Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26

IN OUR
VALLEY

AS A MAN SERVES. so is his
place in the life Of a community de-
ternined. How Fred Starck served
Brownsville Is better known TO the
Brownsville readers OF the Herald
than TO this writer. who can only
say that there has passed from our
midst one whose life was given to
the service OF his city. n who was
loved by his fellow man. and q
whose cheering presence will be
sadly missed.
Seldom has the pail Of sadness
been thrown over any community
over the passing OF any OF its citi-
zens as enveloped Brownsville on
Wednesday when the sudden death
OF Mr.. Starck became known.
BEARING OUT THE statement
made in this column yesterday
comes the news from Kleberg coun-
~ that the commissioners court
there Is opposed TO the proposed
splitting Of Kennedy county and the
annexation OF the northern half OF
that county to Kleherg.
We yield to no one In our en-
thusiaSm for good roads. We travel
the country enough to appreciate
the merits OF good hard concrete
highways wherever and whenever
we find them-but-we cannot for
get that these highways are bought
and paid for by the taxpayers Of
the counties through which We may
be 1ourneying, and we maintain
that II is up to those taxpayers to.
say whether or not we shall travel
on smooth or rough roads.
The building Of good roads is the
answer 70 an economic problem.
ENeither Cameron. WiIlacy nor Hi
dalgo counties would ever have.
built a mile Of paved highway had
not the voters or those counties
figured that II would pay them in
dollars and cents to do so.
To find fault with a sister county
because her voters do not authorize
the building OF paved highways is
like finding fault with our Ford
driving neighbor because he does
not purchase a Lincoln.
And to try to force our neighbor
county 10 build roads which that
county cannot afford 10 build
merely because II would suit our
pleasure TO have a paved road in
that particular location. is depart
ing from the attitude OF the true
neighborlineSS
RAIN. AND LOTS OF il. is bring
ing the spring vegetable r Of the.
Valley 10 market some DAYS earlier
than usual, and incidentally. the
said rain is not improving the quail
tty OF the crop, not so you could
notice II.
Thank goodness. there Is nothing
we can do about IL. there Is nobody
We can blame. The same Provi-
dence which gives us rain and hurts
our crop prospects sends frosts to.
California and hurricanes 70 Flor
ida.
QUEEN NoINo. SHE who reigns.
over the onion festival of Willacy.
county. will soon be chosen. And
the Queen. whoever she NAV 30
will reign over A happv kingdom
where fear of revolution never
brings shudderS 10 crowned heads
and where prosperity and happiness
sit with her on the throne.
OF all the development which has
taken place in the Valley in the
past IS years. the coming Il OF
the brush Of Willacy county is per
haps the most sensational Of any.
Sometimes We wonder how Lamar
Gill and w. A. Harding and the
rest OF those oldtimers up there
find their way around. things have
changed 50 much since they first
put their hands to the plow.
SHED NO TEARS over the pre-
diction Of II. p. BOYD that the
Valleys 1881 cotton acreage will be
the smallest in years. II won't hurt
the Valley 70 cut its cotton acreage.
Il won't hurt the state OF Texas 10
cut It's cotton acreage. It won't hurt
the entire South to cut its cotton
acreage.
a decreased acreage may pain a
little for the time being. but il
would seem to be the only way in
which the cotton surplus Of the
world can be cut down. and the
price Of cotton will never rise until
that surplus Is eliminated, or al
least reduced 70 a minimum.
just as soon az the surplus Of
agricultural products is cut down.
mat very hour will see the price
Of agricultural products rise. It's.
the old, old story Of supply and
demand, a law that cannot be
beaten.
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