Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-30
I'm OUR
VALLEY

fsass. throughout the year, instead Of
80 ing IL all on the market at one
r ~" Is the pertinent question
xrss by a ..hardworked hardware
IA q Of McAllen who says "just
n, me and my letter out of it,"
o~ was moved to add this sugges-
TO others that have gone BY. by
I y letter Of q Houston produce man,
q Iblished In this column a few days
"Whereinell will they 1.-THE grow
Fs) be unless some big money and
xIK' brains are enlisted. on n profit
bic basis to themselves as well as
he growers, now" he goes on to
Jfsy.
W Read with interest the letter in
your issue Of Friday. dealing with
4 the market situation in Houston.
*the Valley and other points in re-
gard to grapefruit. Those who eat
kErnpefruit do not want II for short
@ixty or ninety days period Of the
year; they want it every morning
the same as they want their cereals
sad other staple breakfast foods.
1THE GROWERS of the Valley
dump their fruit on the market in a
very short harvest period and 'hol-
ier' eat our grapefruit, and help
us cut; IL can't be done that way.
N The citrus growers will have to
Fsil in capital from some point, or
<organize among themselves on a
TAR and equitable basis, with of
<ieers who will justly and honestly
administer the affairs Of the cor
poration, holding concern to handle
their products for them. You can,
understand. keep grapefruit indef-
>initely in cold storage. and ship at
any time during the year.
~IF>THEY WILL do this they can
establish a steady market throughout
the year. They will then be in po-
sition to furnish fruit any day of
the year. and I believe they could
80 through the East IL they could
guarantee shipment on so many box
- per day or week. They could sign
mp with enough big hotels alone to
etsorb every box Of first class fruit
produced in the Valley this year, at
> price Of "a TO So per box to the
shipper. A plant for the handling Of
grapefruit. PROPERLY financed and
managed. should carry this fruit for
approximatf1E4fKelye cents per box
~T month. II saouid ais.s BE- abie'
70 advance the grower up to fifty
per eeat Of the valuation when
placed in storage"
THE HOUSTON Chamber Of Com
meree and the San Antonio Cham
Der Of Commerce have representa-
tive delegations Of businessmen in
the Valley today.
Today Is Houston Day" at the
Mid Winter Fair, Harlingen, and to-
morrow Is "San Antonio Day.
4 Houston and San Antonio both are
evideneing a splendid interest In the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Each takes advantage of the OPP
porturity offered by the Mid-Win-
ter Fair TO visit the Valley in large
delegations. and individually Hous-
ton and San Antonio businessmen
eeme down throughout the year.
Houston ard San Antonio are
both important wholesale centers for
Valley business. These annual voy-
ages By their chambers of commerce
offer splendid opportunities for their
wholesalers TO meet their trade on
home ground. in their own places of
business, besides visiting the Fair,
and seeing the Valley generally.
And they are thrice welcome.
TIE LOWER RIO GRANDE Valley
prides itself on it's sunshine, but,
frankly IL would welcome little
rain row and then. particularly in
View Of the fact that fall and winter
track would benefit. and ground
zro1ld. be.ip, better shape for the
|IEnting yet TO come.
The present fall season ias been
thk driest In some years. But the
Rio crande W standing by with =
fair amount Of water available for
irrigation purposes And when the
heavens do not send the sufficient
supply. pumps begin TO function.
500
mcALLEN Is TO HAVE a grape
frfit canning factory.
II. silverfieid of Georgia and Can
ads Il to be the owner Of the plant.
HIVE you every tried grapefruit
out OF the can? It's really good.
Mostly it's culls that are canned
Properly 50. Culls are really as good
the rest of IL. bat they are not
90 readily salesble on the markets.
But remove the covering. and the
fruit 10 there just the same.
FIVE NEW BUSINESS houses and
probably fifty new residents were
added 20 Brownsville with the build
fne OK Hotel I'll Jardin.
There's. the hotel itself,and its
staff. There's the cafe and dining
room, although operated by the ho-
teI. That's three. There's the curio
store, the drug store, and the mems
haberdnshery and tailor.
Also. recently, came the National
Biscuit Company's branch distribut-
fne house.
Bslievs II or not. the towns grow
ing.