Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
new TOWN GETS
CANNING PLANT
Farmers Of San Perlita Sec
ton Will Plant Large
Vegetable Acreage

Erection of a $4,000 canning
plant at San Perlita IN eastern Will
lacy county has been completed by
the Great Southern Packing COM
pany, and in operation in time TO
handle the surplus fan production
Of tomatoes. beans and other prod
ucts.
The company Is a subsidiary cI
the Austin Brokerage company,
canned goods brokers, who distrib-
ute throughout the entire south
west. In recent years the company
has been compelled tO ship into
Texas for the markets Of the state
from 400 10 500 cars of canned vesn-
tables annually. They operate IA
string Of plants IN Oklahoma. Ar
kansas ard Texas, and in addition
To supplying the southwest trade
have a contract covering 1900
stores Of a chain company In the
cast.
The San Perlita plant l. being
equipped with the most modern
machinery and VIII can tomatoes.
spinach and turnip greens, beans
carrots and beets, and propose es-
adjustment Of a second plant fcr
picking cucumberS.
The company plans 70 maintain
the plants IN operation almost con-
tinuously. ana planting Will be XII.
rected with this in view. Between
so and Is people Will BE- employed
g. "a. Austin. head or the Austin
Brokerage company. is the principol
stakeholder. local stockholders i'm
Guiding W.. q. Hccht. q. r.. Johnson.
II. d. Campbell. Mrs. Jennie Camp
bell, III. M. Brown. Bess Davcy an1
Hugh Mckenzie. Col. K. w. Whit
ney and Judge d. G. Hart Of Okla
bona. owners Of large tracts near
San PerIita. are also among the
stockholders.
Planting or early fall tomatoes
IS now under way IN the San Per-
lita section. and the cannery will
begin operations as soon as this
crop is matured. Paintings Of all
vegetable crops are being arranged
with a view TO maintaining and O
continuous supply, the products tc
be sold In the fresh state while
the prices are high. and delivered
to the canning plant whenever thl
market breaks. The plant will have
a capacity of three cars a day. as
surfing "a profitable market for prac-
tically all surplus vegetable produc-
ton Of the San Perlita section.
The plant was established &C Sar
Perlita after the officials Of ths
Austin Brokerage company hat
made "a thorough survey Of the veg.
etable producing sections OF tn.
southwest. This section not ollN
viii produce vegetables ar the fine.
quality" c. A. Austin. head Of tn,
company. said. but / believe thaN
can be produced q lower cost tina
IN any part OF the South. Tn.
cost Of land ia low. there appeall
10 be ample rainfall. climatic con.
ditions could not be surpassed. an
the amount cf labor involved III IT.,
production Of vegetables is less thar
In any other section. These are al
A1AtDAc wat AAAcA bN bahLAA ALL
consideration IN the development .
the canning industry upon "A prof,
liable basis. Nowhere III the sout.
or west have we found a combina.
ton OF conditions more favorable
than IN this section"
Large acreages Will be planted a
vegetables for the late fall am
early spring crops, practically ever,
farmer III the san Perlita section
having decided to plant a variet,
Of vegetable crops. practically all q
which can be disposed Of 10 On.
canning plant at a fair profit Il
the event the market for fresh ve-
etables does not hold at "a ia.
level.