The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-11
4 Discussion Of The Recent Big Meet
lg Of Growers at Alvin.
BRIEF SKETCH OF THE ORGANIZATION
which Has Been Formed and the OBJ
tests Of It's Projectors and
Members.

Mr. II. F. Mari, editor Of the Beeville |
Banner, was In the city yesterday en- route |
- his home from Alvin, where he attend. 1
% tbe meeting OF the South Texas Truck /
and Frult Growers association. Mr.. Marr's I
naper is the official organ OF the associa. |
ZION and has proved to be an important |
factor In furthering It's aims.
NJ. Mari talked interestingly OF condi. I
lions with reference to the truck industry |
70 Pest representative who saw him dur /
Inc the day "The meeting of he asso.
eotlon at win this week was one Of The I
eroatcst gatherings Of the kind ever held /
h The state" he said. ut was nlustra-
i've Of the magnificent extent TO which /
Anck growing has progressed in tho State /
A ring the past few years. That this sec |
s# NJ is destined 10 he the garden spot of I
81 continent Is now too apparent to per-
successful contradiction, ana the
being done by the South Texas Truck
I'D Fruit Growers association is hasten
W this evident destiny is almost meal.
able. The association had its birth about
aae years ago, when the growing OF truck
Garden sass as the old fashioned
o. thern corn and cotton planter was wont
~ ,all the nany palatalle odlbles which
rev In his garden, was indeed and In
.r h IN its Infancy, that is. so far as
f,,lnq the truck for shipment was con
eufsl FIRST. lOcq organizations fOr mu-
as polectlon and Instruction as 10 best
nacl,s Of cfltlyafion pacEing. shipping
va we're u0tten M among the few grow
y. ~ different points IN number o.
ics IN the truck growing belt, ana
iss were then merged Into a central or
sas-il association, which ha1 its temper
be- rsanl2ation at Cuero and Was after
4 WA-, moved "a Beevlle. IL was the be-
hi Of those who advocated Organization !
Hos they I've enabled the better to !
.s.r., rates nmmoiai1ns etc, from I
"a Urco1s a1 express companies, better
5yl.-s Gor their products and yet the money |
jlt Fhat they sold when II Was delivered /
4 "a The hnver NJ the shipping point. Just as |
he cotton raiser wheat grover ana pro- I
auttrs Of other 81 aplc products 1il, instead
having to wolf Cor etGrNs from com
asslon mo cbsr's which returns were
sr' often IKE the letter te2t he 'onGed
q 5os-ihcv never came. That rheir bel'af
H,ris well founded Ans been verified by The
81 act that " = little. II env. os the prod
f,ncts OF the truck farms emb'1oel In the
Section covered by the association are now
#roasi-ue1 the huver being right on the
ttound with the cash as soon as the truck
b ready FOR market. In most lnst1nces Toy
Nor everything the truck grower raised has
IA zen very satisfactory, enabling him 10
Snake more money than he ever made In
4he agricultural line. In some cases al
I'd small acreage.
81 at arst the association dld not progress
kery rapidly In its work. as there were
& but few people engaged In truck growing,
md these only In localities that were oftnn
+ eparGted by several counties. But within
4'ihe last year or two no agricultural orgnni-
Baton In the State has grown so rapidly.
Dor, all things considered. accomplished
more for the Interest represented, At NJ
<Fln some eight or ten new local asSocia' |
Hons were added to the membership. 50 /
8Hut Il A tw1I, ~ - t~ If
&bcal organizations now belong 10 the gen /
<$ral association, representing a territory |
Extending from Liberty on the east 10 |
II Laredo on the west and from El-in on the !
North to the gulf coast towns on the south. |
30 say that within another twelve months |
$fe association Will he composed OF near !
sIO organizations, representing several
( 3housand trurk growers, would he only |
Eating that which Is within the most rea- |
tenabe bounds OF possibility and which is
hstihed by all present indications.
hucs.growing region Of the State-that is |
Dc section where all kids of early veRe-
8bles can he grown In time to get them /
I'm the Northern markets ahead Of every |
fgetabes-wll he more than double that |
~ any previous year. and there y every rca' |
Ra to believe that prices VII he hiE6ar |
a scarcity Of food products from the |
4rdens IN the Northern and Western ,
Sthies this yea, on account Of the severe
"
corresponding scarcity next spring, as the !
Hud has not bcen raised TO hold over. as /
#s been generally done heretofore Be. |
. #des the demand for South Texas grown !
4Enck Is greatly on the Increase In these ,
y #Tkes. It's flavor. freshness, etc. making
>4 much more desirable than the hold.
4zHer' truck those people have heen used |
<<8 until within the past few years. 1t is
I TACT that TexRs.riased cabbage and cauli.
Fwsr have for the past two seasons sold
N Kansas City. st. Louls. Chicago and ,
N#her cities In the Stntes In which they |
f4#e situated for double the price Of the /
foducts az other sections. As an evi. /
nee OF what the demand and price for (
Hxes truck II going 10 he next snrlng buy.
M have within the month offered 70 con.
&X g. for 100 cars Of cabbage mt Corpus
fristl ST the unprecedented price of 3
EXlis pound
y is said bv those who have lnvesti.
ia the conditions and who have had /
Mfs OF experience In the marketing or |
~ mat this Is hut an indication OF tha !
w hgure AT which all the Texas garden |
E Is going to sell early next spring
must not he thought however, that, |
1870 n the face Of these extraordinary |
<H SFah!e conditions and SURROUNDINGS, the |
2 Of the truck grower is strewn with |
nlne hut roses and that In the struggle /
ophlence and the securing of q big /
account he Is allowed 70 rest on |
EASHY ned OF ease To the contrary. his /
f1s - oIten 2 mighty rocky one. and his /
S1 s.@ requires the closest application |
LEA SSuly II II Is to be made profitable "a |
. eAtent indicated nv the statements /
~ mnde Total fixtures are bv no /
!, Ntf, N. u,nsnoNn 10 those who grow truck /
y E< auOut as many enemies and drawbacks