Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-20
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NOW comes DAVIS WADE veteran
Of many a shipping season, and goes
Just one step III advance Of those
who would stop shipping cabbage.
Stop shipping. yes" says Nj. Wade.
and then he goes on to say-~Not
only stop shipping, but 60 into y0lr
fields and disk up an even so per
cent Of your crop. AS long as the
cabbage exists. the terminal mar
kets will know 1t Is there. and the
price will be affected. Destroy the
supply and the price will go up"
This column nor any Of the rela-
tons Of this column. have any cab
bare, SO we give you the advice.
You may follow ii, you may not
II sounds logical. but some way or
other these logical things are not
always the easiest TO follow out.
The s287. 900 appropriation for the
International Water Commission
has been approved BY the house and
the only thing now needed 10 make
the money available for the work
OF Messrs. La'sson. Anderson. ct ais
is the signing Of the deficiency bill
carrying the appropriation BY the
president. which signature will come
as a matter of course.
Equitable distribution or the
waters Of the Rio Grande. flood
control problems OF the Lower VAL
ley. and many other matters Of inn
port to this section will be further
studied by the commission as a re-
suit Of these additional funds pro-
vided in the bill introduced BY John
Garner and backed BY r.. 3. Crea-
ger and other influential republi-
cans.
Chicago. home town Of Big Bill
Thompson and Al Capone. breaks
into print with a marathon bridge
game. and claims II D novelty. We're
afraid TO say more. but there are
at least seven hundred and eighty
nine Valley husbands who know
what We mean.
Do you know why 1t has started
10 rain? The long stagnant att
mosphercs which brought drought
to the country have stirred
II seems that air pressure con-
ditions in February became read
justed and permitted the air to flow
from high to low pressure areas in
normal fashion. Then the low pres
sure areas swung across the country
and IN recent days have been at
tended by substantial rains over
much Of the persistently dry area.
That's the explanation given by
the Associated Press. and If YOU
don't ike II. trot out your explain
alton. Wen publish il.
So uncommon has the common
weather OF the Valley become that
the visit Of some common weather
Thursday really seemed uncommon
enough to cause comment.
We question not the motive act
uatlnR the author or that for the
nonce popular song. "Singin' in the
Rain he undoubtedly needed the
money the publishers paid him. but
as far as this Valley is concerned,
he and his song are 10th all wet.
Busy streets mean busy stores and
and taking that as a premise. bust
ness is good and getting better III
the Valley. Try TO find a parking
place In Brownsville. San Benito,
Harlingen, Mercedes, McAllen. Mis-
sion or any other Valley city! Prob
ably half the cars you see parked
belong 10 the owners Of the BUSH
ness establishments who keep them
there al day and force you TO
drive around for half an hour be-
fore you find q space into which to
nose your car. but II the drivers
OF the other so per cent Of the
parked autos are patronizing the
stores. there is plenty Of business
being done everywhere.
Have YOU sent your Red Cross
contribution to Your local chapter
yet? II Is not too late yet.