Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-08


For convenience IN supervising
the carloa shipment Of tomatoes, q
state-fede-al inspection office has
been opened at l25 Bats street, San
Benito. Phone 402. Shippers de-
string this service will please call
the address above.
+. .. B. shipping ONT informa-
ton reported Iuesday, May q:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points .
Warm, partly cloudy. Carrots:
Haulings moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand moderate. market
slightly weaker. Carloads and IN
mixed rars FOB usual terms. bushel
baskets s~0c-s1.i0; few higher; crates
sl.40-l.50, mostly Sl.40; sacked per
100 lbs. tops removed around Sl.35.
Carloads and in mixed ars FOB
cash track bushel baskets S5-9Oc:
crates Sl.25-1.40. Green Corn: Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
curry. demand moderate, market
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms. bushel baskets
mostl S1.25. few $3.50; crates $1.50.
In n ed cars FOB cash track,
bushi basket S1.l0-1.25. Top ice
extra. Tomatoes: Haulings increas-
ing. Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market steady. Carloads
FOB usual terms, Tugs green wrap
ped fancy and choice mostly 50;
tours. pink unwrapped unsized
mostly SITS. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB cash track, Tugs green
wrapped fancy and choice mostly
$2.75; tours pinks unwrapped Sl.50-
Its. Wagonloads cash TO growers,
bulk per pound mature green most
ly &c, few SC; 4-basket crates pink5
mostly SIPS.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Tuesday.
May z: Carrots: st. Louis z; Phil
adelphia 4; l each Houston, Chica-
go, New York, Shreveport. Brooklyn.
Minneapolis. Green Corn: st. Louis
10; Houston a: New York 6; Chicago
4; ! each Dallas, Philadelphia. Bal
timore. Cabbage: / each Houston,
Lincoln. Parsley: New York !. To-
matoes: Houston 6; 3 each st. Louis.
Seattle; 2 each Chicago, Denver,
Salt Lake; ! each Minneapolis,
Shamokin, Beaumont, Wichita Falls,
New Orleans. Pittsburgh, Regina,
Winnipeg. Mixed Vegetables: st.
Louis 6; Houston S: T~exarkana 2;
! each Waco. San Antonio. FL Paso.
Clinton, New York. Cheyenne, Ed
monitor. Amarillo. Roswell. Shreve-
port. Memphis, Philadelphia. Pitts
burgh.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning,
May 8: Mixed vegetables %; to-
matoes As ventilated, 4 refrigerated;
green corn 50; carrots IS: beets and
carrots 2; boots /; cabbage !; total
l26 cars. Freight movement TO date
this season: Fruit 1875. vegetables
20,l09. total 21.844 cars. To same
day last season: Fruit ll46, vegeta-
bic 1871. total 1880 cars.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Tuesday, May q:
Potatoes: Alabama "a: Florida IS;
Idaho IS: Louisiana 10: Maine 106:
Michigan 20; Minnesota 90; South
Caroline 8; Texas /; Washington
Ia; Wisconsin SO; total u. s. T26
cars. Bermuda II. Onions: Cali
fornia 4; Texas IA; total u. S. lab
cars. String Beans: Alabama 2;
California 4: Florida %: Georgia q;
Louisiana IA: Mississippi Z: South
Carolina 4; Texas l freight, 2 ex-
press; total u. S. As cars. Cabbage:
Alabama %: California 10; Louis
lana 10; Mississippi 50; South Caro-
lima 8; Texas Sc: Virginia AZ: total
u. s. ia cars. Carrots: Arizona 8:
California 20; Louisiana /: Texas
%: total u. s. So cars. Cucumbers:
Alabama u; Florida 80: Illinois 8:
louisiana /; Ohio 3; Texas l freight,
3 express: total u. S. 50 cars. To-
matoes: Florida. east coast 10; 9TH
er Florida l04; Texas % freight. /
express; total U. S. lat cars. Mex
leo SO; unreported 9Th. Mexico Is.
Mixed Vegetables: Alabama 8: Cali
fornia 20; Florida Is: Mississippi IS:
Texas %; total u. S. 140 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Tuesday. May q:
Canal Point. Fla: Rained during
night. Tomatoes: Hauiings light.
Moderate wire inquiry. demand
good' market firm. Carloads FOB
cash track skies green wrapped fam
very few sales s2.75-3.00; choice
Laredo. Texas: Hot. clear.
Onions: Taulings very light. Wire
inquiry only moderate, demand linn
Tied. market weak. YER view sales
Carloads FOB cash track. crates
elbow Bermudas u. S. No. Is and
mixed No. Is and Is mostly 81: few
lower. Most shipments rolled un-
sold.
Reports by radio from important
markets-this mornings sales "a
JoooerS-unless otherwise stated.
tomatoes. Kansas City: Clear.
% degrees. Arrived / Florida, d.
verted 2, on track 4 cars. Supplies
liberal, demand moderate, market
dull Florida skies originals ripe
and turning wrapped s4.45Oa4.f5:
lepacked Tugs firsts S5!O0G55O. skies
fancy $7O0G750.
Cincinnati. Partly cloudy. SO de-
greeS. Arrived / Florida. on track
ii cars. Supplies liberal, demand
moderate. market steady. Florida
SKIES repacked ripe wrapped fancy
$500: choice 500.
Pittsburgh: Clear, 43 degrees.
Arrived "a Florida, ! Mexico, on
track SO cars. Supplies liberal, de-
mand moderate, market about stea-
dy. Florida originals turning wrap
ped fancy S4.50Q4.75. mostly $3.50.
fair low as $500; choice best 5000
$50. mostly S3.O0GS.25, fair -2.5On
2.75. Mexico Tugs turning wrapped
firsts mostly $500. Repacked-