—,IJ" 11 .. m. rnmrnimmaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ffljp Hnramsufllf Herald Established July 4, 1892 Entered as second-class matter in the Post off ice Brownsville, Texas. THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY SOBBCRJPTION SATES—-Dally and Sur.day (7 Isaacs) Ons Year .w....mo Six Months . *440 Throe Months.......Rfj One Month . .75 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the ase for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or aet otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local tews published herein. TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE tut.-sa Advertising Representatives Dallas, Texas, 512 Mercantile Bank Building. Chicago, 111., Association Building. Kansas City. Mo- Interstate Building. New York. 350 Madison Avenue. The Clearing House Idea The Florida citrus fruit clearing house plan has not proved an unalloyed success. The system has been subjected to much criticism, and radical changes are indicated hrtore ths next shipping season opens. But its ree*i*a have proved moro numerous than its faults, as is indicated by the orderly manner in which ths 11 or ids citrus fruit crop is being marketed. _____ While many growers and shippers are emphasising ths faults of the clearing house, it la apparent they do not consider ths fact that if some organisation had not stepped into the breach to handle ths marketing of the huge crop, ths Florida fruit growers would have been confronted with a serious predicament. Ths chaotic condition, which would have boon crested in shipping end in the consuming markets, would have resulted in enormous losses to the industry. However, the critics of the clearing house do not consider this They only s«s the errors that havs been made—errors which are certain to develop in connection with the inauguration of any organised marketing plan. The clearing house is not ths ultimate organisation; in fact it is msrsly a makeshift—designed to "fill in ’ until the growers hav* reached that stage in the gradual evolution of ths industry which will permit moro scientific organization for control of production and maximum distribution at a minimum cost. As a makeshift, it has proved more officiant than its pro ponents dared hops, and it Is probable that Florida will gradually improve ths plan until it reaches ths point where it can extend maximum aarvies to both growers and consumers. As the yesrs pass and ths acreage planted to citrus fruit in the Valley expands, it is becoming moro and mors evident that unless organisation is mors general tbs growers will be confronted with a mors serious dilemma than Florida or California sear experienced. Ths necessity for organisation becomes more pressing each year, and ths lasses already sustained, with the comparatively small production of tho Valley, should bo a warning to the growers not to delay action. The foundation already has been laid, but it is necessary j that ths competition now causing the growers heavy j losses bo replaced by co-ordination and co-operation. If it is impossible to co-ordinate tho competitive elements and stcurt officisnt co-operation, the Valley should at least adopt a plan similar to that of Florida. It is true it msrely would bo a makeshift that could ■at servo ths growers to the same extent as well-bal anced co-operative; but it at least would have the vir tue ef controlling shipments to some extent Its future development into an efficient organisation to control production, gradeo and distribution would bo in the hands ef the growers. The Reapportionment Bill The reappertienment bill, already passed by the lover heme of congress, calling for a reallocation of •eata in the lover branch in accord with the national census after 1930. promises a senat* fight of might* oratory. This fight is made possible only by the clear ing of the boards after the senate's acrimonious debate over the cruiser bill. Senator Vandenburg, republican, of Michigan, leader af tha fight in the senate to pass the reapportionraent hill, ia determined to press it to a vote. Michigan, incidentally, under the terms of the bill, stands to gain four congressmen. The outstanding aim of the measure fa to prevent legislative inertia from main taining the lover house in a state of unbalanced rspre* aantation after each decennial census. The fact that no reapportionment vas made after the 1920 census, aa provided by the constitution, will press double duty upon congress when the 1930 census ia completed. Reapportionment after each census is a provision of the constitution which congress even now is in dan ger ef violating. The bill wh»cb is expected to open tha floodgates ef senatorial oratory, provides that the department of commerce shall be charged with this function if congress falla. The house membership of 433 would remain the same at all times, however. Based on an estimate of tha 1930 census, the agricul tural sUtss would loss a total of about twenty-five congressmen whose seats would go to the industrial states. This is due to the rapid development of indus trial centers as compared with development of agri cultural areas. Senators from the agricultural state*, in danger of losing some of their representation, are expected to vigorously oppose the measure. Some senators whose atates are not affectad appear to be indifferent, and these from states expected to gsia in representation are strongly for it. Regardless of which stales gain or lose in the re apportionment, it is obvious that tt is the duly of con gress to pass the bill- The provision was placed in the constitution for the express purpose of assuring equitable repreentation. It would b« unwise to en large the already cumbersome membership of the lower house; in fact, if the measure called for a gen eral reduction there would be no great protest from the public, though the party leaders could be relied upon to “view with alarm" any effort to reduce th» fact that the house with its 433 members is far more number of congressmen. However, it is a notorious officient than the senate with Ha smaller number. In fact, in point of business transacted, tha house has established an enviable record, and it is appar<4it that whilo no increase should be considered, a decrease wculd not improve the situation or result in greater efficiency. It it unfortunate that the agricultural states will lose some of their representation, but the represen tation should be based upon population, and in this tha industrial states have the advantage, due to the trend ia recent years from farm to city. This may he only a temporary condition. No one can foresee what the next ten yaars will bring forth, and the agricultural states may he equally as determined to secure reappor* tionment after 1940 es the industrial states new arc. Preserve Respect for Law tn a recent address. United States Attorney Tuttle pointed to "the terrific erime bills" of the nation and tht “obvious tendencies” in tbg country to disregard laws. “Jhe probleaf ff t&f Present," he said, “are ia ■4,;: ‘'.'.k finding adequate means of checking crime, the appli cation of law to modern life, and in preserving respect for law. With 350,000 criminals, whose destruction since the war exceeds that during the war, thfre is more crime and fraud in this country than in any other." This statement by a man like United States Attor ney Tuttle is e challenge to the law-abiding and law respecting citizenry of our country who, despite news paper accounts of murders, robberies and crime in general, are still in tha majority. Our people matt become more thoroughly awake •« the menace cf crime and realise that the remedy is not ia the passage of theoretical and freak legislation, but in enforcing present laws and in correcting archaic methods of cGurt procedure, and in stopping up loop holes which havt made chances for the murderer pay ing the penalty for his crime only one in ten. i ©likeir Papers j FEARS THAT PAY DIVIDENDS (Corpus Christi Cellar). Automobile owners, surveying with complacency the modest prices asked for tires, shouldn't be too self-satisfied, Charles E. Wood, president of a firm dealing in crude rubber, tells the Associated Press. Mr. Wood forecasts a growing consumption which will wreck the supplies now on hsnd. end a consequent shortsge which will send prices to or above the high est levels that have been known. The demand and the supply during 1929 will Just about balanca at 700,000 tons, but Mr. Wood see* a growing foreign demand next year and the next which will force the United States into more fierce compe tition and rocket prices skyward. The scare ia an annual one. In the meantime American manufacturers are turning their attention to production, a trail which no doubt will bo followed by many ether manufacturers of tires and other rubber products. Scarcity of any raw material, and resultant high prices, almost invariably leads to augmented produc tion or substitution of raw materials or methods. Little rubber is being reclaimed, at present, even in the cheaper brands of tires. There ia a source which can be developed if necessity arises. Better methods will be found for reclaiming rubber, should crude rub ber prices become prohibitive. Fears of a shortage of raw materials presupposes a lapse of human ingenuity. Not so long ago it was cus tomary to worry about the approaching coal shortage; today mine operators aro worrying about creating suf ficient demand to balance production, to such an ex tent have substitntas been put in use. But it is just as well, perhaps, to become a bit frightened. It makes manufacturers strive for further economies, in the nse of materials, and to search anew for potential substitutes—all of which is good for the consumer. A m FASHIONS IN DECENCY (New York Herald-Tribune). Noah Webster more than a century ago published an expurgated edition of the Bible. "Many passages,” he said, “are expressed in language which decency forbids to be repeated in families and the pulpit.” The Bible societies will have to dig out Noah W>b ■ter’s revised version if the "clean books bill,** which has just bobbed up again in Albany, should be any itiisehanee be passed. For the bill provides that books need not be judged as a whole, but may be condemned if any part or passage of them be deemed by a jury to have a “tendency to deprave or corrupt those whose minds ara open to immoral influences.'1 And there is no doubt that Genesis and the Song of Solomon are rich in passages such asf appearing in a novel, would rouse the righteous ire of John Roach Straton and Johh S. Sumner. One need only glance through Annie Besant'e famous pamphlet, “Is the Bible Indictable?” or the Bible itself, to be convinced of that. Time was when it was fashionable to Bowdlerise the Bible and Shakespeare, Chaucer and Aristophanes. An English judge once expressed his doubt of the mor ality of Milton’s “Paradise Loct;” Viietelly went to jail for publishing Zola; Hamlin Garland wa seonosid cred indecent in New York in IMfl, and Dreiser’s “Genius” was suppressed hero only thirteen years ago. Fortunately, wo have grown up a little. It was a eery sensible New York judge who said that “it seems hard ly likely that we are even today so lukewarm in our interest in letters or serious discussion as to be con tent to reduce our treatment of sex to the standard of a child's library in the supposed interest of a sala cious few.” Times change and fashions change. The “clean books bill” belongs to the era of our grand mothers’ ludicrous bathing suits. -.. — — SETTLING A BOUNDARY DISPUTE (Beaumont Enterprise). The boundary dispute between Texas and Oklahoma is no Gran Chaco affair. Texas and Oklahoma do not glower at each other and breathe defiance in the best Latin-American manner, or what used to be that man ner before revolutions ceased to be the fashion in most Latin-American countries. Whereas the joint efforts of the Pan-American con ference and the League of Nations were needed to keep the peace between Bolivia and Paraguay, and to induce them to adopt a policy of conciliation, Texas and Ok lahoma discuss their boundary differences in a friend !y spirit. Neither state plays the role of a would-be “land grabber.*’ What they are thinking of is the prop erty rights of the people who have bought land and built homes in the debated territory, and of the people who hold mortgages on that property. Individual claims taka precedence of state claims, which is an excellent thing at any time. To protect the common man in his property rights is just about the most important duty any government can perfxrm expressed when an Oklahoma delegation appeared b« This is what Texas and Oklahoma, as their views were fore the Texas legislature at Austin, propose to do. A CAPABLE CRIMINAL (Abilene Reporter). The cenviction of Clinton Carnes, absconding Bap tist treasurer, whose funds were revealed to be nearly a million dollars short, and sentence to from five to seven years in the penitentiary, brings up an inter esting comparison with a Texas conviction and sen tence. The judge said in sentencing tha betrayer of a trust that he was "getting off light, perhaps lighter than he deserve?.’* Over at Dallas, a lad named Meyers, a preacher's son, was sentenced to Shi years. He Bought to rob a store and failed to get away. He bungled tha job. Justice paved a rocky road for the lad. He may have no chance to reconstruct his misdirected life. Carnes, middle-aged, has little incentive to want to reconstruct his It is odd « court's rea*t!»n to a crimr. Sometimes ft appears that folks admire capability la a criminal and reward them with light sentences. The Dallas youth only bungled the jeh. Had he gotten away an*}’ caused large expense in searching for him, spent hiu ilLgotten -kn*. and been found in a far land leading a respectable’i>, he’d have gotten eff « f.h a su:ut Tid ed sentence w than likely. We wonder what mould —r 1 ..*•**« ~ *.-0-29 1 Passed. Up/*HS£ 1 ° gy ROE FULKERSON _ c 1989 by C»ntr»l rrm AmocuUob. Inc, j READ THIS FIRST: Betty Brown studies daneing to improve her attractiveness. Whan her father dies, her mother is swin dled out of her life insurance money and soon follows him to the grave. Against the withes of George Harris, a slow, steady boy, who baa helped her through her misfortunes, Betty gets a dancing engagement for a single mgtu from a local manager. He takes tier for a ride and tells her ! that future engagements depend on | her being nice to him. She cries her j self to sleep the mght after her tirst ! engagement. (IW>V GO ON WITH THE STORY) • • • CHAPTER XXI At ten o'clock the following morn ing Betty went for her fifteen dol lars from Tarker for dancing the night before. She hoped to get to his office before he dtd, and thus avoid the interview with him that she feared. “I came to get my money for dencing last night,” explained Betty to tho gum-chewing girl who presid ed over Parker’s costume renting de partment. “Nothing doing. Haven't you cof fee and cakes money, that you had to come before breakfast?” asked the girl. “Jack hasn’t come in yet. He'a not likely to bo here before time to let mo go out for eats at noon. He walks (he ghost himself. How do I know you danced last night?” “I will come bark after lunch.” Betty spoke with what dignity she could. She went to the Orpheum theater, which she had visited often as a part of the audience. The Orpheum staged a chorus of local girls, who danced as a background for the headliners who came to the theater for a week. At the box office she asked for the manager. When shown into his of fice she said: “I want to see about a position in your chorus.” “Back stag*, up the alley.” A stout gentleman spoke without raising his eyes from his paper. In the alley Betty rapped on a door which teemed to lead to the stage. Inn. re no reply. The sec ond rap bringing no response, she tried the door. Finding it unlocked, phr entered on a narrow stage, empty save for a cleaning woman on «.*! hands and knees. “I want to see the stage manager," exolaincd Betty. “He wont* be here until eleven o’clock." replied the woman. As this was less than an hour, she decided to wait. Thinking she might have a »r>-out, she began to practice some dance step*, and was soon so ab sorbed in her work that she did not notice a man in overalls on the stage behind her. She began doing a slow front-over *be was trying to perfect. “Get your legs farther apart. Re member. you *re trying to do a split in the air. That slow one is good. Try it again:” She turned to look haughtily at the man in the overall*. He seemed so in earnest that eh* concluded ht was a stage hand, but his advice ■truck her us good. She smiled, and did soother, »« he *nrire»t*d. “That's better! Can you do a back over, too?” She did one for him. “Not jerkv like that! That’s rot ten! Make it on* emooth. conti nu oua nation, and bring one foot ever at a time!” he commanded. She treid it as he suggested. “Practice that!” he *aid ar.d started off the stage. He turned suddenly to ask: “What th* devil are you doirg h#re, anyway?” “Waiting for th* stage manager.” “I am the stage manager, so you can stop waiting!” “I want to get in your chorus." “Too tall.” he spoke positively. “Csn you wtac clothes? If you can. con# back rest Thursday. I can give you a clothe^-hor*# job and may or double you in a living picture. | Fifty bucks a week." He walked away ! leading her uncertain what to do. Ultimately aba did th# obrioua i thing, and went to Jack Parker’* for ! her fifteen dollars. She fe't a hit more independent, now that she had at least one week’* work. Th* jar gon of the stage was unfamiliar to her: «h* had to idea what a “clothe* ho-sc" was, or a living picture, either. “Hello. Sweetness!" Parker greeted her. Tome fer your jack?” “I haven't much money snd T n**d what's coming to me." “Rigfct-e, we keep no b*«k*. Here’s your dough." Re handed her the fifteen defiers. “S;gn on the dotted line. You re 1 reJot for fwjntv md get fifteen. I keep Ike other five. Bril* your res tates?” “No. f forgot them." “Soon as the girl come# bat': well "V1'^ ’ ri, .... ,i /i 48; .... ;i; “We keep no books. 'go up and I'll rehearse you without I ' them.” "I'll come back some other day and bring them." “Listen, baby! You rehearse when 1 say, not when you say. I say to day!" “I don’t l'ke your tone!" “Or me either?” “No, I don't. I’m not accustomed 1 to being spoken to in that way. Tho ! men ! havo associated with are gen j tlemen." "All right, sweotheart. Go to some 1 of your gentlemen and ask them to j get you some dancing jobs. If you're | going to ritz me you won’t dance in this town unless you do it for fun.” Betty left without a word. "Yoa'H bo b«gk and you’ll listen to reason when you come!” ho called ; after her.„ Betty determined never to dance for this man again, oven if she had to give up dancing entirely. She pro. forrod work aa a waitress in George's restaurant to subjecting hcrsolf to this fallow’s insults. She w«s hungry, and tho thought of George's restaurant turned hor stops in that direction. She had never ; been inside the place, and was pleased ! with its spotlessness and the little i vases with a single flower on each table. Tho price* wore low and the food good, and an artistic touch hero and thora lifted tho place out of tho usual rut into which the cheaper restau rant* always seem to drift. When she was half through her food tbs head waitress asked her if! i everything was all right, and re- j filled her water glass. Betty looked ' at this girl, with her neat black | dress, while collar and cuffs, which \ set off hor bobbed red hair, and a i twinge of something akin to jealousy j flatbed over her. The girl was unquestionably pretty, fined and with at least a high school education. Betty wondered how much George paid hor. "I am a school friend of Mr. Harris. Is ho hero?" asked Bqfty, as the girl was about to laavo. “Ho is in tho office. I’ll call Him." Georg* cam# immediately. When : he aaw Betty his face lighted with ; his slow smile. “Well, bow it my friends’" he asked, seating himself opposite “1 am very well. This is the first time I have over been in here, Georg*. ItV eery nice * George’s slow smile a^ain covered his face. He shewed plainly that be was oleaaod. '‘How goes the danc ing r* “I had one engagement this week, but next week I am going to be at the Orpheans." Tho moment the words wore put of hor mouth she wns sorry. Sne was sure what would come next, and she was uncertain what hor work would bo. "I will come to see you!" an nounced Georre. *T don’t like your dancing in public, but bettor at one of the theaters than at dir.aert and I dnh*." I "I have nothing much to do with dancing. I may get some dancing! to d« the week following." replied f / i Here’* your dough!” Betty, hopefully. “Your head wait ress is a pretty girl, George.’* “la she? She's a very nice girl. She waited on tables to pay her way through college. When she gradu ated she could find no employment which paid her so well as this. She gets her meals end. her pay is bet ter than you'd suppose.'* Betty wanted to ask how much, but as George had not mentioned the cum she did net like to . When shs was read to go George took her check and handed her back the dime she hsd left on the table as a tip. “But 1 can’t corns hero if you won’t let me pay!’* “You may pry In future, but this visit you ars my guest.** He escorted her to ths door. *Tm always glad to see you, Betty.'* In her room. Betty went through her dance routine listlessly. hue wondered if George was not right in thinking dancing a poor way to make a living. Ths boys who had been attracted to her because of .her danc ing had laded out of the picture quickly when she was in trouble; only her eld friend George bad atood by faithfully, She lay down on her bed tired out when she finishod Her work. Watch ing dancers from the audience, they seemed to have a mighty happy lift, but Betty was beginning to realist that the life of a daneer had its diffi culties and its dingers. After dinner she went to the Or pheum to watch the show in which she expected to have a part neat week. She wondered which of the girls en ths stag* were “clothes horses'* and which were “living pic tures.'* hut was unable to pick either from the eniembl*. (TO BE CONTINUED.) SEA SKIPPER SEWS FOR BABY DAUGHTER TAMPA, Fla. Fet>r (JP)-Ths secret hobby of tbo rugged com mander of tho Scottsburg, largest cargo skip of tho United States ship ping board. Is n secret no more. Capt. W. 11. Stone sews fluffy cape and other clothes for his baby daughter, who lives in Portlaad. Me. “I get • lot of pleasure out of sewing.** Captain stone says. “1 bad a predilection for it, just as 1 was destined for the sea. When I was a small chap my grandmother gath ered all the children around her and gave tewing tenons. I suppose 1 was her meet apt pupiL** During the war Captain Stone commanded the Gwalia Army Trans port h err ice. plying between Francs and Fngland. In 1927 the captain rescued II men from the oinking French schooner Doree is tha Bay of Biscay. WILL EACH IN PENNSYLVANIA AUSTIN. Tei.. Feb. 9.-Dr. C. T. Cray, professor of educational psy chology at the University of Texas, will seme on the 1929 summer fac ulty at the University of Pennsyl vania, it hat been entieuncedL i - >. MARH i ;»f ' By DR. ALVIN l. BELL The parade of tho Prodigal Son contains two pan pictures of tht prodigal which are like the old “be fore" and “after” pictures with which all are familiar. These pictures are found in two expressions of tho prodigal himself, the first in his words “Father giro me,” end th* sec ond in hi* words, “Father make me." Between these lies that “far country” of tin and riotous living in which th* prodigal wasted himself and his substance. “Father Gi«r Me” “Father, give me tht portion of a goods that falleth to me.” Thut the wilful son accosted his loving fath er. It is expressive of the wilfulness and the hcartlessness of ein. Little did it matter that the father's heart would be broken by this wilfulness i of his younger son. Thus does sin blind our eyes and harden our hearts to the consequences of our sinful purposes. It rides roughshod over the bleeding hearts of those who love us best. “Give me” is its heart less demand. Then when it is giv en its .demands, behold sin's down ward path. After a brief time of imagined pleasures of sin there comes that famine time when ho has •pent all, and begins to bo in want. Then whero are the friends who hailed him as a good fellow while his money lasted? Down, down goes the path to the level of the beasts or ever lower, when he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat; and no man gavo unto him.” “He Came to Himself” And here we read, “he Ame to himself." Then he has really been beside himself; good sense and aound reason have not characetriied his downward path In exchanging a father’s loving home for the wallow of swine and a father's bread for swine's husks. No. there is nothing rational about the sinner’s downward course. He needs to “come to him •elf” and realise what a rolo«*nl fool he is making of himself. This awak ening is the first step in the sinner’s conversion. It brings him a sensa r ' ' i of sin and a realisation of tbt •• I fulnesa of ain. It opana hi* blit I eyes to his degradation and the fol i that brought mm there. "And win he came to himself, he said. Hu many hired servants of tny lathi, have bread enough and to smss^js 1 perish with hunger! I ejtff and go to my father, and willf unto him, Father, I have a& against heaven and befora that, ar am no more worthy to bo called ti son; make me ae one of thy bir j servants.'* Ibis awakening the Wb calls repentance. The word used £1 eraliy means "a change of naiad One a whole attitude toward over I thing changes with genuine re pen unco. He is ae a new creature. U attitudes, likings, will and purport have passed away, licbold, all thin., are become new. I -Father Make Me” I It requires nothing lea than su] a complete revolution to enable i] once wilful prodigal with hie bear] less "Father give me” to change h] speech to -Father make me.” He] is absolute surrender to the fathei] will: “Make me as one of thy hir] servants.” This ia the attitude ] faith. It ia complete surrender If the will of God. This completes tfl circle of conversion. Repentance I] turning from dsrknesa and tha dc] it; faith is turning to the Lordab] of Christ in complete humility ar] surrender. The two together *] cell conversion. When the repontal multitude cried out to Peter, fl Pentecost. “Men and brethren, wffl ahali we do?" Peter answered, ”l] pent end be baptised every one J| you in the name of Jesus Christ ifl the remission of sins, and ya shfl receive the gift of the Holy Ghosfl This is still the only road map ffl the returning prodigal from the ffl country of sin back to the fathefl house. ig (The Internetlonul Uniform kn] for Feb. 10. is I*. 1:10 2**; Ktekfl 18:5-23. 27-32: Mark 3:1-12; Lttfl 3:1-14: Acts 2:32-33; Heb. Ittt-ffl the subject being "Repentance efl Faith' 'end the Golden Teat Mafl 1:15 "Repent ye, and believe tfl gospel.”) ] Suggested dolly Bible reeding* ffl next week's family worship: Moniiafl I.uke 11:3-13: Toes., Matt. 6.9-lfl Wed.. Luke 13:1-8; Thors.. Lufl 13-9 11: Frt.. Gen. 19:99 33; fkfl Luke 22-39-48; Sun. Ps. 121. I 30 COMICS I Every Sunday in 1 16 Big Color Paget I THE SAN ANTONIO I LIGHT I — Sold by — . 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