Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. [43], Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1923 Page: 4 of 12
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THE WILLACY COUNTY NEWS. RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS
WILLACY COUNTY NEWS
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RAYMONDVILLE (COUNTY
SEAT) WILLACY COUNTY, TEXAS__
" CHARLES R. JOHNSON, Editor and Publisher
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OF MARCH 3, 1879.
Mussolini will take a course in law,
tlie papers say. I suggest tlie addi-
tional course “and order.”
Most of our heated arguments would
soon cease if mistaken opinions and
stubborness were confined to only one
side.
A Washington correspondent says
there is much politics in prohibition
enforcement. We can’t eradicate the
politics, so why not change the char-
acter of it somewhat.
SENATOR SHEPPARD ON
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
OF POINT ISABEL
It is said that Russian communists
are depositing three million dollars
in gold to finance a compaign for re-
cognition for Soviet Russia. If Russia
cau’t change her policy let her change
her name before asking recognition.
Exercising faith does not sirnplj
mean that you are to believe the den
tist when he says he is not going to
hurt you, hut it is thinking intelli
gently in.^e light of all of the know;
ledge oi our age.
With the enmity of the Ku Klux
That the Lower Rio Grande Valley
must organize to get tonnage through
die port at Point Isabel before it can
consistently expect the federal govern-
ment to give financial assistance to-
ward further development of the port
project, was stressed by Senator Shep-
pard, who left Friday after making a
survey of the progress of the dredging.
“The business and agricultural in-
terests of the Rio Grande Valley should
start immediately to organize with
the object of securing tonnage * for
the Valley’s future seaport,” Senator
Sheppard stated. “The channels now
being dredged should be sufficient to
accommodate the jiresent volume' oi
business, but as soon as the tonnage
handled by tlie port justfies it. I am
confident that the federal government
will'be ready to undertake further de-
velopment.
“The natural and geographical ad-
vantages of this port have long been
known to congress, but there are few
senators or congressmen who are fully
ited States. Most of the Texas ports
have been built on channels ranging
from 12 to 1G feet.” Senator Shep-
pard has made an exhaustive study
of the shipping on the Gulf coast, and
he called attention to the fact that
there are scores of big steamers now
entering the Texas ports which draw
from 12 to 1G feet of water, anj which
are capable of carrying thousands ol
tons.
“Those who have not made a study
of maritime commerce, do not realize
the immense tonnage carried by the
shallow draft boats engaged in the
Gulf trade,” lie continued. “Hundreds-
of thousands of tons are each year
transported on boats which could read
ily enter at Point Isabel when the
present channels are completed. Many
of these boats are equipped to handle
vegetables, truck and fruit; they art
equipped with refrigerating plants, and
many thousands of tons of perishable
products are being transported from
Florida to the northern markets at an
immense saving in transportation
costs.
Development Will Come.
“I am confident that tlie time is not
far distant when Point Isabel will have
at least a 30-foot channel: when thr
shore at tlie port will be lined with
wharves and ships from which the
largest boats will receive or discharge
cargo. I know the possibiliies of this
lower border country. I realized many
years ago that the building of a por!
would solve the Valley’s greatest pro
blem—that of obtaining cheaper trans
portation—and I am confident tha
Valley residents will do their part in
laying the foundation for a greatei
port by supplying tonnage which will
justify the federal goveniment in male
ing the expenditure. — Brownsville
Herald.
GERMAN WOMEN TELLS OF
PITIFUL CONDITIONS
IN GERMANY
Klan and the prohibtion forces of the | cognizant of the- wonderful possibili-
South Mr. Underwood is developing a !ties o£ tlie Lower Rio Gl’an(ie Valley
say the J :luc£ tlie adjacent territory in Mexico
which this port will serve. There is
one way to convince them, and that is
firm line of opposition to
least of it.
It may be that the churches will dis- to show them tonnage figures which
cover that they cannot successfully
compete with the theatre, the mid-
way and the beach, and in this event,
they may decide to try religion again.
The Portuguese Chamber of Deput-
ies voted on a resolution expressing
confidence in its government. The
vote is reported 43 to 42. How much
did this lack of being a vote of con-
demnation instead of being a vote of
confidence.
Certain Americans will note with
interest that Lloyd’s of London hat
insured an American business firm
against the election of Henry Ford as
president of the United States. Tim
premium is said to be $3S,000 and the
amount to be paid in case of Ford’s
election is $400,000. Lloyds has been
in business for a long time and an in
suranee company that could handle
marine insurance during the period of
destruction by German submarines
ought to be able to take care of e
little thing like an American presiden
tial election. Before taking an unusual
x-isb Lloyds always makes a thorough
investigation. It would be interesting
to know wliat authorities were consult-
ed in this country about Heury Ford
and the political outlook.
A pessimestlc writer says that a,
man is a fool to enter business in
this radical age, that the same bol-
shevistic doctrines that wrecked Rus-
sia are spreading in this country, tliai
even the farmers are turning socialists
and tlie politicians are elected to of-
fice by promising to subsidize them, tc
carry freight free of charge and mine
coal with oratory. There is at least
room for argument about this. Europe
cannot Wreck our prosperity, nor can
surplus crops of wheat and cotton.
Our politicians have the power to ruiq
us. They can flood us with cheap
labor and cheap foreign merchandise;
they can kill buying power and ruin
our great industrial structure leaving
us defenseless before lustful military
power. Study politics and study men
and make it your .personal business to
see that the sanity of a hundred mil-
lion people is riot over-run by the in-
sanity of a few hundred thousand
Our governments and our business are
what we make them.
will clearly demonstrate the value of
this port, not only to the Rio Grande
Valley and South - Texas, but to all
the United States.
Deeper Channel Than Other Ports
“There is one thing I wish to empha-
size in this connection, and that is that
the port now being dredged at Point
Isabel, is started under the most aus
picious conditions of any port on tlie
Texas coast. When the channels are
completed, Point Isabel will have deep-
er water than Galveston had when the
first channel was dredged: deeper
water than any port on the Texas coast
had originally. Valley people should
bear in mind that a 16 or IS foot
channel can carry an immense ton-
nage. The tremendous business of the
port of Galveston had its inception
with a 16-foot channel, over seven
miles in length; and that port now has
thirty feet of water and ranks third
in the maritime commerce of the Un-
A vivid picture of .conditions in Ger
many at the present time is contained
in a letter received by a Brownsville
man from a relative, the widow of a
German soldier, who prior to the World
War, was an electrical engineer, rep-
resenting the General Electric Company
and the Westinghouse In Germany and
Russia.
The writer of the letter is a woman
of culture and education, and who is
thoroughly familiar with the conditions
about which she writes in the Browns-
ville Herald.
“Iu our country all is very sad. All
food is scarce, and it is almost im-
posible to purchase anything, as prices
raise from hour to hour,” she says
“One billion marks are required to buy
one pound of lard. One pound of meat
costs one billion marks; one loaf of
black bread costs half a billion marks:
one hundred pounds of potatoes costs
14 billion marks; one litre (1.1 quarts)
of milk costs 200 million marks.
“No one is rich enough to purchase
any clothing. A coat suit which would
have cost 50 marks in 1914 cost 80
000,000,000 marks. We are perfectly
content to wear our patches, if we can
only have a few potatoes or turnips
Fats, butter, meat, coffee, sugar, tea,
bread and milk are to be had by none
except the exceedingly rich or the peas-
ants. There are only three more days
work for the factories, and then all
must close for fuel and raw material.
Work is not now to be had, and when
the factories close, God knows what
will be our fate.
The misery of the children is ter-
rible. Thousands die of starvation.
People are dying so fast that no at-
tempt is made to bury them. The dead
are cremated, and people die so fast
that there are insufficient facilities to
cremate them. Our condition is be-
yond description.
“One great American general said
that war was hell. He underestimat-
ed our condition, which is far worse
than war. We hear that your great
hearted General Allen, a real soldier
and a gentleman who occupied our
Rhineland, assisted by the American
Quaker church wil soon come to the
rescue of our children. They will have
to have the support of all Americans
and that quickly, or there will be only
the very strongest who survive the
winter.”
The writer denounces in bitterest
terms the French occupation and rep-
arations policy, and says that it is the
English and Americans to whom the
German people are looking in despair.
The British, Americans, Canadians,
and Australians call yourselves Anglo-
Saxons,” she writes. “So are we. You
descended from the same blood as we
are. Will you Anglo-Saxons, who
boast that you never kick a fallen foe,
continue to permit this miserable Latin
Poincare to starve our helpless babies
who were not born when the terrible
war started?
“I am fairly well informed for a wo-
man on political events, as well in-
formed as 90 per cent of my country-
men and countrywomen, and two weeks
before mobilization, all was so quiet
and peaceable and happy that I never
dreamed that there would be a war
during my lifetime.
“My gallant husband was killed in
East Prussia on August 8, 1914, in con-
flict with the Russians, who had in-
vaded our country several days before
was was declared. Now nine years
have almost passed, and these French-
men continue to persecute us and starve
little girls.
“The French government is as insane
as it is greedy. It is the true Shylock
but perhaps the French people do not
know this. They continually demand
reparations, which we would pay if
they would permit us to live and earn
it. How can we pay 32 bilions dollars
of American money when we have been
on starvation since 1916? Do they
want money, or do they only desire
to see our old people and children and
tlie weaker ones perishing like flies?
They surely must know that we can’t
earn and pay when we starve. All we
have to pay with is our labor, and to
labor we have to eat.”
H. T. Stotler
Undertaker and Embalmer
MOTOR HEARSE
Phone 67
MERCEDES, TEXAS.
The Guaranty Title Company
Raymondvilie, Texas
IS NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH COMPLETE AND
DEPENDABLE ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TO LANDS, IS
WILLACY COUNTY. TITLES EXAMINED, PEFECTED
AND GUARANTEED FOR REASONABLE UK)MPENSATION.
OFFICE IN SECOND FLOOR IN TRUST COMPANY
BUILDING
Davis E. Decker, Attorney
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Hop-Scotch Ancient Game.
Hopscotch Is a game with a very
long history. It Is even said that some
of the pavements of the ancient forum,
in Rome, are marked with the same
diagrams as those which boys and
girls draw on the pavements in oar
streets today. So Julius Caesar and
Nero and all the Roman emperors may
possibly have played at that, too!
Who knows?
After the Honeymoon
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Johnson, Charles R. Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. [43], Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1923, newspaper, November 8, 1923; Raymondville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth875113/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reber Memorial Library.