Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-10-15
ARKANSAS PASS
WANTS CARCOES
OF VEGETABLES
New Texas Port Shippers
State They Can Handle
Vegetable and Fruit Ship
ments at a Saving

Aransas Pass has now entered the list
Of Texas sea ports. Last week 5000
ton steamer entered the port with
mixed cargo from the Atlantic seaboard
for distribution through south Texas.
Following close upon the announcement
that Aransas Pass could now be rated
a. seaport was a number Of circular
letters from the shippers Forwarding
Company, Of that place in which they
solicited shipments Of vegetables and
fruit to be forwarded 70 Atlantic or
north Gulf ports on the boats entering
that port.
The claim has been made IN the VAL
ley that a port AT Point Isabel similar
10 the Aransas Pass hSrbOr would he OF
no mater'a al value 10 the vegetable grow
ers Of the Valley. but the following
statement BY j. III. Ezell. president of
the forwarding company. published in
the Arkansas Pass Progress. would indi-
cate that the company IL preparing 10
handle that class Of freight
I'm order that this territory may
grow and develop "A II should and 10
have its products marketed at rea-
sonable transportation charge and nj the
same time be able 10 20 into competI-
tion with other early vegetable and fruit
countries. il will be necessary for a plan
to be developed Of cheap and dependable
transportation. This we have solved.
We propose 10 equip from eight 10 zen
Of our fast freight steamers with mod
ern cooling and ventilation systems.
With these fast steamers into the SER
vice. taking from five 70 ten trainloads
of products to eastern markets would
give an outlet to the producers that
would guarantee a market for all Of the
vegetables and fruits produced in this
territory.
THE cost from Maxima South West
territory TO North Atlantic cities. dis
tance Of about $500 miles. on mixed
vegetable and fruit products would not
exceed. a through rate Of $3.50 per ~.
This would mean that we could deliver
into Baltimore. Philadelphia. New York
City and Boston at the above rate.
We nave within. the radius of five
hundred miles from New York City, 20
per cent Of the population Of America.
and these people are practically starv-
ing 10 death for the products which we
produce and which we are unable to
market. owing 10 a high transportation
charge which is heaped upon US. In a
short time, after service was established
we are satisfied that these rates could
be cut again at least 25 per cent. This
would give the producer more for his
product. increase our tonnage and also
increase the consumption in the terri
tory which we serve
1T Il up TO the producers Of this ter
ritory to provide cheap transportation
for their products therefore il il time
IN 70 suggest that the producers, mer-
chants and bankers of the territory To be
benefited meet with US that we may de-
wise ways and means of accomplishing
the object desired.
1T has been proven that 900 ton
vessels can operate on the round trip
New York to Texas coasts. at about
$3.50 per ton. This we believe can be
cut down to even 81 per ton. owing to
the fact that We can buy Tampieo fuel
oil much cheaper at Port Aransas than
IN northern ports. IL is well known
fact that the cost by water transporta-
tion Is the loading and the unloading
or the stevedoring and when vessel IL
once loaded. the cost per ton per mile
ior transportation figures way down In
the mills. We can deliver freight in
New York City cheaper and better than
we can deliver il into Houston now.
If we can save the producers ~ this
territory SllO per car on the products
and al the same time furnish them "A
market where their goods can b sold
profitably instead of at lass. that
money can be put into circulation and
good conditions will result IN this terri
tory similar to conditions in California
and il i just such service that We pro-
pose to put in for our shippers and re-
/ ceivers Of this territory. that has made
California the most prosperous state III
the union today.
The practical part Of this proposi-
tion j. that we have the port. the
steamships. the storage and warehouse
facilities and that the steamers can ba
equipped 70 be ready 10 begin to haul
vegetables and citrus fruit products
within. say. thirty days after suitable
arrangements have been made. This
means that we would be in position to
give immediate service and 10 provide
market for growing products.