Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
FINAL
EDIT ION
i'm OUR
v ALLIE
THERE'S a reason"


/" For the unexpected slowness OF the
!. potato market Of the rapidly fading
: spring.
Every reason under the moon has
-e been given heretofore. And now one
!. comes out Of New York City that
!. seems to answer the question; IN
r fact. to be the reason.
Il II came IN a circular letter, writ
item by a New York produce distrib-
ruter. a copy of which has been re-
n ceived by Cleve Tandy Of Browns
\ willie.
N Here Il "a:
u y "The fashion Of the day is to Nj
d,slen6er. Everybody ~ striving TO
,nischicvc fylph-like form.
'ut "The craze is not confined 70
Q. ,ung folks; the older ones VINO
der ould know better. are forever
tne eking TO fight off obesity.
go FPotatoes are generally crcdited
Wr N adding fat. In many homes
van N are ruled off the table.
ssts.
j. o"WITH THOUSANDS Of people IN
orst fenced BY the same thought Il is
!. md TO have \ harmful effect on
r. nsumption. Potato growers VIII
NJ mplv have 70 abide their time ana
e ait for a change N the fashion.
"A few years hence the plump
iaiden may be the preferred type
rhcreupon potatoes VIII once more
neeome popular"
NOW. WE'LL WAGER n lot OF
rowers out in IT Jardin and Los
'resnos and nearer Brownsville
ever have thought about that bus
ness Of fashion having anything II
Ipio with the consumption OF pota-
:. oes.
= But the New Yorke~'s interpreta-
rl zion Of the situation may have lot
IN, 81 foundation 20 II.
n Then IL seems to be up to the
Sotato men generally. not only M
q Texas but in Wisconsin, Nebraska
y Colorado. Florida and elsewhere ~
z dig into potato. ascertain its prop
critics. or the effect upon physical
< we'll being. thus "a show how u viii
. do one good, instead OF HARM to eat
Opotatoes.
ssp--peElans We can have an "Eat More
o Potatoes Week. thus adding one 70
Rthe thousand and one different
n Hweeks" over the country.
y ANYHOW. the New York produce
4 mans thought is worth some ponder
: sing down here in the Lower RIO
,Grande Valley Of Texas.
a IN THE MEANTIME, the Cameron
eounty potato districls have shipped
ID some 1900 carloads % potatoes this
Eseason.
Al rrices ranging from two and
ouarter 20 about four and nan
= : cents per pound. with much n N
eoing a. around three cents
About $4,000 pounds Of potatoes e
4 vhe car.
} Which means that Cameron county
c ..id ~ BE the premier potato county
: 81 the nation. this year has shipped
rhont 35.O0O.OO0 pounds Of potatoes
that's about a pound for every
- Fhird citizen IN lht 1A4tS" @-l@--'
20 II the figures are right. the grow
.oeirs of this county have received
Iry ,mewhere around Sl,000,OoO for
.eir potato crop.
They have spent around Sl5ooo0
for seed potatoes.
Il Which leaves a gross profit ot
$3.50 OOO. Out Of that comes the
rlanting. harvesting and other labor
.oSts. cost Of sacks, interest on loans,
md so on.
Now that we've carried the fig
res thus far. we'll leave 10 70 the
rovers themselves 70 determine
he profit OF the crop.
MRS. NAT WETZEL Is quite proud
her membership IN the Women
Jvcrtising club NJ Houston.
Has Just recently been added O.
N list Of members.
snd attended the "Torchbearer
7ncr" given by the club. O. honor
Pfs. Nellie Fsrcrson Stewart, AZ
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