Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-13
Mexico Situation Before Sec. Kellogg
Valley Needs Organizations to
Develop Industries, Scott Says
Especial to The Herald.)


SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Aug. Ia
Organization Of growers and the
erection Of what are known as
standby plants for the canning
of truck and fruit when the market
l. slow. we're urged BY W. II. Scott,
president Of the Southern Pacific.
who was the speaker of the evening
at banquet at the ST. Anthony Ho-
tel here Thursday night which con-
cluded San Ant0hio's celebration Of
the = r. Extension victory. Five
hundred persons from the affected
territory participated in the ceIe-
bration and over 200 Of them were
present at the "love feast Thurs
day night al the ST. Anthony.
We simply are undertaking some
thing which has been delayed through
no fault ~ ours for 20 years.
President Scott said in opening his
talk on the extension which will be
made from Falfurrias into the heart
Of the Lower Grande Valley.
Il have watched the development
Of Texas, President Scott con-
tinuer. land no place seems 20 me
70 be % richly endowed by nature
~ this state. There are seven
counties III Texas IN the same lati-
tude ~ southern Florida ana the
climate makes il possible to raise
almost anything you want to grow.
But such country must IL near
the market. The Valley can reach
the market IN any point in the United
States with citrus and truck crops
ahead of any other section.
Talks On Marketing
Marketing Of citrus should be
made an all-year-around proposition
Refrigeration warehouses should be
constructed for this purpose. In
California citrus crops are maketed
over long period. and there il
little deterioration Growers and
shippers should be organized in the
Valley 20 that the market j. never
lover done" This applies as well
to growers Of other crops in Texas
and elsewhere.
The Valley might profitably make
use Of what hydraulic engineers call
standby" plants. When the green
market j. not satisfactory. haul the
crop TO the canneT. have watched
il done in California and there is
not a thing that is done in Cali
fornia that cannot be done as well
here and in many cases surpassed. ="
President Scott also referred 10
the growth OF Texas a. whole,
saying he expected in the next few
years 10 see a greater development
in the state than in any other part
of the country.
President Scott also pointed out
the extent of the vast Ignite fields
in the state and urged the erection
Of power plants right on the coal
beds. In this connection he urged
the building OF cotton mills within
the state instead OF shipping the
staple away from Texas and then
back again in the form of manufac-
tured products.
Thanks Valley
In commenting on the vaIient way
in which Valley and other citizens
Of Texas stood with the Southern
Pacific in its fight for an !. &. q.
permit to built into this territory he
again thanked them for their CO.
operation.
President Morrison of the San
Antonio Chamber Of Commerce was
toastmaster at the banquet. Frank
Huntress, head OF the Express Pub
fishing Company. also was speaker.
Mr.. Morrison called on guests from
the various parts Of the territory af-
fected for talks.
The celebration opened in San An
tonic Thursday morning with the ar
rival Of the visitors in the city. They
were served breakfast and then a pa
rade was held. A mass meeting fol
lowed after which the visitors were
allowed 10 seek their own pleasure
until the banquet in the evening
Virtually every town in the affected
area WAS represented with Santa
Rosa. where the first rail was laid
in the extension, having the largest
delegation of any of the smaller
places. The celebration was staged
by the San Antonio Chamber OF
Commerce with the Junior Chamber
of Commerce and other civic bodies