Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-17
SPUD MINIMUM
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Valley Chambers Of Commerce Sec
retzr8eE association. and Oscar c.
D2ncy, JaGge Of Cameron county. Fol-
lowing is the text Of the telegram:
Reference your wire 10th TO
Brownsville Chamber Of Commerce,
docket 1885, authorizing minimum
potatoes $4,000 October /, 10 June /.
Our potato shipping season April ]
% June Is, potatoes are not matured
and known as new potatoes They will
not safely load more than $4,000
pounds.
~OGr potatoes shipped as new vege-
tables in green immature state and
i Is necessary that we pack not over
Toe pounds TO a sack and ship under
refrigeration. IL Is also necessary
mat We load cars with three tiers ~
sacks standing on end on each side
q the car Eith an aisle down the
center for ventilation and refriger-
alton and not 70 exceed two layers
crossUays on top which makes = uni
form load of 10000 pounds. This has
been the standard load for many years
and q heavier load than this is abb
soluteiy unsafe. as refrigeration ears
are much narrower and nave not
nearly the height Of an ordinary box
ear. Thlrty-siz Thousand pound
minimum would ruin the potato in
dusIry IN this section which Il the
most important crop IN Cameron
county and 10 the vegetable trade
over the United States.
l5e9 Cars Annually
we ship more than 1900 cars Of
potatoes annually ard N present time
planting is in full blast with over a
hsif million dollars worth Of seed
being psnteG in Cameron county now.
Prices are not always such as 20 show
profit 20 growers, and any material
Increase IN freight charges would ruin
the industry.
Your discussion and comparison
rates or potatoes. LIS ICC 1885 be-
ginning page 25s. apparently did not
Take into consideration that maximum
rates prescribed would raise minimum
ID new potatoes same as seasoned po-
tatoes which safely load $4,000
nozncs. rs illustration our rates ef-
fective many years 10 Cincinnati on
r1bhage and potatoes Of which we
ship thousands of cars annually SWL
H. series ICC, 20Os. has always car
red minimum $4,000 pounds. On both
70 uredBce cabbage rate from SLIP TO
- cents; potato rate from Sl.O6 10 50
cents. and raise minimum On potatoes
during period new potatoes move
from $4,000 70 56 5000. pounds making
around 800 increase per a under
which THE industry, in this locality
cannot exist.
Mixed Cars Involved
In addition 70 straight cars ship
ped. a large tonnage is shipped in
mixed cars of vegetables from 1000
pounds 70 SO per cent potatoes TO
the car with all other classes Of
vegetables. Last year approximately
3-se6 cars Of mixed vegetables were
shipped from the valley and under
classification minimum on vegetables
ne would be required TO pay mini
man Of $4,000 pounds on cars Of
mixed vegetables containing pots-
toes which would be an impossible
load for any refrigerator car and
would result r. the elimination OF
the mixed car business which gives
rs the opportunity Of reaching
smaller markets and admits Of bet
ter distribution and saves congestion
in larger markets OF course, not
AZ mixed Rrs have potatoes. but
during the potato shipping season
rinety per rent of mined cars carry
some potatoes in the mixture and in
very few cases could We get adyan-
tzFe Of rule ten.
-0Hr competitors In the Southeast
have much more favorable carload
mixture as illustration. see Speidens
2-F. ICC 1912. supplement ?. item
2PT5. which makes least minimum co.
600 poands mixed all vegetables We
ship Including potatoes. This local
ny ships straight and mixed CARROTS
20 all states. also Canada. and we be-
lieve that YOU will see from the
above the great injustice minimum
complained Of viii do % us and also
that you viii see discrimination
against commodities and localities.
Note Railroad Attitude
"We wired Traffic Manager Fay Of
the Southern Pacific and Horace
Booth Of the Missouri Pacific ss 20
their attitude IN this matter and are
UNITED STATES MARsHAL's SALE
Southern district Of Texas
By virtue Of an Order Of Sale Is
sued ont Of the United States District
Court for the Southern District OF
Texas. on the 18th day Of Decem-
her. 1897. notice is hereby given that
/ will sell by public auction, for
cash. on the 18th day of January
1928. Il ? o'clork y. m, in front Of
the Lriced States p. q. Building IN