Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-04
IN DUE
VALLEY
. BY H FIREMAN

u BY THE FIREMAN -
vITHILE much of the rest Of the
Wv rest Of the country bemoans the
heavy migration Of its country
residents to the city, the Valley can
sit back and laugh at them. Down
here the situation is reversed, the
Valley is making country jakes"
out Of "city slickers."
The nice part of it is that they
like it, like il so well that they are
bringing their city friends and cous-
ITS here as converts to a happy. rur-
VI existence. They never knew life
could be SO pleasant. so lucrative,
as it is in the Valley.
AYOT all farmers are new at the
IN business, not by a long shot.
Many Of them came down off
big, unwieldy farms and now are
making more money, having more
fun for less effort. The Valley is the
happy hunting ground of the in
dustrious but over-worked.
COMPLETE census returns will
show that the city and country
jewellers in the Valley are about
even. This fact Is not surprising.
Those who live outside of its thriv-
ing cities enjoy almost all the COM
forts of those residing in town. 1t
is a new kind of country life such
as only the Valley has to offer.
ATO school children down here have
IN to travel for miles over bad
roads and then acquire their
learning in second-rate schools. The
seats OF learning all are up-to-date-
Teachers are as good as can be
found anywhere.
The Valley is proud of its school
system. What better proof could
be asked than that Harlingen has
lust completed a big building pro-
gram and San Benito, Mercedes and
other towns expect 10 spend more
than a half million dollars or i'm
proving their school facilities.
A WAVE Of progress is sweeping
IN over Point Isabel these days fol-
lowing definite assurance that
this up-and-coming little town is
to have q deep water port. A
chamber Of commerce has been
formed to broadcast the new that
they are Building a City Where a
GfSty Belongs They are right in
d4ing this. A city belongs down
there. Soon there will be one.
rOL. Sam Robertson OF San Ben
ito started something when he
urged Valley workers TO learn 70
become expert fruit and vegetable
packers. do a large part Of the work
for which outside labor is hired.
A regular avalanche Of written
and verbal protests against Col.
Sans views descended upon The
Herald. The visiting packers got
the idea that when the colonel re-
ferred TO tramp-labor, he was casting
reflections upon them. This, he
said, was farthest from his thought.
YTHE nan who helped lay the first
railroad tracks into the Valley
declares he is a tramp and
proud Of it. He will carry the roam
ing spirit to his grave with him, he
says. Besides. his use Of the ex-
preston "tramp-labor" was not in
tended to reflect upon any one. 1t
was used merely in a general sense,
he explained, to mean labor from the
outside.
THE Herald joins Colonel Robert
son in his praise OF the skill
and present necessity of these
expert packers. They have reached
the peak Of their profession after
wears of hard work. They are an
interesting crowd Of proficient work
ers. All Of them are free spenders
and take away little Of the money
which they earn in the Valley. Their
return Is looked forward to BY many
each year. Yet, the suggestion that
Valley residents prepare themselves
TO do this work Is not without mer-
II.
K1THILE words OF praise are being
W. passed around, there is one
large group OF men who should
not be overlooked-thoSe who work
on the border for Uncle Sam-fear-
less, conscientious men who 60
about their duties without any blare
Of publicity, without any widespread
interest in what they accomplish,
proud IN the knowledge Of jobs well
done.
WITHOUT them Brownsville and
w the Valley might be overrun
with undesirable aliens. Fruit
infected with damaging insects
could be brought in. All sorts of
~contraband goods could be Struggled
across the river. Diseased and Grip
pied aliens could come over the
Border &c become public wards or
menaceS, or TO spread the germs OF
viscious maladies wherever they
travelled.
THANKS to the vigilance OF those
who guard the border. none OF
these things is happening. In
stead desirable, Woodworking. i'm
migrants are entering this land OF
opportunity. They are staying here,
becoming good citizens and taxpay-
ers. educating their children IN good
schools.