Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11

IN
VALLEY

Water improvement districts OF
the Valley are on their collective
Aear over the bill now pending be-
fore the legislature which would
levy a tax of 2 cents per acre foot
on all water used by irrigation
projects. the tax to be paid by the
person or organization to whom the
water right Is granted.
Frank Robertson or San Benito
estimates that it will cost the water
districts Of the Valley a cold sac. 000
per year If the bill goes through,
and very aptly points out that the
state board Of water engineers OPP
crates to the benefit OF the entire
state. Just as the board of regents
of the University Of Texas operates,
lust as the state railroad commits
sion operates, or just as any of
the or more state boards
operate.
This being the case, the water
districts claim unjust discrimina-
ton in any bill which makes the
Valley pay go per cent Of the cost
Of operation or any state board.
Depend on that association Of
water districts to guard the purse
strings of the Valley and to guard
the interests Of the Valley. Closer
10 the heart OF the Valley than
perhaps any other one class OF
Valley residents. the directors OF our
irrigation projects arc thinking deep
thoughts while the rest Of us arc
enjoying life.
They realize Just how dependent
is this Valley Of ours on the water
that comes from the Rio Grande,
They know that without that water
our fertile fields will revert 10 the
desert they once were. and our
farmers will be out Of luck. which
means. it goes without saying, that
we viii all be out Of luck.
So. our water districts will lead
the fight against the proposed tax,
which means just another tax
added 10 the tax burden already
carried by Valley farmers.
And our water districts will con-
tinue their efforts TO dam the Rio
Grande through the medium Of a
master irrigation district composed
of all the irrigable land in all OF
the Valley counties. And such men
as Clay overheard of Pharr. w. F
Shaw Of Mercedes. Frank Robertson
and w. f.. Anderson Of San Benito,
r.. b. Creager and Judge II. Il
Yates Of Brownsville will continue
to give OF their time and effort to
solve the economic problems Of the
Valley.
The industrial East Is getting on
its feet, in fact Is recovering its
strength sufficiently to give us the
spectacle Of another bull market,
Don't laugh at a bull market, when
IL stays within bounds. A bull mar
ket means that business is recover
ing. and that people are recovering
their confidence in business
And when that happens. money
loosens up. payrolls are increased
and the worker in New York, Boston.
Chicago and Detroit has the money
TO buy the carrots and beetS and
broccoli and hymisher and dande-
lion green's and grapefruit and or
angeS which the farmer Of the Low
er Rio Grande has 70 sell and right
away We get a bull market on all
Of those commodities.
Henry Ford put 10000 men back
10 work the first OF the week. Other
automobile manufacturers have put
thousands back on the job. In one
week the railroads added thouS-
andS to their payrolls. Men who
had been living on their capital
became wage earners. and spenders
Of income. Men who had been
forced 10 borrow or even appeal
70 charity became able TO buy the
necessities OF life and in lust a
little while will be able to take on
some Of the Injuries.
Things are picking ug all over
this United States, in spite OF what
our friends the communists MAJ
have to say. and these birds who
are staging the communist demon
STATIONS Will be the only diSap-
pointed ones in the country-for,
If they are given a chance "a
work, then tlfair hard luck will