Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-08
.FARMERSPLAN
PRICECONTROL
ORGANIZATION
Meeting at Weslaco En-
pow wers Committee;
Fixing of Tom a t o
Price to Be Tried

WESLACO, Texas, May s.
AS a first step in campaign to
organize Valley farmers and
growers for the control Of mar
ket prices Of their products, a
committee Of five prominent
growers was named following a
meeting here yesterday, with
power to form a plan for the or
ganization. The meeting was in
response to a call sent out by
the Valley tChamber of Com
merce.
A committee also was named
to set the price for tomatoes Of
the present crop, as was done in
the potato deal now nearing a
close.
The committee on a Valley-wde mar
keting organization consists Of Clay
Eberhard of Pharr, H. l.. McCombes of
San Juan, NJ 7. Wiley of La Feria. j.
A. Rodgers of Harlingen and w. B.
Palmer Of San Benito. W. G. Baker Of
Weslaco was named general chairman
of the meeting and O. S. v. Ross, secre-
tary.
An advisory committee composed o.
Louis H. Alsmeyer Cameron county ap-
I.ipn
dalgo agricultural agent, and Harry Sex
ton was named to coperate in the work
Of forming plan.
meeting Of the committee has been
called for p. m. Wednesday, May -,
at the Guaranty State Bank directors
room in Wesiaco, when the committee
will organize and discuss various mar,
keting plans. When a satisfactory plan
is worked out a general meeting will be
called and the organization started.
Growers on the committee TO control
tomato prices are o. II. Stugard. Alamo.
J. 7. Hester, Harlingen, and Chas. Bar
ber, San Benito. meeting of this
committee will he held soon and there
after daily price will be set based on
information obtained from the national
markets and from the local buyers
Growers will be asked to refuse to sell
at a figure below the plice set.
The marketing meeting held here yes
terday was the result Of request
brought to the Valley organization by a
committee from the Chamber Of Com,
merce at Wesl8co several weeks ago 1t
was the opinion of the Weslaco cham
Der that thousands of dollars had been
lost to the growers of the Valley or
the last crop by lack Of an efficient
marketing board and that this could
be saved in years to come by forming
such an association.
The general purpoZ Of the meeting
after it was opened by VIM. r. Burnett,
president of the Valley Chamber of
Commerce, was outlined by W. G. Baker.
farmer of Weslaco, who became tempor-
ary secretary.
Talks along the lines Of the farmers
marketing troubles were made by NJ. T.
Wiley of La Feria. farmer in this
section for the last IA years, j. II. Pot
ter of Donna, J. A. Rodgers of Harlin-
gen, II. l.. McCombes Of San Juan. all
farmers, County Farm Agents kirkpa
trick of Hidalgo courty and Alsmeyer
Of Cameron county, Lloyd Thompson,
banker Of Harlingen, and several 9th
ers. Mr.. Thompson advised the farm
ers Of the various communities to get
the coperation of their bankers in the
movement for better marketing condi-
tions.
Mr. Burnett, in opening the meeting,
said that the Valley Chamber of Com
merce is not in position at this time
to sponsor a market organization of any
kind, but he assured the farmers that
they would have the loyal cooperation
of the organization in all their efforts.