Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-02
SENATE FLAYS MELLON
IN JR

Valley folk who join the motor
cade sponsored by Valley COM
mercial executives which viii visit
Monterrey and Saltillo will come
back better residents Of the Valley
for having seen with their own
eyes some OF the manifold attrac-
tons Of these two cities Of the
neighhoring republic.
Few Of lis realize how close we
are to mi OF the greatest sections
Of the southern republic. and few
OF us realize what the development
Of the Monterrey section means 10
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Strengthening Of bonds between
the Valley and Monterrey Is i'm
portant to both communities. II
Is not past the bounds or prob
ability that the Valley cities should
become the retail shopping centerS
Of residents OF Monterrey, Saltill0
and surrounding territory, and GER
tainly the Valleys port Will look to
that section for considerable ton
mage, incoming and outgoing.
Tourist travel into Mexico. routed
through the Valley, will result in
the leaving Of many a dollar in
the pockets OF Valley merchants.
The road building program Of
the Mexican republic Is under way.
and If the Valley would have these
roads, some OF them at least.
routed 10 ReynoSa and Matamoros
direct. these periodic visits TO Mon
terrey should certainly help to
convince the authorities In the
south that We want 'lese roads.
The maintenance OF cordial re-
lations between the Valley and
Mexico Is becoming more and more
a matter of paramount Importance.
Right now the International Water
Commission is about 70 resume its
labors looking toward an equitable
division OF the waters OF the Rio
Grande.
Future development OF the Val
ley will depend TO a large extent
upon the success OF this commission
in reaching an understanding agree
able to both Mexico and the United
States. and this understanding viii
be the more easily reached II the
people Of Mexico know and like
the people OF the Valley and II the
people OF the Valley know and
like the people Of Mexico.
It's all just a matter OF getting
acquainted.
Our leading football coaches will
tell the world that the best defense
is a c~rackerjaek offense, a theory
which has been held by many a
military genius IN days gone by.
And personally II does this col
umn lots OF good TO see the Valley
setting out 10 knock the chip off
the other fellows shoulder. rather
than sitting back and ~endeavoring
to protect its own chip.
The particular chip. OF course. 70
which We refer Is the Robstown
~differential chip which has perched
for these many years on the shoul-
ders Of the railroads operating IN
this section.
Now IS the psychological time TO
strike. The demand for the re-
moval. couched as a request. as an
emergency measure, should be fol-
lowed by a renewed offensive 10
knock the said differential off al
together.
Examiner DiSque Of TIE Inter-
state Commerce Commission has
recommended its removal. Perhaps
a little pressure right now might
bring the differential cas- before
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in a hurry.
And our cities up and down the
main road continue their school
building programs. Rio Grande
City. on a right rapid march OF
progress is contemplating the con-
struction OF two new buildings.
Mercedes has let the contract for
n new senior high school. Harlin-
gen recently dedicated a e high
school and San Benito has COM
pleted the first lap Of a most am
bilious school building project.
The price OF bonds may be a
little below normal, but SO Is the
cost OF construction. and tAose IN
the know estimate that by build
ing now, from Is 70 w Ger ce>.
Is saved as compared 10 the cost
OF construction a couple Of years
ago and as compared TO what the
cost OF construction will be when
the rest OF the country hits its
stride and catches up with the
Valley.
Various church organizations
have caught the idea. and more
church building projects are con-
templated right now that at any
other time In the history Of this
section.
We are moving along.