Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-11-16
IN OUR
VALLEY

'"'rS ShOuiu oppose any nj
tempt on the part OF Florida 10
bfIng about the establishment Of bulk
rates on shipments of grapefruit into
southwestern territory, in the opinion
OF citrus fluit Shippers.
This proposal il now on the South
western Freight Bureau docket. accord.
inS TO Brown White Of san Benito. Il
leading Valley shipper heading plants IL
Brownsville, San Benito, Donna and
Mission
Mr. White, in letter 70 The Herald,
stresses the importance II Valley oppo-
sition TO this proposal. saying:
This is very plainly ~ attempt on
the part Of Florida inter,}ts to secure
rates whereby they can sht an inferior
quality, orchard run brand Of fruit that
has not been graded, sized or packed.
into our own home terr tory and under
sell Us or, perhaps, as has been done
In the past. make AN effort to pass their
inferior fruit off as Texas fruit.
We should do eve ything in our pow
er To keep Florida from securing amy
advantage over us n the way of prefer
.ntial rates, especially in our own trade
territory and any either territory where
possible to do 50. j. A. Brown, gen
eral freight agent of the Gulf Coast
Lines, has objected 10 the establishment
Of any such rates and. with proper
support. should be able To keep them
from being publ shed.
We have assured Mr. Brown ~ our
support. but the more support hc has
from the Valley the more weight his
objections Will have. II the valley
Chamber Of Commerce will gel right IN
and support Mr.. Brown in bis objec-
tionS, We feel gu te sure that BE- Will BE-
able TO stop the establishment, of rates
10 our trade territory that Tight re-
suit disastrously TO Us. -
For the next three or fourfM ars we
want to put all of our cffor TO in
stilling knowledge in everybody )minds
that the gIapef uit from III lection
il as much superior product a this
can best be done By accuratcly y,radinE
and sizing and attractively packing
every single piece Of fru I that is
shipped Sometime in the /uIe. the
next three or four or five yea we may
want a bulk rate. but for the eut we
most certainly DO not.
Mr.. white is one Of the ing and
rost expc fenced q the ValcY , ppers.
In the course Of his years in th~buslness
in the Valley he has had every oppor-
tunity to make a close study ~ The
situation ii the Valley IN competition
with other fruit and vegetable growing
centers.
Plainly, if this proposed bulk rate is
a menace to the citrus fruit industry
in the Valley. it j. up 20 the fruit n
terests Of the Valley 20 do everything
in their power 10 squclch any movement
directed against US.
The support of the railroad offic ais
in the movement Is long step forward
IN the fight But the support Of the
Valley ~ a whole will he freat help
Monty'S Monthly had some beautiful
things Ia say about The Herald. in the
last issue ~ Monty's II was such a de
boost that we are TOO modest to reprint
H. But II YOU are Interested in reading
II. why get 4 copy Oi November MOntyS
and keep on turning the pages until you
come to i.
4 Harlngen customer has suggested
10 our representative that we print moe
stuff in this column about the Valley
Beg pardon, This is certai.ly Valley
column. and il We became TOO local ID IT,
IL was merely an overs eht and possibly
because we became interested An some
local matters 70 the point of almost eV-
cludiug Valley matters.
And. YOU know. sometimes We just run
out Of things 10 talk about. But that N
not the reason this column has iecn
missing for some days We have had
lot OF other work 10 do because If q y .
.d tion we're going to pull off" soon
when that IL out Of tine way. We'll he
back 81 the job with In Our Valley"
IN Justice "a those who promoted the
last Matamo vs. bullfight ii must be
said that but. perhaps we had best not
say H. At any rate. Sidney Frank n
did contract ~ come a. Matamorps
lie was AZ Villa Hcrmosa. and ala have
10 yet boat. and did miss the boat
and did not reach Matamoros.
4 lady bulfighter i scheduled to ap-
pear ID the Matamoros r.ng on Novem-
ier 27. Il has been suggested That she
be named Sidney Franklin"
Those who promoted the appea ance
in Brownsville Of Martin l.. Peree. the
business lecturer and merchandise man
al..r of the Hoover Suction Sweeper
Company, were rather disappointed that
so small number Of business men
heard him here And when we read
wha, he said in San Antonio about the
Valley. we are even more disappointed.
Here IL is:
II have just returned from the Lower
Rio Grande Valley where ! was swept
OFF my feet by the probabilities Of al
Nancement and development. Someone
asked me to estimate the probable
uopulation Of that sect on for the next
"a a.. ~ ...,.. within that nsrioi thpV