Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-17
I'm OUR
VAL.lsEY

Therefore he will retire from the
cabinet, along with the administra-
/ tion.
For n year or more Florida has
wanted the services Of Mr.. Jardine.
That Is, the fruit and vegetable
growers of Florida see in Mr.. Jar
dine the making of a leader who
could help them to solve their mar
keting problems.
So Mr.. Jardine has accepted. and
Will give those growers the benefit
OF his scientific experience.
Every now and so often the Flor
ida growers break out with some
thing new.
This is one of those occasions.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley
some day will take tip from Flor
ida-and from California.
THE LOWER Rio Grande Valley
is becoming one of the most talked
of sections of the United States.
The people Of the Valley know
th.. sLsy have an extraordinary
country.
Nut the process of acquainting the
kARainder of the country with the
tlst has been somewhat slow.
IL is gathering momentum, this
spreading of the fame of the VAL
ley.
This writer recently has been
thrown among visitors to north
Texas, coming from more northerly
points.
A mention of the Valley almost
without exception, among informed
persons, brings forth whole host OF
questions.
And invariably they express them
selves rs determined to visit the
Valley at the first opportunity.
BROWNSVILLE seems about 70
aeash in. for the first time on the
fact that it is located on the Rio
Grandc, and right up against a for
cign nation.
Just a year ago IL was, or some
what less, that Brownsville voted
bond issue Of 100000 for establish
1 mcnt Of an airport.
The vote was almost unanimous
/ hrt even so there were rnisgiyings
in some quarters.
Airports were quite a new thing.
lust what might be expected IN
material returns from such an in
vestment was quite uncertain.
In n few weeks time there have
becn DEVELOPMENTS which show con-
elusively that Brownsville made no
mistake.
Brownsville is about to become an
Exchange point for international air
mails.
la CAPTAIN Ira Eaker of Question
MARK" fame is soon to attempt
dawn to dusk flight from Browns
\ willie 10 Panama.
Possibly Colonel Lindbergh will
make the initial flight in the
Brownsville to Mexico City mail
plane.
FOR SOME YEARS the United
! States has been importing black
strap molasses and other hydro-car-
hons for producing alcohol.
Their value has been something
Nfke s4o,0oo,o00 annually.
l N,S- someone has discovered that
cactus of the southwestern states
| and some sections that are far from
being dsse.ts-w;ll produce this
same alcohol.
In So that IL factories for the pur-
'pose are developed they will keep
within the United States $40,0OO,OOO
a year now going out of the country.
IL is declared that the necessary
alcobol can be produced even more
cheapIy from this cactus, which
grown wild.
II the plans are carried out, they
gill add a new industry to section
Of the country greatly in need OF
Industries.
IL Recently, in Illinois, they have
been manufacturing newsprint paper
from corn stalks.
WHY not alcohol from cactus?
FL Paso, Albuquerque, Tucson, San
Bernardino and Pueblo have been
suggested as points where such
plants might be built.
And one might add Brownsville
and all the other Valley towns.
A RESTAURANT OWNER bought
four and a half dozen grapefruit,
a. r. tk~ lnt
This is equivalent to 81 grape
fruit.
He retails the fruit at Is cents
per half grapefruit.
III all the fruit is edible, that
should bring him q gross return OF
$500.
Rather a healthy profit. isn't itf
But then, how about the overhead?
We refuse to include the cost Of
sugar. inasmuch as we deny that
Valley grapefruit needs sugar.
However, there's light. heat, rent,
insurance, waiter service, towel
supply, depreciation, hapery, and so
an and on and on. ad infinitum.
MAN WANTS but little here be-
low. but usually that little includes
cook stove
Perhaps that's why the Tex-Mex
n Fisheries of Brownsville, pioneer
han Apcrters by air Of fresh salt
II er fish from Mexican shores TO
~ crnsville, sent cook stove to
fishing camp, near the Soto la
LA, about 1so miles south Of
tsvilIe.