Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10

p~roximately three-fourths Of all the
fruits and vegetables moved from the
state Of Texas, and fully three
fourths Of the market reports re-
ceived by the leased wire in San An
tonic are ultimately relayed to
Brownsville for the benefit Of the
growers and shippers Of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
1T il evident, therefore that the
service could be made much more et-
flcient ii the leased wire could be ex-
tended into the Lower Rio Grande
Valley during the shipping season.
II would dispense with an average OF
a thousand words a day TO be relayed
from Fort Sam Houston 10 tort
Brown by the army and navy radio
stations. IL would eliminate the cost
and delay occasioned by the messen-
ger service between the chamber of
commerce in San Antonio (where the
leased wire office is located) and the
Fort Sam Houston radio station, a
distance Of several miles. II would
enable service to be had on mutilated
messages. and would enable the Val
ley shippers to get all the market re-
ports desired for the various commo-
dities which which cannot be done
under the present arrangement. But
most important of all, il would make
available TO the Valley shippers the
reports they need at a reasonable
hour rather than several hours late
as is now the case.
Cost Would Be Light
The cost Of extending the leased
wire from Fort Worth to San An
tonic is S4s5 per month for the
leased wire and about $50 a month
for the telegraph operator. or $3.50
for the eight months. Ii the appro-
priation will not permit the extension
Of the leased wire into Brownsville.
IL appears that the service could be
improved materially by extending the
wire to Brownsville during the first
five months of the year rather than
10 San Antonio for eight months.
Market reports needed at Laredo and
San Antonio can be relayed BY the
Fort Brown radio station to those
places. Some Of the time il would
be necessary to relay practically
sotning, and at no time would tn
amount of such material equal what
has been sent from Fort Sam Hous-
ton 70 Fort Brown even during the
lightest portion of the season. Be
cause of the reduced volume of re-
ports to be relayed by radio, il is
probable that the service from Fort
Brown TO other stations could be
made much more satisfactory in ev-
cry way than has been possible AZ
Fort Sam Houston.
THE Lower Rio Grande Valley
interests have generously subscribed
$500 70 obtain the station AZ Browns
Vile during the first five months Of
1928. This sum Is perhaps several
times larger than that subscribed by
all other producing sections in Texas
combined for a market news station.
Buyers and shippers who work in 9th
err producing sections of the country
state that in no place are the gov
eminent market reports received as
late or with as many missing items
as in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
No blame is attached TO those in
charge Of the work. for they labor
under a very awkward arrangement.
IL Is believed that q serious attempt
should be made 10 improve the SER
vice for the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley. and that the only feasible way 70
do so would be to extend the leased
wire into this section for at least
five months"