Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-18
IN DUE
VALLEY
By CHARLES HALL
VT7HO OPS my dearl

TT7HOOPS my dearl
wv It Is not Wisconsin that is
sitting on our necks, it is Min
nesota. In the st. Paul papers adj
vertisemcnts are breaking out
which may result in untold harm
to our grapefruit business. And the
ads are appearing over the name Of
sone Of the most responsible gro
GERS in that section of the country,
which only makes the sting ten
fold.
They are breaking out about how
good the Florida grapefruit is. and
how bad the Texas variety Is. II
you do not believe it. listen 10 this
from the st. Paul Dispatch OF Feb
ruary Is:
Carload Of Florida Grapefruit.
Florida Marsh Seedless Grapefruit,
heavy, thin skin, smooth and full of
juice. MOST OF THE TEXAS
GRAPEFRUIT HAVE BEEN
FROST BITTEN, WHICH MAKES
THEM BITTER AND TASTE
LESS"
AIOW that Is something for us 10
get busy on. That is not the
only advertisement appearing,
which gives the Lower Rio Grande
Valley a slap in the face.
In the same paper OF February
"a we find this: Florida Seedless
Grapefruit; Heavy thin skinned,
fun Of juice. The TEXAS GRAPE
FRUIT CROP HAS BEEN Sc
vERELY FROST BITTEN"
In that same paper, the only
. thing the engineer OF this column
could find to offset this lie is a
single comparatively small type
line in a grocery ad which reads:
Texas Grapefruit, large size, 4 for
sc
Now folks, We are not saying that
the Florida grapefruit Is not full
of juice, but we are saying that the
feller that wrote that ad about the
Texas grapefruit is full OF prunes
80
IT IS TRUE that the recent freeze
killed some OF our grapefruit
But it rotted and fell off the
trees. Some ~bootleggers made ship
mentS Of the bad fruit, but 1t never
did reach the consumer, so far as
we can find out. It rotted er
route.
But the big question is: What
are we going to do about It? Such
pusillanimous propaganda must be
offset.
I'VE HOPE We have made Jul
wv selves plain about that. Heard
O criticism Of ourselves the
other day saying that we did moi
often take any stand on question,
arising.
We are for the Valley as a whole
all the time, and for the town ir
which We live always. We are fol
p-agress. peace and prosperity, frs
and last, We stand for things fun
damental. For schools and church.
es and a rushing business and tina
business always one Of square deal.
ing between man and man. We are
Tor everything like that.
1t Is our Intent to print all the
activities of the people where they
concern the public, or that the pub.
lie is interested in. But this doe:
not meal that we are for. O.
against, any individual bushes.
leaders of the Valley, in order to b
Tor or against certain other bust,
ness leaders. It has been interna
diSSension which has done the Val,
ley about as much harm as an
other one thing.
HAD a feller write in YESTERDAY
Ek cancelling his subscription. be,
sc as he said We sided with 6
certain individual well known ii
the Valley. Funny, we have neveI
met that individual. Never saw
= him in our young life. Told {
Y friend OF hat individual what haC
happened and he said that is rattle,
queer. We "Sorter had an idea al
the time yoI leaned the othel
way" Guess We are being fair, i
both sides 10 think you ar,
"agin EN-" Which causes us 4
say that because certain things O
public interest happen, and the,
are printed in the news columns
it in no wise means whether tn,
editor thinks it is good. bad or in,
different. Which causes lis to sa,
that II anybody. or any group, is &C.
tive in a public way in any man.
ner, we just hope 10 hear about il
50 u readers can read about i
in The Brownsville Herald. If Vol
set n Jail and We hear about il
your name Will be there, too. Ou
attitude is we hope we will neye,
be found as a disgruntled "agin tn,
government" We believe the work
is good and that everybody SHOULD
be happy. but all the time strivinI
for even better things.
FTTE HAVE been accused of bein,
wv dignified, and the paper con
sentative. We hope that sucl
viii always be the case. 1t make,
for stamina. But please do not &c
the idea. we are 'skeered." We ar
from Arkansas, Aye Crackies."
yIyHICH brings &c mind that Far
NV mer Jim Ferguson is going 3
agin. Wonder what jim
IS going to- run agin this time?
III. YES, that stand business,
we are a bit het up about wa
with reference to politics. w
think that a political muckrakin
paper lasts about as long as a.