Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-27
VALLEY GIN
REFUSES TO
SHIPBYTRUCK
Boyd Says Motor Car
riers Add Nothing
To Section; Should
Patronize Rails

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roads broke forth in all its fury
/ here today with the announcement
from the largest cotton ginning and
buying concern in south Texas, the
Valley Gin company, through its
vice president, H. P. Boyd, that IL
will not sell cotton to anyone who
moves ii out of the Valley by truck.
Mr.. Boyd launched into ar attack
on the trucking interests in an in
terview with q representative Of The
Herald, declaring that every man
who ships a bale Of cotton by truck
is n detriment to the Valley. and
that every Gotten buyer, every gin
man, and every farmer who has the
interest of the Valley at heart in
any way should absolutely refuse to
ship by truck.
These facts were brought forth
by Mr.. Boyd:
The railroads are with us 3e5 days
in the year.
The railroads pay thousands Of
dollars in taxes in almost every city
in the Valley.
The railroads spend many thou
sands of dollars with Valley mer-
chants through their thousands Of
employees, whose homes are in the
Valley.
The trucking interests are not To-
Gated In the Valley, but have head.
. quarters, and capital, and property
, In other counties.
The trucking interests pay no
taxes in the Valley.
The trucking interests come In
during the flash Of the season, snd
take the cream of the crop, and then
stop coming TO the Valley.
Rails Serve Year Round
The trucking interests are not re-
sponsibie to the farmer in any way
as to placing trucks at his disposal.
When a farmer wants a car TO
move his produce by rail, he can de-
mand il, and the law compels the
railroad to furnish cars for him.
II costs s. 10 truck a bale Of cot
ton TO Corpus Christi.
II costs So to send a bale to Cor
pus Christi by rail, and the railroads
pay for COMPRISING IL, which is IS
cents cost.
When cotton Is trucked out OF the
Valley, it Is compressed at other
points, and Valley congresses are
cheated out of legitimate business.
After pointing out these facts, Mr..
Boyd launched into q discussion OF
the matter from every angle.
THE railroads ZANE into the VAL
ley when they knew that they could
not make money for years." he said.
"They were willing to relp the VAL
ley build up. They have helped it.
Sometimes they make money, some
times they do not. But whether they
make money or not, they are here
365 days out Of the year, at the beck
and call Of Valley people, to take
produce to any part of the country.
"The farmer who grows spinach,
carrots, beans. tomatoes, ~lettucs.
cabbage, eggplant, canteloupes and
citrus-what Is he going to do when
he gets ready to ship? Is he going
truck one down from Corpus Chris
duce and carry IL 70 market? Where
can he find a truck when he wants
one?
Says Truck Skim Cream
"No. He will not call a truck. He
will fall back on the railroads. And
then when the trucks come in Ia
gather the cream of the cotton, he
listens to their fairy tale of differ
ence in rates, and let's them carry
his cotton out.
"Hcw much taxes do the trucking
companies pay in the Valley?"
None.
How many men do they have liv-
ing in the Valley? The same.
what benefit are they to the
Valley
"Who is going to build up the
highways again after trucks have
torn them to pieces carrying 80 or
40 bales of cotton in one load? Who
is going to stop them from hogging
the roads?
THE farmer, the gin men, the
cotton buyers, and others who are
here to help the Valley as we'll as
themselves must do it.
Railroad companies Cand we
don't discriminate, or choose be-
tween any Of them in the Valley
have thousands Of men employed in
the Valley. They have executive
general agents, passenger agents,
freight aganets, brakemen and scores
Of others. They have agricultural
agents who come down and help the
farmers. They advertise the Valley
ever the nation ct no cost to the
Valley.
"The railroads operate hundreds
Of trains in and QUE Of the Valley
at q loss. Their passenger trains do
notpay them. And then, when they
have q chance at a little revenue on
cotton, q chance TO make a reason
able profit on a huge investment,
are the Valley people going TO turn
around and let some outside con-
Germs come in and hog the cream Of
the trade, just because they know
the railroads will be here at their
service whether they do or not?
you can tell everyone you want
70 that the Valley Gin company will
net move cotton out by truck; that
the Valley Gin company will not sell
20 q cotton buyer who does not make
IL plain that he is going to move
the cotton out by rail. None Of the
cotton we handle moves by truck II
we can help IT,"
Rails Buy In Valley
Mr.. Boyd also mentioned the fact
that the railroads have properties
IN all Valley towns, and pay taxes n
them.
The employees Of The railroad buy
their groceries from Valley stores,
buy their clothes from Valley stores,
have their homes in the Valley, paw
taxes in the Valley, buy Valley pro-
duce, and are citizens Of the Valley.
And in contrast he pointed out
that the men driving the trucks do
not live in the Valley, thta the own.
ers do not living in the Valley. and
that they pay not taxes in the VAL
lev, and do not contribute to the
roads which they are tearing down,
In like manner the employees Of
the cotton congresses are Valley
residents, and IL cotton Is trucked
out, these congresses lose business
which should rightfully belong in
the Vailevs