Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-03

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| ran in Wisconsin. They came to
me with draft attached to bill of
lading. The bananas from the ba-
nana trust, the oranges and lemons
from California, the Messina lemons
from Italy and the box apples from
Washington and Oregon are all NOV
ing under the same conditions.
East Texas Sells Cash on Track.
And if we run to East Texas we
find that profiting by years of exper-
fence in poor returns and disastrous
results the tomato growers started
six years ago to place their crop on
a cash on track basis with the re-
suit that in 1910 and 1911 only a
very small percentage of the crop
was not sold at loading station for
the money. The unusually large
peach crop of this year has been
handled successfully under the same
conditions and the consuming mar
kets through its representatives,
that commission men are fully alive
to the fact that, if they want these
goods, they must be prepared to
meet these requirements.
And now | am going to bring You
nearer home. to our W Ric Grande
and Gulf Coast country, that ex-
tends practically from the spot
| am standing south to the
turbid yet wealth bearing waters Of
that river, and west from the sands
of the Gulf of Mexico to the onion
fields Of Laredo, Cotulla and Sher-
ton. The winter garden spot Of the
United States, especially designed
by an all providing Providence to
supply the late winter and early
spring vegetables for the Northern
tables and what do we find? That,
after pursuing the identically same
policies formerly Prevailing the
states and districts already referred
to, the same revolution is taking
place. The first car of cabbage of
the past winter crop moved out on
Dec. so, 1911. sold on the track at
$40 per ton and, from then until the
total collapse of the car service, mo
tive power and refrigeration on the
Brownsville Road, not a a of cab
bage moved that was not sold on
track at prices ranging from $37 to
$50 per ton, and had that service
continued adequate not a car would
have moved unsold. Two years ago
when | advocated this system at a
convention in Brownsville, it "a
thought impossible and, while sure
that my position vas correct and
that the economic principle | advo-
Gated was the only sure protection
for the grower, / could not then
point 10 us success.
Now / can, and nearly 100000
spot cash distributed for the cab
bage crop in the Rio Grande Valley
bears eloquent tribute to the correct
ness Of the principle for which ] con-
tend.
If we are TO make the success to
which we are entitled by u enor-
nous cash investment, if We are to
the fair results of our all the
year round work in this Winter
Truck Garden, if we are to take and
convert ito our own use and profit
the advantages Of location, season.
soil and climate, that an all wise
Providence has delivered into our
hands, then when He has gave to
us this Valley the product of His
magnificent creation, we must not
take our vegetables, put them in
cars. taking all the risk Of transpor-
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dreds and thousands of miles away,
to market them through means en-
tirely outside of our control, and
then complain at the result.
/ do not, however, come to you to
criticise any existing marketing
mediums. The services they have
rendered you are no doubt better
conversant with than | am, and OF
the results satisfactory or otherwise
you are the judges. But do say
with confidence reinforced by the
experience Of results that the best
returns will not be secured to the
grower of truck in South Texas
until ne sells his crop on track for