Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-10
SOME MELONS. WE'LL SAY

The result of The counys eanaoape survey publish
ed by the Press few 3, days @ sso se9Wea ne
age for this season of 81 322 acres
Some melons, we'll say - h
This is the largest devoted to TINS crop ever oe
fore recorded in Imperial Valley.
is the largest cantaloupe acreage ever grown III any
one place in the world
1t is fully five thousand acres above any estae given
It means that from the opening of the harvesting sea-
son to the end there will such activity all through ne
valley been experienced here since the DOOM o
of cotton during the war; 4hou
II will create tremendous demand for labor to gather
the crop and put aboard the refrigerated cars
that will transport it to market H. oooods of tho sale
But the one big thing Will De the proceeos u ~ "'
Pending the returns from shipments, there will be s;a
lively in the ~ what a w eantaoupes?
Will the increased Imperial acreage nave Ihe 80 @
bearing the market? Will the ateness OF tne season ss
acres the increase for this season beng the one
of 1177O more than 62 percent % dnost r;t
what the market will be- but they will make only
guess No one tell If other sections producing cary
cantaloupes have larger planting Will add TO tne prooa
bv of low price If their is less the increase
here will be partly counterbalanced ~,
The seasons lateness is general condition and TINS
bosa ;s not likely to prove real factor The one big
thing the avidy with which the public takes tne
OF this may be said cantaoupes have steadily gained
IN nonnlaritv They have made their steadily IN many
markets THE imperial product is SO early ana SO cao M
that it has been challenge the epcurean tastes OF the
neope Times are better than ago. More men are
more factories runng more money Is m Good
market On the whole there is to expect sats-
factory utcome Last year al astated %
carloads for this year should bring US gross returns
of Under such circumstances we Will surely
be Tying with the geese - -! H.. +h No.
The San Bernardino Sun is of the opinion that the De-
partment of Justice might well be engaged in efforts to
discover why there is uniform price for cement every
II s%s gi
M brand Of The samS kid of cement is produced !here mere
are many things the of Justice might do tnere
are many things is trying to do but there are tens OF
thousands corporations and partnerships the united
States and but Department of Justice SO TAR as c
ment production concerned the manufacturers OF 1t
have doubtless of the other trusts and nave
decided that afford to risk at least gentemans
There section of the country where more
cement is being than in California for there is more
building here and more road construction than anywhere
else II would be fine thing would be comforting to
feel that there real competition in supplying the mater
a for this but cement people act like friends pretty
we'll cemented together. 4,<s
The Riverside Press the fact that as
vet no candidate against Phil Swing has been developed
either in republican ranks the Democratic party
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