The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1920-02-18
Nogales Arizona Wednesday Morning, February 49, 1920
EDITORIALS
PROTECT THE GREAT AMERICAN POCKETB


One Of the members of the Nogales Chamber of Com
merce who returned last week from the trade excursion
down the West Coast OF Mexico, commenting upon the
fine grape fruit the excursionists growing in the
Yaqu delta at Ontagota and other points, and in the
Mayo and Fuerte river deltas, remarked that it is
shame that regulations Of the United States government
prohibit importation of fruits so fine.
This prohibition is made under the guise Of protect
ing California and Florida fruit from danger of infection
by insect pests said exist in Mexico 1t is supposed
that the idea and theory is that taken into Mexico
and laden with oranges grape fruit lemons, consigned
to city the United States may be sent to California
Florida citrus grove to be laden where that is load
ed for points the United States To guard against such
possibility Their is complete prohibition of mporta
ton of Mexican citrus fruits.
Yet Mexican citrus fruits are permitted to pass
through the United States to Canada in bond; and
pestferous insect from Mexico return from car
unoaded in anadian city and escape into Florida
California citrus orchard and start Infection just as
readily another that in carload of citrus
fruit from Mexico consigned to American city Why
should distinction be made between Canadian markets
and American markets? Ii there is any danger at all
they equally dangerous?
And why should not citrus fruits from Mexico
whether consigned to Canadian cities or American Cities
be fumgaed at the port of entry into the United States
just garbanzos? The latter subjected very
drastic fumgation No excuse can be made with regard
TO the effect upon the stoachs of consumers for citrus
fruits have rnds which removed when or before the
fruit Is eaten while the garbanzo has no rnd to remove
and there be anything deleterious in the fmgation
process whatever it may be- the stomach Of the
s1rner gets the full damage That there is no such
damage goes without saying for there has been no COM
plant by garbanzo eaters their medical attendants
anywhere of deeterious effects from eating fumgated
garbanzos
During former years there were large expectations
of corn from the United States to Mexico This year
Mexico has great surplus both on the West Coast and
over on the Gulf Coast AS soon as known there has
arisen cry that Mexican is infected also and an
of
determine whether such infection exists, and whether
Mexican shall be prohibited Of course those want
ing prohibition will be represented with carefully pre-
pared case while Mexican growers with their great sur
plus, and the American public with it's need for cheaper
foodstuffs will be without representation, and pro-
hbition will follow. So far the West Coast is con-
cerned is subject to insect pest whatever and
there no need for prohibition Were there pestifer-
insects fumgation would eliminate them from corn
just as it does from garbanzos.
Here is another propositions The American gov
ment projected and fosters the PaAmerican CONGRESS-
the United States Chamber of Commerce. to work for
expansion OF American trade and commerce with Mexico
and other American countries Now if American
merchants and manufacturers are going to sell American
commodities in Mexico the American people must give
the people of Mexico chances to get money to buy those
same American manufactured commodities that our
commercial classes are so anxious to sell abroad If they
are denied markets in the United States for what sur
plus they may have, how American merchants and
manufacturers expect to sell them American manufac
Gres Americans want to sell farmers plows tractors
tnreSherS etc. yet the general government at Washing
ton shuts the American market the very produce those
tractors, pows and threshers develop We ask Mexico
to increase her production by purchasing American labor
saving agricultural machinery; and right in advance we
shut out increased production from the only available
market And the trick is turned by raising Imaginary
pests and evils which alleged to endanger the great
American stomach The real object of ali this prop
uganda and governmental prohibition is to keep down
supplies OF foodstuffs in American markets SO prices