Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-07
BY THE POLITICAL ANALYST

a leXaS governor allenoco lHe
Inauguration of the late lamented
Pres. Alvaro Obregon in Mexico
City in 1920. Then Pres. Obregon
sent a group Of distinguished citi-
zens 10 the Inauguration Of Gov
Pat Nj. Neff in 1921.
Formal Invitation Will be extend
ed Pres. Ortiz Rublo 20 attend the
inaugural ceremonies honoring Gov.
Elect Ross s. Sterling next jan
uary 20
The state has been said 70 have
authority ID prevent physical waste
Of OIL or gas, but not the power +
prevent economic waste that
production at prices below the
worth or the ccsc Of producing the
commodities This doctrine has
been preached even where the oil
and gas was the property of the
state itsel. produced BY lessees Oh
a royalty basis. l. VIII be threshed
over again III hearings on the suits
! ~conteSting %proration, since the new
proration law and orders represent
the first step 10 regulate produc-
ton by the gauge OF demand.
1t may take a constitutional
amendment 10 enable the state TO
protect its property and its
ntural resources. which when ex-
houstCd can never be replaced. II
so. the people would seemingly vel"
come Sre chance to ADOPT such an
amendment
Lieut. Goy-Elect Edgar Witt, be-
sides having balled-up information.
said IN a speech TO OIL men at San
Antonio that he had been having
a terrible time trying TO get news
papers to publish information about
constitutional amendments. Fact Is.
newspapers over the state uniform
~ gave splendid space TO the
amendments. and without doubt
brought To the amendments the
greater part of the votes they re-
ceived. Without their support and
their boosting. the amendments
could not have commanded any
considerable vote. and there was no
issue involved Of sslf-in.sresr 10 the
newspapers
When a community Is concerned
about local unemployment. il should
look 10 Sw6etwater's example; two
hundred men are nov az work on
the big SWeetwater dam: or TO the
prospects or the Colorado river
dams III Burnet and Travis coun-
ties. whree 500 men are employed
daily for a year and a half.
Treasurer Gregory Hatcher has
sent out checks distributing 80 per
cent OF the $4,000 he is to disburse
from the old guaranty fund 10 de-
posters in failed former state
guaranty fund banks.
To these depositors. the guaranty
fund was a good thing: but strict
and adequate depositors or banking
has replaced the experiment that
was a failure. The guaranty piaE
was a failure. because II put a pre-
MUM on careless banking. and
levied the penalty upon the able,
Eludent and efficient banker
LIE lOll8sIpIe tleH > Slrlket d.
ready settled. brought up ghosts of
the open port law OF 1920, sine.
declared unconstitutional. This Law
was passed to modify the rigors o.
martial law in cases Of disorders
and was In use not only IN the Gal
weston strike OF 1920. but in nu-
merous railroad centers of later
strikes. This law created the his
toric occasion when Ranger Capt
Joe Brooks went 70 Galveston 70 re-
lleve a regiment of national guard
militia And he succeeded so well
he stayed on as a prospector Of the
wharf properties after the strike
situation passed. and he is still an
emplove OF the wharf people in
Galveston.