Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-10

q penalty to pay for letting the ir-
responsible. unskilled, ignorant and
reckless drive cars without safe
guard Of any kind.
Rep. w. M. Hagaman Of Ranger
In former sessions sponsored a law
which was expected to cut down the
toll OF traffic deaths and injuries
more than half.
This law would have taken the
children from the wheel, taken those
unskilled Ia driving away from con-
troll Of cars, and would have inflict-
ed the keenest punishment for reck-
less driving-locking up the a ra-
Their than the driver.
incidentally, savings In an econo-
mic way by cutting down the theft
Of automobiles, was to more than
pay the cost of its operation. The
law would require, as many states
already do. that every person who
drives must have a license, and must
stand tests to prove his capacity and
ability TO safely drive. ANY person
found driving without a license
wolld have been punished. Any
driver who was convicted OF reck-
lessness or violating the traffic laws
would have had the privilege Of
driving taken from him for a speci-
fled time. Any incorrigible speeder
or reckless driver would have been
forbidden the right to operate a
car.
A law in some such form will be
passed in Texas at some future time,
and the steady increase IN traffic
deaths and injuries IS bringing its
emergence forward, in the opinion
Of legislators and public people. So
far this year. seven people have
been killed every day and 40 in
iured In accidents. Much over half
these accidents we're IN the opera
ton Of automobiles.
Water surveys are nothing new,
but Texas and the United States
now are engaged in something that
is novel for the state. This is the
survey Of underground waters.
Tic is claimed true values Of land
u.li be determined by these surveys,
- the vast increase and rapid de-
v1.opment Of the lands resources.
saving or economic losses through
prospecting uselessly for water also
are to be effected.
Whatever its reputation for per-
hitting laWlessress to parade open
IN in the past. Texas has been given
pointed and positive notice by Atty.
Cen. Robert Lee Bobbitt and BY
COY. Dan Moody that the power OF
the state win be put to bear upon
organized crime. The crushing
force Of state action. backed by ir-
rasistible public opinion. is to be
driven against any situation that
implies collision Of law enforce
ment officers with lawless gangs.
The evidence was given by Moody
in cleaning up Berger" and by
Bobbitt in decisively responding TO
the appeal OF the Bexar county
grand jury In dealing with an as
serted statewide liquor ring and pu--
rortedly unhealthy implications IF
intimacy between representatives Of
the law and the lawless.
after hope had Just about been
abandoned for Railroad Commr.
III "A. Smiths recovery from q
.-.cal illness, he turned the corner
I began q slow but steady i'm
cement. Now he is recovered to
extent that will permit his be-
removed from a hospital to his
me. and it is expected he viii be
Ak within a few weeks at his desk
"a the capitol.
Stock fluctuations. even Of the
violent nature Of the past few weeks,
have left general Texas business and
financial conditions unaffected. This
ability to Withstand what became q
critical situation for a few days
proves there is a bulwark Of strength
in the great diffusion Of wealth and
the generally sound conditions pre-
vailing in Texas. Banks showed
themselves IN excellent condition
when they proved beyond question
there Is none of the extreme need
OF additional money which financial
dangers would cause. Money offer
ed the banks at 4 per cent interest.
failed to prove interesting general
". when the state treasury under
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