Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-05-20
Million Offered for City Light and Wate
I'M OUR
VALLEY

S. c. TUCKER. president Of the
Brownsville Chamber Of Commerce,
announced at the Rotary Club the
other day that Brownsville had a
fair chance 70 secure cotton mill Of
some kind.
It's a type Of manufacturing that
citizens have long believed would
prove a paying venture here. as il
would in any other Valley city.
Incidentally. Mr.. Tucker vigorous
ly resented aspersions cast upon
Brownsville's manufactured pro-
ducts.
The list is not TO be taken lightly.
IL includes brick and hollow tile.
as well as drain tile. Also includes
maearoni and spaghetti plant.
which produces several tons Of the
products year. With encourage
ment il could produce and sell a
great deal more.
Includes a palm hat factory. the
product Of which is becoming in
creasingly popular. especially out on
farms.
Includes cottonseed products. like
meal and cottonseed oil.
Includes plant for making
shirts. riding jackets and work pants
A corn meal and chicken feed
plant.
There is being added a concrete
pipe plant.
The ice making industry Is big
one.
There Is also sizeablc mattress
making plant.
There is very fine woodworking
plant.
The bottling Of drinks is An inn
portant industry four plants in op-
GRAFTON.
The canning industry at Olmito i
regarded as Brownsville institution.
Now laugh at all that.
BROWNSVILLE not cnly should
20 after new factories Of the kind
that should succeed here; the city
should also lend every possible en-
couragement for the development Of
those industries that il now has
II should 20 70 extreme lengths %
see that these Industries succeed.
that their products get distribution.
that they are enabled to expand
And the same can well be urged
upon every other city
While reaching out for new in-
dustries. do not forget those already
in the field. Sometimes they, too,
need encouragement.
ALONG THIS LINE. there was an
interesting item in the Mercedes
News the other day. IL reads:
practically every grocery store in
Mercedes is demonstrating that they
believe in Valley products and Val
ley industries by stocking canned
Valley grapefruit This product h.
put up ny the Olmito Packing Com
pany. The larger the quantity of
their product they can place on the
market the large percentage n the
grapefruit crop ~ the Valley they
can use"
That's the way q encourage Val
ley industries.
IT'S REALLY too bad that real
road work j. not being done on the
state highway between Falfurrias
and the Hidalgo county line.
Automobile travellers declare that
that stretch Of road has almost
blown away. leaving chucholes and
ruts Of varying depths.
It's condition j. terrible That's
ahfut the mildest description they
a. of T.
when the Hidalgo line " struck.
therr's relief The driver settles
down "a enjoyment Of splendid
read. Going the other way. he arr
proaches that Brooks county road IN
the prospect Of two or three hours
Of rough going.
Brooks county Is said to realize
the situation and Is doing everything
IL can to have the road rebuilt
But Brooks county is not %
pcpulous a. the Lower Valley coun-
tics and financing j. difficult
problem
COL SAM ROBERTSON an
ronnces that he a. starting Nork
Immediately on his bridge % cross
the Laguna Madre from a point
mile south ~ Point Isabel q Clark's
Island. thence to BraEos Island
Cars viii ~ ferried across Brazos
Santiago Pass from Brazos Island
20 Padre Island
Col Robertson has been busy or
n great undertaking for many months
now and Is beginning To realize has
ambitions. His bridge AZ Corpus
Christi nov completed, he Is able 70
80 shcac with his south end pro
jects.
REGRET THE HERALD was
party q Announc mentS that tickets
would he recognized by Maiamoros
immigration officials a. passports