Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20
NEGRO C0NFESSES ATTACK ON GIRL
IN DUE
VALLEY

VALLEY
YES. THEY SHOwERED down
just as we expected them to show
eri
But strange 10 say. the bulk o.
the communications received by this
column approve M plea of Friday
that Valley cities stop trying TO fos-
ter their own interests at the ex-
pense Of their neighbors.
The time would seem to be ripe
Tor a real h0neSt-to-goodness
Trade In the Valley" movement.
A movement which would give due
credit to those fine business con-
cerT located in Mission. McAllen,
Edf a5urg Pharr, San Juan. Alamo,
Usnna, Weslac0, Edcouch Elsa,
MefhS des, La Feria. Lyford. Ray
mondville, Ha-lingen. San Benitc,
Rio Ho1do, Port Isabel and Browns
vile.
A movement which would urge all
Valley residents 10 use Valley prod
ucts.
So that we would stock our pantry
shelves with Valley canned goods,
for instance.
And demand Valley made bread,
for another instance.
To say nothing of Valley manu-
featured ice cream and butter aad
dairy products of all kinds.
Such movement would get away
from the snail town. provincial idea
that any one community can I've
TO itself alone.
Remember. there are l75,000 OF
so people living in this Valley.
All have common problems.
All are neighbors.
What helps one helps the Others,
even If the one lives at Mission and
the other lives at Brownsville.
No one community can manufac-
ture everything that community
needs.
But any one community can urge
its citizens TO use products made IN
that community. and if not made IN
that community, TO use proilets
made in the Valley.
It's time, high time. for a -evivai
of that far famed Valley coo2era-
ton.
BILL TO LIMIT salaries OF
Cameron and Hidalgo county Of
ficials to a maximum of $4,000 per
YET seems to meet with approval
is u privilege 10 know prac-
IAN every official OF the two
Proud are We - s-. I .at most
Of them are INCLUDE IN or list
OF friends and hopeful are we Urat
we are included in their list OF
friends.
Wistful are we that all OF these
'Tfrns.,s would give their approval
to the 6lfNhich would limit their
salaries.
With some few EXCEPTIONS, great
err part OF the salaries of2ur Of
ficials comes from fees OF ofr.ce.
These fees OF office come from.
the people who elected them to
office.
And the amount OF these fees
over and above a reasonable COM
pensation 70 the official involved.
should be .eturned to the people
OF the counties involved, via the
general fund OF the counties.
Returning these excess fees TO
the general fund Will give the
counties involved more money.
More mone- on which TO OPP
crate, meaning OF course that in
time tax rates may be 10 -ered.
Residents Of Hidalgo and Cam
eron counties who pay these fees
are hard hit.
Farmers have had their incomes
cut.
Laborers have had their pay cut.
The S0-called white collar class
has had It's salaries cut.
Wherever these people can be
Eiren relief that relief should be
r.
WHICH LEADS TO another
vital problem involved in the high
cost of government.
To-wit, the cost OF the collection
OF delinquent taxes.
Said cost being largely due tc
the iniquitouS fee system with
which the state or T-xas IS ridden
Let as little as a soc tax &C
delinquent, and what happens?
Suit IS filed for the collection OF
that tax.
And when Mr.. Taxpayer. who
has overlooked the payment of
that small item. comes to pay off,
what does II cost him?
In the neighborhood Of si2.
Fees, fees. and more feesl
IL is not right.
The system which allows such a
cumulative cost Is not right.
Some of these days some legis-
lator is going to earn the undyine
gratitude of the state by introduc-
ing a bill for the elimination o.
of this fee system.
And the legislature in which II
is introduced will go down in q
grateful history of a grateful peo-
pie for having passed the bill.
FOLKS. THAT'S ONE benefit o,
hard times.
Set us 70 thinking about thing:
IN don't even start TO bother u
when times are good.
Talking with n OF our Browns
VILE bankers the other day.
Said he that the Valley Is ir
>cod shape
"a every confidence that wher
Nttle period OF depression j.
ct things will be fine.
lis optimistic opinion or
Mat people were gettinr
the ground and then
the clouds.