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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-16
Fixing the Tax Rate

n. resolution passed by the Cameron county COM
missioner court Monday by which the tax rate in the
event no unexpected emergency arises, will BE fixed
for the next two years at sl.Jo, Is somethinS o. an m
noyation in connection with tax rate making.
The resolution vas passed after every phase Of the
situation in connection with the Cameron county road
program had been discussed. The assertion was made
by the county judge that Cameron county could issue
the last two million of the ~$6,000,000 road bond Issue
without an increase in the tax rate and no perpendieu-
lar increase in valuations. This would be made posi-
bic. he stated, by supplemsnting the normal increase
in valuations with the accrued interest and premium
received on county road bonds, applying this interest
and premium to the sinking fund instead Of placing i.
in the construction fund.
In this connection it is interesting to note that
premium and accrued interest received By the county
on tie first s4yO00,000 of the road bonds amounted to
approximately 100000. and it is reasonably TO pre-
sumo that the remaining two million will net the
county approximately $4,000. Figuring a 22-eent tax
on present valuations the county is applying s%pproxi-
mstely 5000 annually 70 the interest and sinking
fund for each million in bonds issued. By placing the
premium and accrued interest in this fund. the burden
upon the taxpayer would be ~lightened very apPrcciably.
Normal increases in valuations, the result Of build
ing and improvement work in both the rural and urban
sections of the county and the increase which acerues
by reason of highway construction. will provide ample
revenue to carry the last two million without increasing
the tax rate making a perpendicular increase in va'u-
ationE, members Of the commissioner court state. At
least they are 50 firmly convinced that it can be done
without disturbing the present rate Of $3.50, that they
have gone on record establishing that rate for the next
two years.
Working out tax program for submission to the
public in connection with a highway program is some
thing Of an innovation, and is probably without prece-
dent in Texas. OF the present county tax rate Of sl.50,
-. - ~
road funds amount to siOl, approximately ~two-thirds
Of the county's revenue going for road improvement.
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Florida Gets Rail- Water Rate

FLORIDA citrus fruit and winter vegetable growers
will have almost a monopoly Of eastern scaboard mar
kets under the new rail-watcr rate established b. the
Interstate Commerce Commission last week. which.
ia based upon a tariff Of Is cents per hundred pound
under the sll-rail rates.
The new rate is the direct result Of establishment
Of boat lines operating between jacksonville, Miami
and other Florida ports and the north Atlantic ses-
board. The new rate will result in greatly increasing
growers profits As well ~ a general reduction in con
suming centers. Additional reductions are predicted
with improvement Of the water service from Florida
points.
The largest ocusumIng markets for citrus fruits and
winter vegetables are slcnE the Atlantic seaboard
Florids, beingmuch closer to those market, has a Dc
eided advantage over the Lower Rio Grande Valley Or
the Gulf coast area IN rail rates, and this advantage
will be enhanced ~ the recent establishment Or rail
and water rates. However. the fact should Be borne N
mind that any advantage Florids may possess with re-
spsct TO a water rate can be more than offset b. the
lower coat Of production in the Valley, but the Valley
in order to compete in those markets must first secure
the port which will assure water rates.
The Brownsville navigation district hiss voted bonds
in the amount Of ~$2-000,oo0. and now stands ready 20
meet the requirements Of the federal government IN
construction Of a port which will serve every interest
Of the Lower Rio Grsndc Valley, d port which viii pro
vide an outlet for Valley tonnage and which will virtu-
ally assure a reduction in freight rates and at the sam,
time place the Valley in n position where her products
can compete in the greatest consuming markets Of the
United States. Florida leaders have sought for yeas
to secure for the state the transportation facilities and
low rates which will develop Florida's resources upon a
profitable basis. They have met and overcome numc.-
Gus obstacles such Ss have arisen in the Valley. bat II
10 gratifying 70 note that thsyaren cw near their goal.
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A v OLD IRoNsIDEs
fCoruus Christi Caller).

NAOTpuS 1nAAh h4icA
A final appeal is being made by the Save Old IRON
sides Committee. Funds contributed toward financing
the reconstruction or the famous old u. s. frigste Con-
stitution,
Work has progressed on the reconstruction as FAR
az funds will permit. If it is TO be completed, further
contributions will be necessary, and appeals to that
end are being made now. approximately $4,000 has
been contributed, Of which sI5i.665 came from school
children Of the country. Less than 100000 more will
be needed to complete the reconstruction
The campaign to Save Old Ironsides' has struck .
responsive chord. The famous old ship was falling to
pieces, and federal appropriations to preserve II were
not in order. Much Of the glorious tradition of the
United States navy centers upon the stout old hulk Of
the Constitution. It would be tragic, indeed, should
the American people let Old Ironsides, whose history Is
known to every school child, fall into decay.
When the reconstruction is completed. il is the in
tention Of the navy to man it with a picked crew and
send Old Ironsides upon her final cruise, during which
it will visit every American port and harbor, a floating
museum Of patriotic relics.
That cruise should stir the most lifeess imszina-
tiOn. Surely it will not be abandoned when hit. goal is
so close at hand.
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The World and AID
THIS A LINCOLN
By Charles T.. Driscoll

Have you any Of Abraham Lincoln's love letters in
your attic? Don't give up IL at first you don't find a
whole trunk full Of tender missives from the rail-split-
ting young lawyer to one Of his fsvoritc sweethcarts.
Where others have succeeded. you can hardly fail.
II seems SCARCELY possible that the busy and awk-
ward Lincoln could have found time to write as many
love letters as have been credited to him in the last fcw
years. But VIC all know how energetic he was. II was
his persistence and his i~nsist.nce that made him prssi-
dent Doubtless he wouldn't lose a girl for lack Of .
few thousand welIchossn words.
The love-lft or Lincoln has been subjected 70
searching scrutiny. Almost everybody who has either
a facile pen or a large attic is engaged in shedding
light upon the loves Of the most noted Of Americas
hcmcly men.
Miss katherine Helm is the daughter Of ars. Emile
Todd Helm, who was q sister Of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
Miss Helm heard this aud that from her mother. and
she has made quite a study Of her stunt. Mary Todd Lin
coin, wife q the Emsncipator. Miss Helm puts il all
into a very readable book, just published By Harpers.
Mary Wife Of Lireoln.'
The frcntisPieee or tic book j. a portrai. cf Mary
Lincoln, copied from one now in the White House. ard
painted by Mas Helms mother. Mrs. Lincoln's sister.
st the time Of the first Inauguration.
The obvious lessen this portrait teaches is this:
never let your sister paint your portrait Just because
che is yeur sister.
II seems that Mary Todd was very well born. That
= 70 say. you can 80 through the sraveyards and rec
oEds Of many generations and find Icsds Of her line
who we're iieutensnts. generals. gentlemen and justices
Of the peace. So you can with the Browns, Smiths AM
divers. That merely take. patience.
So the ancestral part of this book isn't as important
as the reminiscent part.
] am sorry TO ssy that both Abraham Lincoin and
his wife talk like two elPy-books in this story. whea
people become traditions. IL Is difficult "a Put natural
dialogue into their mouths when writing about them.
There are many pictures from photographs and
paintings Fl mer and women cf the Civil wsr period.
And l cant help rrfiec.ing how aurh better isokinr
are cur girls and women CT today than we're these OF
that hiztnric crai
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ting everything that way. Unable
to see Why he should assume the
burden of collecting a lot Of doubtful
~reparations, - a substitute for
money honeFtl sdue % him, Uncle
sam baked on That, too
Since that time che debtor naticns
have been rarking their hrrIns Tor
some scheme 90 eurhre the L. NJ. IA.
out " its A. billions without frankly
deIaulting repayment, which enfey
rightly Judged would hurt Nelr
credit.
Meanwhile they continued To exact
reparations regularly from Germany
ON account OF n total never detl-
nitely determined.
Finally this uncertainty began 10
prey 80 On the German Taxpayers
minds INV I'd threaten an cmbarraaH-
ing Situation-pcrhapS IA collapse of
German payments, the Germans
quite reasonably arguing that maybe
they could stand reparstions, put,
they wanted ID feel they were max
Ing some progress.
very WE'LL" said the ex-allies,
suppose We agree on a total and ycui
Germans issue bonds for IL. You can
sell the bonds and give US the money,
Out Of ii We will pay the United
States aud everything will be lovely
The Germans were willing. No Ia
I'D fix the total amount of rGparationsV
that the coming negotiations wernl
cAiled-thc ~ Uncle Sam VA urgedl
20 take a hand in-
But" asks some curious person.
"Hho Is to buy the German bonds7--l
enabling Germany to pay the exJ
allies, enabling them, in turn, to pay
Uncle Samuel7"
"Why, Urclc Sam will buy thsl
bonds, or course" reply the ex-sllieEA
And will Uncle Samuel buy them n
You know he will. AN Mr.. Lihhyl
says. only a very silly bunch ~ debt
or nations would Ro to war tp cancel
their obligations 10 such an unrle-l
II IN 20 much simpler and ~pleaaarterl
90 Typ himl
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~ CHARLES r. sTEwARr

WASHINGTON, Jan. le.-Frederick
J.. Libby undoubtedly is absolutely
right in saying that the rest OF the
world never will pick = quarrel with
the United States. In the hope M csn-
ceiling its debts 10 uE, while IN
thinks a chance remains 40 borrow
any more here.
Coming from the executive secre-
tary Of the National Council for Pre-
vention Of War, which Is his JOB, Mr..
Libby's remark may sound cynical.
Anyway. il sounds mighty sensible.
Uncle Sam might be hard 10 lick
in n fight. On the other hand, he
is the easiest mark on earth TO horn
sw1ggle.
Preparations are in progress now
for the peaceful separation or Uncle
Samuel from "a few more billions Of
hiE financial increment, by means or
A game known az PREPARATIONS nego-
ti%ations"-a game the European
powers arc sharks st and Uncle Sam
uel the ~veriest sucker, but q game in
which il seems hopeless to teach
him not 4 take a hand every time
he's invited.
The pathetic part Of u rs 10 sec Y
. uncle taking what he fondly
believes are precautions against
being film -flamned.
"A lamb. ~ that bunch of welrssi-
taking precautionsi
The case stands thus
The allied powers came out of the
World war owing the United States
about ~ billion dollars, which they
still owe.
Germany came out owing no var
debts 10 any foreign country. having
financed her side Of the conflict in
ternally-bEt owing an indefinite
amount VI money in damaEes-rspa-
rationr."
The allies tried their best a. get
the United States 20 wire their score
clean. but Uncle Sam baked.
Then they proposed 10 assign their
German reparaticns 10 America, set
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again. she said in a Tow voice, her
tones mufflcd with emotion.
Mandy My Mandy Ammonial"
wa all that Byrd could say, and
they wept together, first crying and
then laughing.
But Mandy said Byrd, reproach-
fully. - wanted to hear you say.
shut 20 face"
Yes ma'sm, shut 20 face ef I
wasn't surprised, Mister Browning
done tole me We was hayin' Mas
Pat and her husband TO dinner,"
They sat down to consommc.
"She's planned a 'hankwet' fit for
tile queen of Rcunania.r said Larry.
"the sly bird really guessed X was
to be fer you
Byrd barely touched her broth.
Mandy stood behind her With re-
proschful eyes and % she quickly
drank 1t.
Then zane the southern dish thst's
made all good. southern cooks fam
Gus, roast duck and wild rice, With
vegetables and salad.
NNAfH3A B.Al STU L3-AE
rat on one chair and hastily moved
hack 10 their own places when the
dining room door began 10 swing
Then behind HaHdy's back. Larry
dropped 4 string or butterfly kisses
from her forehead down her her
straight, little nose. owe her soft
lirS. down 60 her white shoulder.
Tic looked 81 her longinzly as ii
th,s intimate hour had revealed her
TO him for the first tine like an IN.
expected star which had been remote
but now was near and warn
Byrd could think now Of Larrg'
bending tcnderIy over q tiny form.
In "A cradle
MANDY served the pie, its crust MI
flaky - snow CRYSTALS. Y.
They had their coffee IN the iiviHI,
room III front OF the Swapping ard
cracking logs in the Fireplace. words
seemed unequal to the occasion anil
they fell hack on the silence that
Was 80 much more electric.
I'D like - talk O. father said
fyrd. moved nv a sudden inrpira-
tion. will you put IN the cal.
dear.
The call was put through quickly
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placed her gently in the big. up
holstered chair. With c.Fes nrIm-
ming with sudden tears. nc kissed
the top of her bronze hair. softly
~reverently. like a prayer. Slc caught
the fervor az their first meeting.
Larry had kissed her just like that
before they had ever exchanged a
word.
Then, with a groan Of contrition,
Larry dropped 20 his knees at her
fet and buried his head in her lap.
His big shoulders shook. and his
body. built like a hull Of a ship,
mcrod a. II caught in a sudden
storm. Finally he lifted his face 20
hers.
"Can you forgive mc ever for all
the pain I've caused y0uT' be whis-
psrcd.
And Byrd gathered him, like a
little child, into her arms.
hand-in-hand. like two children,
they went through the house. Byrd
touched lovingly the pieces Of fur
ni:ure that they had bought together
just a few months ago. She felt nos
taat she must have died during those
days cf their separation and this was
the resurrection They cent up
stairs and Byrd looked rapturnutiv
AZ the familiar walls and furniture III
their btdrom.
The rooms were shining sikh frng-
rent cleanliness
"Why, the holSc LOOKS AZ n ID had
just come back from the dry clean
ersi' she exclaimed.
The odor Of Drowned butter and
fresh vegetables loated up the
stairs.
DINNER" announced Larry lis Re
ing served il the dining car ahead
AS they descended the stairs. arm
in-srr. Byrd was about 20 remark
that there Vas = secret hand behind
all this magic. She anted % know
how II Ill happened to hsppenl Then
she saw q great hulk Of a black fig
ure IN = spctlcss white apron sweep
toward her. and she found herself
on . heaying precipice which turned
out to be Mandy's ample bosom.
"Hallelujsh. hress Dc Lord. bres
all his angels and make = joyful
noise unto dc Lord She closed
her eyes for u moment "Oh. thank
de- Lord NV Dressed chile nrne home
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daughter and a small son. she -
gossiped about by the loesl Winchelis
until her stare-hand husbsndaFfscov
ers her infidelity. He r~eturnf uneA-
pectedly and murders them. Inc
murder episode In the most thrilling
event Of the scEEy scrr-. and nm
likely "a send street SceLs' into
the click division.
The following act offers an a.
most equally startling scene when
the killer IS captured and permitted
a few parting words with his daugh-
ter Rose. II is a most touching ana
hesrt-juggling moment, and opens
the tear ducts. The first act is a BIT
long and repetitious, and could stand
the pruning blade. That would 90
much "a make street Scene" ~
more graceful show.
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Other Papers
NOW COUNTY MANAGERS
Fsrn and Ranchl.

AANAM ~ AaAh
Senator ReATote, II ArdmoTe, Okla. proposes a con-
tt!tuiiensi amendment to make possible the use CT III.
county manager system from its prototype. the ci.y
msnsgcr system. which has swept over the country
during recent years and has done 90 much to simplify
and expedite city business. We presume that Senator
RsxFots's idea is TO allow the county commissioners 20
eiect the manager, hire and fire, as it were.
There will be a great TODD among some Of the felix's
about this "ne1sriouS attempt to wrest their liberties
from the reepul,' but il deserves the support Of all
who are mere interested in getting results at the least
possible eest. rather than in having enough offices %
psoyise fer political horse-swspPing. As q matter Of
fact. the commissioners being elected directly BY the
people, and responsible TO them, with no diffusion OF
responsibility among q score Of elective officers. MAJ
moro truly represent the interests OF their ~constitu-
erts than is possible under cur present system.
With only three or four men 20 elect. the votsrs
would have an opportunity 20 concentrate their atten-
ton on getting the best men for these places instead
OF having to listen 70 pleas for support from candidates
for everything from constable 70 sheriff. And another
hesuty 81 the manager form Of government II that you
don't have 20 PUT up with an incompetent or indif~r-
snt official until the next election.
We should like TO see this idea fOllowsd in Texas
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also. Let Texas and oklahoma lead the way and show
cur elder sisters on the Atlantic seabosrd that We have
outgrorn the methods Of government devised By them
to meet q condition that passed with the last century.
The late Herbert Quick Of Iowa, writer and publieist-
prepayment Of the Federal Farm Loan Bank system and
member Of its first board, ve believe was the frat TO
suggest the manager system for counties, and NJ.
Quick's ideas have generally proved sound and for the
public interest.
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An interesting proposition is farm relief. Senator
McNary has prepared a bill which seems to exactly meet
the farm relief propositions announced by Nj. Hoover
IN his Iowa speech. The present MeNary bill contains
nothing new or startling, but it contains the propcsi
tions for which Mr.. Hoover stood in the campaign. His
Pronouncemerts for farm relief were not as definite as
those made by Mr.. Coolidge during his last campaign
70 rthc presidency.
II the present McNary bill will accomplish anything
for farmers il ought to be enacted into law immediate
~ at the present short session 20 that tho farmers eau
get the benefit Of it in this years crops. IL it will
accomplish nothing, the farmer ought to know it before
the next campaign for election of another congress
commences. Farm leaders, it seems to me. are making
a mistake when they insist that the matter 60 over t9
be adjusted in a special session. The McNary bill
might as we'll be passed now. II It does pass in an
eytra session Il will not take effect until the crop year
or 1880 and before the crops Of 1880 are harvested anil
marketed another congress will be elected. The cffecl
Of enaeting the McNary bill in an extra session may Be
the postponement for four years Of effective farm re-
lief for farmers if tbs present MeNary bill fails to sc-
that resultant I think it will fail.
Only a small measure Of farm relief can be obtained
By increasing tariff rates.
or tic great basic farm products We produce . sur
Plus-sn uncontrolled surplus for export and II viii
not make any difference how high ve make the tariff
or these great basic products for j. will not help ths
farmers. We have 500 times a. many farmers engaged
n producing these basic crops as We have engaged in
producing crops which can be really benefited by the
tariff.
We have a tariff nov on wheat Of s. cents PER
bushel. If Ne make it SIS per bushel it will not help
the wheat producers any.
We might help the cattle feeders by increasing the
tariff On canned meats but this help will he negligible
and will not b- noticed in the results.
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Who am I! What until recSlAy
post did J held in New York City for
many years,
What colonial divine, associate
pastor or North Church, in Boston.
took "a prominent part in the Salem
witchraft investiEationsf
Who was the husband Of Helen az
Troy?
Whose voice calls Mohsmmedans
to prayer from the minaret?
"Grace be with all them that love
~ Lord Jesus Christ w sincerity"
Where Is this passage found IN the
Eihlc-
Today w the Past
On this date In 1920. tho prchibi-a
ticn amendment 70 the constitutional
OF the United States went into effect.
Today's Horoscope
Peraons born under this degree of
Capricorn are earnest workers and
possess much talent. They have "A
faculty o. seeing beneath the cxH
terror Of persons.
A Daily Thought
"FlRttery VAS formerly W vice, w
has now become the fashion,
Syrus-
Answers 20 Foregoing Questions
I. William n. Hornaday: z%oologist.
director Of the New York geological
park.
?. Cotton Msthsr.
2. Menalaus.
4. The muczzin.
X. Ephcsians. vi. ~.
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and Byrd tremblcd with excitement
Us she put the receiver % her car.
Hello, Jimsy,r she said. with n
slight tremor IN her voice, MRS.
Lawrence Browning speaking" She
smiled az his answer. Larry and I
have just finished dinner She lis
tened again. "Mandy's, Of course
She laughed again. an say she can
beat anyone in our fsmiiy-which
means me- We're calling you u
give you a special message. Listen,
dad. Is your heart pretty strong?
Can il stand a shock? Well. 7
thought you might like n know
now. wait until ] get through talk
ing. YOU funny. old thing she
turned slightly 70 include Larry in
the mcssage-"that you're going 20
be a grandfather soon.'
At his end Of the lire. Jim Hamil-
ton jigglsd the heck up and down ex-
oItedly, but nothing but a distant
whirr met his car.
Larry had picked Byrd up bodily
and was holding her in his arms.
CTHE END)