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Bay City is coming to1 the front rap-
idly, but how much faster and more
substantially would we grow if we
only had that hotel and sewerage. Our
best efforts should be exercised dili-
gently for these two enterprises.
beyond conjecture, but it is
icult to anticipate fierce con-
coming into our own
as anyone could wish for.
The Brazoria Banner says that Cul-
len Thomas is good material for gov-
ernor, but that he is willing to elim-
inate himself in behalf of harmony.
There’s another process of elimina-
tion, in this instance, which will be-
gin to work at the proper time.
The good rains and cloudy weather
will have a splendid effect on the grow-
ing crops, especially cotton and corn.
Steady plowing will bring the crops
through and give us a crop, even
though our rainfall should prove defi-
ceint.
Mr. A. M. Kennedy, a member of the
Legislature, is writing letters and dis-
tributing literature in opposition to
I the proposed amendment to Sections
49 and 52 of Article 3 of the Constitu-
tion, notwithstanding the fact that he
voted for the said amendment in the
House of Representatives; that after
the Legislature had submitted it he
stated that it was sound and should
be adopted by the people; and that he
proposed to enlist in the campaign,
for pay, to promote its adoption by
the people.
It is reported on good authority
that Mr. Kennedy has been hired by
certain influences to do the work that
he is now doing. This looks funny
and is, to say the least of it, incon-
sistent. Will the voters of Texas be
misled and confused under the cir-
cumstances? We think not. The
amendment which received Mr. Ken-
nedy’s approval and vote in the House
of Representatives, and his endorse-
ment later, should be adopted by the
people in the election to be held July
19.—The Conference for Education.
The
motion for permission to file a man-
damus involving the right of the Em-
pire Express Co. to1 operate express
cars over the M. K. & T. railroad out
of Dallas. Fifteen days is the time
allowed the “Katy” to equip her cars
for this service. Here’s to the suc-
cess of the Empire and may its do-
main soon reach all points in Texas,
which it will, if properly financed
and organized, for the people want it
—and need it.
If our pessimists would only throw
their little hammer away and take a
trip over the county it would help all
San
will begin
work on the restoration of the Alamo
at once. We advise the governor to
hold on to his hat—if Mrs. Sevier is
in the city.
In looking over our columns the
reader must not infer that Bay City
hasn’t any grocery stores. We have
them, but they dont’ advertise and
for fear you will go to other places
where you know groceries are sold,
we thought we would put you next.
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National committeeman, the Hon.
Cato Sells, wanted $7500.00 per year
to act as Indian commissioner, but the
Senator from West Virginia inter-
posed an objection and said he knew
of 500 men in West Virginia who
would be glad to accept the job at the
old salary of $5000.00. When
came* up Cato decided to keep
job without the raise.
According to reports war by the' air
route is going on in Mexico, but it
took a Frenchman to do it. One bomb
which killed fifty-two Federals was
dropped by Didder Masson, the French
aviator, after which he compelled two
Federal gunboats to take to sea.
There is something wrong with our
potato1 market and the reports that
they are too cheap to justify digging
is not backed up by any means by the
Kansas City Packer. In New York
they are quoted at $1.75 to $4.00 per
sack, in Boston at 95c per bushel for
old to $3.00 per bushel for new pota-
toes, in Pittsburg at 95c to $3.00, in
Dallas at from 75c to $1.00, in Kansas
City (Texas potatoes) from 50c to 70c,
New Orleans 65c to $1.00. Texas spuds
are the highest everywhere.
strongest are the sections
attracting the bulk of inl-
and these sections will in
the balance of political
A. H. Wadsworth, merchant, farmer,
stock, raiser, and a large land owner
of Matagorda: “I think the canal is
going to make us lots of money in
freight saving rates. We are already
using it to good advantage. The Myr-
tle Captain Barrow, is now making
regular trips transporting freight be-
tween Matagorda and Galveston. On
his last trip he brought for me from
Galveston, among items of merchan-
dise, twenty barrels of sugar, on which
I saved in freight tariff $1 per barrel.
Our rate by rail is 52 cents per 100
pounds, and 25 cent by water, and
goipg lower. Our rate on cotton to
Galveston by rail is $2.50 per bale, and
by wrater $1 per bale. On the day the
canal was opened the Myrtle brought
a cargo of merchandise from Galves-
ton to Matagorda. On her last trip
to Galvestop she carried potatoes and
wood.”—News.
Governor Colquitt arrived in
Antonio yesterday and
We are going to do fairly well this
year, all things considered; and when
the final settlements are made we will
see the difference between this coun-
ty, where' we have a diversity of crops,
and those where one crop prevails.
Watch this prediction.
The Matagorda News makes a com-
parison of the treatment the canal
delegates received in Gatyeston
and how they would have been receiv-
ed at Houston had the trip been to
that city instead of to Galve'ston. Well,
they will all know better next time
and go to Houston. The News says:
“The Galveston fleet was evidently
off duty when the Intercoastal canal
parade' arrived in the harbor. It is
said that Vice Admiral Culver, in
command, after spraining an eye arid
springing a leak in his field glasses
asked Vice Admiral Givens
been able to discover a
boata Perhaps they were
venture out on the turbulent waters,
or may be it was the hour for their
siesta.”
Ouch’! •
ficulty of holding the statue quo J. A
few more years and there will be 20,-
000,000 within the borders of Texas/ 1
What changes may occur in every as-
pect of our internal relations are, of
course, 1
not difficult to anticipate fierce -—
flicts of opinion that may make ivis-
ion inevitable. ■
It is largely for these ccihsicara-
tions that Texas Farm and Fir side
has sought to encourage a more
erant attitude of each section toward
one another, and of individual leaders
toward each other. Tolerance, jus-
tice, consideration, common sense and
mutual concession might hold in
check a spirit that must lead to sep-
aration unless it be restrained. The
sections • in which the sentiment for
divison is
which are
migration,
time hold
power.
It would be no mistake for some of
our Texas statesmen to think serious-
ly of these matters, for judicious ac-
tion now might avoid friction here-
after.—Texas Farm and Fireside.
^Governor Colquitt has finally won
the Alamo battle. It is doubtful wheth-
er or not the state ever had a chief
executive more bitterly fought on as
many questions of importance and won
so many as Colquitt has. During the
entire? time he1 has been governor med-
dling politicians have tried to make all
his efforts of no avail, but the regu-
larity with which he has won out cer-
tainly must be exasperating to his pol-
itical foemen.
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of the profits in the business,
an experience with a back lot,
makes this observation:
Would it stagger you if we were to
tell you that it is possible to raise
$3,000 worth of tomatoes to the acre
right here in Matagorda county soil?
Well it can be done and the writer
is in a position to prove it to you. Our
home patch is110x30 feet and we have
already sold $10.40 worth. We have
twice as many on the vines as we
have sold and perhaps more, but for
argument’s sake we will say that we
will sell only $20 worth out of that
patch. If we do (and we will) an
acre of such tomatoes would bring
$2,860. Now if we sell $30 worth just
add another $1,430 to the $2,860—but
that goes over $3,000, doesn’t it? But
to do this you have to beat the other
fellow to the market, as we did.—
San Antonio Express.
We have now reached $36.85 on that
patch and still have plenty for home
use and some more to sell. There’s
money in it when you know how.
..John C. Freund figures that about
$600,000,000 is’annually spent for mu-
sic in the United States. According
to his estimate, the outlay is thus di-
vided: Opera, $8,000,000; concerts of
all kinds, $30,000,000; church music,
between $50,000,000 and $55,000,000;
orchestras in theatres, vaudeville and
moving picture houses, $30,000,000;
military and brass bands of all kinds,
$35,000,000; conservatories, schools
and private orchestras, $175,000,000;
American students, expenses and tui-
tion abroad, $7,500,000. Where does
the phonograph come in?—Houston
Chronicle.
Who has ever accused the
graph of being music?
pessimist and grouch,
creates prosperity and
dence in individuate as well as
communities. Give our
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Life is too short and our march of
progress entirely too important for us
to sit down and brood over those things
which we " cannot help. While the
crops are not as good as we could ex-
pect it must be remembered that our
country is even now a country where
•diversification is practiced largely. If
we fail in one crop we will make on
the other; and We haven’t totally fail-
ed on one yet. With the long season
Ibefore us our chances are better than
in a great many sections. We have
rice, cotton, corn, cane, cattle and
many other smaller crops besides the
oil and the great fish and oyster Indus-
tries. How unlike a one crop section
and'how much more fortunate are we!
We have been closely watching our ex-
changes and comparing our recent
Sank statements with those of our
neighboring towns. We have seen
those in more densely populated sec-
tions than ours and, in many instances,
those of larger places than Bay City,
Sut have found none which present as
good a condition as that presented by
©ur banks. Of course, things, from a
crop standpoint, could be better and
we would all feel better if they were,
Sut the fact that we are not near so
Sad off as some of us think should be
reassuring, at least. Our country is
too great a country to be hurt to any
great extent by a temporary back-set
and it is time al of us began to realize
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The schools of Texas constitute our
very best asset and every step look-
ing to their advancement should be
taken as speedily as possible. Texas
will have her hands full to keep her
schools up to the requirements inci-
dent to our rapidly increasing popula-
tion and we should shirk no duty or
responsibility looking to the schools’
progress. We hope to see Matagorda
county roll up a solid vote for the
amendment at the July election.
If the common school districts, the
independent school districts, and
cities and towns were required to pay
cash down for their schoolhouses,
very few, if any of them, would be
able to erect good school houses. But
the authority to issue bonds enables
them to put up good school houses
and to require the people of future
years to assist the taxpapers of today
in paying for the said school houses..
In this same way the proposed amend-
ment to Sections 49 and 52 of Article
3 of the Constitution will authorize
the putting up of modern, fire-proof
buildings at our state institutions of
higher education, and will require the
taxpayers of the future, on an equita-
ble and business-like plan, to assist
in paying for these buildings.
Each of the1 four State Normal'
Schools, the College of Industrial
Arts, the University of Texas, many
of the best friends of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, the Confer-
ence for Education in Texas, and prac-
tically every educational organization
and enterprise in Texas have endorsed
the proposed Constitutional amend-
ment to Sections 49 and 52 of Article
3 of the Constitution, on the ground
that it represents a safe', sound and
economical policy for the erection of
urgently needed buildings at the stale
institutions of higher education. The
amendment proposes the che'apest and
the business-like way of providing
buildings of our state institutions of
higher education, the way that will
keep the tax rate down and thus pre-
vent a high state' tax rate, by issuing
bonds and requiring the people of ten,
fifteen, and twenty years from now to
assist the taxpayers of today in pay-
ing for permanent buildings that will
last for a hundred years and n?(ore.
This is equitable and fair, because' ihe
people of the future will share in the
blessings and the benefits of these
permanent buildings.
The
evoked considerable criticism because
of its recent assertion that a strong
sentiment in favor of a division of the
state exists in Western Texas, and it
comes back with a quotation from the
Abilene Reporter urging the need of
a separate state in the West. The
Reporter declares that members of
the Legislature from Eastern Texas
do not understand the needs of the
West,
The News is not mistaken in its
assertion. Not only in Western Tex-
as but in the Panhandle there is a
manifest growth of division sentiment
for the very reason the Abilene paper
urges, and it can not be doubted that
the sentiment will grow with the pro-
gress and development of those sec-
tions. Despite the sentiment and
genius and achievements of the fath-
ers. It stands for Texas one and in-
divisible if it can be so maintained in
peace and justice, but it is not jun-
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The political saw mill will soon be-
gin to turn out gubernatorial timber,
some of which will be wet and the
other dry, while a large part of it will
be kiln dried. The foundation for
each individual platform has already
been laid.
kinds of business out wonderfully.
The trouble with two many of us is
that if it is not literally
ing .
Gentlemen of the committee, let’s ■ «
get busy on the roads while we have
some idle teams and can get the men
to do the work. Every dollar put in-
to circulation at this time' of the year
helps out big.
A woman of Monticello, N. J., in
attempting to spank her rebellious
offspring upset a stove which caused
a $100,000 fire damage. This is a
case wherein it would have been bet-
“spare the rod and spoil the
The drouth is not without its silvery
lining, eveh though some of the crops
do not look as well as we would like
to see. Had we had lots of rain the
crops would have become foul with
grass and weeds and the farmers put
to an enormous expense cleaning the
crops and keeping them clean. As it
is the farmers have been able to keep
up with their crops, practically with
their own forces and have not had to
expend any great amount of money
for the purposes mentioned. So, with
the crops coming as they are at the
present time we are in a much better
condition all round than the pessi-
mist would have us believe Mata-
gorda county is going to contribute
her share to the general prosperity of
the state' this fall, and there’s no
sensible, sane reason why everything
now should not be, as it should be,
booming. We are all right and are
about as fast
What is a lobbyist? If it is one who
looks after his own interests, there
can possibly be not one exempt. And
if one is to lobby how must he go about
it? To lobby without undue influ-
ences, i. e., money, is evidently just
as criminal from a technical stand-
point as any other way, but just where
and when can the line of distinction
be drawn. If Congress, therefore, is
to be purged of lobbyists and, conse-
quently, lobbying, what will Congress
do for enlightenment on subjects
which vitally concern its constituency?
That is to say if all those interested in
legislation (and we all are) are barred
from the legislative halls. But just so
long as Congress continues lobbying
(if that be' the right term to apply)
will continue in one form are the
other.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 18,
which submits the proposed amend-
ment to Section^ 49 and 52 of Article
3 of the Constitution, passed the Texas
Senate without a dissenting vote, and
parsed the House with only two dis-
senting votes. The resolution was on
the calendar for several weeks; and
the fact that it passed the Legislature
with practically a unanimous vote is
evidence that it proposes a sound, safe,
and conservative public policy. In
other words, the Texas Legislature has
endorsed the proposed amendment to
the people of the state. The adoption
of the proposed amendment will au-
thorize the state to proceed with the
erection of buildings at the educational
and eleemosynary institutions on the
same plan that school houses are
erected in country districts and in
cities and towns, and will thus avert
the necessity of large appropriations
being made for permanent buildings
by the Legislature. In this way the
state tax rate will be decreased, rather
than increased. Every voter who is in
favor of
rate to t
vote for
The Bay Ctiy Tribune man has
been doing a little truck farming on
his own account, therefore he is not
dependent on what people tell him
After
he
num-
state
who
from the homes of farmers. The
following figures are taken from the mindful of the steadily increasing /dif-
latest available reports and indicate
the number of students in attendance
during last year upon our state insti-
tions of higher education who come
from the farms: the College' of In-
dustrial Arts, 118; the Southwest
Texas State Normal School, 310; West
Texas State Normal College, 360;
North Texas State Normal College,
475; Sam Houston Normal Institute,
352; University of Texas, 461; Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College, 272.
These statistics are significant in
that they show the intimate relation
existing between the farms and farm
life in Texas and our state institu-
tions of higher education. It is fun-
damentally correct for eVery state
institution of higher education to
which the Regents were compelled to
erect because of the increase in the
number of studehts. These wooden,
box-buildings should be replaced by
modern, fire-proof structures, and can
be so replaced without cost of the
people of the state if the proposed
amendmeht is adopted,
o o—
Read the change in Moore & Rey-
nolds ad in todays paper.
Secretary of State Bryan states that
Binder no consideration will the United
States government interfere with Mex-
ico. Knowing that by intervention the
United States could bring about peace
■within a few days, Mr. Bryan’s uni-,
rversal peace propaganda seems to be!
imly so much political capital to be
used at his own discretion. And in-
tervention is the only cure for Mex-
ico’s ills for the reason that there
will never be order there again with-
out.
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BAY CITY, TEXAS .
When the other fellow leans back
and take's it easy it is time for ener-
getic persons to whoop things up. The
same spirit should apply to towns and
when the' neighbor gives up it is just
the time for the other to jump in and
whoop things up. A prosperous man
always has easier sailing than the
and grouch. Optimism
lends confi-
in
town* good
crops arid lots of money without op-
timism and you have a dead one for
the reason that everybody is pessimis-
tic. Reverse it and give a town; even
though unfortunate, plenty of confi-
3t and get down to work instead of' dence and no one feels blue, while the
brooding over present conditions which h°wn is given credit everywhere as a
are not so bad if we take the proper live! one. For this reason, when the
wiew of them. others lean back “whoop er up.”
peal than the Alamo, Goliad, Concep-
cion and San Jacinto, and where state
government confronts almost in-
sepparable difficulty in united these
different peoples and varying mter-
ests, and where the measure of hom-
ogeneity once existing is disappearing
through the operation of natural
law, the specter of separation i must
arise in spite of anything that can
be done.
Texas Farm and Fireside draws its
inspiration from the sacrifies, valor,
Lace trimmed stocking are the latest
Parisian fad. One expert says that
lace trimmed sockings when seen
through a slash skirt present quite an
attractive picture. No doubt.
It is now known
B. Colquitt will make a
addresses
tween now
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state pride which stand for solidarity
in the older regions, the time is com-
ing when division will become an is-
sue of commanding importance.
We recall the time when such a
proposition as division would have
evoked a storm of indignation
throughout Texas, but the growth of
population is producing economic con-
ditions and political sentiment which
were unknown in Texas a quarter
of a century ago. In the earlier years
of Texas’ career as a state, the immi-
grants were from the states of the
Old South, and there was a general
pride in the achievements of the
pioneers who first set up the Republic
and finally brought about annexation.
The immigration of latter years has
been for the most part from the'
North and Middle West, and the bulk
of the immigration of the immediate I
future will come from these sections. I
This new blood is more concerned in I
the practical results of government
than in the traditions of early Tex-
as. Their immediate and widely va-
riant interests make a stronger ap-
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The debate of the tariff bill prom-
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twenty-five men to raise as much as and radical changes are prophesied,
a thousand dollars with which to clean —
up the city and offer prizes for the
best kept yard in the city. Do we hear
from the other fourteen, nineteen or
twenty-four?
The proposed amendment to Sec-
tions 49 and 52 of Article 3 of the
Constitution, which is to be voted
upon July 19, authorizes the enact-'
ment of a law whereby the University
of Texas may issue bonds for the
erection of buildings and the purchase
of grounds, the interest and the sink-
ink fund to be paid entirely from the
income of the permanent University
endowment. In this way the need-
ed buildings and additional campus,
grounds at the University will not
cost the taxpayers of Texas one cent.
There are at present five one-story
wooden box-house buildings on the
campus of the University.
that Governor O.
a number of
throughout the state< be-
and July 19 in favor of the
adoption of the proposed amendment
to Sections 49 and 52 of Article 3
of the Constitution. It is also stated
that President S. E. Mezes of the Uni-
versity of Texas, Presidents W’ B.
Bizzell of the College of Industrial
Arts, W. H. Bruce, R. B. Cousins, H.
F. Estill, and C. E. Evans of the state
normal schools, and F. M. Bralley,
state superintendent of, public in-
struction, will each make several ad-
dresses on education, including an ex-
planation of the proposed amendment,
at places from which they have re-
ceived invitations. It is certainly
for the men who have been
entrusted with the administration of
educational affairs in Texas to dis-
cuss educational subjects before the
people and to give the people the ben-
efit of their judgment with respect
to any Issue that affects the educa-
tional affairs of Texas. It now be-
gins to look like the proposed amend-
ment will be supported by practically
all of the friends of education in Tex-
as, as well as by the friends of the
agricultural and civic interests of the
state. This practically assures the
adoption of the proposed amendment
in the election to be held July 19.
Galveston authorities have ridden
that city of rats by offering a bounty
on their scalps, which inducement
was the cause of the waifs, who had
hitherto kept the juvenile court of
Galveston with a full docket, going to
work “ratting.” Not only have they
very effectively exterminated the
rodent family, but the court records
are practically clear of all cases
against the boys. To stop crime and
pests at one and the same time is a
record of which Galveston should be
proud.
A gentlemen told lis yesterday that.
j especially in the Senate. The people
are beginning to realize' the fact that
the Senate has lost its greatest tariff
debater, Joseph W. Bailey, whose logic
is sound and reasoning just.
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1913, newspaper, June 27, 1913; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1299633/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.