Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-19
I'm OUR
VAL.l.EY

THE WRITER Of this column the
other day said:
Corpus Christi and Galveston.
whether Intentionally or not. are
'hogging' a great deal Of the pub
licity incident to ginning Of the
first bale Of cotton"
And now the writer OF The
Crows Nest" front page column in
the Corpus Christi Caller. appears
TO have the idea that his paper.
and more particularly himself, have
been assailed or charged with some
high crime.
One error was made in the criti-
rism OF the publicity stories by The
Herald writer-that was failure to
be explicit-and we offer an apoI-
ogy to The Caller and others.
The Caller is not only always fair
to the Valley-it often praises this
section and gives It valuable pub
licity. The Caller also is always
friendly with The Herald-and The
Herald with The Caller. And 50
there was no complaint Of the
stories printed In that paper about
the first bale The Valley and
Edcouch got all the credit to which
they were justly entitled. The Cor
pus Christi Times. afternoon Cor
pus Christi paper. likewise was emf
nently fair to the Valley and Ed
couch.
OUR COMPLAINT was with
stories sent over the Associated and
United Press wires, originating in
Corpus Christi and along the route
Of the plane which transported the
bale TO New York City.
And let it be understood here that
we are not jealous OF the publicity
Corpus Christi received as a result
OF the first bale being taken there.
The cotton exchange OF that city
was opened to the bale when others
had been closed against IL. Corpus
Christi interests forwarded it by
1n BAiAAC ~ ANGM vi anu
merited additional publicity - and
we hope they reap the reward to
which they are entitled-an m
creased interest in their fine port.
But we insist that our first
charge was true. II will be noted
we expressed doubt that 1t was in
territorial.
And we suggest again-aS We did
In the first instance-that a pub
fciSy man should be sent along
VITA the next first bale. TO see that
theF Valley gets the publicity To
which IL is entitled. And the writer
Of The Crows Nest will agree that
IS only fair
One more proof OF our conten-
ton that the Valley was not done
right by" and then we are done:
The Associated Press story tell
Ing Of the sale OF the first bale on
he New York Cotton Exchange
said:
THE first bale Of cotton Of the
1879 crop, brought here by airplane
from Texas. was auctioned off on
the floor Of the New York Cotton
Exchange"
Nowhere In the story was the
fact mentioned that the bale was
grown In the Valley Purely ignor-
ance on the part OF the Associated
Press New York correspondent-but
proof the Valley should have had a
representative with the bale.
ADVANTAGES OF the Brownsville
deep water channel we're discussed
in Washington yesterday-pro and
con.
Now there is nothing more TO be
done but TO await filing Of briefs
by the Point ISabel-San Benito dis
trict and the decision Of the United
States engineers
After that decision is handed
down there will be other and more
interesting things done which Il Is
hoped will result in construction of
an adequate deep water port In the
near future.
The Valley needs = port and tnn
sooner 1t is built the greater the
benefits are going TO be.
These benefits include reduced
freight costs and these reduced
rates are imperative to the pros
perity Of Valley agriculturists.
TODAY Is "Juneteenth." the day
on which negroes celebrate their
emancipation.
The first Valley-wide observance
of the day is being held at Fair
park in Harlingen.
It might be timely for that
assemblage to adopt a resolution
addressed to President and Mrs.
Hoover for their kind reception of
= member Of their race who is in
washington as a representative of
a Chicago district
SNOW FALLS in California-the
East rswelters under a hot spell such
as olks'1 that section enjoys-while
the IgaIIey. cooled bv a constant
breeze from the Gulf Of Mexico,
goes the even tenor Of its wav and
its citizens enjoy "the finest climate
in the world" summer and winter.
Come to the Valley.