Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-10
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VALLEY
BY CHARLES HALL

Is CO4lCCAlACd WIN A3N SIP -
green fruit out Of the Valley and
Is sending State entomologist J. NJ
Del Curto to investigate.
The idea OF shipping green fruit
appeared "out of line" at this time
OF year. Futher inquiry held that
the word was green" and not fro
zen" fruit.
But 1t seems that somebody Is
wrong Commissioner Terrell has
wired the South Texas Chamber OF
Commerce: Much fr3zen fruit be-
ing trucked out of Valley. This IS
hurting the reputation of Valley
fruit"
THERE may be something TO that
last statement. If there is. it Is
not found with the majority OF
growers, or the Valley packing
houses.
II is said that in some cases in
derendent truckers and the like
come into the Valley. purchase dam
aged fruit at a low price, haul 1t
throughout the state and represent
1t as good fruit. This of course IS
injuring the advertising and the
gcod will Valley growers have been
striving so TO build up within n
pax few years. The Lower Rio
Grande grapefruit Is fast gaining
; the deserved reputation Of being the
1 best in the world. and fruit peddlers
Should not be allowed to kill this
reputation. Commissioner Terrell
has been asked by the South Texas
Chamber Of Commerce TO suggest a
remedy. We can remedy 1t here at
home by burying all the fruit, dam
aged By the recent freeze.
HAVE a letter today from Mrs. l..
Henshaw OF Brownsville, Route
No. /. who says that the people
OF her community were much inter-
ested in a few statistics set forth IN
this column a few days ago on what
the public is reading or desires to
read.
In her letter. she seems especial
~ glad that Crime Stuff is some
what giving way TO material OF d
DEVELOPMENT nature. At the same
time she says she Is surprised 70
hear that prohibition Is losing in in
terest to the reader. when IL is such
"A fundamental question. We do not
know why Mrs. HenShaw. but stat
istics gathered by those in a posi-
ton to know say that the reader is
not avidly looking for anything on
the subject. Maybe they consider II
settled. Clubs, societies and editors
can attempt to steer the public into
reading things hat are probably OF
more Importance. but In the end the
man who pays his nickel for a news
paper reads what he is interested IN
and little else.
TOR instance n OF the most i'm
portant happenings before the
world today. 20 far as the pol
1cies Of the nations r concerned
Is the naval parley now in progress
IN London. But readers are not Gag
erly waiting for the papers 10 come
off the press TO see what happened
in the last session. In fact many OF
the readers seem about as interested
in how Europe is treating Our we'll
dressed girl stenographers. We sent
over as in the outcome Of the meet
ing. Strange but somewhat true.
THERE Is no doubt but what every
one Of the 9,238 persons who
bought a Cameron county poll
tax this year should be more vitality
interested in his government. than
10 merely pay his poll tax.
BY his government. we mean ma
t1onal. state, city and community
vSut whether he does or does net de-
Nends upon the individual and his
own conceptions.
Robt. Lee Bobbitt. attorney gene
raj of Texas. once pictured his idea
OF government as a huge structure
over the heads of all with every cit
lien Of the nation representing a
post TO hold up that protecting shed.
Not so bad Is Il? A foundation made
by laying many small units is al
ways more solid than one Of a few
biz units. Some OF the big units
may have rotten spots in them and
so much depends on them.
TITLE things about well known
n. people seems 70 ALWAYS interest
u !. For instance il is said that
Edison is cranky about two things.
His milk and his morning newspaper.
He viii drink milk only from one
carefully guarded COW he owns, and
Mrs. Edison says she does not know
what they will do if that COW dies.
None must touch his morning pa
per, the New York Times. It must
be put on the table as delivered.
Flo Ziegfeld 1t is said has a private
chef when he travels and often car
ries candy in a pocket TO MUNICH.
Lindbergh seems to want publ
city about his public affairs but re-
sents any questioning for publication
Of anything personal.
Mark Twain. II Is said, flew into
O rage If a collector ever happened
TO get to him with a bill. But when a
newspaper ono published his death,
which did not happen. he remarked
to the editor that It was an awful
interesting story to him but that
the facts were slightly exaggerated.