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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1932
MERCEDES NEWS-TRIBUNE
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WHAT’S DA MATTER? CAN’T YUH TAKE IT?
BONDS ARE HOPEFUL, NOT STOCKS
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$2.00 PER YEAR
Possibly the slogan-towing aircraft, flying
low over the baseball park or athletic field, is
responsible for some of the support that is be-
ing given to the movement to put advertising
on a higher plane.
One of the season’s best fish stories comes
from Oregon, where Astoria gives a lesson in
right angling by exchanging its surplus fish
with Medford, which has more pears than it
can use.
During the first year of its campaign
against drunken driving, South Carolina revok-
ed 1332 licenses. The man so deprived, who ap-
parently failed to see the point when first
warned against driving his motorcar while in-
toxicated, no doubt now has had it driven home
to him.
A Sierra Madre (Calif.) resident has suc-
ceeded in raising in his garden a 15-foot sun-
flower and it is believed that the fair-minded
Kansan will concede that it soon will be large
enough for transplanting.
The officials of two southern cotton mills
who not only furnished their employees with
land, fertilier and seeds for summer gardens
but also opened canneries for putting up the
resultant vegetables, seem to be quite concern-
ed with social fabric also.
That headmaster of an English school who
proposes to take some of the students up in an
airplane for the study of geography possibly
thinks it will be a great incentive for them to
keep up in their, studies.
After a two-hour conference with the Pres-
ident, Senator Moses informed the press he was
“able to report cheerfully” to Mr. Hoover about
political conditions in the East. Are the repub-
licans winning the election in August, and, if
so, aren’t they stealing democratic stuff?
Now that the rock walls of the old hotel at
Lancaster, Calif., have been found rich in gold,
it will be more appropriate than ever to refer
to the proprietor as “mine host.”
Few of us want the thing we need most. For
instance, someone to point out our mistakes.
And there are those who think
that the language expert of the
Cleveland Public Library could have
chosen no more appropriate time for
the publication of his book which
contains the Lord’s Prayer in 112
languages.
Georgia de Vries________
SUBSCRIPTION RATE
Everlasting watchfulness is the price of
safety.
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But when you drive
waves, it’s an event.
The big ones have a
It is always a keen disappointment to see a
big man stoop to do a little thing.
Published Each Friday Morning at Mercedes, Texas,
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley
By the United Printing Company, Inc.
A. E. Prince_______Editor and Advertising Manager
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Bulgarian writers have formed an
organization against war, to prove
in practice that the pen actually is
mightier than the sword*
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That Swiss manufacturer who has
made a passenger bus with a four-
ton trailer and with a total length
of fifty-nine feet may make the
Swiss watch in a new way.
It has been found that United States one-
dollar bills wear out at the rate of about 50,-
000,000 a month, showing that they do not last
much longer than they seem to.
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A Minnesota cow has recently been
recorded as averaging fifty quarts
of milk a day for a year—as much
as nine ordinary cows. Here is one
dairy trust the Sherman Antitrust
Act cannot touch. Moreover, such
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Now that an .English manufac-
turer has brought out a pocket knife
with the succession of English kings
inscribed upon the handle, perhaps
the British schoolboy can sharpen
his wits and his pencils with the
same instrument.
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Paradoxically enough, the business
slump sees horses displacing tractors
on the farm for the original reason
given for the reverse process—be-
cause cheaper.
The benefits of higher education
are showing results in Nebraska,
where one milking shed is now term-
ed a loctorium.
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A Danish fort, no longer needed for military
purposes, is to be turned into a huge outdoor
swimming pool, which seems to be rather a
pleasant way of liquidating a doubtful security.
“When truth or virtue an affront endures
Th’ affront is wine, wy friend, and should be yours.
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ADVERTISING RATES UPON REQUEST
Entered as second-class mail matter at the postoffice at Mercedes,
Hidalgo County, Texas, Jan. 23, 1914, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879
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of Sam Houston Normal and holder
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The middle western farmer is rejoicing to-
day, for the price of hogs has increased. Per-
haps this will enable him to “bring home the
bacon” just as low prices hae stocked the lard-
ers of city men.
attended Texas University also. One
more year will give her an A. B.
degree. She holds a first state cer-
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MR. COOLIDGE ON PROPERTY
In Collier’s Magazine, ex-President
Coolidge turns historian and econ-
omist and gives us a discourse on
the evolution of property, the merit
basis of property in the United
States and the dangers of taxing the
rich.
Mr. Coolidge waves the flag in
the first paragraph. The notion of
property rights is an American con-
tribution. The critical view of pro-
perty is a miserable alien concep-
tion.
Mr. Coolidge seems hardly to have
heard of the rise of European capi-
talism in the centuries preceding and
paralleling the very discovery of
America. He seems not to know
that the Fuggers, Speyers and Roth-
schilds preceded our Morgans and
Rockefellers. Nor does he make it
clear that our early American doc-
trines of property rights and the
duty of the Government to protect
them were derived chiefly from
John Locke and the British Whig
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Albert Schwartz has purchased
the 160 acre farm known as the
Sykes place five miles northeast of
town. Mr. Schwartz is among the
many farmers who have been en-
joying success here for many years
and his purchase of this additional
large tract of land is evidence of
the confidence which our farmers
have in the future of the Mercedes
country.
The Louisiana Highway Commission has
found another way to serve all motorists in
the State. Its new tourist guide, designed to
increase traffic to rural points of interest,
should make more room for driving in the
cities.
Stop! Ponder for just a second—$400 was
the cost of running the United States Govern-
ment during that second, or $24,000 a minute—
over four times as much as the cost amounted
to in 1913. Many will need only another sec-
ond to decide it is about time this amount was
materially reduced.
One hundred years ago it was a great nov-
elty to “watch the train come in.” This year
few went to train sheds for amusement, but
Miami air base reports an average of 150 daily
visitors to “watch the .planes come in.” Won-
der what they will watch “come in” 100 years
from now?
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With extravagant use of public funds alleg-
edly so prevalent, it is refreshing to hear of an
official in charge of naval petroleum reserves
in California who returned $68,000 out of a
$70,000 appropriation, thereby winning a letter
of commendation from Mr. Charles Francis
Adams, Secretary'of the Navy, for his resource-
fulness.
sonality. You know that big dip
along by the tower place on the
highway, and then some of the big
ones just beyond the bridge toward
Harlingen.
And how you can bump the life
out of anybody you happen to have
in the back seat.
Then again you can tell newcom-
ers about the road, and can recall
its history, and recalling it carries
you back 10 years when the road
was being built, and the county was
“new,” and most roads were mud.
We’ll have a good road,
But like so many other things
nowadays, as soon as it is perfect,
you are no longer conscious of it.—
“In Our Valley,” Brownsville Her-
ald.
What difference does it make if the other
planets are peopled? The Republicans won’t
let us Democrats count their votes.
apologists of the middle
rHE News-Tribune is extremely gratified to
- observe that the commissioners’ court of
this county has given to Mercedes another vot-
ing precinct. This action, of course, furnishes
this community with two boxes instead of one,
a necessity which we have pointed out on sev-
eral occasions.
Not that any statement by this publication
was needed to show this necessity. It has been
a common-place that after any election in
which a ballot of size was involved the returns
from Mercedes’ lone box* would be just about
the last to be turned in. Nor should the dis-
graceful condition at the polls during the may-
or’s race last spring be forgotten. Four hours
people stood in line to vote and the polls were
held open until late at night. This was only
partly due to the inadequacy of the one box for
this community, however, and partly to the in-
experience of the board of election.
With the division of this precinct into two
and the consequent placing here of another box
past difficulties should be solved. It should
not, and will not, take nearly as long to count
the votes hereafter.
________ consolidation o f production “ma-
Miss Mary E. Lane, a graduate chinery," if adopted generally, should
make it just nine times as easy to
drive the cows to pasture.
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Neither does t he mention the early
American communism in Virginia i
or Massachusetts.
Next, Mr. Coolidge contends that
property abroad is the privilege of
the few, while in America it is the
right of the many. It Certainly can-
not be contended, he says, that pro-
perty rights in the United States
are “too exclusive.”
Not many people find fault with
property “rights” in the United
States. The main issue is actual
property holdings and the distribu-
tion of wealth in practice. It would
be more difficult for Mr. Coolidge
to prove that these are not too ex-
clusive.
' His contention that wealth repre-
sents “service and merit” would get
some pretty hard bumps if applied
to the 540 Americans who received
incomes of over $1,000,000 in 1929,
to the facts of absentee ownership,
or the status and methods of hold-
ing companies in our industries.
Mr. Coolidge gives us a touching
picture of the benevolence of Amer-
ican industrial and financial policy:
—“Arrogance is gone. A spirit of
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avenue and Third street from Henry
Engert. Mr. Engert and family are
preparing to return to their former
home in Illinois.
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For the first time in four years
the Mercedes school will start the
year with no men teachers. Miss
Kate Knowles, last year’s most ef-
ficient principal, returns to us after
a summer spent near San Antonio.
Miss Knowles holds a degree from
Chicago University and has a
permanent certificate. She was
largely instrumental in securing for
rHE time is getting shorter every day now.
- Preparations will have to be accelerated and
last plans laid. People here had better start
talking about it. In other words it won’t be
long until Mercedes gives a birthday party cel-
ebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary.
: It seems to us that sentiment about this
celebration has died down too much, has be-
come too subdued. Citizens of Mercedes must
remember that to have the anniversary party
areal success they must throw all of their en-
thusiasm and energy into seeing that no stone
is left unturned or idea permitted to stay in the
background. We have even heard from some
—and burned with shame for those who said it
—that the outcome of this birthday party is
uncertain and that it will never have the suc-
cess which is hoped for it. How base a thought
is that! Of course Mercedes’ silvery annivers-
ary is going to be a success and a big one at
that.
Let’s start talking about this coming event
—this anniversary party, we mean. If the
people of Mercedes aren’t enthusiastic about it,
how can anyone else be expected to become
so and to attend our celebration?
BEAUTY’S DAY IN COURT
Offenses against the senses of
smell and hearing have often been
recognized by the courts, but it is
only recently that the sense of sight
is coming into its own. Two years
ago, the Indiana Supreme Court,
passing on an ordinance forbidding
the location of billboards within 500
feet of any park or boulevard, said:
“Under a liberalized construction of
the general welfare purposes of
State and Federal Constitutions,
there is a trend in the modern decis-
ions (which we approve) to foster,
under the police power, an esthetic
and cultural side of municipal de-
velopment—to prevent a thing that
offends the sense of sight in the
same manner as a thing that offends
the senses of hearing and smelling.”
Recently, in New York, the State
Superintendent of Public Works won
a decision in the Court of Appeals
against the Perlmutter Furniture
Co., which put up a billboard near
a beautiful new bridge. The bill-
board was on private property. The
Superintendent built on State pro-
perty in front of the sign a screen
in the exact proportions of the bill-
board, and an injunction was obtain-
ed by the Perlmutter company. The
higher court upheld the Superinten-
dent, saying:
“No adjacent property-owner has
the vested right to be seen from the
street in his back yard privacy. . . .
Beauty may not be a queen, but she
is not an outcast beyond the pale of
protection or respect. She may at
least shelter herself under the wings
of safety, morality or decency.”
Such decisions as these may prove
important in the country-wide effort
to curb the encroachment of of-
fensive advertising on public high-
ways. Such advertising not only
mars the beauty of the countryside,
but frequently is an obstacle to
safety—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
“JUDGE DANCY’S WAVES”
People in Harlingen and San Be-
nito are watching with some curi-
osity the work of the mud-jack on
the highway between those cities.
Men are busy now boring little
holes.
Then they are going to force some
kind of mixture down under the
concrete and raise the low spots.
They tried lowering the high
spots.
But it never worked.
In a way we look with something
of sadness on the departure of
“Judge Dancy’s waves.” Perhaps it
is fitting that they go out with the
Judge. We don’t know.
But when you drive over a nice
piece of smooth paving,
You just drive. That’s about all
there is to it.
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Mrs. Ruth Cash Edwards, who has
been with us for two years, returns
for the Spanish and Latin. The
five credits we have in Spanish and
Latin were secured by her.
Miss Carolyn Rich . . . comes back
from her summer in Ohio. Miss
Rich secured for us a unit of affili-
ation in American History and Civ-
ics last year. Besides her work in
the history department she furnish-
ed us with some delightful enter-
tainments during the year.
Miss Nell Neighbors will have
charge of the domestic economy
work again. She secured us a unit
of credit last year. We are proud
of this for it is not usual to get rec-
ognition the first year a subject is
offered. . . . Miss Maude McHenry
will have the Science work.
In the grades we are sorry to an-
nounce Mrs. Freeman’s withdrawal
from our school work for one year.
Pupils and teachers will miss her
very much. Miss Effie Scott of
Wolfe City comes to us with very
high recommendations. She has had
several years experience and holds
a permanent certificate. Miss Helen
Mercer will continue her good work
of last year.
Miss Marian Reiss returns to us
after a year at Bucknell University
in Pennsylvania. Miss Reiss has
service toward the public and toward
employes has come.” He cites as
proof the growth of welfare and re-
lief agencies supported by indus-
try. He fails to note the fact that
our inefficient methods of industrial
control turn out unemployed and dis-
abled employes rather more rapidly
than all relief agencies combined
can well provide for them.
Mr. Coolidge picks out public util-
ities as the finest example of the
service and merit traits of American
property and industry. They are, in
fact, so called because they are “ded-
icated to the public service.” They
have practically attained perfection
in efficiency and in fairness of
rates.
One would not expect Mr. Cool-
idge to have read Bonbright, Mosher,
King, Laidler or Rauschenbusch on
power, but he might at least read
the official reports of the Federal
Power Commission. They would
bear out Senator Norris’ assertion
that 84 per cent of the electric utili-
ties of the country are in the hands
of holding companies, created to
milk profits from the industry, and
that in 99 cases out of 100 these
holding companies are as unneces-
sary to operation and service as a
fifth wheel is to a wagon.
A case can be made out for pro-
perty and capitalism in contem-
porary America, but Coolidge is not
the man to submit it. If the Amer-
ican people should acquire a sense
of humor, his defense would be mote
devastating to property interests
than any attack by Bill Foster,—Dr.
Harry Elmer Barnes in the New
York World-Telegram.
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H. J. Menton is spending the
week end on a combined business
and pleasure.trip to Houston.
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Miss Mabel Warren left yesterday
for a three months visit with friends
and relatives at Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Hackney, one of the extens-
ive land owners and farmers on the
West tract has purchased the brick
residence at the corner of Missouri
and Harvard. She will continue her
good work.
Miss Marie Morrow, for two years
teacher in our first grade room, has
spent the last two summers in
Texast University. She has a first
state certificate and wonderful en-
thusiasm for her work.
Miss Maggie Tumlinson has a
state first and did good work in the
North Side school last year. Miss
Luela Bales was our valedictorian
last year and will assist in the North
Side school.
Mrs. F. E. Lewis, a teacher of
many years experience, is to be at
Heidelberg.
Miss Ruth Stuart has been re-
employed for music and drawing.
She is a graduate of Knox College
Conservatory.
With this corps of teachers I feel
that we have the most promising
outlook for this year of work in
Mercedes schools. May we continue
to have the same loyal, generous
support you have always given us.
Respectfully yours,
Nannie Mer Buck, Supt. Mercedes
Public Schools.
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Building Era In Mercedes
An era of building is to be com-
menced at Mercedes immediately.
The great demand for houses is to
be met and provided for. The large
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T AST Friday, the day on which the News-
— Tribune appeared the stock market more or
less justified the misgivings which many enter-
tained about its upward surge and suffered a
recession, thus giving an elaboration to the
comment which appeared in these columns last
week. Since then it has again resumed its
trend upward, this trend, however, being less
steady and sustained.
The truth of the matter is that, even as’we
pointed out last week, business conditions do
not justify any such buying splurge on the
stock market. Many industries have reached
new lows for the depression in the last few
weeks and in only scattered and minor cases
is there any indication at all that fundamental
conditions have been improved. Stocks, as
stated in our last issue, were certain to be re-
valued ; many of them were at so low an ebb as
to have their real values distorted. On the
other hand, United States Steel, for instance,
cannot with any reason assume any very im-
pressive position on the stock market when its
deficit this year promises to be the biggest in
its history and when its losses show no signs
of diminution. There is even some reason to
believe that politics may be playing a very real
part in the recovery which the market is stag-
ing. It cannot be denied, in this connection,
that the Hoover chances in the fall would be
materially improved were business conditions
to ameliorate. Everyone, of course, hopes that
they will whether it means the reelection of
Mr. Hoover or not, but it is something else
again to have the republicans pushing up the
stock market in the face of negative business,
indications. The recent and present actions of
the market—at this writing—have given a
great deal of hope and optimism to the Ameri-
can people and it would be too bad were this op-
timism and this hope to be dashed merely be-
cause the efforts of a political party had failed
in a campaign strategy. The stock market re-
covery may not be a republican1 move, yet the
idea is not so outlandish when the past tactics
of that party are remembered.
Whatever the cause for the upward trend
of the stock market it is well for the American
people to accept its dictum with caution. It is
a well-known fact that the stock exchange is
no real indicator of business conditions. The
bond market is the real cause for hope.
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number of families who wish to
come to Mercedes to live and who
have only been waiting for vacant
houses will soon be accommodated.
The Mercedes Improvement Com-
pany is now in process of formation
and will be ready for business with-
in the next few days. A number of
Mercedes business men as well as a
number of men who do not live here
but have been keeping their eyes on
the development going on here, will
finance the company. It is proposed
to build from fifteen to twenty mod-
ern residences at once and increase
this number as the demand devel-
ops.
Favorable locations will be se-
cured throughout the residence sec-
tions of the town and at the best
prices to be obtained. The houses
will be of different sizes and archi-
tectural designs and will range in
price from $1,200 up.
There is no doubt that at least
fifty more families would now be
living in Mercedes had there been
houses for them to occupy during
the past few months, A number of
families now have their furniture
stored here waiting for some house
to become vacant. Dr. and Mrs. R.
M. Winn moved out of the Mrs. Coy
residence on Third street Monday
morning and within an hour there
were eight applications to rent the
house. It had already been rented
however to Mrs. Knowles and daugh-
ter, who will occupy it after Sep-
tember 1. In the meantime Mr.
Haines and family will live there
during the intervening two weeks.
This is only one illustration of the
great demand for houses.
. . . John P. Sewell is one of the
chief promoters of the new company
and is very enthusiastic over the
prospects for the early relief of the
present situation which will mean
so much to the business and com-
mercial interests of Mercedes.
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G. K. Wattson spent Saturday and
Sunday enjoying the surf bathing
at Corpus Christi.
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The army trucks are engaged in
hauling 40,000 feet of lumber from
the depot headquarters at Browns-
ville to Camp Mercedes. The lum-
ber will be used in building addi-
tional barracks, construction of
which has already commenced. It
is said that many new buildings in
addition to these barracks will be
constructed at Camp Mercedes in the
near future.
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Albert H. Kalbfleisch left Wed-
nesday in his King 8 roadster on an
automobile trip which will take him
as far east as New Orleans. He
went via Laredo and San Antonio.
He expects to be gone about a
month.
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