El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05
High Cost of Living
FL PusO Nan Charges il to Retailers
Regarding Eetables-lnter-
views With FL PasOans.


the retailer IN many cases,
{ said John Harm, foreman Of The Herald
! stereotype rooms, today Mr. Harm has
/ farm in eastern Ell Pas0, just be-
/ yOnd W ashmgjOn Park and has had some
! experience this year with the retailer,
! in marketing his stuff.
/ Not only does the retailer make
/ big profit on the stuff he buys from
I The valley farmer, but he viii not pay
I the farmer enough to make even IaIr
profit on his products declared Mr.
alarm. Il have this year raised and
. marketed about three bushels of cucum-
/ bers, for instance, and ] have sold them
I ut II II cents dozen and the retailer
I has sold them out to the consumer at
five cents apiece. He buys two dozen
I from me for 35 cents and sells them out
| Tor SlZU. making profit of IS cents
I on ms Investment OF 80 cents. 1t Is
I the same way IN other things. They
! offer me SIX cents a bunch for nv sweet
; peas and sell them now at Is cents a
} bunch There Is no loss on these things,
| as the grOcers sell all they get"
Mr.. Harm Is a great believer in the
El Paso valley soil as a producer, but
I thinks the growers should organize or
do something to get better prices for
their products if the valley Is to become
as attractive Tor settlers as FL PasO
would have IL. The consumer has to
: y
very little. he says. Mr.. Harm has four
lots near Washington park His house
Z occupies more than one of the lots so
he has about two and half which he
farms From these two lots and a half.
he has already sold $3.50 worth of sweet
PEAS alone. this year, but for the greater
part of them he has had private custO-
mers and has sold at 10 cents a bunch.
" here he sold to dealers. he got but SIX
cents dna Tor accented his florr-a-z
on consignment at eight cents. but in
the event Of failure to sell, Mr.. Harm
would have lost the flsWers unsOld-the
dealer took no chances Luckily. not a
bunch was returned; all were sold. From
20 vines OF cucUmbers. Mr.. Harm has
gathered three bushels of cucumbers and
ne still has more He has also grown
peas wax beans. sweet corn, brussels
sprouts, okra and other things.
Mr. and Mrs. Harm also have a grape
arbOT and several fruit trees and the
only pecan trees known to be growing
IN Fl PasO- Ihov planted the pecans
wear ago and the little trees are now
People of FL Paso have to go away
from home to appreciate their own eli
nate said s. P Wesiger TODAY. after
his return from a trip TO Austin. San
Antonio and other points in eastern
Texas 1t has been raining a good
deal down there he continued. "and
the humidity is very great The result
IS that the heat Is very oppressive
am confident that there are Is degrees
difference in the heat here and there
IN other words. the thermometer has to
get 10 degrees higher here than in east
ern OF central Texas before the DeODle
here suffer from the heat For instance.
the Thermometer here registered 81 on
thursday It was no hotter here at
that figure than It Is down at Austin
or Son Antonio when the thermometer
IS only up to So"
There IS no better education for chill
dren tha1 cross country trip IN an
automobile. -'I' ~ FeliV P Miller
-7terdav. Dr. Miller and his family
have Just returned from trim to Brown
wood. TEXTS. and he saws the children
were greatly pleased with the trim and
that thew learned a great deal 'Thev
learned the topography of the country.
the difference IN towns. the different
characteristics OF the peoDle in the Diff
tercnt sectors he said, Sand thew
learned great deal about animal and
vegetable life that they never would ac-
qulre m cltv. Tt was ENJOYABLE and
healthful for them. too. There Is moth
11r better for family vacation. every
thinT considered than q tri0 in an auto
mobile across the country
'I-l PaSC should get out q big vote for
the amendment TO the constitution on
July 49, said J. NJ Harris. q Texas
university graduate IF the amend
ment allowing the issuance Of bonds
for the university does not pass this
time, il viii throw the university be-
hind 10 years There viii be no fight
on the proposition here but there is
usually a spirit Of Indifference at such
elections. Down in east Texas there
viii be a fight and we viii have to poll
as large vote as possible to over
come it All university students and
graduates should get out and work for
the passage Of the amendment"
Speaking Of hot weather. said Ed.
l. Tinker, safety supervisor Of the FL
PaSO & southwestern system have YOU
tried salty first cOOler2 Yes. it's
drink, and dandy. You take the
Iulce or half an orange, the juice OF
half a lemon. pony Of gin. shake in
some ice, pour the beverage into a
fairly tall glass and drink it. Try one
What is the use Of civilization being
50 noisy, said an Epson avenue porch
sleeper saturday Il am an early riser.
but o'clock is just trifle too early in
the morning to tumble out of a COM
PORTABLE bed Each morning at 4 o'clock
q train comes footing into the union
station yards with as much noise as
lne small boy made on the Fourth.
People interested know what time that
train is coming and the others don't
care They ought to stop that racket"
Did the fireworks. the bomb explO-
Sions and the other powder burning
stunts of the Fourth cooperate to drive
the mercury to the top of the Their
This. question was put to Col n. d.
10 ne saturday and was answered with
a smile Hardly the weather office
said 1T is true the rain
max rS used explosives IN producing
ready-tO-wear weather conditions but
do not think that the explosions of
Friday had any effect upon FL PasO-s
weather 1t is q fact. however. that the
large amount of paving in the down
town district has had its effect upon
the temperature of this district in sum
mer and 10 tends to increase the mer-
curry reading slightly after the sun has
been shining on il all day
ROBBER IS CAUGHT
AFTER BLOWING SAFE