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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 35
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Address THE COMMONER Lincoln, Nebraska
San Benito, Texas, is in the Very heart of the
Fertile Lower . Rio Grande Valley, 1 9 miles
north of Brownsville on the main line of the
NT. IOVJlti, lUCOJVXSVJTjrjMjE A&1 MEXICO JtAIJUlVA.Y
The cllmnto is Ideal, being: semi-arid San Bonito lias tbo only gravity canal
and healthful. Tho winters aro mild In tho Lower Rio Grando Valley. No
and pleasant, tho summers compara- pumps to break down. The canal is 37
tively cool, being tempered by constant miles long, averages 250 feet in width
and refreshing breezes from tho Gulf and 20 feet in depth. Wo can store in
of Mexico. tho badin of tho main canal over 30,000
, Irrigation hero is necessary but acro foet of water.
When irrigated with tho water from tho Storage nd gravity are the two mont
Bio Grande, this delta soil produces not necemmry comlltioiiM lor muccchmCu! lrrl-
only a greater variety of products than f?ntlou.
that of any other section of tho United The prbducts of tho Lower Rio Grande
States but products -which oxcol In Valley inoludo sugar cane, cotton, corn,
quantity as well as quality. alfalfa, sorghum and other forago
AVc have twelve month ot growing ?JB;qifV1LSltCu and lts. Tho
neiiMon every year. Lower Rio Grando Valloy is tho winter
,, ... ,. , . , ,, garden of tho nation. Tho mild winter
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vial deposit, many foot in depth. on tho market at tho tlmo when they
Water In abundance and a constant bring tho highest prices,
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&AN BENITO JOAJXTJO fc WATUtt COMJPAJVJT
AXiltA. nJEX'lVOOlt, 1'fCNltlcnt and General Manager
San Xtcnito, Texan
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Address, THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska.
protects privileged monopoly. Let
ub polrt to the stand of the demo
crats of the cotton schedule, print
paper, petroleum and wood pulp. On
those schedules the democrats did
nobly and in part at least proved to
be a vindication for the failure of
certain democrats to vote against
the tariff on lumber, coal and iron
ore. Let us remind our republican
friends that out of sixty republican
senators only nine remained true to
their cause; that with an overwhelm
ing majority the tariff could have
been revised in spite of democratic
opposition; that the schedules which
were increased or remained the same
were obtained by republican and not
democratic votes. Let us not forget
to repudiate the republican press
when they say that the tariff is no
longer a party issue. It is a party
issue, all but one democrat voting
against the tariff measure in the sen
ate on the final ballot. Let us point
with pride to Chamberlain, Shively,
Hughes, Gore, Owen, Stone and oth
ers who have championed the cause
of the people in this age of political
corruption. And last, but not least,
William J. Bryan is still fighting for
the cause of human liberty and free
dom; is still the champion and lead
er of democratic principles. In the
words of Lowell, "Now is the high
time of the year; then whatever of
life hath ebbed away comes flooding
back with a cheer." Let every true
democrat sit up, think and act.
Fred A. Young, Seal Gardens, Cal.
The most important question be
fore the people of California today
is, "Who owns the tide-lands, water
fronts and entrances to the harbors?
The government haB and is spending
millions of dollars dredging thj chan
nel and building a sea wall 'at San
Pedro harbor. Yet private persons
and railroad companies claim title to
all the desirable and most useful wa
ter frontage. Almost every foot of
the channel is occupied by railroad
wharfs. For a quarter of a century
politicians have won local fame by
their "position on the harbor ques
tion." Something like a dozen law
suits are now pending in the courts
to test the ownership of the titles to
the water frontage and grave fear
exists as to the sincerity of the ef
forts to have "all claims, contracts
and deeds cancelled." I enclose .here
with a communication from T. S.
Knoles, a well known Los. Angeles
democrat, to the Los Angeles Ex
press, which he claims to be univer
sally applicable to all sovereign pow
ers whithersoever situated. If the
principle enunciated by Mr. Knoles
is correct, the harbor question is
solved, not only for the Pacific coast,
but for the sovereignties of the
world and the proper place for Mr.
Knoles is in congress. We want the
opinion of The Commoner on the
principle announced by Mr. Kno'les.
I also enclose another clipping from
tho Express, that Tho Commoner
may know that Mr. Bryan's advo
cacy of the election of United States
senators by the people is bearing
fruit on this coast:
Titles to Harbors and Tidelands
Los Angeles, July 15. To the Ex
press: Some months ago a promi
nent state senator from one of the
southern counties' publicly an
nounced "that the title to the water
fronts and tidelands about all the
harbors of this state, except San
Diego and San Francisco, were vest
ed in private individuals and corpor
ations." Wide research has since
been made to discover, if possible,
how such a shocking state of affairs
and conditions could exist, in view
of the fact that San Pedro harbor
has been a bone of bitter contention
for more than a quarter of a century
and as a result the underlying prin
ciples governing the titles to tide
lands, water fronts and thn rnitinnn0
effectually solves all questions and
matters involved. All things neces
sary for the protection, preservation
and perpetuity of national sovereign
ty aro adjuncts to the prerogative
powers of sovereignty, such as tho
army, navy, the channels, or river
beds of navigable streams, bays, har
bors, all submerged lands along the
sea coasts, commencing at tho ex
treme high tide line and extending
three miles seaward, and are not
subjects of barter and private own
ership; all these are indispensable
arms of national defense and are
therefpro inalienable.
T. S. KNOLES,
Secretary of the City Charter League.
TOM JOHNSON STATES OBJECT
OF FELS FUND
The many separate local reform
movements in the United States are
merging, like the trusts, and a com
mon understanding, if not a uniform
policy, is expected to result. The
Fels fund of America is developing
into a strategy board, and with the
$25,000 a year given by Joseph Fels
and the $25,000 to be raised to
match it (about half of which has
been raised), the strategy board will
be enabled to back its policies, and
its policy is to bring about in the
United States, that which the world
sees, the beginning of the British
budget, viz: the taxation of land
values. That this same British bud
get which has stirred the lords to
such frenzy of opposition is in a
large measure due to the Fels activ
ity, is not doubted.
It was not the purpose, and it is
not the intention of the Fels fund
commission to be a strategy board.
The idea was simply to, b.ack up re
form movements that were making
along land value lines. But at the
first meeting of the commission it
was decided not to scatter the $50,
000 a year, but to concentrate; to
put large sums into places which, of
themselves, have made tho most
progress And were the nearest to
success. This was democratic. The
commission was to do nothing. It
was to ca-ordinate and back any go
ing concerns which were proving
their vitality. But this led to a study
of all the reform movements and
will require a particular understand
ing of them all. To this end consul
tations are held with local leaders,
and out of this is growing a central
consciousness of shoulder-to-shoulder
work all along the line.
It means, among other things,
that reform In America is passing
the skirmish stage and entering up
on the organization of a regular
army, that it is rising 'above the
merely moral, to the truly ethical
economic consideration of the prob
lems of reform, that the United
States, in brief, is joining the forces
of world progress.
Fels, with whom the plan origin
ated, is a Jew, who has all the en
ergy of his race. He is also a phil
anthropist. But he has no notion of
re-establishing a Jewish nation in
Palestine. He has the conviction
that most social problems would
solve themselves if we could get rid
of the things which have .raised
them, and it is with this thought
in mind that he has offered to spend
$25,000 a year for five years in this
country and a like sum in Great
Britain in the promotion of a sys
tem which he believes would put in
voluntary poverty out of business by
making it possible for everybody to
get a job who really wants one. He
has also offered to spend $5,000 a
year in Germany, the same amount
in Denmark, the same in Australia,
the same in Canada, the same in
New Zealand and all for the same
purpose. TOM L. JOHNSON. -
Cleveland, O., June 20, 1909.
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