Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-07-14
I'm OUR
VALLEY

thing?" a reader wants to know fol-
lowing news articles that Valley
shippers are planning action locking
to asking the Interstate Commerce
Commission to remove the thing"
In which action, by the way, they
are assured the cooperation of the
affected railroad itself, according to
A. l.. Brooks, Harlingen shipper.
That differential is sort of
super-rate that applies to all freight
destined to and coming out of GER
tain defined territory, in our case
the territory south of Robstown.
II was allowed back years ago be-
cause the railroad was pioneering or
going through country which could
not originate or receive sufficient
tonnage to permit it to make liv-
ing.
That condition is claimed to have
disappeared in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley. Also it has disappeared
largely along the Gulf coast from
BrowNSvSlle to Corpus Christi.
Where a dozen years ago there was
nothing but land for cattle there is
now an extensive agricultural area.
SOME YEARS ago the Valley
started out to remove that differ
ential. 1t was partially successful.
securing a reduction Of the differ
entail on certain items entering the
territory.
Which makes US wonder about
certain matter. A Houston attorney,
r. c. Fulbright, took the Valleys
case. He was to have received, we
believe. a fee of something like
$4,000. The cost was prorated among
various towns of the Valley.
But Fulbright never received the
entire amount. Brownsville paid, as
did San Benito. Harlingen, through
activity on the part of George
Toolan, n few weeks ago sent Full
bright a goodsized check. and re-
moved a load from its conscience.
Otherwise the towns have failed
to come across. IL you ask US why,
we don't know. Perhaps there were
no more Georges" along the line.
In view of that, will the Valley
have any luck this time in hiring an
attorney. He'll no doubt say, Lets
see, the color and size of your coin
...ore We start to work"
CAMERON COUNTY farmers ap-
pear to have outguessed Hidalgo
county farmers on the type Of crops
L. fnAuHnu
by the figures shown in the bank
statements of the two counties June
80.
In Cameron county the bank fig
ures showed an increase of some
thing like 100000. while in Hidalgo
county there was decline Of about
that amount. Hidalgo, however, will
recover in an on-coming fine cotton
crop.
In the past season Cameron county
farmers chose beans, tomatoes, po-
tatoes and some other crops that
yielded unusually splendid returns
from a very receptive market.
The Hidalgo county growers chose
beets, carrots and cabbage, which
did not do as we'll in price as the
Cameron county chief items.
The Brownsville -Olmito-Los Fres-
h nos San Benito potato growing dis
trict chose extraordinarily well. as
the 81 100000 they received for po-
tatoes shows. The profits of many
potato growers ran ! 20 many thous-
ands Of dollars on that one crop. One
man was said to have netted $4,000
on so acres.
The value Of experience in truck
growing is constantly showing itself.
Farmers more and more are watching
weather. paintings and condition in
competitive districts. In this way
they guide themselves through a
crop year.
THE POSSIBILITY of a "little
world series" between the champions
of the Valley League and the cham
pions of the Gulf Coast League is
really alluring.
Good baseball has been seen in the
Valley this year. Much of it is as
good as can be found in the Texas
League. And we've heard men say
who have witnessed major leaguers
in action that often we've as good
baseball here as the New York or ST.
Louis fans see, often.
Brownsville has been supporting
baseball this year better than ever.
Gives hopes for better grounds and
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