Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-25
MARKETING
PLAN RECEIVES
GREAT FAVOR
MISSION FARMERS = MASS MEET.
ING DECLARE TI-tY WILL ~
TEND \ GENERAH MEETING To
BE HELD On july 4.
QUESTIONS CONSIDERED
col. HAYWOOD. IN ADDRESSING
FARMERS. PUTS TWELVE CUES
TiO\S THAT INDICATE PLAN l.
GENERALLY FAVORED.
fSpcciaI 10 The H,raIdD.

Mission. Texas. MAY 1.-The mass
meeting Of farmers AID business met
held M the Chamber ~ Commerce IE
this city Saturday mig I ia the lntercst
III the Unit Marketing System. was mot
only one of the best a tended meetings
held here In some tim hut one Of thA
most enthusiastic. Colrnel Alba Hep
wood, Of san Benito. president ~ The
Southwest Texas Progressive League.
was the principal speaker az the eve
nIng: I'm fact, the mr citing was callcl
~ the inStigatiOn ot ; uioncl l~lcywOOo.
who ~ the originator and leader hi the
movement Of the Jnt Marketing Sys
tenn. IN the Lower RI Grandc VALLEY.
The meeting while spirited NJ times WAS
stccrcd clear Of pcrs nalitics or refer
ences Of a degratory nature o. any "A
present agencies now operating M tie
Valley.
The meeting was ,llled ~ order ~
Honorable Geo. =. .A-nrW. president N
the Chamber Of Con merce. who after
stating the objects ~ the meeting. aHd
after olecting :. \. J IprS a. sccretaiy y.
introduced Colonel II 'ywod.
The colonel hello he undivided IT,
tentiOn VI his heart : for more than
two and q half huurr during which
every phase VI the Unit Marketing
System was thorough N Explained. Dur
ing his speech, oloncl Haywood.
\ through his earnest cSs and intensity
would occasionally ..rift from his talk
like methods to in naSSionrd appeals
for support Of the lit Marketing SyS.
tenn He rccitrd the experiences ~ the
truck growers IN a. nnion during the
past three years wach brought forth
both laughter and Fplansc.
Never in the II Fury ~ 4 section y
continued the Cnlonfl. twas "A | nit
Marketing System Is,re greatly nceu a.
| have been told that .ou farmers ~
not business men; I at You are not "a
nablr Of marketing t, u ovn truck. mt
tell YOU that yen are business } n.
Inaidcd YOU buy \ I'M land fromx Nv
land agent and yon IL your own - Il
ING business. You bu your supplies rnd
contract Tor and ~ your water rtnr.
Won buy your own ~ elements and nan
age your own farm Then tell me Ia il
does not require bU mess ability to- do
these things. In ccs ainly does. vi YOU
ave then capable o. these things. you
are likewise capah.x of selling your
own crop instead ofhaving a half-doz-
VA different SCI nv agencies ~ 10 "
for you. The Unit Marketing System
Is a little government III growers. n ~
your prop rSition All not mine"
Al the conclusion Of the Colonel y
speech. a general di .usSion followed hr
many Of the truck srowcrs present and
a vote was taken upon the follow ing
questions:
4. Are we ready n the Unit Maraaf
ing Systemi This svas voted unsni-
mOusly.
2. Do YOU wang il even thougt il
eliminates the present agencies wits an
entire new organization. This was vot
"a unanimously.
3. DoU You war II even though il
includes the present agcuciesg his
question had but t-rO votes agains1.
I. Will you STAN hitched by the ma
iurity rule IN ordc- n get the nit
Marketing System This was vt.ted
unanimously with nc not voting.
, Will we con 'ol the acreage by
u maximum acrc5.s for each f%arr1-r.
This question was voted unanimof4s sly
with but n exception. :
q. Will we adnrs ''shut off or,far
and hold up shipp9g when told t. 10
So The vote on th fcuestion was ur@n-
The vote was unani nous for r. y. ~ 81
track sales with the exception Of tif~sc.