Benavides Facts (Benavides, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1939 Page: 3 of 4
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BENAVIDES FACTS, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1939
NOBODY’S
BUSINESS
By JULIAN CAPERS, JR.
BEAUTY AND MUSIC AT THE FAIR
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AUSTIN—The special interest
lobby’s highly-touted “program
to freeze a $40,000,000 sales tax
constitutional amendment into
the Constitution of Texas went
down to overwhelming defeat in
the House of Representatives this
week-end, after failing to muster
even a majority vote, much less
the two-thirds necessary to sub-
mit it to the people. The Petsch
amendment thus is dead beyond
recall, unless a two-thirds major-
ity of the House can be recruited
to revive it, and that seems un-
likely. In the Senate, another
sales tax amendment met rough
going, and the concensus of ob-
servers here was that there will
be no sales tax written into the
Constitution by this session.
Thoughtful men in both houses
w were looking toward a plan to
raise some pension money by
means of an omnibus tax bill,
but in both houses there was
such a wi*Je divergence of opin-
ion that a deadlock with no tax
hike at all was still regarded as
a strong probability.
** O’Daniel Threatens
Gov. O'Daniel in his Sunday
morning broadcast, largely offset
the plea for harmony voiced by
Lt. Gov. Coke Stevenson in the
Senate Friday, when the Gover-
nor, abandoning .the singing of
“That Old-Fashioned Love In My
Heart” sent out into the peace-
ful atmosphere of a gorgeous
Palm Sunday morning a trucu-
lent, fighting talk that bristled
with the threat that unless the
citizens got behind the lobby-sup-
ported scheme of a Constitutional
sales tax sponsored by the Gov-
ernor, they “will be sorry that
they didn’t. O’Daniel, whipped
and sore, left off the hill-billy
music and the sticky songs, and
“poured it on” opponents of his
tax scheme. Then he became
Lawyer O’Daniel, and quoted a
section of the pension act pased
by the 45th Legislature, placing
a ceiling of $30 a month from
State and Federal sources for
pensioners, and tried to prove
this law was the same as his
“$30 total income for everybody”
plan. His speech was regarded by
listeners as unlikely to compose
the divergent opinions in either
house, and its immediate reaction
was unfavorable in both Houses.
Meanwhile, the sales tax is so
unpopular in both branches, that
many observers here do not be-
lieve that even a bare majority
could be mustered to pass it as a
simple statute. Although the
Weinert constitutional amend-
ment was still pending in the
Senate, it has been so butchered
by amendments that even its
author asked the Senate to kill
it, and disclaimed further respon-
sbility for it.
Oil Row Threatened
Of intense interest to all oil-
producing areas in Texas this
week was a strong indication that
disruption of the industry might
grow out of an apparent alliance
between Lon Smith, commission
chairman, and Jerry Sadler, new
commissioner. The pair “got to-
gether” and issued a proration
order abolishing Saturday shut-
downs for April and drastically
hiking allowables in the Panhan-
dle. North Texas, and East Tex- '
as fields, and slashing production
bv thousands of barrels in West
Texas, Southwest Texas and the
Gulf coast area. Total allowable
was kept well within the Bureau
of 'Mines estimate. Austin was
full of talk, in the wake of the
order, of a possible court attack
upon the order.
Jfe: Ernest O. Thompson, the Com-
missioner whose expert know-
; ledge of the oil business as well
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Who Looks Ahead Doesn’t Get Behind
NEW YORK—Ballet on land and water will thrill visitors to the New York World’s Fair opening
on April 30. In the Marine Amphitheatre which seats 10,000 persons, Eleanor Holm (inset), Olympic
swimming and stage star, will head a cast of 100 girls in Billy Rose’s Aquacade ballet. Two hundred
others will dance on the stage. The show’s production will cost $1,000,000, according to Grover A.
Whalen, President of the Fair.
which may disrupt all business
in Texas, and bring on another
siege of turmoil and court bat-
tles, may be in the making. Smith
facing re-election in 1940, has
bitterly opposed Thompson, who
with the support of Terrell, de-
feated last August by Sadler,
held the balance of power in
directing the Commission’s pro-
ration policies.
J. of Texas
Adds New Course
In Decoration
Professional training in inter-
ior decoration has been added to
the curriculum at The Universi-
ty of Texas.
j Work offered in various branch-
es of the University, including
! home economics, architecture
and the College of Fine Arts,
have been correlated to comprise
the technical phases of the course
of study.
The degree is that of bachelor
of science in home economics,
and adds a sixth degree group to
offerings of that department.
Other students in home econo-
mics concentrate on textiles and
costume design, instutional man-
agement, nutrition, home econo-
mic education, or home demon-
stration work.
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Names and News
Another effort.to obtain an in-
vestigation of the Prison system
by a committee on which “busi-
ness men” will be represented as
well as the Legislature, was
started in the House this week,
after veto of an investigation by
a legislative committee' by Gov.
O’Daniel, and the veto was up-
held in the House. Rep, J. Ed
Winfree, of Houston, who pas-
sionately contends the prison sys-
tem is in need of a “cleanup,”
armies that a fair, investigation
cannot be obtained unless out- -o—
siders are on the probing body ^
. . .Argument over the social se- 1* re© Cotton
curity tax raising program has
built a log-jam, behind which is
banked a flood of legislation, in-
cluding much that is meritorious.
Awaiting action are bills provid-
ing for control of venereal dis-
ease, renewal of drivers’ licenses,
permitting tlie Public Safety De-
partment to lift the truck load
limit in emergencies, to move per-
ishable crops, such as Valley cit-
rus, and numerous others . . .
Death in Dallas last week of
Former Chief Justice Nelson Phil-
lips of the State Supreme Court,
removed one of the State’s most
brilliant legal minds from the
current picture . . . Jim Goodman
House member from Midland,
has organized a strong bloc of
as whose, legal knowledge, has j jjouse opposition to the so-called
been the guiding force on the j County Judges Bond Bill, which
Commission for the past three ! would force gasoline tax-payers
years, with the result that the in-
dustry has been brought out of
a chaotic condition and kept on
a profitable, even keel, was not
consulted by his colleagues in
writing the order. No oil order
written by Thompson has been
successfully beat in court in years,
and he enjoys the confidence of
every lowful element of the in-
dustry. If Sadler and Smith have
decided to “take over” regulation
of the industry, many oil men
feel that a reversal of policy
of the State to take over nearly
$200,000,000 worth of “dead
horse” county lateral road bonds,
in order to obtain some small re-
lief for ad valorem property tax
payers. The bill is sponsored in
the Senate by Sen. Will Pace, of
Tyler. Smith county, under its
terms, would receive $443,350 of
ad valorem tax relief, and gas-
oline tax payers of that county
would have to put nearly three
times that sum into the pot to
retire the bonds of other coun-
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The first applications for free
cotton classing to be approved in
the Cotton Belt for the coming
season was announced today by
the Bureau of Agricultural Eco-
nomics. These applications rep-
esent the Rincon One-Variety
Cotton Improvement Association
and the Taft Farms One-Variety
improvement Association, both of
"^aft. San Patricio County, Texas,
"'f which county R. R. Gibb is
the Agricultural Agent. This area
:c: in the territory served by the
Bureau’s classing office at Austin,
Texas.
George E. Miller, who is in
charge of the Austin office, re-
ports that the San Patricio
County improvement groups rep-
resent 54 farmers who have ap-
proximately 6,000 acres planted
fo improved seed of elfos cotton
for this year’s crop. This is the
first season that these groups
have availed themselves of the
free classing supplied by the Bu-
reau for growers who have or-
ganized to grow better cotton. A
’arge number of other applica-
tions are pending. •
The classing service, inaugur-
ated by the Bureau last year aft-
er early ginning was under way,
provides free classification of a
j sample from each bale of cotton
produced by an approved im-
provement group. A sample from
each bale is sent to the Bureau
office for classing as to both
eyade and staple length. Notifi-
cation of the class is returned to
the grower or to an official rep-
arnes C. Bowie
Named A Director
Of CP&L Co.
By T. C. RICHARDSON,
Secretary, Breeder-Feeder
Association
There is still plenty of time to
plant silage crops and summer
pastures, and if for any reason
they are not planted at the earli-
est practicable date, a place'for
them should be reserved anyway.
There are, however, several
points in favor of early planting
for silage crops which do not ap-
ply to late-planted silage.
First, the planting can be done
just before or just after cotton
planting, when the time can best
be spared. If the sorghums are
planted for silage it is usually
better to follow cotton planting,
as they grow off better after the
soil is well warmed up. The
'same holds true during the early
cultivating season, and sileage
crops can usually be laid by in
time to devote all the attention
to cotton in the latter part of
the cultivating season.
Second, early silage will be
ready to harvest before the “sum-
mer drouth” that so often burns
later crops in some sections of
the Southwest.
Third, early silage is off the
ground in time to plant a crop
of cowpeas to be grazed or turn-
ed under in the fall. If there is
not enough moisture to plant
peas the sileage is out of the way
for summer plowing to get the
land ready for fall grain, alfalfa,
or sweet clover. This cannot us-
ually be done if the corn or sor-
ghum is left to mature in the
field for the grain crop.
Fourth, the sorghums will stool
out and make a second-growth
crop in the warmer parts of the
Southwest, if summer moisture is
James C. Bowie, Valley busi-
ness man and civic leader, was
elected a director of Central Pow-r
er and Light Company at its an- available. If the second growth is
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ties . , . Quick confirmation of
Jim West, Houston oil magnate,
as chairman of the State High-
way Commission, was expected
this week by the Senate. West
was praised as an able and suc-
cessful businessman by most of
the group of East Texas Sena-
tors, whose opposition blocked
appointment of Carr P. Collins
of Dallas, and J. C. Hunter of
Abilene, to the Highway post.
Lobby gossip that West was a
contributor to Alf Landon’s pres-
idential campaign (because of
anti-new deal sentiment), and
that the bathroom fixtures in
his Houston home “cost over
$20,000” apparently didn’t have
much influence with the Sena-
tors who must pass on his quali-
fications.
nual stockholders meeting accord-
ing to an announcement made to-
day by Lon C. Hill, president of
the company. Other directors
who were re-elected included
James C. Kenedy, retiring presi-
dent; Howard W. Cooper, execu-
tive vice president; E. B. Neis-
wanger, vice president: W. D.
Boone, secretary-treasurer, and
S. M. Udden, general vice super-
intendent. Mr. Boone "'as also
re-elected treasurer at the meet-
ing.
The new director serves as
general manager of the Port Is-
•'b°l-San Benito Naviga .ion iDs-
trict and is also port director of
Isabel. 1'Tr. Bowie has been
identified with the development
of South Texas since 1913 and
was formerly president of the
Rio Grande Valley Chamber of
Commerce. He is a member of
the bord of governors of the Rio
Grande Water Conservation As-
sociation and makes his home in
San Benito where he has lived
for many years.
President Kill of the C.P. and
L. also made public the action of
the directors in declaring on
March 27 a dividend of $1.75
per share on the seven percent
cumulative preferred stock, and
$1.50 per share on the six per-
cent cumulative preferred stock
of the company. The dividend is
payable May 1, 1939 to stockhold-
ers of record at the close of bus-
iness on April 15.
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Lower Retail
Prices Reduce
Dollar Sales
not needed for feed, or is too
short to be worth harvesting, it
is well worth turning under “for
the land’s sake” and the next
year’s crop.
Fifth, early silage can be dis-
posed of before cotton picking
time and before dry corn and
sorghum grains are ready for
harvest, and which conflict to
some extent with the cotton
picking season. Either extra help
must be employed to gather the
grain crop at its best or it must
take the weather^ damage until
cotton ginning is over.
A French proverb says “he who
looks not before, finds himself
behind,” and I don’t know any
farm operation in which “look-
ing before” counts in more ways
than in getting the silage crop
under way at the earliest favor-
able season. It distributes the la-
bor to better advantage, it mak-
es a way for a fall soil crop of
clover or grain, and it avoids the
danger of early frost to which
late crops may fall a victim.
If there are those who still
question the value or practica-
j bility of the - trench silo, I only
have to quote the slogan of a
well-known automobile — “Ask
the man who owns one.” Al-
most invariably one year’s ex-
perience means^ two silos or more
the next year. A great many
farmers and ranchmen now store
i extra feed in the good years and
keep a reserve for the poor crop
years. Properly ensiled—and that
is simple—the feed will keep in
perfect condition for an indefi-
nite period. I have seen perfect
silage uncovered after nine years
in the ground.
Texas now has 262 miles of
trench silos and other South-
western states are rapidly extend-
ing their use. Like the “fifty mil-
lion Frenchmen,” that many
farmers “can’t be wrong.” The
size can fit the farm—that is
the number of animals to be fed.
A cow can use a six-inch cut
of four square feet daily, and a
trench two feet deep and two
feet wide will feed six head, and
so on. An acre of silage or a hun-
dred acres, the trench silo saves
the feet din its most palatable
and nutritious form.
fuels and their respective smoke
densities, he -went to work with
a light, a piece of pipe, two glass
discs to fit the pipe, and a pho-
toelectric cell, devising what he
calls a “smoke meter.”
He simply lets smoke from the
exhaust of a Diesel engine en-
ter the pipe, which is closed at
both ends with the glass discs.
Then he shines a light through
the pipe allowing the beam to
fall on an electric eye at the oth-
er end. The amount of light
registering on a meter connect-
ed with the “eye” is indicative
of the smoke density.
Incidental to inventing the
meter, he also acquired for the
University of Texas a $3,500
Diesel engine—free of charge—
from a Dallas farm machinery
company who first loaned him
the engine and then gave it to
the school.
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Diesel Fuel
net sales increased substantiallv
over February last year, while
proportion of collections to out-
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Rudolph Eodemuller, Universi-
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Declining retail prices re-
duced dollar sales of Texas de-
partment store sales for the first
two months of 1939 to a figure
2.7 per cent below January and
February last year. University of
Texas business statisticians said
today.
Volume of goods sold is esti-
mated to be fully equal to or
slightly in excess of that last
year, The University Bureau of
Business Research has found.
Sales during February declin-
ed 3.6 per cent from January and
3.3 per cent from February last
year.
Proportion of credit sales to
resentative of the group. As a
supplement to the classing serv-
ice. the association will receive
daily market news information
various grades and staple lengths.
Mr. Miller points out that 312
organized improvement grous in
ihe cotton States used the free
classing last year despite the
rather late date at which the
service was made available. “This
year,” he sa'd, “as many as 900
to 1000 groups are expected tc
apply for the classing. And,
groups that want the services are
adv.sed to apply just as soon as
their cotton is planted.” Applica-
tion forms may be had by wilt-
ing to the Bureau’s office at P. O.
Bex 1140, Austin, Texas.
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