Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-16
A LETTER to the Harlingen Cham

LETTER TO n HarLlngen
n Der Of Commerce from John
Garner. in answer to a telegram
from that body. sets forth that the
congressman from this district will
fight for the Valley and for the deep
water port project as is. and that
any proposed change will only en-
danger the loss of the port entirely.
Those are strong words from a
man in a position to know, and
should carry more than a passing
warning in IMPORT.
For twenty years the Valley has
been seeking a deep-water outlet.
It has been a business dream, which
after years of labor and thought,
now begins to seem q reality.
1t is carried in a bill with many
other appropriations. A fight OF
n phase Of the bill, the Erie Canal,
has raised such q racket that poll
ticians who otherwise might OPP
pose the Valley project have forgot
ten almost everything else in the
bill except The Christmas Tree
proposal for New York.
1t would be slmcst a tragedy for
the Valley to add more fire against
the omnibus bill by dissension IN
Valley ranks. Many OF the more
serious thinking Of Harrington bust
ness men are Of this opinion.
Why not a telegram from Har-
lingen citizens saying give us the
deep-water port under the present
plans, and then help us 10 get our
survey and assist us in linking up
with the waterway.
VTARLINGEN Is q Valley city, which
m in the present census will prob
ably show the greatest ratio OF
growth OF any city In the Valley.
All Of the Valley towns are showing
exceptional growth.
Get the deep-water port and fif-
teen years from now one will find
II difficult to tell where the limits
of one city begin and that Of the
other end.
TN the rich black belt OF Texas a
farmer raised n crop. cotton,
per year on his land. This crop
is considered good If he gets a half
bale Of lint, $50 pounds, from that
acre. II he gets $50 for II he Is doing
well. One hundred dollars TO $3.50
per acre is considered a good price
for that land.
In the Valley reports are being
made from substantial truck growers
that $1,000 pei acre are being taken
off in tomatoes. The farmer in the
black belt still manages TO make q
living.
Can any comparisons Of living
conditions be found in this situa-
ton?
nNe Of the greatest products In
the Valley these days is the
= pretty girl graduates. They are
now being turned out from our
schools in increasing numbers.
I KOL KUT 49,. ~. 49,. ......
Following along behind the pretty
girl graduates is a specie Of human
being generally referred to as a
man. Looking at him these days.
in his gyrations around the pretty
girl graduates. We are sometimes
prone to doubt that he really be-
longs. But then we guess ne does
because later in liee we find some
of his grey haired likenesses acting
about the same way, If occasion
arises. And the grey haired variety
looks much more foolish than the
other.
MINATED Annie says the great
Ia est danger in the whole thing
Is that 50 many fast men in the
moonlight prove so slow in business
daylight. She reminds that in the
game OF life The slow men exceed
the speed limit only when they start
down hill"
THE YEAR 1890 might well be
termed ladies year in the Valley.
Besides the state golf tournament
over 200 delegates are slated TO at
tend the Business and Professional
Women's Clubs in June.
Headquarters for the convention
will be in Harrington. but it will be
a Valleywide melting. for plans are
afoot TO entertain them from
Brownsville to Mission. the Dan and
Beersheba of this promised land.
nHOTOSTATIC copies of The
Brownsville Herald file showing
the stand taken by Gen. Lansing
Beach in 1914 in favor Of a deep
water port for the Valley have been
forwarded to Washington.
This copy was furnished the Nav
igation commission out of the file
Of the late Commodore Louis Cobo-
lini, through the courtesy Of J. A.
and j. L. Cobolini.