The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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Rocksprings Record
AND EDWARDS COUNTY LEADER
ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER, 27, 1929
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own Mohair Sells at 46\c. and 45c. Here—
Warehouse Men and Growers Disappoint
in. Claude B.Hudspeth to Retire;
Long and Faithful Political Career
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While at Sah Angelo attending the
big West Texas Exposition last week,
Hon. Claude B. Hudspeth, congress-
' man from the 16th district, dictated a
'statement in which he set fourth his
determination to retire from office at
end of his present term.
11$. Hudspeth had been in ill health
quite a while, and last year under-
to a major operation at Johns
ns Hospital in Baltimore, yet
i physical condition has not improv-
to any marked degree. He is re-
frotn office at the behest of his
s and the earnest pleadings
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Hudspeth has served west Tcx-
rell in congress for the past ten
anil his untiring efforts at the
capital in the interest of the
industry will be missed, for
genral saying in this country,
came up that needed
in the protection of our
that “Claude is on the job,
took after us.” And so it has
years of service to the
industry of Texas.
Hudspeth had given assurance
run again at the end of
term during addresses at
celebration, at the con-
tile Sheep and Goat Rais-
in Del Rio in July,
de the same announcement
% later at the Ranch Ex-
Ska tion Roundup.
R. E. Thomason, mayor of El
announced for the
others are mentioned.
““5s
daring hi.
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already
lo; Coke
Junction; C C. Belcher,
Alex Collins, San An-
tnd there will be a meet-
in San Angelo some
it is hoped that
might be made, and one
_ the interests of the
, will be selected to make the
week, where
full text of Mr. Hudspeth’s
to the people of the sixteen-
follows:
THE CITIZENS OF WEST
*EXAS AND OF THE SIX-
fTH CONGRESSIONAL
1CT:
shall soon round out my sixth
term as Representative of
Congressional District
ress of the United States,
to entering congress, I
twelve years, or three consecu-
as senator from the twen-
senatorial district and -two
in the house of representatives.
, years of practically
iusuous service, I have sought dili-
r, as I believe, properly to repre-
west Texas constituents in
stive halls, and mere words
wholly inadequate to express my
t appreciation of the many honors
have been conferred upon me
(neighbors and friends, and the
enee they have shown in me.
duties, as the representative of
Texas people in these three
IS, has not only brought me
intimate, social and buisness re-
with hundreds of my consti-
whom I now count as my
i and my chief asset in this life,
has been a source of great plea-
and satisfaction to me individu-
al if 1 should now consult my
wishes, I would seek to continue
after the expiration of mv
term, because I believe that I
(tie political views of the voters
citizens of my district, and
•uch familiarity with west Texas
that I might be of further
hi securing proper legislation
at Washington, and
several cherished projects al-
that I should like
before I leave
but my family physician
consultants, in whose judg-
ability I have the utmost
advised me that my
is such that I must
another campaign for
should be so fortunate
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as to enter the race without opposi-
tion, and that I must retire at the end
of my present term.
“I know that his advice is sound
and I am therefore taking this oc-
casion to announce to my friends, sup-
porters, constituents and the public
generally, that I shall not become a
candidate for congress at the next
election.
“I shall retire at the expiration of
the term with the sense of very great
appreciation of the loyal support, con-
fidence and esteem given me by the
good people, not only of west Texas,
but of Texas as a whole, many of
whoip I count among my good and
loyal friends.
“I can not refrain, however, from
saying even in this personal message,
that I find peculiar satisfaction in
knowing that the democratic party
has practically adopted the tariff views
which I have always espoused and ad-
vocated, and that while in congress I
have secured proper recognition of my
district in connection with the con-
struction of public buildings, highways,
irrigation enterprises and other pro-
jects of a public nature.
“I have received letters from many
friends who had heard that I contem-
plated retiring from congress at the
expiration of the present term, all urge-
me to announce my candidacy and
continue on the job.
"I can not answer all of them per-
sonally, but I appreciate every kind
thing they have said and regret more
than they that circumstances and con-
over which I have mr con-
trol, imperatively demand that I shall
retire from active work at the end of
my term in order that I may regain
my health.
“I am making this announcement
at this early date, in order th^t the a^e jurist,
voters of the sixteenth congressional*
district may have an opportunity to
secure a congressman who properly
represents their political views.”
throughout the district has been at-
tested time and again at public de-
monstration.
Hudspeth was first elected to con-
gress in 1918, in one of the most bit-
The Edwards County Wool & Mo-
hair Warehouse Company (connected
with the First State Bank) sold its
accumulation of 250,000 pounds of this
fall’s clip of mohair Wednesday af-
ternoon to Mr. Wentw-orth, represent-
ing S. G. Murfitt Company of Boston.
Mass., at 46 1-4 for grown hair and
56 1-4 for kid hair.
The Associated Press, under a San
Antonio date line of Monday, Sept-
ember 23, gave the following account
..,. , . of the sale that day of 3,000,000 pounds
ter political campaigns Texas ever r , . , , . , . T
' . j tt- • „ , of mohair, the sale being made to J.
has witnessed. His opponent was Zach
Lamar Cobb, an El Paso attorney,
who has since moved to California.
It was during the hectic day of the
war period and Cobb ran on a plat-
form that embraced all the approved
vote-getting slogans of those days.
“One Hundred Per Cent Americani-
sm,” was Cobb’s chief slogan—and
that was the days before it had been
adopted by the Ku Klux Klan—and
his fiery speeches flaying the pro-Ger-
mans and “hyphenated Americans” and
the slackers went over big to the huge
crowds that filled El Paso parks for
weeks that summer.
The winner in the primary based
his campaign on less generalized top-
ics but his speeches were but little
less fiery than those of Cobb. The
primaries gave the nomination to
Hudspeth and from that time until
the present he has been returned to
office yearly without making a real
campaign.
BELCHER IN THE RACE
Hon. C. C. Belcher of Del Rio,
has thrown his hat in the ring, and
will be a candidate for the office of
Congressman from this, the 16th Con-
gressional District, and will more than
likely address the voters of Edwards
ewrwtr at 2 later date. Judge Bel-
cher is no stranger to the people of
this section, by any means, for he has
been actively engaged in the stock-
raising industry in the southwest for
a number of years, and is a very cap-
—
PICK A MAN FROM THIS
SECTION
HUDSPETH TO RETIRE
Announcement that Hon. Claude
B. Hudspeth would not again run for
the office of congressman from this, the
sixteenth congressional district of
Texas, came as a great surprise to the
people of this section, as we had been
given assurance by Mr. Hudspeth on
several occasions that he would run
again next year.
While we were acquainted with the
tact that Mr. Hudspeth had been a
sick man for quite a while, yet we
felt that after recovering from the
effects of the operation some time ago,
and a rest at his ranch on Devil’s
river, he would get back in form
again, and represent us in the halls
of congress for at least one more term.
Hudspeth, during his tenure in con-
gress, has succeeded in getting across
more projects for his home district
than many members of the majority
party, it generally is conceded. He
has made firm friends of all the live-
stock groups in the district by his
consistent fights for their interests.
He has been one of the house’s most
outstanding opponents of the Box Bill
to limit Mexican immigration and has
battled for a high tariff on the pro-
ducts of west Texas. His popularity
T. B. Phillips Buys
Very Fine Ram
Mayor T. B. Phillips was display-
ing a fine registered Rambouillet ram
on the square Saturday that he had
just bought from a car of Orth sheep
from Ohio. Mr. Phillips feels that
he secured a real bargain as he got
the sheep for $150 and it sheared
more than some of those that others
have been paying much larger sums
for.
Mr. Phillips took this fine ram to
his rancch near Rocksprings. Like
all other progressive ranchmen, he is
improving his sheep each year. He
now has the best goats and sheep
that he can find.—Junction Eagle.
Like the Sah Angelo Times, we
think it more than right that a man
from this section (guess we are in
the San Angelo section) should be
selected to represent us in congress.
That honor has gone to the border
section of the district for a number
of years, and now that Hon. Claude
B. Hudspeth has announced his inten-
tion of retiring at the expiration of
his present term, we think it but
right that we should cast about for a
man who is a friend to the ranching
interests of the state to represent the
Sixteenth district.
A man can be found that will fill
the bill without going into the bor-
der cities of the state; a man who has
proven himself a friend to the ranch-
men of Texas, as also a true and tried
friend of the greatest friend west Tex-
as ever had. A man peculiarly fitted
for this position, unassuming in poli-
tical circles, a lawyer, standing at the
head of his profession, and a business
man who has accumulated much by
his works, and more by his keen in-
sight into the business of ranching,
and one who will always be found
working to the interests of his consti-
tuency, as has Hon. Claude B. Hud-
speth.
The gentleman we have in mind is
Hon. Coke R. Stevenson of Junction.
M. Lea, and the interview being held
with the same man. The article fol-
low’s:
“A record for the mohair market was
set Monday when J. M. Lea, buyer
for Draper and Company of Boston,
bought 3,070,000 pounds, paying 45
cents for the old clip and 55 for the
kid clip.,
“The mohair all of the fall clip,
was bought from buyers who came to
San Antonio to make the sale.
Lea bought 1,500,000 pounds from
the Schreiner Wool and Mohair Com-
mission Company at Kerrville; 350,-
000 from the Sonora growers; 200,000
from the Menard Wool and Mohair
and Commission Company at Menard
and 225,000 from the Rocksprings
Livestock Loan Company, and 700,-
000 pounds from various other con-
cerns.
“The amount is the largest that has
ever been sold and bought in one day
by one company, and the amount
bought at Kerrville is the largest that
has ever been purchased by one man
at one time, Lea said.
“The price of mohair this year is
much lower than it was last year when
it sold at 68 and 78 cents a pound, Lea
said. The reason for the decrease has
been caused by the substitution of
rayon and wool for purposes which
would ordinarily be filled by mohair,
he thinks. The use of substitutes has
grown out of the excessive price of
$he commodity and the reaction fol-
lowed he said.
"The price this year will allow the
growers a fair profit and is expected
to put the mohair market back on its
feet, Lea said. He believes that mo-
hair would be used in preference to
its substitutes at 55 and 65 cents, and
expects the market to reach that
height next year.
“The fall clip this year is a fair av-
erage with about 7,000,000, he said.
port the warehouse
speaking, as he has done.
1 he gentlemen composing the ware-
house associations doing business in
Rocksprings are nearly, if not all,
growers of ha:r and we believe that
they will always make a determined
stand for as high a price on mohair
as the individual, yet, on the other
hand, if they see that a pool has been
formed around them, then it would
be hurtful to the growers they repre-
sent if they would allow themselves
to become the outside arc of such a
pool.
If they wfould allow themselves to
get caught in such a predicament then,
in that event, the grower would suf-
fer to a greater extent than he did
in this sale.
Cooperation is necessary to save
mohair, we admit, yet this cannot be
accomplished through statements of
the nature as the one above. Some
warehouse men might not want to
belong to a cooperative association,
and it should be their privilege to do
as they wish, yet in talking with a
majority of the gentlemen forming
different warehouse associations dur-
ing the past two years, we are sure
that they feel something must be done
to save the industry, and when the
meeting was called at Del Rio a num-
ber were present who wished a co-
operative association formed with the
warehouse men and growers alike,
composing its membership, and were
not there to abide by any edicts of
the buyers.
We feel that Mr. Davenport has
gone a little too far in his statements
when he accuses Rocksprings. ware-
houses of entering into any combina-
tion calculated to beat the price of
mohair down.
men, generally modities and endeavored to
by dying it with a virgin
Now listen to this statement
tained in the same interview with
Lea:
MOHAIR SALE CALLED IN-
SULT TO GROWER
Gven 2 Years
For Sheep Theft
Eldorado.—E. A. Penn was convict-
ed of the theft of sheep by a jury in
district court here Friday afternoon
and his sentence set at two years in
the penitentiary. The jury was out
about thirty minutes after receiving
the charge.
Penn was charged in the indict-
ment with the theft of sheep from
the farm of Lee Williams near Chris-
toval.
The grand jury returned two bills
of indictment against E. M. Thorn-
don, also charging theft of sheep.
Thorndon posted bond.
Uvalde, Texas. Sept. 25.—Comment-
ing on the sale of mohair by various
warehouses in San Antonio early this
week in which more than 3.000.000
pounds was sold in one transaction,
Roy J. Davenport, president of the
American Mohair Producers Coopera-
tive Marketing Corporation, today
branded the sale as an “insult to the
mohair producers of Texas.”
He scored warehouse men for ac-
cepting a price of 45 cents per pound.
"The purchase of 3,000,000 pounds
of mohair by J. M. Lea for Draper
and Company at 45 cents a pound, is
an insult to the mohair producers of
Texas,” Davenport’s statement said.
“We think that under the general
conditions existing throughout the
nation our warehouse men should have
been more patriotic than to have en-
tertained a price so small.
“The very statement of Lea as pub-
lished in the daily press Tuesday is a
parody on justice. He plainly stated
that the mohair would be used at 55
and 65 cents in place of substitutes
and then fell his price of 45 and 55
cents. It looks very much like, from
a producers’ standpoint, the meeting
at Del Rio called for the producers
and warehouse men was erroneously
called. It should have been called for
the buyers and warehouse men.”
Davenport said that the organiza-
tion which he heads was organized re-
cently to conform with the Federal
Farm Relief Act and that it will be
in a position to handle next year’s
spring clip of mohair.
WHAT BUYER SAYS ABOUT
MOHAIR
In J. M. Lea’s interview, appearing
in Associated Press dispatches last
Monday night, there are several inter-
esting slants taken by that gentleman
in regards the mohair industry and the
price stabilization that are rather am-
using.
For instance, we find this statement:
“The reason for the decrease
has been caused by the substitu-
tion of rayon and wool for pur-
poses which would ordinarily be
filled by mohair. The oae of sub-
stitutes has grown out of the ex-
cessive price of the commodity
and tile reaction followed.”
Those of our growers taking the
Angora Journal will please refer to
that paper for the past few months,
and we are sure you will find there the
same expressions as are used by Mr.
Lea in his arguments in this case.
It looks to us that this line of pub-
licity is being handled successfully by
those in the buying arena, and is no
doubt being furnished by the manu-
facturers for a purpose. Mr. Lea is
“The price paid this year will
allow growers a fair profit ami is
expected to put the mohair mar-
ket back on its feet.”
Now, what do you think of such
a statement? We cannot for the
of us figure just how a price
ant 55 cents for mohair this fall, v
it is worth at least 50 and 60
have a tendency to “puf the
market back on its feet”
Lea calculates that it will be
“feet first” in the spring,
doubt, a lower price will be
for the same commodity. '
It will be noted in Mr. Lea'
view with the press, he
mits that mohair is worth 55
cents, and adds that he e
market to reach that height
Mr. Lea, had he wished to
enlighten ,the poblic as to
prices received for mohau'
might have gone further
some things that he
possession of, tbat
sharp decline. 1
it is probable
lows got together
by controlling a
the product that
then this pool for
small ware booses
fear that they might
cold entirely.
We do not make
ithis pool
ience cm
centers gives us a
little thing
With the
pounds of
ere have the
for with a possiM
000,000 pounds of
fall, a corner on
tically fallen into
day of buying, w
ing for a better price, it
are seriously bandii
of this near-corner
the first day of buying.
ig for the
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We are looking
this fall to receive 4|j|
that given mohair'j
supposed to repn
end of the matter,
ideas through their
tions having a tendency-
manufacturer, then
nothing else than a
ward trend in the
We repeat, new:
cals representing any
ride two horses going in
directions at the same
can the buyer represent
and the manufacturer. It
for big business will
| As we have printed time
again during the past tw<
either a close reader of the Angora I woo‘ »"d ntohau-tndotrjr
Journal or else the manufacturers are'‘ous P^'cament, and -
furnishing the same line of articles to^th'r <war'bo“«
to trade papers and buyers alike. «"> ,n »
One thing is certain, no publica- we c*n
We feel that the statement above is
rather sweeping in its nature, and
possibly farfetched.
While the Record feels that mohair
should have sold for around 55 and
65 cents this fall, yet on the other
hand we would not take to task in such
a severe manner as has Mr. Daven-
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tion can represent the manufacturers
successfully,.and at the same time sup-
port to the letter the growers of a
commodity. This thing cannot be done,
for the laws of good business will
not permit it. It is out of the ques-
tion for any man to think he can ride
two horses going in opposite direc-
tions at the same time.
Mr. Lea seems to be quoting from
the Journal when he says that w'ool
and rayon are taking the place of
mohair in manufactured articles. One
reason for the “Truth in Fabrics”
law. Yet, it must be conceded that ra-
yon has little effect on the mohair
market, on account of it entering into
competition with the silk industry.
Lustre wool might cut some figure
in the mohair market, yet that com-
modity must be woven along with
mohair, and we have been told that
cloths manufactured from such texture
will not take the dye in a manner that
will assure permanancy. A dye for
virgin mohair will not stand in a mix-
ture neither will a dye used in cloths
manufactured from lustre wool stand
the test when used on mohair. Only
recently we saw a beautiful piece of
cloth, supposed to be all mohair, that
lost its color to an alarming degree
after washing. This cloth was guan-
anteed not to lose its color, yet the
manufacturers must have mixed com-
rnoH&ir
given us this fall on
Cardwell Sells
Billy to
“The best is the
long run,” said C. A.
price is satisfactory,” said Q. *
well as he delivered to Mr
Kerrville Tuesday the
that Mr. Cardwell paid
two years ago when be
from C. A. Pepper. This is 1
best billies in all the
Pepper has wanted h
since he sold him to
years ago.
All Hill Country
ways improving the herds
For twenty years
blood has been brought to J
wards Plateau until no
are found anywhere. The
who sold this section good
few years ago are now
section to get the best.
Mr. Cardwell is one of
progressive ranchmen.—J
gfe.
Buck Bishop of Carta
350 mutton lambs
and Evans at 10 cents per \
Jafe
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