Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-20
LOCAL
FAVOR UNIT PLAN
THOSE WHO HEARD ADDRESS By
COL. HAYWOOD SATURDAY DE
cLAliEp THEY WOULD STAND
lIlCIIED" IL PLAN WORKED OUT.
WOULD WORK FOR IT
HALF TIE AUDIENCE WAS CON
F1DENT THAT WITH PROPER
SUPPORT UNIT MARKETING
PLAN WOULD BE REALIZED.

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BY putting several questions 10 the
audience that heard him talk on the
Unite Marketing System" Saturday aft
%crnopn. Colonel Alba Haywood was able
Ia draw out the feeling If the farmers of
the immediate Brownsville section with
reference 10 the plan. The audience of
some thirty five persons. with the cXccp
ton of one man who did not vote, was
unanimously in favor of the plan: half
the number believed the plan could he
~iHaugurated and the farmers influenced
10 stand hitrhcd:* half had confidence
in the plan. and nearly all were willing
To 20 in aud work for the plan and
stand hitchcd~ if ID was put over"
Colonel Haywood. following the meet
ing, expressed himself az being highly
pleased with the result of the Browns
VILE meeting. which follows a series Of
similar meetings held in various parts
of the Valley. lie explained the Unit
Plan of Marketing" telling how the
farmers of the various small communi-
ties might organize themselves for their
community benefit. each small organiza-
lion securing lis daily marketing in
formation from "A general organizations
established at the larger points in the
Valley. and these organizations report
IN the still wider organization cslah-
lishel AT some central point in the Low
or Rio Grande Valley.
Colonel Haywood believes that proper
~ exploited the plan will be Il success
and that II viii work out 10 the entire
satisfaction of every farmer i'm this Val
ley. However. To be 4 success ii must
have the support Of every farmer of this
section.
Before the meeting was held Colonel
Haywood had sought the opinion Of the
various commission men doing business
in this section. and after il was over the
reply Of Roy Campbell Of San Antonio.
was received. reading rs follows:
referring To Yours of the nth. / am
willing TO identify myself with and work
for any organization that will improve
marketing methods and give rover |
represent more for their crops. Eight
years experience ~ maHagcr Of IN a..
,ociation conyinccS me that farmers can
not be amalgamatcd. The next best pro
cedurc is To ally sales agents under work
ing agreements that can NOT be violated
and have just a few sales agents aS pos
sible.r
\. l.. Brooks. sales manager Of the Rio
t;randc \ Coast association. replied with
a lengthy letter favorinc Colonel Iicy-
woods plan. and which read in part as
follows:
II know absolutely that the unit mar
kcting system is the one that is ne res
sary in order To ever control the situa-
tion and | have given two years If as
hard work aS | ever did toward irving
io perfect this organization. | have
stated ON numbers of occasions that the
whole matter j. in the hands Of the farm
ers themselves. If they will unite and
stay united. then the unit marketing
system j. solved and is in existence. III
they do not unite or do not stay united.
then there il ne unit system
McDavitt Bros. of Brownsville. one
IF the three sales agents doing business
in this section. replied but gave no
opinion, stating that the, had not given
the matter enough thought To Justify
them IN expressing an opinion.