Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-27
IN OUR
VALLEY

GUS 4lSurSS printed III To-Day ;
Herald, cut them out Of the paper
and look at them some more. No
section IN the entire country can
show such growth. None can boast
or such prosperity.
IL Is Magic. But the proper sort
OF magic. 1t Is a substantial, rapid
growth that Is here to stay. Those
responsible for 1t will spread the
news Of our land Of gold Home
seekers and wealth seekers will fol-
low the crowds down here to the end
OF the rainbow.
NOBODY should get alarmed or
worried because the Senate has
decided to clear the legislative
track OF the tariff bill before the
port measure starts around the bend
toward Station Success.
The track Is all CREASED and ev-
erything all set for a record break
ing trip as soon as The tariff is out
OF the way. This will be within a
week. 50 the boys with their ears
70 the ground in washington re-
port. 1t IS possible that II may be
sooner. The Senate is bound to bet
tired Of fooling around before long.
ANOTHER thought to ponder upon
~ Is that President Hoover has got
ten his dander up. He Is plumb
tired Of the way the low tariffers,
the high and the in-between tariff
ers have been atone another's
Threats. The head man frightened
down on them Monday and it is un-
derstood that lawmakers all prom
Used to be good, get together and
mapped olt a program with the port
stay together. They and their chief
bill holding first place. That, of
course. is where 1t belongs.
FOURTEEN district chairmen and
scores Of other Brownsville men
and are working with
their sleeves rolled up to see to 1t
that there Is a lot Of rolling up OF
votes Thursday, when the question
Of approving a ST. 900 item will
be settled.
1t should and will be settled by an
overwhelming majority, larger than
any ever cast for any previous issue.
Loyal and far-seeing B~rownsvillians
know there will be a great horde
Of eyes upon them. First. the rest
Of the Valley will be looking on with
intense interest. Congress will be
watching and waiting. The rest OF
Texas and the rest Of the country
will be peeping yer their shoulders,
VETHAT eyes-full they will get. For
wv ID Is beyond reason to suppose
that the voters will pass up their
biggest chance to approve overwhel-
mingly the biggest opportunity ever
afforded the city and surrounding
countly. Brownsville. already very
much on the map. will start expand
ing with a bang when the deep-wat-
er port is brought to its door.
THO more than 100 businessmen
of Harrington, who joined the
in~tracoastal canal association
and announced their determination
10 bring an extension OF the water
way to the Valley, started something
that the rest Of the Valley should
help them finish.
The Valley needs TO bring this
nine-foot channel on down here
from Corpus Christi. 1t would not
hurt the Valleys deep-water ports,
ii would feed them. 1t would bene-
fit commerce and bring lower freight
rates and bigger profits.
ANOTHER effect II would have
~ would be TO link the cities of
the Valley closer together. And
the Valley would cash in on that
tremendously. For the time Is at
hand. the movement underway, for q
closer alignment Of Valley interests.
The sock on the jaw which Wiscon-
| stu attempted to hand us down here
! gave impetus to the unity idea. 1t
started a ~bandwagon TO rolling which
soon should be filled to overflowing
with boosters. ballyhooing the real
wonder Of al lour Valley TO the
world.
rs LONG as an energetic; promiS-
n ing. growing child keeps fooling
around with a Ratchet, some
body is likely TO get hurt. The towns
of the Valley are. in a sense, all
brothers under the skin, the grape
fruit skin. Yet. sad 70 relate, hat
chefs have been found here and
there In our back yards.
Having no cherry trees to work
m and firing OF Slashing at common
enemies. at tines we have heen
known TO start ~whacking away at
each other. That Is bad business.
The time has come when every city
should bury its Ratchet. II 10 has one.
Bury 1t beneath the seaweed OF toss
il into the gulf. But bury II and
bury It deep. Play. work and get
better acquainted with the magic Of
the Magic Valley .
DAN BFNTTO has the right Idea
y for q starter. They are begin
ming al home. Already they
have held several Know Your VAL
lev tours. when carloads Of busi-
nessmen have driven through the
surrounding country. meeting the
people. viewing the land and pro-
ducts, learning to know better the
farmers. their successes and their
problems.
Let every town start out that
way and then branch out every way.
in every direction. We should all be
one happy family down here. Our
desires. our dreams and our problems
all are the same. Let's kiss and
make UP. or at least make I'D. those
Of US who fancy We have differences.
Then we shall walk hand-in-hand
with Progress and Prosperity down
a ~glittering pathway. fringed with
golden grapefruit and studded with
the jewels OF common sense.
Vote for Port May 29th-
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