Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-11-13
NECESSITY OF
COOPERATION
POINTED OUT
President Hickman Of Citrus
Exchange Requests Grow
ers to Assist in Making Ex-
change Successful

That the Rio Grande Citrus Exchange
has completed all preparations I"
place Valley citrus on the market prop
erly packed and processes and that ,ne
Exchange must have the active coop
GRAFTON of all citrus growers was stress
ed in a letter sent out 10 all Exch IA. .
members by J. A. Hickman of RIO iion
do. president OF the Exchange.
Mr.. Hickman calls attention to the
fact that the Exchange Is able TO sc.
ecure premium for fruit properly
picked. processed and packed. he
papers Of the state and civic arl Gem
meseial organizations in many of iho
larger icties OF Texas are advertising
Valley citrus extensively, ems 10 snip
other than standard selcctc fruit
would prove very injurious a. The -
ture Of the industry in the Valley, Mr..
Hickman states. His letter 10 members
follows
This is TO advice you that the Val
ley Packing Plant at Hariia- - j. To-
ly established and fully equipped or
Standardization of grape fruit and
oranges.
Ii is of vital importance that what
what fruit we ship this year should
go out in first class shape. Would
strongly urge every member of tlis
Exchange to have their fruit packed
and proccsscd.
Packing Plant Will Cut Fruit
The Packing plant is arranging to
cut your fruit in the orchard and
transport il to the packing house. re-
lieving you of all responsibility with
the exception OF hauling the field box
IS from your orchard TO your nearest
shipping point. The cutting is done un-
der the supervision of California ex-
pert and the price for coming 10 the
orchard and cutting your fruit, del'v
ering il TO the packing plant. furnish
ing boxes. wrappers. sorting. grading,
processing and packing the fruit will be
$l.00 per box.
II find that we can get premium on
oar fruit by having a standard pack
where il is sold in quantities or car
load lots. Even if you have q mailing
list and customers whom you are sup.
plying regularly. il will pay YOU 10
hove your fruit properly packed and
proecssed.
I'VE earnestly request that every
member Of this Exchange 10 use every
effort in their power 10 make our Ex-
change a success. and the only way
that this can be done is by full and
complete Standardization. Every mem
ber of this Exchange should be com
mittee of one 20 fully explain TO hi.
neighbors, who are not members OF the
Exchange. the working plans and oh
jects of our cooperative movement
which is To make our Exchange so func-
t,on that il VII be n necessity to the
growers to keep overhead expenses
down to the loves; possible limit n nd
to return To the growers the most mon
ey that can be secured for their prod
ucts.
No Salaries to Officers
'All Officers and directors Of the Ex-
change are working without salary for
the purpose of getting the Lower Rio
Giande Citrus Exchange established an
tie strongest possible comncrc al foct-
ing, and for your information. | would
say that not only the press Of the
State of Texas. but every commercial
ieub. Chamber of Commerce. Rotary
club. Chamber Of Commerce. Rotary
EihiSatAohs VI u uubifC NHdsdtAfI afc
sending us ell the support within their
power. Ii we do not take advantage OF
this opportunity of putting "our own
house in order" by getting together by
concrete unity of purpose to place the
citrus industry on permanent basis
We are sleeping on our rhis.'
1T is up to the individual members
officers and directors to so thoroughly
cooperate in this movement that within
a years time every grower Of citrus
fruit will be in the organization. thus
being able 20 cuntrol and so distribute
the output that in short time we can
stand among those Of first rank in cit
rus production.
The fruit season Is now upon US
and we urge you to get in touch with
-. advising Us of quantity Of fruit you
will have 20 market. and securing all
the new members possible before this
season closes.
The writer has just returned from
q trip up the state and was able to dis.
pose in two days of three carloads of
grape fruit AT a premium over prices
being obtained by either California or
Florida.
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