El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-01
WANT FARMERS
TO JOIN BUREAU
Campaign Starts to Get 300;
Meeting Here Starts Off
ORGANIZATION.

of the Ell Paso valley as members Of
the FL Paso county farm bureau, nov
being organized, representatives o.
the various localities. with T. d
I Porcher as chairman and F. W. Whit
ney as secretary, viii make a thor
ough campaign during the coming
week. holding community meetings al
night if necessary to stimulate inter
est. This was decided at a well at
tended meeting Of the various repre-
sentatives Tuesday afternoon az th'
/ chamber Of commerce.
The meeting. which had been ar
ranged by county farm denonstl d ~ ~
/ Roland Harwell, was addressed D-
/ OTIS C. Coles. president OF the cnaIn-
I Der Of commerce. L. a. LAWSON lLOI'
ect MANAGER Of the reclamation serf
/ ice; w. 5. Crombie. local commission
merchant, and others, expressing
readiness to cooperate 10 the tuiies'
extent with the farmers OF the valley
Organization Is Selling Key.
In calling the meeting to order, Mt
Harwel said the greatest problems OF
1.-The bureau at first would be market
7 ing and irrigation, which allecl aLi
the farmers Referring TO Markets
he said. IF we suffer from compeu-
+
I the advantage Of being organized ana
comes in and steals our market we
can do the same as California IarIn-
ers do If we organize
Water rates formed the topic OF
short talk bv Mr. Lawson The farm
bnres,1 idea for III Paso valley is one
Of the best things We can a11ora y
give our attention to- It's gong 10
provide a contact between the farm
ers and the reclamation service we
have lacked heretofore Relative 70
water rates the speaker gave the Iol-
lowing figures;
Gives water Figures.
FL Pas0 county lands cultivated IN
1917. $4,000 acres reclamation operal-
ing cost. $4,000 collected rnrougn a
tax Of 30 cents an acre foot up 20
three. and so cents for the fourth. IN
addition TO community charges; lands
cultivated in 1913. 10000; estimated
cost Of system this year. 454,5uO, 10
be returned to government. by rates
based on actual water used . cents
an acre foot up to three and 81 Tor
the fourth. with a storage charge OF
so cents and no community charges
cost Of producing ton Of hay IN the
valley biased on reclamation service
studies, $3.50 Of which Su-l4, or b
percent, was for water; cost OF pro
ducing bushel OF wheat Sl-32, with
S0.07 1-2 for water; acre foot costs in
Yuma project, 81. and in salt River
so cents
Referring 10 complaints against
water charges. he said when the
farmer wants TO reduce the cost ne
unfortunately picks out the smallest
item"
says Cabbage Acreage Increased;
1--WE have had some experience with
the farmers Of the upper valley, who
have been organized said Mr. Cron-
bic Through their organization the
acreage in cabbage has been increased
from 30 last year 70 $50 this year As
to the commission men, the govern
ment says we can make only legltl-
mate profit. and we must submit re-
port TO Washington, where It IS &C.
termined whether or not our profits
are legitimate"
Mr.. Crombie suggested that cen
sus OF the growing crops De taken
and that the sale thereof be contract
ed for. comparatively, in advance De
urged the growing Of only stable
crops. Cabbage and sweet potatoes
do well in the valley. he thought but
not rutabagas and turnips in genera
City Works With Farmers.
This is the first time IN the MS
tory Of Ell Paso that so much coopera-
tive spirit has been displayed" said
Mr. Coles. we are all learning 20
set closer together now. and the man
in town is working with the farmer
III LlE NAlAEN- ne llluLLlNHL OF EAAlI-
merce IS behind the farmers and we
VIII work TO create market for the
crops you raise
Organize; Stop Cutting Threats.
Mr.. Porcher thought the main trou-
BE in the past las been in market
ing I'VE should organize and stop
trying 20 cut one anOther's throats,'
he declared
The greetings Of Dona Ana county.
New Mexico farm bureau were
brought by F. c. Mckinney. who
farms at Anthony. n. NJ, and La Tuna
Texas. he said he felt sure the state
college, at Mesilla Park. nearer FL
PRso county than the Texas agricul-
tural stations. would be glad 10 ex
tend aid 70 FL PasOans.
Great Cooperation shown.
At the present time, great coopera-
ton Is shown US by the people Of Fl
Paso.' said George PendelL The time
has arrived when the farmer must
organize for his own benefit and for
the uDbuilding Of the valley The
time has passed when we can plant
a little summer truck and race 10
town TO beat our neighbor 70 a gro
Gerry store 10 sell IT," Mr.. Pendeu
said he has known OF peddlers buying
valley produce at one and two cents
and selling it in FL Paso at from 10
to Is cents.
Following these talks. the dele
gates selected the chairman and sec [
rotary. The estimated census Of I
farmers in the county showed: Fa-
oens and Tornillo. 200: Clint. 125- san
$50: Socorro. 40; Ysleta. ]
zoo; Canuulo-Ninton, a. Total $40. /
Representative From County.
Those attending the meeting from I
the valley were;
Fabens-W. H Eden. Capt W. Van
Cast, Richard Keys and z. r. Ayers.
Clint " AicAllister. Il. W. COf- {
lin and Roy Davidson 4
san Elizario-N Y Madrid, Jose J. !
Perez and Julian Alarcon-
Socorro-A Apodoca. G. II. Abbott
and Miguel Chavez.
4sleta-F- ". Whitney, T. d.
Porcher, George Pendell and c. Pedra-
gon.
Vinton-G. " Church and S. H. Cox I
Canuullo-F. p. Burnett and II. a.
Bailey.
la Tuna-F. T. Mckinney.
T. W. Parry. irrigation superintend I