Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT, the VAL
ley, with from IS to 80 per cent Of
the cotton crop gathered, for the
first time this season is suffering
a shortage Of pickers.
Men in touch with the industry
say picksrs are streaming out Of
the Valley to the Robstown-C Corpus
Christi area and other sections
where the cotton is at its best.
Only the poorest pickers-the
aged and the very young-are lef:
in the Valley.
It is predicted there will ce real
difficulty in getting the remaining
cotton gathered and hauled TO the
gin.
n. p. BOYD, vice president OF the
Valley Gin company. believes IS to
30 per cent of the Valley Gotten crop
is gathered.
Between 5000 and 10000 bales
have been ginned.
1 There are between $1,000 and 25.-
900 bales still in the field, he thinks
after a survey.
The cotton crop for 1929 is
~made," in the opinion of Mr..
@oyd.
There may be a few scattering
.diSldS Of late cotton which will yield
some lint, but very few.
There is not a chance for a top
icrop-weevils and other pests have
attended to that.
y But between Sl1,000,000 and sl2,-
600, 900 viii have been put into cir
'culation in Cameron, Hidalgo, VIII
lacy and Starr counties by the
crop.
And that means q wonderful
boost to the financial condition Of
this section.
THERE rs a grapefruit famine
abroad in the land and nothing can
be done about it for two months.
This famine is all brought about
by the 18-day avoirdupois-paring
so-called Hollywood diet" which
cuts IS pounds from the anatomy
in 10 days.
Just listen to the wall Of the
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago is facing a shortage of
grapefruit. This may be useless ig.-
formation To those who consider the
grapefruit nothing more than
lemon that saw an opportunity ana
made the best Of it. But it has
caused a crisis in the ranks Of the
eighteen-day dieters comparable 20
the usual comparisons in crises. 1t
scerns that nude. or raw grapefruit
is the pairing knife that cuts down
the avoirdupois and without 1t
thousands of lady-like ambitions 70
attasR sylph-like proportions are
dash8d
"A check today with grapefruit
purveyors showed that the citrus
exchange, which this year shipped
$50 cars more than ever before, has
exhausted its supply long before
schedule. The new crop will not be
rcady until October i. The condi-
ton in the canned grapefruit IN
dustry is equally hopeless. de-
cember is the date of the next pack
Of grapefruit and the walls of
grapefruit-conscious females echo
from empty shelves.
The very condition which threat
ems to wreck the eighteen-day diet,
is saving it, silly as it may sound.
The worry of having to go without
grapefruit, combined with the exer-
ton entailed in running from store
10 store seeking it. is keeping the
girls reduced 10 the shadow-like
contours they crave"
. VALLEY land developers, on their
tours up and down the United
states, find an intense interest in
this section.
Publicity given the section
through activities Of the Missouri
Pacific and Southern Pacific -ail-
roads, the various chambers of COM
raerce and tie land companies IS
bearing fruit.
Mecause Of this interest the de-
yelApers are predicting $4,000
homeseekers win be brought to the
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