the Atchafalavs
river levees, as well as the Mississippi river levees.
gives additional protection to the lands on each side
Of the Atehafalaya river. The levses Of the Ponchar.
train district north Of New Orleans arc also being
raised and strengthened.
In the Upper river in addition to levee raising and
enlarTiug. much revetment work is being done to sta
bihEc the banks for the purpose Of aiding navigation
and preventing the eaving Of lsvees into the river.
About sll.oooooO i being spent this year for such
work.
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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the "a
for publication Of all news dispatches credited TO it o.
not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local
news published herein.
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Timely Views
FLOOD CONTROL WORK ASSERTED rs
PROGRESSING

BY DWIGHT y. DAVIS, Secretary or war.
Dwight Filley Davis was born at 81. Louis, No,
July ?. 1879. TIC was graduated from Harvard and
Washington university. Active in civic affairs
cf 81. LOUIS for many years. such a. membership
On the public library board and the public rerrea-
tion commission. he became director OF the War
Finance corporation in 1921. In 1923 he was named
assistant secretary Of war and has been secretary
since 1928. He was a colonel in the Officers Re-
serve corps in 1929 and has been awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for services in Francel.