Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-01
IN OUR
VALLEY

BROWNSVILLE CAFE owner
gives In Our Valley" a pat on the
back for a recent u~tterance, and
states shortly and succinctly that
We said the well known mouthful
q other day when we opined that
perhaps III local eating houses
might find 1t a wee bit difficult
TO get Valley produce regularly TO
serve their patrons.
According to this purveyor of
eats. 1t is a real problem to find
some one who Will supply his cafe.
one OF the largest in the entire
Valley. with home grown vegetables.
At the same time he admits that
perhaps local stores and local res
taurants do not make the effort
they should make TO get these
vegetables-but, says he-the man
who has anything TO sell Is the
man who should be looking up
business.
AN EXCELLENT opportunity pre-
sents itself to growers Of the VAL
ley TO learn what the Farm Bureau
Is actually doing and how 1t act
ually operates In the two day meet
which begins at Weslaco today and
continues through Tuesday.
Men high in the councils OF the
Texas Farm Bureau are on the pro-
gram Of the regional meeting
which Is being held IN the Valley
for the first time. and a glance at
the program published in Sundays
Herald nov that the entire pro-
gram OF the bureau will be most
thoroughly covered in the course
OF the two days Of discussion.
Signal recognition has been given
the Valley by those in charge of
the program in the placing of DR..
John Ashton. editor of the Valley
Farmer and South Texas Grower,
published at Mercedes. in charge Of
the MoDday night program.
DR.. AShton. a resident OF the w.
ley fora number of years. enjoys a
znAtional and an international rep
utation for his writings and his re-
search along farm lines. and IL Is
well that his ability should De rec
ognized at home as well as abroad.
FRANCE TURNS down the plea
of Texas" Guinan and her gang
of showgirls TO be allowed to enter
that country, known so long as the
leading exponent among nations Of
things Puritanical. II would surely
be a shame TO turn Texas" loose
in Paris to shock that staid and
eminently respectable ethyl
SOME WAY OR other we always
suspected that this cigarette tax
business was class legislation. and
now we know IL, since S. M. N.
Mars, state superintendent of
public instruction-to give him his
full title-comes right out and says
that the purpose of the law is to
make us Jelly beans" pay our full
share toward thu \pport OF the ex-
pense of running the state.
OF course. the fact that the great
er part Of the revenue TO be deriv-
ed from the fag tax will 20 into the
Golfers OF the state department
which Mr.. Mars heads. could not
possibly have any bearing on his
defense of the tax. We are sure
that he would be Just as strong for
IL II the revenue thus raised went
to the state board OF water engi-
neers, for example, as he Is now.
We are told from Austin that
Mr.. Mars department Is some five
million dollars in the hole, and
very evidently the millions 10 be
paid in by the Jelly beans" are
sorely needed.
TEXAS NOW HAS Is representa-
tives in the congress Of the United
States. and Texas Is entitled TO 81.
Should the legislature. by any
chance, fail TO pass a redistricting
bill in the special session sure 10
be called, those who aspire 10 con-
gress as the extra three. will be
forced TO run as candidates for re-
preventative at large. and cover the
entire state in their campaign.
Here's hoping they and the state
itself will be spared.