Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-03-07
FARMERS FAIL
TOACREEONA
MARKETSPLAN
New Plan Is Set on Foot After
Failure Of Representatives
to Agree on First Idea
HIDALG0 MEN QUIT MEET
Withdraw After Stating They
Lack Authority
Especial % The HeraId.N


HARLINGEN. Texas. March g.
The delegations from the farmers
organizations of Cameron and HI
dalgo counties met Saturday after
noon. The meeting had been called
by previous mass meeting Of Val
ley truck growers from each county
for the purpose Of forming q united
Valley marketing system. and in
particular to endcavor m stabilize
the market price ~ cabbage. which
is now being sold IN the Valley az
prices varying from S27 TO $40 per
ton at different points. N was said.
+. c. Swami Of Los Frcsnos was
elected chairman Of the meeting,
and Robert l.. Faulk Of Brownsville
secretary
The possibility If the farmers get
ting together was given a serious
were unable To agree On the sclec-
tion Of a representative body Of di-
rectors to be appointed from each
county. The Hidalgo representative
announced that they were not au-
thoriZed to appoint such a body. "a
the executive committee Of the Rio
Grande Truck Growers Association
already constituted such a body for
Hidalgo. The delegation then with
drew from the meeting. with the e.
cepton Of the committees from Mer-
cedes and Alamo, without further
discussion.
Those remaining came ~ the cor
clusion that the organization might
still be effected through the execu-
tive committee cf the H5olgo or
ganization meeting with un equal
number Of representatives from Cam
eron community councils. With this
end in view the following resolution
was adopted:
1T is the sense Of this assembly
that a Valley central advisory mar
keting committee consisting Of 16
members, eight from each county, be
created for the purpose of co-ordi-
mating the selling interests Of the
Valley and for stabilizing the price
Of cabbage and that of other vegc-
tables: that the central executive
committee Of the Rio Grande Valley
Truck Growers Association be de-
clared the representatives from Hi
dalgo county. and that Cameron
county be requested 40 m once So
lect or appoint its eight members ID
act with the Hidalgo committee;
provided. further, that this commit
tee shall also be charged with the
duty Of laying plans for the organi-
cation of a permanent Valley selling
association, and 10 later make their
report to mass meeting Of the
growers Of the VALLEY
The delegation from Cameron
county will be appointed at the meet
ing Of the community council at Los
Fresnos. Friday. March Il. and IT IS
hoped that soon after that date the
organization will ~ able to come To
an agreement.
Those present We're: !. il. Col
lier and u. ". Frantz of McAlleni
II. +. Johnson: o. n Meyer ari n
l.. Prosser Of Pharr VI. g h'bsr cI
San Juan; Dr. II. II. Harrington =.
j. Elliott and XII. Tf Ragg Cf Ier-
cedes; "A. Il. Gillette. W N Weaver
and ]. F. Hathaway Of Harlineen:
NJ. 4. Prentiss, W. Jones. VI L. Dun
can and r. d. Kennnmer of San
Benito: VIM. Loveless " Iceland
+. II. Reichert and T. II. Griffith Ct
Alamo: O. q. Safer and Eugene
Bloch Of Rio FIondo; E. C Swami
and ]. A. White cf Los FCesnos; T..
A. Minter Of Texas Bureau Of Mar
kets. and RI. q. Richardson, demon
stration agent of Cameron county.
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