Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-18

OCdleS bureau Oh rlcuitu ECO
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas
hCamber of Commerce cooperating.
F. O.. B. shipping point informa.
ton reported Saturday, March Is:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points
Cool, cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Bet
ter wire inquiry, demand slow, mar
ket firm. Carloads and in mixed
cars F. 0. 3. usual terms-bulk pei
ton round type ~$14-$17.50, mostly
SIS; crates $1.10@1.25. Carloads and
in mixed cars F. o. B. cash track
very few sales; bulk per ton round
type, very few sales $12-S14; crates
S1-$1.10. Wagonloads, cash to grow
ers, bulk per ton, mostly $40, few
lower. Carrots: HaulingS moder-
ate. Moderate wire inquiry, demand
limited, market about steady. Car
loads and in mixed cars F. 0. B,
usual terms; bushel baskets 1851;
crates $1.35@1.40, fancy, long $3.50,
| Carloads and in mixed cars F. 0. B,
cash truck; bushel baskets .80@90c;
crates 1.25@1.40. BeetS: Haulings
moderate wire inquiry, demand linn
tied, market about steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars F. 0. B. usual
terms; bushel baskets 100000, few
lower; crates mostly S1.25@1.40. Car
loads and in mixed ars F. o. B.
each track; bushel baskets 75c080c;
crates S1.1001.25. Potatoes: Haul
ings light. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand limited, market about
steady. In mixed cars F. 0. B. usual
terms; 100-pound sacks Bliss Tri-
umphS u. S. No. rs, few sales $3.50.
Onions: Raymondville and near
by points: Haulings increasing.
Better wire inquiry, demand slow,
market slightly weager. In mixed
cars F. o. B. each track-crates yell
low Bermudas commercial pack
$2.50@2.75; usual terms-very few
sales 1925.
Corpus Christi Robstown Section.
Cool, partly cloudy. Cabbage: Haul
ings moderate. Light wire inquiry,
demand slow, market weak. Car
loads and in mixed cars F. 0. B.
usual terms-round and first types
bulk per ton S15@17.50. Wagon
loads cash to groWers-bulk per ton
$10012.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Sunday
and Monday. Cabbage: st. Louis
80; Houston 10; Chicago s.; Detroit
4; New York 8; t each Pittsburgh,
Shreveport; l each Baton Rouge,
Grand Rapids, Butte, Chattanooga,
vile, New London, Cleveland, Ed
monitor, Hazelton, Union City.
Mixed Vegetables: st. Louis %;
Houston 10; New York 9; 2 each
Pittsburgh, Toronto, Ottawa, Chi
cago; l each Enid, Clinton, Shreve-
port, New Orleans, Salina, Des
Moines, Grand Rapids, Duluth,
Dupo, Cincinnati, Atlantic, Nash
vile, Greensboro, Jackson, Miss,
Washington, Philadelphia, Utica,
Cleveland. Oklahoma City, Omaha,
Detroit, Dallas, Providence, Denver,
Kansas City, Wichita, Syracuse,
Woodward Montreal Quebec. Car
rots: Brooklyn z; st. Louis 4: Phil
adelphia 4; Shreveport Q; l each
New York Houston Fl. Worth, Chi
cago, Pittsburgh. Beets: st. Louis
9; Philadelphia 3; New York 2.
Dandelion: New York 1. Potatoes:
l each Houston, San Antonio, Wash
ington. Onions: st. Louis 8: l
each TT. Worth, Waco, Memphis,
New York. Spinach: Fl. Worth /.
Anise: New York 2. Parsley: New
York 2. Grapefruit: Houston S;
Fl. Worth 2; l each Beaumont,
Kansas City. Mixed Citrus: Lub-
book 1.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
day, March 16. Cabbage: Florida
IA; Texas 70; New York 5; total U.
S., $50 cars. Spinach: Texas 81;
Virginia Q; total u. S., So cars.
String Beans: Florida A; total u.
S. Al cars. Potatoes: Texas 8; Col
orado 81; Idaho IS; Florida 80;
Maine 270; Minnesota 253; total U.
S., 1,138 cars. Grapefruit: Texas
IL; Florida 1888: total U. S., 1877 cars
Carrots: Texas 80; California 10;
total U. S., SIS cars. Mixed vegeta-
bles: Texas 81; California 81; Flor
ida %; Louisiana 10; total u. S..
1872 cars. Mixed citrus: Texas /;
other 70; total U. S., 70 cars. On
ions: Texas IL; others SO, total U.
S., 70 cars.
Cabbage. Chicago: Clear, AZ de-
grees. Arrived l Louisiana, % Tex
as, on track SO cars. Supplies lib
eral, demand moderate, market
about steady. Supplies liberal, de-
mand moderate. Louisiana pointed
type some soft S1.50@2.O0 per crate;
Texas round type crates S2.50@2.75,
some soft, leafy s2.00@2.50; sacked
per cwt S2.25@2.50. Pittsburgh:
Clear, 81 degrees. Arrived ! Florida,
8 Texas. Supplies liberal, demand
moderate, market slightly stronger.
Texas round type crates best most
ly ~$2.75-2.90, poorer low as $3.50;
barrels packed locally S2.75@3.OO.
Florida pointed type best 81. 4O@1.5 so,
poorer S1.00@1.25. Cincinnati:
Cloudy, 81 degrees. Arrived l Flor
ida, l Michigan, 8 Texas, on track
Fl cars. Supplies heavy, demand
type bulk per ton $50. Florida point
ed type l 1-2 bushel hamper $3.50
1.35, few lower. Boston: Clear, q
degrees. Arrived 2 Florida, 3 Texas,
on track 20 cars. New supplies lib
eral, barely steady. Texas 8O-lb.
crates round and flat types S2.5O@
ITS; Savoy mostly S2.25. st. Louis:
Clear, As degrees. Arrived ! Louis
lana, As Texas, on track 70 cars.
Supplies heavy, demand slow, mar
ket slightly weaker. Texas round
type bulk per ton mostly $40, some
S35; crates $500. Carlot sales St.
Louis basis, Texas round type crates
fancy, l car, $3.50; bulk per ton
2 cars $3.50. Chicago: Arrived IL