Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10
EXTENSION TO
BROWNSVILLE
IS REQUESTED
Present Service, Relay
ed From San Anto-
MO, Inadequate to
Meet Valley Needs

L&AEAcAOH W LnG At1@CN wire m&T@
ket news service Of the U. =. depart
rlent Of agriculture from Fort Worth
TO Brownsville will be sought BY the
brownsville Chamber of Commerce,
according to announcement Saturday
by O. Il. Richardson, nag
Two years ago the department ex-
tended the leased wire from Fort
Worth to San Antonio and market
rews IS now relayed BY the Fort Sam
Houston radio to the naval radio at
Brownsville, being disseminated over
the Valley from this point. The
San Antonio office also supplies
market service To the Laredo onion
district and the Winter Garden sec
ton, both OF which utilize the SER
vice only a few weeks OF the year.
In a letter TO the department OF
agriculture, G. G. Richardson, man
ager az the Brownsville Chamber OF
Commerce, points out that the Low
er Rio Grande Valley ships approx
imately rs per tent Of the winter
vegetables moved from the area
served by the San Antonio office:
that a leased wire to Brownsville
would serve the outside sections m
we'll w. the San Antonio office does
az present; and that such service
would be OF inestimable value ~
Shippers ard grower OF the Lower
Rio Grande Valley, who are shin
ping vegetables eight months of the
year with the heavy movement from
January 4 70 May SI.
No Criticism of Service
No criticism w the nreSapt -
vice Is made by the chamber Of COM
mHFHO nFhnH Nkna
10 the fact that the service is limit
ed by reason that il must IN reIavoa
over radios handling an immense
amount az military work. and tbnt
it Is essential that the Valley have
the complete service. Following IL
the text Of Mr.. Richardson's Letter
70 the department:
FOR the purpose Of colIectinv
ana disseminating market informa,
ton of value to the rover ard
shippers M winter Vegetables IN
south Texas, for several wears ~
appropriation has been made ~ tbe
FEDERAL government 10 maintain
market news service in this section
ne districts served mainly have
Dten those adjacent 70 San Antonio
the winter Garden. Laredo, and tha
lever Rio Grande Nalley.t IN add
I IA
tion 70 the appropriation bv ths
Ieuerai government, the Texas de-
partment of agriculture, the limited
states wa and navy departmenfa
and the various communities have
cooperated. 49,
ln order 70 accomplish this SER
vice. the government leased wire "a
been extended from Fort Worth ~
San Antonio during the period
November l 10 June 80 of the fiscal
year. The principal activities have
consisted or "A market news service
covering: tll Spinach INV thn San
antonio office during January ana
FEBRUARY and the early portion w
Mach; CD onions by the Laredo
oIiiee during April and NAV: (31
mons by the Crystal City office
curing April and part Of Nav; (41
CABBAGE, beets- carrots, spinach.
onions, string beans. potatoes and
tomatoes by the Lower Rio Grande
valley office at Brownsville dur
,rg the i've monthsoJanuary 10
Nay. inclusive.
During the onion season market
information is relayed from San
antonio ~ Crystal City by CONNER
cial telegraph, and % Laredo bv
me r. sam Houston radio station
. ri. Mcintosh. Market informa-
,loh ior the Lower Rio Grande VAL
Itg IN relayed from Fit. Sam Houston
M c. brown tBrownsville) by the
army and navy radio stations. Tha
use Of the government radio 49,
tlohs obVlates the az tolls
70 Western Union, an expense which
the local shippers are reouired %
pay. Since the vegetable season -
the Lower Rio Grande Valley "
much longer than at The other nnir+u
covers so many more commodi-
ties. the expense az sending ~
market reports BY commercial wire
would be prohibitive.
Full Service Justified
I'm general, this service N fully
JUSTIFIED and the fact that thu local
1rctors contribute their share wv the
Expense indicates that ii il helpful
y them IN marketing their products
- best advantage. In actual pras-
ice certain difficulties have been
encountered which can BE- eliminated
ns = change an the method ~ dis
s~tmihatlng the reports. IA study of
sne reports issued by the various Of
ices NSan Antonio, Brownsville,
Laredo n Crystal City, shows
mat about seventy-five per cert ~
the material received via the leased
wire nj San Antonio IL intended ~
relay 70 the Lower Rio Grande VAL
iey' " n not used by the other VI
noes. This, az course, il due W tbe
longer time the Brownsville offica
Is open and to the greater number
o. commodities covered.
"lt has been found that during tEa
neavy shipping season, the radio stn-
lions cannot handle the volume wv
material desired for the Lower RIA
Grande Valley within the schedule All
loted for transmission. These radio
stations transmit the market reporta
ms = courtesy, without any mpen
tion- and cannot be expected w
neglect their regular work for thu
army and navy. III has also been
FOUND that many errors are made IN
relayIng the market reports which
are IN code. and there is no way Of
getting service for corrections. The
chief fault, however, lies in the fact
that the reports are not available to
tne valley shippers until late in the
day. and II has often been necessary
20 resort Go Western Union reports III
order 20 get the carlot shipments
and +. o. b. information which should
be published around 9 a. m. rather
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