El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-01
Local Truck Doesn't Sell
Until FL PasO Supplies a Market for
II, High Priced Land Is Out Of
the QuestiOn-LittIe
Interviews
GLTF Ell PAsoANs want the val !
ley to grow and be developed,


products of the valley" declared
W. A. Brooks TODAY. .eVaea-
| tables and fruits grown in the FL Psso
| valley that are better than anv mar
| are imported here. are allowed to waste
| IN -Lle 5IeIds while the local market is
| supplied with out of town vegetables
1 cannot understand it, but it is true
! l nave a rev acres under cultivation
| rght IN the edge Of the city and I
! can't get the commission men to INV
] my stuff, even when I offer it cheaner
! and better than the out of town stuff
] Ihey get They tell me that thew place
| their orders for goods all the year
! round and do not like to cancel their
! California orders for the short time
the FL PasO product IS on the market
/ hence the Ell Paso product must rot and
the FL Paso man gets no announcement
| 70 grow It How then do the people
/ of FL PasO expect to build up Their
} valley?
This year raised some verv fine
( Lat EnShsh Hero, peas, big fellows,
! sort and sweet, that would melt in
your mouth, Yet I could not sell them
1 TO the commission men and had r. coli
them out on the streets at three cents
80 d pOG I'M %hlIel the commission men
were bringing in little Alaska peas and
actually paying five cents a pound 10
get them on contract
SOLO some OF my peas to local
retailers. but they were not anxious to
buy them. One grocer told me that ne
got only II II cents a pound for them
from hrs trade. and he could not ffor5
70 pay me over five cents for them:
that was when they first came into
the market and were higher. 1 replied:
That sounds fine, doesn't it2 If I nut
IN four months raising them and get a
gross price Of five cents a pound YOu
sell them out in four hours and make
q net profit Of Z 1-2 cents a pound
RMS IS certainly some town for the
mlddIeman, but not much of a place for
the original grower.
'CantalOuneS that are "a sfaIacc
oeen selling in FL Paso at ten cents
apiece, while the most delicious melons
ever ate have been going to waste in
the FL PaSO valley because the owners
cannot get 81 a hundred for them That
faster.
If this is not changed. the price Of
land VIII have to drop. a man cannot
use nigh priced land for growing al
IalIa and alfalfa is the only thing a
man IS sure Of selling now. He can
harvest that and save it until there is
a demand and there does not appear to
be any local prejudice against buyfne
local grown alfalfa.
"A man cannot afford to grow al
falfa on land that costs over 500 an
acre. One of the best known farmers
OF the upper valley, a man who has
as good crops as anybody and who
knows how to irrigate and look after
his stuff, gave me his figures last
year and he only made interest on his
investment He could have sat down
under the shade in town here nut the
money out at interest and made just
as much as he did in raising alfalfa
on high priced land His land is valued
at $40 an acre; in fact he can get that
much for it. and from 1t he harvested
four tons of hay to the acre It cost
him SO an acre to water, grow and har-
vest this crop and 81 a ton to haul II
70 the market He got $40 a ton for
the crop This gave him a profit of
SIS an acre for the year on $40 land
and for his labor for the year
In order to make this high priced
land pay, truck and fruit and melons
must be raised on it to do this, the
people of FL PasO must help to fur
nish market"
''El Paso is mighty fortunate to have
such good music in her hotels and for
popular entertainment" said II. D
Slater today to the reporter of
Talked About" Everybody knows
what excellent music the Second cav
airy band makes; the Reyes band is
especially good in the typical Mexican
music. But not everybody knows about |
the fine little orchestra that PLAYS
every evening at the Paso del Norte
musical sense; their programs are
CAREFULLY selected to meet all tastes,
and 1t is delight to hear them. Among |
the very best hotels throughout the /
country there are few house orches- /
tras surprising this for high standards
of work under the distracting and IN |
synpathetlc conditions of noise and |
CONFUSION incident TO any dining room I
service. The Sheldon used to have
mexican orchestra that was worth 4
gong a good way to hear when il |
played the typical Mexican music We 1
don't hear nearly enough Of the Next +
can and Spanish music in FL Paso In |
years gone by, it used to be heard all |
the time about the streets The Young !
society men used to hire Mexican or /
cheStFas at night and go around until |
long AFTER midnight Serenading the I
girls In summer the troubadOrs played /
softly Dack OF the hedges, and in the L
winter 1t was nothing unusual to be /
Wakened at in the morning by the |
strains of some hauntingly beautiful |
Mexican romanza, sounding exquisite
beyond expression, in the still cold |
night under the stars-and by the way, 1
thOSe same stars never shine so bright I
" now in this smoky little metropolis, /
as they used to then. think the change |
of feeling between the people of the
two republics here along the border /
mas oeen due very largely to the loss
For 30 months I have been at
tached to the American consulate here /
IN ! n JHarez,. c. B. Thompson, clerk to /
the american consul says and I have
yet to be shown my first bit of dis
courteous treatment from the Mexican
oIncIa4s, civil or military. II the /
people in FL Paso would come to Ina
rez with the intention Of attending, to
their own business and would not go
wanted, there would be few, II any 1
arrests do not refer to the case Of |
inspector Dixon, for that was some-
thing with which the authorities had /
nothing to do. but do mean such cases
as the four American boys who crossed
5he dry bed of the river. went to the
Qualifications before daylight and were
and placed in jail. This is a
serious affair in any country in war
time, and had it not been for the cour-
tesy of mayor Cruz. of Juarez those
boys might have had a hard time to
get out Of jail. But if people who /
come, over here across the bridges keep
on the main streets and do not 90
where they should not there will be (
no trouble for anyone, as Juarez is as
safe as Mesa avenue in FL PasO"
X
"Mexicans may be excused for going !
to war for whatever cause they cham |
pion, as it is their country and it is !
their right if they wish to take it,
Sam Blumenthal said. But these |
Americans who go to Mexico to join
one faction or the other of the war
ring armies deserve and should get no I
sympathy, assistance or attention.
They are out for the money and what
ever loot theV can get They call I