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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
"A Service to the Valley

A real service has been performed for the entire
Valley BY the Rio Grsnde Valley Ginners' Association,
which last fall insugursted an effective cotton stalk
cleanup campaign, in which every progressive section
Of the Valley joined. The ginners did not 20 to the
growers with pleas and petitions. Through the press
Of the Valley they presented the necessary facts and
figures to prove to growers that it was TO their inter
est to eliminate the alternating places of the boil
weeviI, and to destroy the cotton stalks upon which the
vssvii would subsist.
The result Of the campaign exceeded expectations
OF course, there we're those growers who refused to
eo-opersts-they always can be found in any COM
munity. But the great majority Of growers got back
az the campaign with an energy that secured wide
spread results
The rinners' association also advocated early prepa-
ration Of cotton land, ssd countless thousands OF acres
were plowed and prepared before the fall rains. In
the unirrirated sections. as well as in part Of the irri-
~stsd areas. the soil has an abundance Of moisture,
practically assuring . good cotton crop N the event
the spring rainfall is near normal. In fact conoitions
never were more %propitious for q record Gotten crop
and there is every INDIGESTION that the acreage viii at
tain a new high mark for this section. With the plant
inrs earlier than in any previous year.
what the Tinners arc accomplishing with respscs
20 educating the cotton growers is the result q or
rsnir.d effort. For several years individual ginners
have endeavored to secure valley-wide cleanup of cot
ton stalks; have urged growers to properly prsPars
their lands; and while their efforts secured some re-
suits locally, the effects were not general. But with
practically all leading ginn.rs organized and direct
inr their efforts along that line, success has been
marked. an excellent criterion Of the effectiveness q
orsapi..d effort az compared with that Of the indi-
vidusl.
According to a recent survey by one Of the lead
inr rinnsrs. soil conditions N the entire valley sec
ton never were better. Investigations indicate that
the boil wesvil menace has been reduced greatly anu
that the Valley cotton crop will, with normal weather
conditions, be ready for the gins, two to three weeks
earlier than the average season II the present pros
pects for one Of the most profitable crops the Valley
aver produced materialiEe il will be due. at least
psrtly, TO the fact that the Valley ginners have
achieved a working organization and are utilizing 4 %
cooperate with the growers in making cotton produe-
tion mere profitable for all concerned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
The World and All
A LETTER
6y Charles r. Drtseon

Mrs. A L. Garretson of Beaumont, Texas, writes:
Il like the way you fire straight from the shoulder
There is 70 much pretente, it is really refreshing to
find one u~nafrsid."
Now, this interests me, because Ina not really un-
afraid at all. All my journalistic life | have been le-
ceiving letters commencing me for being ~unsfraid,
courageous, and bold. And all the time have real.
lied that I am nothing Of the sort. It has been neces-
sary fer me TO write about affairs as one finds them
in this world, and ! have been unable to escape
the necessity for writing honestly. But whenever il
turns out that I write insulting things about thieves
or rsscals or crooks, I always look at my writing with
surprise and a certain amount Of qusking. / wonder
that ] could say such thinss.
As a reporter. and later a. q newspaper editor, il
was my lot to expose crooks in public cffice. | was
always afraid OF tbes. creeks. I knew they we're plan
ming to kill me. and 7 was disgrseefully afraid of be.
ing killed. Still. I couldn't resist the urge to write the
truth about them, day after day. The more th.y
threatened me, the more did I feel imrelled 70 defy
them and write more truth about them.
It's queer. I don't understand II. But I'm bound
to tell my Beaumont correspondent that I'm really net
the least bit unsfrsid.
In another vein altogether, Mrs. Garretson writes
about pirates. she tells Of Jean Lsfittc. who once had
headquarters on Galveston Island. He operated in the
Gulf Of Mexico in 1921, after having served the United
States at New Orleans in the War Of 1872.
Yes, Jean Lafitte is one of my fsvorite pirates. He
was g msstsrful one. and knew the value Of a stand-in
with established authority. when there was war be.
tween the United States and Great Britain. ne picked
the winner, and mad. himself solid By fighting on TIE
winning side.
Mrs. Garretson tells Of local tradition that the gulf
pirates used to bring their treasure along the gulf
coast TO a little town called Roll Over, in Galveston
bay. Also. another tradition that = storm in 1918 drove
some Of Lafitte's vessels ashore on Virginia Point.
This is the sort OF pirate tradition that I like 10
hear about. Next summer | hope to spend along the
coast of Spain, France and the British Isles. gather
inc just this sort OF information about pirates. ana
verifying M much Of IL as possible.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
The Cruiser Bill

Passage 81 congress ~ the bill prcvidiaF for the
ronstruction of fifteen cruisers and one aircraft car
risr. work 20 begin on ell vessels before July /, 1851
hss eliminated from the calendar Of both houses =
MEASURE which hiss been IN controversy over four years.
IL Is interesting 70 note that IN the senate. where
N. fifht sEsintt the msssurs csntersd. the final vots
w,s A. a. IL. indicating thst opposition to n. bill was
rsor. imaginary than real. Senate amendments Uer'
accertsd IN the house without = record vote.
Considerable sntaEonisn and prejudice toward the
rrui..d states has been aroused IN Great Britain a. 2
result Of the debates in the senate. There can he no
question that many Of the things said by the senators
Raw, not tended 70 strengthen friendly relations Be-
tueen the two countries. However, the senators IN
sisted upon their prerogative to say what they pleased
and what they had to say was not pleasing TO the
British.
II "A very unfortunate that some Of those senator's
~ho seek 10 parade their patriotism before the Ameri-
can public csnnot learn TO be more moderate In thei.
u,tcrances, and it Is slsO unfortunate that the rules
hermit senators TO publish TO the world unsubstan-
tiated and often fantastic charges or statements which
.eryc no useful purpose and can only result in arous-
ing cnmity toward the United State. In the debate On
the cruiser bill many Of the utterancrs bordered On the
ridiculous. but they we're accepted by the British peo-
ME as expressing the sentiments and views Of the
American public.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
The Decline of Radicalism

Recently an internationally known liberal made a
statement TO the effect that radicalsm, of all sorts, 10
America was at its lowest point in many generations
This statement was borne cut by the remarkably peer
showing Of the leading dissenting party, the social
lists, in the last election.
We do not need 70 look far Rfi-ld fer the answer.
There are swo outstanding reasons; one Is the grow
ing liberalism Of American capital and the other the
high status Of American labor with its increasing
knowledge OF the inseparable economic relationship
between capital and labor.
The clsssie idea Of capitalism pictured . Few
wealthy men, acting as ruthless dietators controlling
the pepcls Of q nation and exploiting lsbor. Today,
in contrast, capital. as exemplified by our great in
dustries is understood 10 represent the accumulated
savings Of millions Of investors, rich and poor alike.
Labor exploitation, in any form, is a thing Of the
rnst. Employers understand that satisfied employees.
earning high wages. are the nations greatest asset
in home market buying power. Employe-ownership OF
stock, pioneered by the electric light and power eoH-
ranies. and now generally adopted BY all industries,
was the fcrerunner and continuous incentive for the
idea q making the words labor" and capital" syr-
cnynicua.
The s~gitator today is hard Put 20 find an snthns-
iastic audience in industrial America. The Utcpisn
dream 81 friendiincss and cooperation between the
worker and the financier seems TO hsvu been realised
u Amsrirr- the land Of opportunity for the individual.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

derttsn4s ths tariff bst.y th.. -
other man living.
Secretary OF the Treasury M.lIen
himself defsrs 70 Smoot on praclicnl
questions.
Nobody has n better rrarp thsr
Anoy ON broad general financial
principles but he dcesn't concsrn
himself much with details. It's doubt
fui ~, with his own hands, he ever
ran an adding machine. He deals
with balance sheets.
Smcot knows finance from tha
ground up and IN mo- SLOUGH on throry,
either.
IL appears that Mr. Hoover wants
to save more money than was saved
BY an administration which eeono-
niEsd on pencil stnbs and paper
Jewels, hy emitting the stripe from
mail sacks and by ~curtailinx the soap
allowance per scrub wcpnnn on the
marble floerH on government build
ings.
He wants 20 reduce taxss SEINE
more, after YER Gals sdmission|
that IL eould be . long time befors|
any more rsductions would be rss-|
sikle.
Simglt1nscuSiy Herbert rruponeE|
10 toEnsct Tire Great Lakes With ths|
AtlaHtic end the Gulf OK Mckee. hsr-|
nsss the MissiFtippi and Ice trIbuta-|
ries, build Boulder dam, maybe dir Al
ditch aeros Nicaragua, relieve arri-|
sulture and launch several other sew
eraI biision-dollar enterprises.
Mr.. Hoover delegates Eennfnr|
SHoct 60 rsconcile these two .pro-|
grams
Like Andy Mellon, he IeAv<4 d.
tails to pthers.
The senator hss been heard 20 r.
marx that he was purified By refer.
snees % the new day" in govern.
rnent. which 10 promised with Mr..
HooyeF'E advent in the White House.
Now it's explained tp him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
ala az About SNsas.
WkA New York RT

NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-one SYM
pathiTes with the lot Of the stage
dcorman- He must he gruff, cynic-
MI. aud no bride taker. to insure the
artists against interference, pests
who seek autographs. or dressing
reom thieves. But the robust door
tender at Mr.. Ziegfeld's New Am
sterdsm blundered the other evening,
and a member of the troupe was the
sufferer II appears that a ma
Who Plsnned doing q story on Eddie
Csntcr had. called
Mr.. Cantor cant see ycu until
after the show" said the docrman.
But he said in his letter for me
10 GENE at any time, and to wait
fer his valet. who would take me
10 his ROOM" said the magazine
writer.
II can't help that" grumbled the
dccrman. You'll have 70 stand
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

ne reached out Nj. hand, and thsy
shook hands on il.
II live right around the corner
he went on. Lets 20 To my room
and have 2 drink on it,"
"But don't drink" laughed Betty,
That's gcodl Women who drink
get fat. You got 10 keep your shape
II you are going 70 do bsre-legEee
stuff. Don't start il. I don't drink
a pint a month, but I want to have
one on the new partnership. Gene
on aronud and take ginEersie."
But IL ia after twelyei 4 cculdnt
10 % your room al this time Of
night
why. its a theatrical hotel. kid,
They hardly get going before two or
three"
But I couldn't 20 to your roorl
anyway" ssid Betty. positively ~
know IA sounds trite, but In not that
kind cf a girl
"Ssy, hsre you ret the notion that
pe are going 10 waste money running
around over the country paying FOL
two rcoms!" He emphasized the last
word but one.
III wr .arrn't 10 have two rooms ]
won't 10 with you." Betty half rose
~Sit down. He snapped out the
words. She obeysd without intend.
ing u. II amt got smallpox mol
nothiag. You cant high hat re.
1 see you melting them Johns st ths
stage door. They won't get you meth.
ing. They huy you q sandwich and
then collect zfterwards-'
"The men yeu have seen me with
are old schnol mates who have knows
me all my life.' Betty spoke with
dignity.
well. they won't get you netting
snyhew." he answered. doggodly. IL
yeu want 20 ret anywhere in thii
cuisines you got to ret yourself [
partner and stick 20 him. III ycE
are telling me the truth you rot I
Tot or trouble coming % you fru
better get yourself a job teaching
school where the pupils are all LITTLE
boys.
"You dancing women Z tw,
kinds: Toid-digTsrs who ret bit nj
often - they bite and tire kind tina
let the Johns alone and atick No theft
man, save their money. ard rr'
somerhsre In the show b~usinsss-+
@Yen are not ty any chance rrc
posing - me. are you" asked eBtty
She knsm she ought 20 hs angry. bul
somehow she wak net. She was onl,
sad
~Yru mean a. marry ven rnnh
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
Other Papers
TIE SOUTHWEST is WORTH SEEING
lBesumont Enterprisel.

Talk Of a Coolidge visit to the southwest is revived
IN Washington. Texas has already extended an invita-
ticn to Mr.. Coolidge to visit this state after his re-
tirement from office and hopes that the invitation will
be accepted.
Mr.. Coolidge hiss gone as FAR as South Dakota and
has visited Florida. He has done a great deal of trav-
cling to various parts Of the country, chiefly in the
east, however, and has come into contact with large
numbers Of his fellow citizens. But he has never been
in the southwest. This part Of the United States Is
known to Dir. Coolidge only by hesrssy. In that re-
speet he is the typical eastern man.
Mr. Coolidge will find much to interest him in the
southwest, spd he will meet with a cordial welcome.
While Texas. in the late presidential election voted for
. republican presidential candidate for the first time IL
its history, Texas hospitality is not influenced BY po-
litical considerations, and Ar. Coolidge would be no
less welcome IL the state had remained in the demo-
cratic column.
Every American citizen who has an opportunity 10
do 10 should become acquainted with the southwest.
1t Is still a wonderland. II might be a revelation 70
Mr. Coolidge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
Washington
Qaybook
3xAA:!!.0.!!.'.k!:.-A. -!

WASHINGTON, Feb. l~e.-ssAstsr
Reed Smoot. of Utah, 10 naturally
grave, not TO say ~lasubsious, Of misa.
But my. His aspect was ioeund un-
al recently, compared with what II In
noM.
Nc ~snder. considering the Job they
say Herbert Hoover sadslsd him vita,
At that conferences they had i'm Florida
a few days ago.
Frem all accounts, the president
elect wants his standardization 20 get
along on q great deal less money than
President Coelidgefs administration
required but 10 spend "a great deal
more.
Senator Smoct's task IA a. figure
out vayr and mems Of accomplishing
this result.
Mr.. Hoever is Understood 20 ke-
lieve the Utah senator can do IL IA
anybody can.
The senator IL reputsd 70 have
bean bern with a flair for double
entry. A ledger was his fsvorite
grade school text book and he aFc-
ciaiired in accounting at Brigham
Yeang sesdsny. Then he beesme .
G3Hk&Es
On his arrival in Warrington thsy
rrenptlv y~itehforked him into the
ssnste firsnce COMMITTEE. That -ar
. lonK tine ago-mors shSn q quar-
ter cf . century During all those
years he's fairly soaked In govern
nent receipts and expenditures.
snoot not only has been a mem
Der but chairman Of the selcn's fl
nance eofnr1itte since nobody but the
Oldest lawmakers know when. He's
also ranking member ok che appru-
priaticn committee.
He served on the world war for
eizn debt commission and stifs serves
on the Joint committee on internal
revenue tsxsticn.
IL helped 90 intent the budget
syEtsE-
Everybcdy rsr1Enifr5 that INV nm
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

q Socd frouPer. Live and let live,
that's me-"
With this avkwsrdly-expressed er
enlargement. and the intoxication Of
applause, Betty entered into the
spirit Of this ridicule Of tho beautiful
Greek dance. From time ID time she
introduced q few inconsistent clog
STEPS and failures 20 DO ~acrobstics,
which amused the audience i'm.
mensely. Hawkins patted her affec-
tionately on the back when they
left the stage for the last time.
Tuesday night Betty went 10 dance
with Andy Adair AGAIN On Nednes-
day nignt Hawkins said 70 her.
-Ditch the johns tonight, Brown, !
want 10 talk business with you."
Betty was anxious 10 know what
he wanted, but disappointed when
they reached the stage door to find
Harry Ford waiting. She introduced
the two men. and explained that ahe
Was 70 have a business talk with
Mr.. Hawkins She hoped Harry
would come another time.
How about tomorrow night he
asked. Betty said sac would be glad
10 see him. and smiled 10 herself
that she was again attracting 20 her
the men she liked. The smile be-
came a bit grim when she realized
that IL vas her public dancing and
not herself which attracted them. !.
Hawkins took her % a white-tiird
chsir-srm lunch room. ordered some
simple food. and began to talk bust
ness at onees
How weald you like 70 20 on the
road as my dancing partner he
asked.
WAY, ! had not thought about H..
hesitsted Betty Tell me Iust what
you mean"
You know IRA too good for this
fouF-a-day stuff. but vaudeville has
gone flooie. The movie houses have
put IL out e4 business The only bic
money fer q specially ~ in the big
reviews. am getting only two hun
oree collsFs q week for my act. but
coulc get three II I had a partner.
a Decking agent told me 70 two or
three days age. II you are willing
20 work with me, taxing the short
end tall you are As good a. ] am,
think we could team ur."
What is the short end
I'D take shat am making now,
tho hundred. and you Ert the other
hundred This circuit IN week
stands and the jumps short. ! Ecl
ter weeks now.
Il would like % try H." Betty
had rre~n - like this dancer IN
srit Fl his crude way Of expressing
himself.
aAil rirhs.- he said. Its . ro,'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

Who am III what IN nav ~vpestier ,
In what rpert did I participate years
age?
or what country was Csriotts onrs
empress?
What 10 The Fourth Eststsf"
Fer what was Baron Munrhsussn
roted-
use hospitality one to another
without frudging." Where IN this
passage found In the Bible.
Today In the Past
On this daF. In 1893, Abrahan LAn-
celn wsr bern.
Todeyfs Horoscope
Persons bern on thiB deg have
w~entsEful posslkiiities which sheuid
be DEVELOPED. They teo eften ailev
their friends 10 push them ahssd in
stead Of themselves working TO gain
success.
IA Daily Thought
Liars are slwHys meat dlsrerpd
TO swear.'-Alfieri.
Answers 10 Foregoing oussfisrs
ball.
2. Mexics.
n. The press.
~ His lying.
y. Peter. IN. NJ
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
PLEASED TO MEET yotT

One Of the partners in a big Wall
Street banking house-an invest
meHt banker worth many miliiens-
has a brother uptown in the cloak
and suit trade. The tao brothers
see very little Of each other. al
thought the cloak-and-suiter often
calls at the office or his more pros
porous bsnkcr-brother.
The other day, annoyed by his
brothers refusal to leave his pri-
vsts office to see him, the cloak
snd-suiter insisted upon speaking TO
him on the telephone.
rs that you, Sidnty.' asked the
closk-snd-suiter.
Yes, I am Mr.. 60 and So" csrs
the reply. Who are you, I'm very
busy"
you may not remember me: this
in your brother Nathan. I met yeu
in cur fathers house"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12
DINNER
Stories
HIS REPLY

Brown, a retired business man,
had bought a big house in the
country, and he was very pleased to
sea that a colony OF rocks were
building in his trees. Not 80 ID
neishborinE farmer. however. Who
told his sons to shoot the birds.
One day the farmer had q note from
Brown: Dear Sir-You might stop
yeur sons from shooting my rocks.
| want to make a rooksry."
A fen hours later Brown received
the following reply: "Desr Sir-You
might stop your rocks from stealing
my corn. want 20 make q living
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

Mese--"I hear you rot q girl,
Sam"
Sam-"Yes."
M.-"whsrs does she live!"
S.-"Main St."
M.-"Nhst's her nams-r
S.-"Belle."
M.-"Sesn her lst-ly-r
S-"No.f
M--"Whst's the matter had A
fight with herr
S.-"No, I went 20 her house last
night and there vas = sign on the
deer. Bell cut Of order 80 7 didn't
&c In"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

outside" and, 20 saying. ushersd fhs
writer TO the territirally cold street.
Almost "a moment iEteF, IA process
server csre i'm. where can n find
Paul Gregory or this show." hs'
asked.
There he goes up the stairs now =
said the doorman. as he pointed out
NJ. Gregory, who had a summe-
thrust in his hand.
IN FEWER WORDS
~ theater programs contend thal
nowadays, wheF you ask a girl ia
she'll hsve scne corn, she passes
her glass.
WHO'S L0ONEY NOW.
IL only happens mt La Guinan'sI
The zero hour, Of course, In about
dawn Over there. frixamrl-. ir
Bill Boyd, the leEit Rctor, thrcwinrs
paper balls at Lee Tracey or aFroa
Page who filings them back aftr
soaking them in water. On this aid
OF the room the head of n famou,
tsxicab fleet 10 yelling himself
forrsc mt the undraped sirens. Reg
RE Waterbury. the polo player. per-
mits a snake dancer 90 Irvine Net
reptile about his neck. and tht
Count Of Someplace or Other lSsss
himself among the dancing girls
during a routine drowned by the
shrieking clarinets and noisy drums
For a striking contrast. turn tnl
the other side OF the room. and sea
there, sitting nc IA ringside table for
fcur, "a quiet, gentle and unasssuri-
irg person. who merely takes N all
IN, and probably wonders why
was once committed TO an asylum.
lie Is Harry Kendall Thaw.
GOOD STUFF TO READ
When everybody has said evrry
thing. Friedman. the grand masteN
OF my lodge, called upon me 81
speak. and to tell the younger menu
bers Of my lodge the secret of rv'
success. But I could not say a word.'
So they ~applsuGed and ~appiauded4
For this is how II is when youi
make a nice speech they arrlaud b.
evening this week nc 7.45 o'clock
cause you have made n nice speecha
but when you can't say n word they
applaud because you are 90 modest.
so simple, like n real great man..
konrad Bercoviei In Harper's.