Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14

ton have to pay about sl6o a ton
for the same.
Need Truck Missionary"
"This is the only trouble with the
Valley. If 1t were not for the
great difference between the price
paid the grower and the price paid
by the consumer, this would be the
most prosperous section of the
United States.
What we need badly down here
is what might perhaps be called a
cabbage, beet and potato mission
airy, who will teach the growers just
what to do and how to do it.
The situation which / have out
lined above has caused me to talk
over the situation with a number OF
business men here in town. They
all feel the results of poor prices
for what should bring much more
money to the grower.
Il have spoken to several per-
sons who have attempted to organ
iZe associations for the marketing
of produce here in the Valley. The
fact Is that there are too many OF
these individuals and too many
associations. They are not coordi-
mated and representatives Of selfith
interests have too often become
managers or members.
May Not be Local
However I am in touch with at
least two men who Lave great in
fluence here with the farmers and
undoubtedly are suspicion them
selves. I have mentioned to them
that I was in touch with you and
that Mr.. HeermanS, a member OF
your association, was intending to
visit the Valley and would call on
me. This information apparently
increased them greatly.
I'm considering this whole propo-
sition, the question comes to my
mind whether this trouble is quite
so local as it looks to US. 1t is pos
sible that it is part of an un-
healthy general condition over the
country where the producer is made
the goat" and big business of va
rious kinds profits by his troubles.
Judging by the stock market
and reports that the United States
is the richest country in the world,
the thought comes to me that pos
sibly things are getting a little top
heavy. While I don't pretend to
know much about high finance, I
believe that I am correct in saying
that after all high finance, in the
last analysis, depends on the pro-
Queer and if it attempts to push
him under it is in for a fall it
self.
James Gives Ideas
In reply to this letter, MI. James
wrote:
Its too bad your marketing con-
ditionS are SO chaotic. We have
been through similar conditions, but
your organizations are helping ma
terially. The old law Of supply and
demand still operates and no or
~ganization can ever do away with
it. Your difficulty seems to be
occasioned by faulty distribution.
The current Pacific Packer (fruit
and vegetable market news publica-
tom quotes cabbage in the various
markets from Chicago westward
and southwark to retailers at So
to So per hundred, or $40 to $50 per
ton. Something wrong with So to
the grower.
II am no expert, but in my judg-
ment a growers organization-well
managed-would improve condi-
tons. Through it you could make
good connections in all the car lot
markets, through whom you could
be sure of fair and honest service.
The California Citrus Growers or
CARNATIONS r. good models. Our
organization is modelled on them.
We serve about HOO growers and
handled $500 cars this year. We
realize year after year the highest
average seasonal process. I do not
mean that we always get as much
as we should like; we get the mar
ket, The net to the growers, after