The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 115, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 29, 1922 Page: 4 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 20 x 15 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Established Jaly 4 1893.
Qttf? lict alii
BROWNSVILLE HERALD PUBLISHLNG
COMPANY.
Bate rad as second-class matter in the
Paatoffice at Brownsville Texas.
MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication of
All Aewa dispatches credited to it or not
otherwise credited in this paper and
Alee the local news published herein.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Dally end Sunday (7 Issues)
Oae year (in advance).$7.00
Six months (in advance)....3.7$
Oae month (in advance).«. .75
The Sunday Herald
Oae year (ia advance)..^....^....$2.00
Six months (ia advance). 1
Three months (in advance).75
Subscribers in the City of Brownsville
Who fail to receive THE HKUALD regu-
larly arc requested to notify the office
promptly. Telephone No. 7. New sub-
ocribers should receive their first paper
aet later than the second day after the
order ia in tha office of THE HERALD.
8rery subscriber even in the most dis-
nt sections of the city should receive
hie daily paper not later than 6 p. m.
and his Sunday paper by 7 a. m.
Checks aheuld be made payable to The
Brownsville Herald Publishing Company.
Business communications should he ad-
dressed ta the company and items let-
ters etc. intended for publication should
be addressed to the Editor. The Hersld.
Brownsville Texas. Lettars intended
for publication should be signed with the
full name of the writer. The name will
UOt be printed if not desired hut it will
be considered an evidence of good faith
an the part of the writer.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character standing or reputation of any
person firm or corporation which may
appear in the columns of The Herald
will be gladly corrected upon its being
brought to the attention of the pub-
lishers.
It is important when desiring the ad-
dress of your paper changed to give both
aid and new addresses.
Sunday Oct. 20 1022.
THE DUTY OK DEMOC RATS
m . —
It is manifestly the duty of every
democrat in the state of Texas to go
to the polls on November 7. and vote
for the candidate who received the
majority vote at the primaries.
Every voter who entered the prim-
aries went on record as willing to
tbide by the democratic principle of
majority rule and it has now be-
come the duty of those who are
loyal to the precepts of the party
to ratify the mandate of the majority
by electing those candidates who re-
ceived the party nomination.
# The suggestion carried in the cam-
paign of the anti-democrats who
have placed George E. B. Peddv in
the field as a senatorial candidate
that no democrat is bound to sup-
port the party nominees is founded
entirely upon false premises. While
it is true the voter is not legally
bound to accept the candidates sel-
ected by the majority he is morally
bound to abide by their decision.
Any statement made by the anti-dem-
ocrats who are endeavoring to dis-
rupt the democratic party in Texas
to the effect that democrats are not
obligated to vote for the democratic
nominees is distinctly an error.
As a result oi this constant sug-
gestion that democratic voters are at
perfect liberty to bolt the party
nominees and “scratch" the ticket
it is reported that a small mnnbci
of democrats in Cameron county
are endeavoring to organize for the
purpose of defeating county candi-
dates who were bitterly opposed in
the pre-primary campaign. They
are reported to have taken up the
suggestion broadcasted by the Ped-
dy anti-democrat leaders that no
democrat is bound to support the
party’s nominees and are using this
in an attempt to defeat candidates
who received heavy majorities in the
party primaries and are therefore
entitled to the support of every
'• democratic voter in the county.
Immediately after the primaries
practically every defeated candidate
in Cameron county published a state-
ment in which they thanked the
voters for their support and pledged
• themselves to support the choice of
the majority proving to the voters
that they were real democrats men
who could accept the mandate of
' '"the majority without losing theii
fealty to the party. The Herald :s
confident that none of these candi-
dates would in any way condone a in-
action on the part of their friends
which would reflect upon the good
faith of their statements.
It is evident however that the
plea to prejudice being made by the
Peddy supporters will not be entire-
ly without effect. Their constant
suggestion that democrats (forget
their moral duty to support the
party nominees will unquestionable
lead some democrats astray and it
is the duty of every- loyal democrat
to be at the polls on November 7.
and see that the democratic nomi-
nees from senator to justice of the
peace receive the majority to which
they are entitled.
PATRONIZE LOCAL FARMERS
The movement started in Browns-
ville to patronise local farmers is
o h* that cannot fail to react to the
benefit of both the city and the
farming communities. The fact can-
rot 'be denied that there has been
si h] .-till is. a lack of cooperation
c^l-ting which can only be rectified
l»- •* thorough understanding of the
t'tuation and organized efforts by
both the residents of the city and
thr farmers to get together and
work out plan* for their mutual ad-
vantage.
I' Brownsville ie skipping in butter
eggs poultry and various other class-
es of farm products instead of being
a shipping point for these products.
It is a condition which should not
be permitted to exist and as long as
it is permitted Brownsville cannot
hope for the agricultural develop-
ment which in this end of the Val-
ley is possible. Without this devel-
opment Brownsville cannot expect to
realize its ambition to become the
principal city on the Mexican bor-
der and It is as vital to the people of
Brownsville that the farm interest?
be developed a? it is to the ^armors
themselves.
The interests of the residents of
Brownsville and the farming com-
munities adjacent to the city arc
mutual and there is no logical rea-
son why there should not he perf ect
understanding between them. This
city will develop in the same ratio
as the farming communities develop
and by cooperative effort that de-
velopment can be hastened.
Residents of Brownsville should
make it a point to ask their dealers
for Brownsville products and refu-e
shipped-in products when the home
articles are available. And the far-
mers should feel duty bound to see
that the local market is properly
supplied. In this way the money
now going out of the Brownsville
territory for the products of Califor-
nia. North Texas and even as far dis-
tant as the New England states
could be kept at home and used in
building up the agricultural inter-
ests of the Brownsville |-ommuni-
ties.
The various Brownsville organiza-
tions interested in the development
of the city could serve the city in no
better way than by taking up this
matter and working out cooperative
plans with the organizations the
farmers have. Other cities have suc-
ceeded in doing this to the profit of
the formers and the city dwellers
and what other cities have done
Brownsville can do.
A PERTINENT QUESTION
The anti-democrat leaders who
are backing George E. B. Peddy for
United States senator are now de-
i voting much newspaper space and
oratory to the findings of the Corsi-
cana court in regard to Mayfield hav-
ing slightly over-stepped the $10000
limit fixed by law in kis primary
campaign expenditures.
In this connection it might be per-
tinent to ask where the funds for
the Peddy campaign are coming
from. The state is being delugeU
with Peddy literature Peddy orators
are stumping the state from one end
to the other and these “trifles”
cost considerable money. It is safe
A«» predict that the cost of postage
alone in the Peddy campaign will ex-
ceed the $10000 Mayfield was al-
lowed in his primary campaign.
Is Peddy receiving financial as-
sistance from that republican na-
tional campaign fund of $400000
to which John D. Rockefeller was the
second heaviest contributor or is
he receiving the financial aid and
1 inspiration of that element |*which
has hacked James E. Ferguson in his
various campaigns? The fact that
he is receiving the support of both
the republican leaders and the Fer-
guson-Millcr outcasts from the dem-
ocratic party would ^indicate that
financial assistance may come from
i both sources.
0 ■ >■ .... ■— *
Next Tuesday. October 111. the
military post at McAllen will be
| abandoned. I luring the mobilization
of the guard on the border it was
one of the most famous posts and
after the war when the aerial bor-
der patrol was stationed at Camp
McAllen it was constantly in the
public eye. For the past two years
the camp l.as been practically un-
used and its final abandonment
marks the passing of the last of the
mobilization cam| ; which made the
Valley famous C jring the days of
the guard mobil.zation.
The democrats of Hunt county at
« called meeting Friday afternoon
' passed a resolution challenging
i George E. U. Peddy to disclose the
! source and amount of the funds bo-
J ing used to defray the costs of his
1 campaign. Why not let the dem-
ocrats of the state of Texas know
where these funds are coming from?
i Is the republican national commit-
tee financing his fight is that old
1 crowd which backed Ferguson as-
sisting in the attempt to disrupt
Texas democracy or is Mr. Peddy
drawing on his own hank account to
! defray the costs of the campaign?
The voters are entitled to know.
The cotton crop of the Valley will
be doubled next year experts state
but that does not necessarily mean
I the Valley is going “hog wild" over
cotton. It merely signifies that thou-
sands of acres of idle lands will be
cultivated next year. There will also
be a tremendous increase in the cit-
• rus and feed acreages but the truck
acreage will show a big decrease.
This merely indicates the Valley far-
; mers have learned that the staple
; Valley crops—cotton rows citrus
1 and corn—are the profit makers in
| the long run.
News reports state that some of
those republican senators who voted
to seat Senator Newberry of Mich-
igan held up their hands in horror
when they received the news that
the Corsicana court had come to the
conclusion that Earle B. Mayfield
had slightly exceeded the $10000
limit allowed for campaign expendi-
tures in Texas.
There are 15 million ptiofer number* j
in Him country and still the tilings are
hard to get.
USE AND ABUSE OF
IMPROVED HIGHWAYS
(Galveston News.)
It will repay all wlm are interested
in a subject that is certain to make a
spirited legislative controversy to read
au article that appears in the August
number of the state highway depart-
ment's bulletin headed ** Practical High-
way Traua|»ort Regulation." The article
appeared originally in the Kugiueering
News-Record of New York and was
written by the editor of that publication.
K. J. Mehreu.
Mr. Mehreu breaks the subject up into
two major divisions. One is that part
whiih relates to the regulation of motor
vehicles generally that use improved
highwavs. ami the oilier is thui pari
which relates to the regulation of those
vehicles which use the highway as com-
mon carriers. The first has to do with
the protection of the roads from a
destructive use. and the other with the
relation of highway transport to rail
transport. lie sets forth these three
paim'iples a- those wlihii should govern
regulatory legislation:
I. Regulation should not be punitive.
*J. It should prevent abuses by in-
dividuals who would invade the rights
of others and make the use of the high-
ways dangerous uncomfortable or ex-
pensive.
IS. It should be kept to a minimum
consistent witli maximum economic use
of highways
lie explains that what lie means in
saying thut regulatory measures should
mu be punitive is that restrictions oil
the use of the roads should be limited
to Hiiib as are imperatively ueeessarv
io prevent abuse. Accordingly vehicles
should be permitted to travel them at
the maximum speed that is consistent
with safety and the weight of trucks
should be left as high as the character of
the road will support. These it must
Io- admitted have more tht* appearance
of maxims than of definitions. Inn this
is necessarily s«i because of the fart that
the ciriuinisiaccs which determine what
are "proper limitations of speed and load
are variable. Mr. Ileltren thinks that
the state highway commission should be
invest.| with rnliter absolute authority
to deride even to the extent of being
permitted on occasion to lower the
| limits prescribed by statute ami to close
certain kinds of roads to com menial
traffic “during the spring softening
peti»wi.“ if it should deem that necessary
to save a road from undue weur atul
teat-. He regard* the difficulty of en-
forcing a well-designed law a* being as
great a* that of making it. It is easy
to evade weight restrictions lie says
ami it is certain he thinks tliat they
will be largely evaded unless the lempfa-
| lion in ilo so is repreaed li.v stern
penalties. Accordingly be is in sym-
pathy with a dra-tic measure that Inr*
been employed in Maryland despite the
loud otitcrv that has been made against
it. It is simply that of dumping the
overload of any truck wherever it is
arrested and making it proceed with
•Hilv sm-h load a* the law allows. That
penalty. Mr. Mehren says excites more
fear tbao the possibility of prosecution
in the courts and the inflict ion of fines.
What to do with the motor truck the
ears that use the roads a* common
carrier* is the more troublesome ques-
tion Mr. Mehren thinks. Are they to he
pot under common carrier regulations?
Is the number to he restricted to the
need* of the traffic? Or is the oppor-
tunity to he kept to all ulo» want
to exploit it? And. finally what prin-
ciple js in govern in fixing the charge
impose| op them? Should the charge
he only Mich as it is estimated will
<oinpcu«ate for the damage they do to
the roads? Or should it lie that plus
something to equalize the competition
between the truck and the railroad?
Mr. Mehren answers the first of these
questions in the affirmative lie thinks
(lie pnblh will be better served by a
regulated than by an unregulated service
and esph'ally where the motor traiis-
|H*rl is heavy. Regulation lie says
stabilizes the business wlinh niiist be
made precarious otherwise. “Where
fly-by-nig^it operators who do not know
their costs have brought substantial
operators into or near bankruptcy” Mr
Mehren says “there ha* lu*en a cry by
npeiators for regulation and the grinding
of monopolistic franchise*. Where the
public’s interest lias been made secondary
to profits by those who sought to skim
Tom Sims Says
-K-«_n_ -i_n_n_r-u-uJ-«-r-'j- _r_-i_n_- - ~ ~ n-rn -
“Work or Fight" was the war slogan
and now we are doing both.
The man who act* a jackass is the
goat and leads a dog’s life.
The height of fashion is lower.
One way to see goblin* Hallowe’en
night is eat too much mince pie before
going to bed.
“No Smoking for Ministers Here"
headline. Nor hereafter.
Actors look forward to this winter.
The audiences will applaud to keep their
hands warm.
Here is some hair-raising news. Al
Apple says women will return to the
pompadour this winter.
People often will give three cheers for
something they wouldn’t give anything
Professor is counting our cuss words.
If he will see most any taxpayer his job
Will be done.
Nothing tickles a man with a new
overcoat bke a cold spell.
You can hardly blame the north wind
for whistling. It is going south where
it is warm.
Light words often are more weighty
than heavy ones.
A rolling stone gathers no work.
-Many of us save for a rainy day as if
•ve only expected a shower.
far* and people that knock need
working on.
Hall players may form a union. Hut
they Strike without «»lie.
| “Dmmo Nut Wrecks 1 *ar“—headline.
Soiucl* ns If he was driving.
'I hick fur on aiiiuml* menus a «*• •Id
winter for all and a hot summer for
Hie women.
— ■ ♦>-—
University men students who are fi-
nancially unable to pay the blanket tax
for the Thanksgiving Day contest be-
tween the Longhorns and A. it .M. grid-
drrs will have an opportunity to work
their way into the game. Director L. T.
Belmont has announced. Bellmont has
offered to such students ushering posi-
tions at the frame. ]
*
the cream the public in torn has tle-
maialed. atiperrislon of service ami of
rates.” I’ree ami itiiiitnit«*<l competition.
Mr. Mehreu thiuks will ordinarily es.«l
in either tin- crippling or the destruction
•>f the service except during those sea-
sons when .the traffic is heaviest.
As lo the last of those quest ion*. Mr.
Mehreu thinks that riuirgi-s imposed
>n motor trucks should he only such
as are calculated to he necessary to re-
• otir the damage done to the roads.
There is no reason lie thinks for making
thou higher ihan that as a means • >f
protecting rail carriers from the com-
petition of trucks. Motor traimportn-
lion is to he regarded as a permanent
if new method of moving freight made
s.i by the greater economy at whit h it
may lo* so moved over short distances.
Heme it is a legitimate competitor of
rail carriers ami heme to. is entitled
t*» every opportunity to develop its
economies ns much so as were the raid-
road' when they appeared a* competitors
[of the steamboats ami as were the
; eh-ctrir lines when the railroads had
previously won a monopoly. It is true
that the railroads have huilt ami main-
tained their own track* where a* the
public Imilds ami maintains the track
used by the motor truck. Hut. in his
opinion the public will get its greatest
return on its investment in high ways
from charges for use which pay the
truck's pro|tortioimle cost of mainten-
ance since the rates of carriage must
reimburse the truck operator for the
charges of the road and particularly
so if motor truck transport is to be
subject to common carrier regulations
Mr. Mehreu thinks ruilearriers will not
suffer from Hindi transportation bill
that on lhe contrary they will profit
in being relieved of short-haul traffic
out of which they make little or nothing.
Mr. Mehren's conclusions arc thus set
forth by hitnself:
I. That r«*kuhitiou he encouraging not
punitive.
-. That it protect the rights of road
users and prevent abuses.
That there lie a iiihjiuuiu • f regu-
lation consistent wit: maximum econo-
u.ii use of the road.
4. That there he rigid enforcement of
motor vehicle laws.
ft. That it is desirable when the
traffic warrants. Hi it highway ivrriers
engaged in regular transport service he
designated and treated as co innimi
carriers ami subjected to common
| carrier regulations to the end tai that
the publie may be better served and
(bi that the business of highway trails
port may he stabilized.
•». That common carrier regulation
j \rliere adopted should permit highway
tiahspurt to develop its own inherent
economies ami particularly flmi it be
imt ar’ificially penalized and handicapped
in favor of Competitive forms of traus-
(sirtat ion.
ACCUSES BUSINFSS
MEN OF TAX FRAUD
WASHINGTON Oct. 2S.—Pre-
liminury investigations conducted by
internal revenue bureau officials
have led to the belief that a number
of business men over the country
have undertaken to defraud the gov-
ernment of taxes by crediting t*»
themselves in their income returns
fictitious or unjustifiable losses run-
ning in some cases to huge amounts.
Machinery to uncover such instances
has been set in motion it was said
at the bureau and its operation was
widespread.
It is the view of revenue officers
that the supposed delinquents have
taken advantage of a regulation with
respect to the audit of tax returns
in the hope that their attempted
evasions would escape ultimate de-
tection. Under this regulation re-
turns on the special forms provided
for those having net incomes of $5-
000 or less a year have been audit-
ed in the offices of the local collect-
ors without reference to the special
audit bureau in Washington to which
are sent returns covering incomes in
excess of $5000.
. MOTHER!
Open Child’s Bowels with
“California Fig Syrup”
Hurry mother! Even a sick child
love* the “fruity” ta*te of “California
Fig Syrujp” and it never falls to open
the bowels. A teaspoonful today may
prevent a sick child tomorrow. If con-
stipated. bilious feverish fretful has
cold colic or if stomach is sour tongue
coated breath had remember a good
cleansing of the little bowels ia often
■ all that is necessary.
Ask vour druggist for genuine “Calf*
fornia Fig Syrup” which has directions
! for ha hie* and children of all ages
printed on bottle. Mother! You must
sav “California” or you may get an imi-
tation tig syrup.
SPECIAL
Reduced Prices
— on —
RUGS
In Order to make Room for the New Stock of
Rugs which We Expect Next Week We are
Making Special Reductions in Price on the
following:—
ALL 9x12 DELTOX -g A n 1—
FIBER RUGS-TK I ZL
Former Price $18.50
ALL 9x12 J ASP AY O
FIBER RUGS—tK ^
Former Price $18.00 V ^
A Number of 9 x 12 /'"v
Wool Fiber Rugs— f I
That were $11.50 ^ ^
One Hall Rur.her ^
21-4xl5-Hk V ^ A
SPECIAL t|J Vr
. .j
Build in more Home Conveniences
l ■— - - ■ « • •
Why live without t ten when you can'
easily build all modem corveaiencea into
your home > New r< otns can be built'in
waste spaces with Besvfcr Board and new
partitions can be pvt in without the muss
and litter of plaster.
We have some instructive literature on
this subject that's yours for the asking.
Eagle Pass Lumber Company
DISINFECT
every corner of every room
Disinfect that’s the only true means for genuine health. All
habitations need periodical cleaning out. Nothing but a disinfect*
ant answers the purpose. Clean up with disinfectants; spray it
around for odors; use it liberally in all wet places to kill the germs.
All popular disinfectants here.
WILLMAN’S PHARMACY
Phone 40 and 58
Give thought to
Your Future
It stands to reason that all serious
minded people hope to be success-
ful to own a home and to be re-
garded highly by the residents of
their community. In the opening
of a savings account with the First
National Bank the first step is
taken. The growth of this account
once started proves your thrift.
Determine today’s the day.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
The State National Bank
Brownsville Texas 4
Capital $100000.00 Surplus $20000.00
We Solicit Your Account
^-—-V
-THE-
Merchants National Bank
OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS
Respectfully Solicits Your Patronage
Capital and Surplus Over $350000.00
LONE STAR IMMIGRATION
COMPANY
EL JARDIN FARMS
LOCAL OFFICE—No. 5 FIRST NATIONAL BANK ANNEX
HOUSES and LOTS
SOLD ON TERMS
LARGEST SELECTION OF
CHOICE LOTS IN THE
CITY OF BROWNSVILLE
H. L. FITCH
Remember—Fitch Built is Well Built
_ i
A Classified Ad Will do the Work
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 115, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 29, 1922, newspaper, October 29, 1922; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1378112/m1/4/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .