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AGRICULTURAL ’ARTMENT
AGENT TELLS VALLEY COTTON
M N OF SERIOUS SITUATION
When the eotton erop now in the field is harvested and marketed eotton grow-
ing in tin- Kio Grande Valley will in all prnhubildity lie a thing of the past.
Kxplained otherwise it means that eotton growers in -a territory of from fifty
to one hundred and fifty mile- north of the Kio Grande will sacrifice themselves to
-ave the cotton indu-try of the Tinted States trout de-truetion by the pink boll worm.
It means that the greatest eotton producing soil in the I'nited States located on
ih.i> flower Kio (ixomlc .stand- between the I nited States cotton crop and destruction
and that as a connecting link between lite and death to the eotton industry it
must go.
From fifteen thousand to twenty thousand acres of land that have heretofore
been devoted to the cotton industry will with the a-.-i-tance ot the federal govern-
ment and the state government he devoted to other pur|wjses including the growing
ot corn eitru- trait- and -ueh other crops us may he found available for semi-trop-
ical -emi-arid regions.
Whatever else may he -aid of the cotton growers millers and ginncrs of the
Kio Grande Valley they are "game losers." When the notice of the proposed es-
tablishment- of a tree zone wa- piihli-hed last week S. Tueker one ot the heaviest
inve-tors in the eotton inda-try railed a meeting of those effected by the proposed
d< eree to di-ru-s what -hould he done.
The order will mean the di-mantling of an oil mill at Brawn-ville valued at
about sloii.iitto and the dismantling of about twelve eotton gins in Tamerotv and
Hidalgo rotintic- of a total value of about $150000. An effort will be made
tor a government appraisal of the properties ami indemnity to the owners if
possible.
When the farmers ginner- hankers and insurance men gathered this morning
it wa- the opinion that the proposed fifty mile zone that may In* established by the
department of agriculture be placed aero-- the sand belt leaving this country free
to grow and ship it- cotton. These ideas were di-|K*IIed however when Dr. J. \V.
Morton of the department of the agriculture addre-sed the gathering.
Tnder the forceful words ol Hr. Moron the gathering for the first time realized
the menace to the coton industry the importation of the pink boll worm would prove.
Hr. Morton told hi- hearer- that the introduction of the ladl worm meant the end
of the cotton mdu-try in the I'nited State- a- it had practically done in India and
Kgypt. The -[leaker stated that the reason American farmers were receiving such
high price- for their eotton was because of the operation of the boll worm in
Kgypt and India. The only reason according to I)r. Morton that cotton is still
grown in India and in Kgypt i- that labor was so cheap and that even with this
benefit it was not a profitable erop. The speaker predicted that when the worm
invaded the I'nited State- with he difference in the cost of labor eotton would
have to be abandoned. s
Dr. Morton said that the boll worm had been found in Mexico not in the state
of Tnmuuhpas but in the Lacuna district near Monterrey and that until the United
State- could gain the eoojieration of the Mexican government sufficiently to eradicate
the danger of the spread of the pe-t the department had decided upon the
necessity of an embargo on a territory of between fifty and 150 miles north of the
border.
Another danger of the bull worm reaching tin- United States through this sec-
tion wa- pointed out by the -pecker in that the water for irriguTon was obtained
from the San Juan river and the’ or region- drained by the tributaries of the San
Juan the boll worm wa- found. In evidence of tin- danger Dr. Morton pointed
out that weeds native to the San Juan river shed could be found growing along the
bank- of the Kio Grande doubtless sprung from seed that flouted down the river.
The -jieaker said that this wa- no time for sentiment and that while he real-
ized that many individuals would he injured by the embargo a government agent
could not consider individuals when the life of an industry was at stake. In con-
clu-ioti Dr. Morton urged the coojieratiou ot the farmer- in this section as a pa-
triotic duty. *
Following Dr. Morton's address the meeting dissolved itself into informal
groups for the di-cu--ion ol the conditions. Dr. Morton was freely questioned
iih<nit affair- and advised the fanners both from the standpoint of public official
and friend. An intere-ting feature in connection with Dr. Morton’s talk was the
pa-sing around of a phial containing s|teeimeiis of the pink boll worm.
Before the meeting adjourned it wa- suggested that if the citizens of the lairder
section- were willing to give up the eotton growing and ri-k the investments they
had made that the government b«* a-ked to pay a fair sum of money for the plants
uiid tool- which would be lo-t. A committee to discu— thi- and other features of
the matter wa- appointed and will report at a second meeting to lie called at three
o'clock thi- afternoon. The committeemen appointed are as follows:
S. ('. Tucker \\\ S. West John Gregg Lon C. Hill \Y. K. Archer Mr. Reynolds
J. ('. Bennett and Dr. Morton.
It the vast cotton growing industry ot
he I'nited Slates i- to he saved from a
:rave menace the pink boll worm now in
dexieo near the Texas border inu-t he kept
rout entering this country the secretary
•t agriculture lias declared in letter- to
tepresentntive Lever chairman of the
loii'C committee on agriculture and Sen-
ior (lore chairman of the senate colu-
mn.. agriculture and tore-try. Sec re-
al rv Houston a-ks for an emergency ap-
impriation of .+.'>00000 with which to pro-
ect the I’nited State- against tin- most
lcstruetive of all cotton |*c-ts. In emplm-j
.izing the dc-tructivcnc-- of the m-ect In*
mints out that it has reduced the Kgvpt-
au cotton crop in the infested districts
icarly one-half in the last few years.
'The pink boll worm. Secretary Houston
ells the committee chairmen rs distrib-
uted in Mexico much more generally than
vas jit first siippo-cd. It now extends
lirotigli the entire Laguna district eover-
ng an area of some TJ.UOO sipmr miles
seed for planting has been sent from this
listriet to other points in Mexico nearer
he I’nited States undoubtedly carrying
ntestation to those districts. The dangerj
o the I’nited States has been heightened |
•eeentlv by the establishment of a cotton
iced oil mill at Piedras Ncgras on the
Mexican-1 exits herder to which large
i|iiantitics of seed infested hy pink bol!
worms are being moved. Investigations
by -|N’eialists of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture show that mature
inserts capable of flight for considerable
distances have been emerging from the
seed stored at this border town within a
few miles ot Texas cotton fields.
'I'he importation of seed cotton and cot-
ton seed from Mexico into the United
States was prohibited it' soon as the pres-
ence ot the pink boll worm in Mexico was
discovered late la -t summer. In addition
the importation ot cotton seed products
will tie safeguarded by regulations to be
issued soon. It is contemplated that the
emergency appropriation if it is made
available will la- used to fight against the
entrance of the pest by the creation of a
cotton-free zone 50 to 100 miles wide in
Texas next to the Mexican border by the
making of surveys in Mexico if praetia-
Itle. to determine the actual distribution
of the insect and hy flie extermination of
local infestations in Mexico near the Amer-
ican liorder.
The proposed cotton-free zone would he
established in co-operation with the state
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BROWNSVILLE
LIST FOR WAR
FUND' 0 STAY
OPEN FOR FEW!
I AYS LONGER
With halt' the necessary amount —*10-
OOfl—-subscrib'd it WM- announced at lied
Cross war fund conimilee headquarters to-
day that Bn»wnsville*s li-t will remain open
several days long in order that additional
contri hut ions may he hail. Contributions
received a renewed im|H‘tn- today but the
diniount needed is -till a I »ng wavs from
Wing subscribed and the committee de-
sires that no one who has not subscribed
shall lw denied the privilege of contribut-
ing.
Chairman E. A. McGary of the R?ri
Cros committee will be at the Brownsville
Bank L Trust Co. until 6:39 tonight to re*
ceive subscriptions.
A personal and almost house to house
campuign was started today through sev-j
eral committees of ladies who volunteered
to offer services in order that Browns-
ville’s and Cameron county's contribution!
may reach the pro|»ortion of that <d other
counties of similar si/e and population J
This step was made neces-arv also by the
fact that a large numlter of jierson- and
firms who were assessed by the commit-
tee cut their asuaoi.meats in half and in
» some cases more. The total amount of the
assessments was about $12.0(10 and a
large amount of those as-*--ed so far have
failed to respond.
MemWrs of the fund committee which
includes E. A. McGary chairman; \Y. G.|
Wilhnan W. If. Putegnat John Gregg I
Louis Cobolini C. II. More and James A. I
Browne called attention today to the fact
that the fund is o|»en to contributions not
only from Brownsville but from other parts
of the countv. As the countv seat and
the home of a Bed Cros chapter this city
was made the central |M*int for the collec-
tion of its allotment of $10000. Pronii-
nent citizens of San Benito Harlingen
Lyford and other communities in the coun-
ty probably will l»e called upon to lend
their assistance to raising the fund. No
effort is being made in any other part of
the Valley to raise a portion of the $100-
000000 fund a fact that moved F. Saenz
a resident of Mercedt*. to send n *50 eon-
trihhution to the Brownsville fund.
The committee today acknnwclge the rc-1
ceipt of $24 from the Oblate Fathers the
fund having Wen collected during the ser-
vices Sunday morning at the Church of the
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ORTOLAN BRITISHER SUBMARINED
• By Amtocuttdl Pr»-s«*.)
MONTREAL Canada June 25.—The
British steamer Ortolan was torpedoed h\
a German suhuiariiic June 1 I. Three mem-
ber- of the crew lo-t their lives. Accord-
ing to the survivors who arrived here to-
day the ship was -link without warning.
MAJOR WILLIAM KELLY OF BROWNSVILLE IS
GIVEN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA DEGREE
Major William Kelly jr. ot the United
States cavalry son ot Captain William
Kelly of Brownsville has la-on honored
with the honorary degree of doctor of s-j-|
once by the University of Pennsylvania
according to a newspa|a>r clipping received
today hv Captain Kelly tr<>ui a triend at
Phils dolphin.
The honor on me to Major Kelly at the
Uilst commencement ot the University ot
Pennsylvania and at the same tun do
grees were conferred upon other persons
of nationwide prominence including hr.
Charles Frnuk Thwing president of the
Western Reserve university; Zuiie Urey
the novelist; Frederick Courtland Peuficld
former United Slates umhassador to Aus-
tria and a half dozen other |M-r-onagrs of
note.
A wonderful ovation was given Major
Kelly who is military instructor sit the
University of Pennsylvania when he wa »
presented to Provost Smith for the hon-
1
orary dcgre** «*t doctor «*t’ -rirnn*. lit- u;o
dressed in tin* service uniform of a major
of cavalry and wore no academic rola*.
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War Makes 9-HourTrip
World-Encircling One
WASHINGTON I) June 25.—
t Italics \ orpicka tIm* American minister
to Serbia Ihilgaria and Koimiania is pre
paring to leave lu re in continualion of In
globe encircling trip from Ibubaic-t to
Jassy cities usually nine hours distant.
\ orpicka was in liiicbarcst when the
Hermans took the city and was not al-
lowed to past- the line to Jassy in order
to re me bis duties in Kouiuania he found
it necessary to cross Austriu-llungary
and Germany and embark for America.
His route now lies across the Pacific and
through Siberia and Kussia.
LYFORD COMMUNITY SENDS TO
MARKET FIRST BALE COTTON
GETS RECORD FOR 5TH TIME
The first hale cf 1917 cotton has gone*
to market and Cameron county and the
Lyford community in the northern part of
the county for the fifth time have been
accorded the honor of introducing the first
ba'e of the fleecy staple for an incoming
season. |
The first hale for 1917 was peek from
cotton fields located in the Lyford vicini-
ty. and was ginned Saturday afternoon
the local gin bring especially steamed up
for the purpose. The bale was placed on
the northbound train at 6 o c'ock Satur-
day afternoon reaching Houston Sunday
morninq where it W'as delivered to W. D
Cleveland A Son cotton factors. It was
expected to be sold on the Houston cot-
ton exchange to the highest bidder today
and from there will go to the New York
cotton exchange.
I
The bale was accompaniede to Houston
by Dan W. Huftor E. M. Sorenson R. H
Deyo and other prominent citizens of Ly-
fortl. tt weighed about 427 pounds.
Farmers whose fields contributed to the
first bale were Dr. W. C. Webb. Dan W
Muffor. E. M Sorenson. Clarence Fondell.
C. I. H. Baker Arthur Johnson C. C
Richard and Henry King.
Lyford first cla med the honor of put-1
tiny out the first bate in 1912. and that
town's first bate has succeeded in reach-
ing the Houston exchange every year
since although on one ortwo occasions it
had a close race with the town of Edin-
burg. in Hidalgo county. The present hale
is the earliest on record. Last year the
first hale went out about July 8 the year
previous about July 4.
British Steamer Sent
Shell Into Submarine
tltv \ MHiatnl Press i
AT ATLANTIC PORT. June 25—Offi-
cers of a British stramer arriving here re-
port the sinking of an attacking suhmar ns.
The ship fired a shot into the submarine's
magazine causing an explosion lt_oc^
curred off the coast of Ireland The sub-
marine was five mi!e$ distant and running
away when hit.
WAR _RRI :S
(By Associated Ties*.)
BKRI.IN. June 25.—Artillery engrtM-
ments in the Dunes sector and in Belgium
and between tin* Hivcr Y-er and tin* Ly-
increased in intensity yesterday and eon-
tinned into the night it i- officially -tat
cd.
(By Xfluociatcd press.*
B K I T I S II IIKADQKARTKKS IN
KRANt'K Jane 25.—Although official
-tat* meats report little activity the Brit-
i-h arc keeping up their pre--urc day and
night along their entire one hundred and
twenty mile front. La-t night several lo-
cal entrpri'C- were carried out -ucce--iul-
ly. _
PARIS June 25.- Sharp artillery fight-
ing was m progress eontiuously during the
night near Kroidinopt farm and Chevreux.
it i- officially stated.
LONDON June 25. Increasing activ-
ity on the m(Merit trout i- reported in to
day’- official -latcuient. which mentiou-
several -ucee-'tul raid- by the Briti-h.
- I M I
CALL FOR CONDITION STATE BANKS
I By Associated Press. A
Al STIN. Tev.. .lime 25. A call was i-
-ne*l todav for the cofolition of -tale hunk-
on June 2*h
RED CROSS
ONATIONS
Total contributions received until
Saturday — ™ m
Tofnf'WPribiilinnTrMR^runtil "
2:30 o clock this afternoon . unit*
Mrs. Harry Crowe 5.00
Brownsville Land & Improvement
Co. 100 00
M. J. Morales . 5 00
C. P. Barreda .• •... 25.00
Wm. Shears . 5 00
Ramirez Studio . 300
Mrs. A. C. Putegnat . 5 00
Mrs. M. L. Hicks. 5.00
W. B. Linton . 25 00
Mrs. W. A. Ross . 2.50
W A. Ross . 2 50
W. E. Nelson . 500
Mrs. L. K. Morris . 500
Frontier Lumber Co. 5 00
Manuel Besteiro . . 25.00
Jose Besteiro . 2500
Lawrence Smith . 2 50
Gerah' Johnson .. •. 5 00
T. Crixell. 1000
Mrs. T. Crixell .
M Escamella . *0-0®
Crixell Saloon .•• 10 00
Luis Crixell . 5.00
Harrison-Chaney Garage . 50.00
Snyder & Sampson . 15.00
Cl.as. Champion . 5000
Geo. McGonigle .• •. 25.00
B. Torres . 5-®®
Mrs. K. D. Hamilton . t 50
M. C. Myrtle . 1000
H. B. Parker .•• 250
Jasper A. Maltby . 25.00
Mrs. L. A. Stowe . *00®
F. Lopez . 25.00
Dr. S. H. Bell . 5 00
James McCoy .. 25.00
Roht. Siillman .. 5.00
Sam Bell . 5.00
Oblate Missionary Society . 25.00
H H. Banker . 5-00
R. L. Lackner.• • — 3.00
Grcyoria Sosa .. 500
J. D. Clements . * 001
C. E. Hill .••
C. T. Sepaugh . 10®
M. M. Waltgenbach .50
Enrique V. Sierra . *2
Nick Glaeon . *-00.
Walker Austin . * 00
James Baldo . 3.00
Mrs. F. S. Hicks .. 5 00
Mrs R. E. Holland . 5 00
—. Hamidis . *-0®
H. Sorrels . 3.00
G Escobedo . * 0®.
L. F. Shelton. 5 00
J. F. O’Brien . * 0®
C. A. Broussard . 2.00
Mary Banis . • *0®
Lily Cliaray .. • ®®
Rafael Flores . 100
D. B. Villareal . * 0®
Doroteo Espinosa . t.00
Pedro Rocha . I 00
(Continued on juige 3)
CONTROLLING
EXIORTS WILLI
BE PURPOSE OF
IOARDFORMED
IY PRESIDENT
• 11v AssiH'tntisI 1‘rtsti.)
WASHINGTON |). June 25.—Presi-
dent Wilson |»v mi executive order today
• reatnl an t \|M>rt embargo eouneil to ad-
minister the e\|M>rt embargo provisions ot
the espionage aet.
15\ the administration of embargoes
through this council the nation will he able
to take many steps tor the successful
prosecution of the war ami also to pre-
vent tin- supplies reaching Herman through
neutrals.
I'he president’s order vests in the s-«*.
retarv of commerce the* executive admin-
istration of all instructions to he issued by
the president under the act and estab-
lishes an export council to he composed
of the Secretary ot State the Secretary
ot Agriculture the Secretary of Commerce
and the Food Administrator.
All matters ot policy in connection with:
the 0|M‘ration of the act will la* decided t
upon by the eouneil which will recommend
to the president proclamations to he is-
sued putting certain commodities under
MRtntftri l*«wi wliU grw* M Ul-W the
Imd .cog§po«WF to go-under the export
control tot. Food exports will be left
largely in fti• * hands of the food adminis-
tration which will consult the council
where international ipyestiim- are involved.
—.— ..".pr»
Galveston Has Early
Morning Lynching Bee
f 11 v Associate*! I*re*»A
HAIA'F.NTON Tex. June 25.—Chester
Sawyer a negro accused ot assaulting the
wife of a dairyman who taken from jail
here at 2uiO o'clock this morning ami
hanged at tin* western boundary of the
eitv. The moh was composed of only a
few men who obtained entrance to the jail
hv a roils)* ami overpowered the jailer.
Three members ot tin* moh. one ot them
bound and im|»ersoiialmg a prisoner pre-
sented themselves at the jail and were ad*
milled. They then overpowered the jailer
took his keys sum| removed Sawyer. After
being hanged tin* body was riddled with
bullet s.
This i- tin* first lynching that has oc-
curred here for more than twenty-live I
years. Savvvt r was to have been placed
on trial this morning.
*• — —WNI - — 1 ’
U.S. To Ask Mexico
To Modify Oil Tax
WASHINGTON Ik <\ June 25.—The
state department is considering asking
Mexico to mod if > the mw export taxes on -
etjilde oil.
Greek Differences
To Be Arbitrated
] \
(|ty Associated Prr»s.)
ATIIKNS (invec June 25. M. Jonnart. I
diplomatie ri‘presentativ»* ot tin* allies m
(Irecre has lieea t ailed Upon to act as the
arbitrator of diflerenees ln*tvveen the Zai-.
mis ministry and the government of for- 1
ttier I’reinier \ mizelos at Salonika.)
Whether the cabinet resigns will dc|»cnd i
upon Jonnart's decision. I
AMERICANS GIVEN RECOGNITION
) Hv. dss<>ei:it)*)l '
rt HMM I.\(ii:\VsJE llinark June 25.— i
Herman newspapers (Vtg obvious reasons j
eontiiilie to treat three s^ialists. Hohl-
ta rb loan- tein a ad 1 >.i vj
eently arrived in Stock
l nited States as tlmn
live Americans tpialifi
eialistn ami even th
America.
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