Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-21

VALLEY DRIVE
FOR MEMBERS
Effort Will Be Made
To Secure Concert
ed Action on Spring
Truck Marketing

a Valley-wide drive for members
VII be inaugurated this week by the
producers Cooperative association
which has secured q number Of mem
bers in Cameron county and pro.
poses to extend its activities over
entire Valley. At the same time ar
effort will be made to secure all
shippers. bankers and other business
interests as associate members. the
plan OF the association being TO build
Mp an organization in which all in.
arrests may be connected. the grow.
ers as members and -ron-growerss rs
associate members.
Practically no progress has been
made IN the solution Of the Valleys
marketing problem since the first
head Of cabbage was cut in the Val.
ley, growers and shippers were in
Termed by James Bowie of San Be-
nito at a dinner at the Stonewall
jackson hotel Monday night to which
~ shippers had been invited BY the
y directors of the cooperative. Mr.
Bowie urged that every interest in
D Valley. particularly the bankers
and shippers, get back of the CO
operative movement, and aid in elm
mating the competitive practices
which demoralize the Valleys mar.
kets.
Twenty-Five shippers were the
guests of the directors at the din
ner, and they were unanimous ir
pledging their support to the organi-
alton and urged a large percentage
OF the growers be brought into the
organization in order TO control the
shipments. They cited that last
week when the market on cabbage
broke from 50 to Sc per ton over l50
cara had been shipped in one day
from the various Valley shipping
points and that the market was IN
able to assimilatc this number.
Cabbage Deal Nearly Over
Shippers reported that the heavy
movement Of cabbage would be over
IN a week or ten days, and expressed
the opinion that the market would
not be strengthened materially un-
til shipments Of that commodity
dropped below 40 or so cars per day.
They stated that leaders were quot
ing cabbage out of the Valley as low
MS So per ton, and that il would be
impossible TO stabilize the market
under such conditions.
The beet and carrot deal has main
tanned a fairly steady range, and
there has been little deviation from
the price fixed by the distributing
committee of the cooperative. Grow
ers and shippers oppressed the opin-
ion that il would be possible for the
cooperative to stabilize prices on
beans. tomatoes, potatoes and other
vegetables, small quantities of which
bare handled by the so-called "track
leaders,"
The cooperative last week fixed
the price of cabbage at 50 per tor
and instructed its licensed shippers
10 quote out $l4. This was done for
two days during which time the cab
hage movement broke all records. On
the third day the price broke TO Sc
per ton. and little hope OF increasing
that price for a week CT ten days
was expressed.
Start Membership Drive
Members of the cooperative an
nounced they would start a drive for
memberships Tuesday morning and
continue throughout the week, their
objective being as per cent of the
Valley growers. A committee com
posed Of A. N. Tandy and w. z. Nc.
bavitt of Brownsville, Ben We'll and
VIM. Y. Buck of San Benito, G. c,
Howell and Sam Shannon of Harlin-
rem; L. j. Stahl. Wesl6co and f. A
Boyce. Donna, was appointed by di-
rectors to call upon every shipper in
the Valley and urge they join the
movement to cooperate with the
growers organization.
Practically all shippers in Browns
Vile. Harrington and San Benito have
Staken associate memberships, appli'
cations for licenses have been filed
By t~wenty-one. Those attending the
Eeeting expressed confidence in Sc
curing the cooperation of 90 TO 81
per cent of the established shippers
Every possible effort will be made
q have the majority of growers in
the association before the heavy
movement of spring vegetables gets
well under way. Growers and ship
pers expressed confidence that ii
fkis IL accomplished the spring ship
ring season can be made the most
profitable in the history Of the
Valley.