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BROWNSVILLE IIERALI) PUB. CO.
Mabtix J. Slattery.Manager
Official Organ of Cameron County.
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cept Sunday, by mail postpaid to any
point in the United States, Mexico or
Cuba or delivered by carrier to any part
|f the city, West Brownsville, Texas, or
llatamoros, Mexico, one year $6.00; sir
months $3.00; one month 50 cents.
Bntered at the Postoffice at Browns
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ter.
MONDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1012.
SOME PEACEABLE WAV.
Following the announcement on the
part of our government to the effect
that the State Department is prepar
ing strong representations to Mexico
on the subject of the destruction of
American lives and the property of
Americans, comes a statement from
President Madero’s brother to the
efect that Mexican troubles are great
ly exaggerated. He declares that
there are large areas of Mexico which
are practicully undisturbed by present
troubles; that the so called rebels have
no organization and no army worth
the name: that the only warfare there
is guerrilla warfare.
Perhaps what he says is true in a
measure, and because it is measurably
true the government of the United
States has been patient under provo
catim that would hardly have been
endured of any other nation. Yet we
must not forget that it is in that very
^■igaorrilla warfare that American pro
perty owners are being robbed and
American citizens are being carried
away from their homes and held for
ransom. As to the extent of that
same guerrilla warfare, Mr. Madero
is wrong or the press dispatches are
wrong. It happens at this time that
the imposed action of cur state
department is founded,not upon things
printed in the newspapers, but upon
representations from reputable people
Yvho have been on the ground where
the outrages are committed and who
know whereof they speak. Americans
do not want war with Mexico, and
they do not contemplate war. Nevert
heless it must be clear to the world
that the United States cannot endure
forever the outrages daily committed
against Americans in Mexico. Some
peacable way will be found, no doubt,
to protect our countrymen there; but
a way of some sort must be found ana
that speedily.
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By the time the Balkam allies get
through with Turkey it will no longer
be the Sick Man of Europe, but The
Armless Legless European Wonder.
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I^ouis Heinshimer of New York, re
cently deceased, had the distinction
of having the largest known cash
balance to his credit when he died, to
wit $3,500,000. It is the sort of dis
tinction, however that does a man very
little good after he is dead.
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Mr. Wilson gives it out that we
may look for cabinet announcements
about the first of March; which is the
time of year when we usually look out
for squalls.
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The ambassadorial conference has
announced that Servia may have a
seaport and that Albania may have
autonomy. The ambassadoral confe
rence does not represent tne people
who have done the fighting, but the
people who have invited then.selves
to referee the panic'.
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In the meanwhile the AustriaHun
gary empire is mobilizing its army at
a cost of $800,000 per diem., or $4,800.
U 000 per week. It iseasy to see that this
Mkvill run up into large figures in a very
'rt time if it keeps on.
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There is a young man in Kansas
City who wishes to learn to spell and
define every word and syllable of the
unabridged dictionary. Yet as that
particular highway to knowledge is
is long and tedious, requiring
both leisure and patience, he wrote to
the judge asking to be locked up in
jail for three years. He kindly offered
to commit any crime that would enti
tle him to that sort of accommodation
for that length of time. The judge
perhaps recommended him to take a
j few elementary iessons in the New,
Testament before tackling the dictio
nary, under such circunstances. Let
us hope so at ieast.
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The twenty-sixth report of railway
'commissioners shows that lO.bsr* prsons
j were killed in railway accidents last
year, while lbb.Sns were injured. The
figures look rather large, and, making
all due allowances for the extra-haz-(
ordous nature ol railroad work as far!
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employes are eourerned. it N quite evi-1
dent that the number of casualities is;
much greater than it should be. As to!
the employes, the commission finds that j
ss jm*r cent of accidents were caused
! by mistakes on their part. On the other
hand it i> discovered that out of S21-"» j
derailments, -ATll 1 were caused either by j
defects of roadway or by defective equip- j
! ment.
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A so< iety ot young Ionics in ( liieago
have pledged themselves never to wed;
any man with an income of less than I
*7.000 a year. If they represent any!
large .numltcr of marriageable ladiics. {
I and if the powers above gTvo them grace j
j and strength to live up to their pledge,;
competition in the matrimonial market 1
will be greatly lessened.
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Hut then if we could order a battle
ship round to the porte cochere every
time we felt like taking a drive we
would most of us go around some
ourselves.
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Still, the administration-is going to
deal with the Mexican situation in a
‘spirit of deliberation”. It will re
quire some deliberation to frame a
shut-up-or-put-up proposition in such
a delicate way that the other fellow
will either put-up-or shut-up without
feeling under the least constraint.
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The president has gone to see if it
safe to establish civil government in
the canal Zone. Where’s the hurry?
Better give em longer time for the
principles of liberty, equality and fn -
ternity to soak in.
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The president is the recipient of a
pair of home-knit gloves from a dear
old lady in Michigan, aged 04. She
begged him to accept them as a Christ
mas gift. They will not be of much
use to him in Panama, but they
should come in handy when he goes to
his new job in New Haven. It is
pleasant to record the fact that the
president ’appreciated the gift and
accepted it.
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At this Christmas time it is good to
read that American missionaries at
Saloniki are caring for 20,000 Turkish
refugees from Macedonia. This is the
new call, following the new vision,
‘‘Come over from Macedonia and be
helped by us.”
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Ask the people who live in the paved
district how they would like to trade
with the people who live in the unpa
ved district.
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The south graciously accepts the
president’s congratulation on Wilson’s
election and is pleased that the presi
dent is pit-a^ed.
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Fruits
of adver
tising in this •
paper will give
you a pleasanter sur
prise than when S/ie snip
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YOU GET WIIAT YOU ASK FOR
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at our grocery. An order will lie filled
with first choices which could not he l>et
tered by an expert in food products with
a full assortment of everything to pick
from. Knowing precisely what is wanted
by careful housekcepters, we buy such
tilings as tally with the standard of good
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livers. .Brisk business, short prices, noth
cheap.
The Brownsville Grocery Co.
Fh'(N£3 THE FERNDE PHONE
1 I Sugar Beet Seed
Now is the time to plant sugar beets for stock. Sugar beets
do very well in this section and are very productive, making a
very svcculent nutritious food for milk cows, pigs etc. I have
the three best varieties: Kleinwanzleben, Golden Tankard
and Giant Half Sugar.
Price 50c per lb. Ten pound lots 45c.
Frank T. Phillips
San Benito, .... Texas
West . ^
YOU’LL LIKE IT
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1215 Levee Street. Brownsville, Texas
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Frontier Construction Co.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
18 Xivicr Building. Brownsville, Texas
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SEND YOUR HTSRAXD FOR MEAT.
occasionally. lie may not know much
about it. but even h<* will see why yon in
sist on doing your meat buying here. ;
The cleanliness will apfteal to him for
one thing. The prompt ami courteous
service for another. And as we keep
choice meats only. In* cannot go very far
wrong in his selection of meat for the
table. Rut come mostly yourself.
Rrowttaville Meat & Cold Storage Co.
Adams and 10th Sts. Phone SB.
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United States Depository
CAPITAL $100,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits $125,000.00
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