Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
new NOTE IN
RELATIONSHIP
Visiting c. of c. Men Say
Valley And Florida
Should Cooperate

Striking a new note in the rela-
tlonShip between Florida and the
Valley, visiting Florida chamber of
commerce men stated during the
past week that they believed both
sections would profit by close CO.
operation between the two sections.
These sections offer much the
same commoditieS-recreation, veg
etable and fruit produce, citrus, etc.
the secretaries pointed out, but
there Is ample market for all these
goods and a maximum of benefit
would be obtained by each section
through cooperation, they believed
The visitors were r. G. Grassfield,
general manager of the Florida
Chamber of Commerce, and E. E.
Vorenberg, secretary of the Greater
Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce.
They returned to the Valley with
j. E. Bell, secretary of the San Be-
nito chamber, and @. G. Richard
son, manager of the local chamber.
from the Dallas convention of the
Texas Commercial Executives aSso-
citation.
They were shown over the Valley
by automobile. The chamber of
commerce men were especially i'm
pressed with the quality Of the VAL
ley grapefruit and the quantity in
which it is produced on matured
trees.
Vorenburg thought, however, that
this section was not making suffi-
clent efforts to make it a winter
resort. He pointed out the value
Of this traffic by figures from his
city. Palm Beach, a city of 1000,
was visited by a large number of
tourists who spent a total of $20,-
100000 during the past year, he said.
For every one man who comes to
the south with the deliberate inten-
ton of investing, 100 visitors come
for the purpose of escaping the cold
weather and of spending their va
cations, it was said. OF the hun
dred vacationistS a certain per cent
are certain to become interested fl
nancially when they view the pros
poets here, even though they did
not come for that purpose. Such
was Vorenburg'S reasoning and he
recommended that the Valley make
a more determined bid for the va
cationists.
Both Vorenburg and GraSfield
stated after seeing the Valley that
this section had the same oppor-
tunities as Florida along this line,
and they did not see why it should
not become a winter resort if the
tourists were gone after and taken
care of when brought here.
Both were highly enthusiastic
over the similarity which they state
undoubtedly exists between the
problems of development Of the Ric
Grande Valley and those Of Flor
ida. Our idea of Texas before
we came can be compared to the
general idea people nave of our
Everglades region in Florida" said
Vorenburg, land the surprise we eX-
perienced on discovering a vast ter
ritory ex~cellently cultivated in this
part of the country Is no less nor
different than that experienced by
tourists visiting parts of the Ever
glades section which is so generally
considered a swampy country BY
those who do not know it, ano
which, however, turns out to be q
full Of finely cultivated rich patches
of land"
According to Grassfield, cooper
alton between the growers of the
Rio Grande Valley and those o.
Florida is a thing inevitable. There
is no doubt whatsoever" stated
Grassfield, that the problem of tar
if protection for the growers o.
this section is exactly the same
problem which our growers in Flor
ida are confronting in the same
way. and cooperation between the
growers of both sections is not only
something to strive for, but it is
something inevitable that will have
to come about for the benefit OF
the agriculture of the Valley and OF
Florida"