Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-25


VALLEY potatoes have been found
insect-free by j. NJ. Del Curto,
state pathologist, according TO
a statement he is quoted as having
made on his return 10 Austin.
With this in view potato growers
are now seeking TO have the quar-
antine raised in Oregon, Iowa and
Utah.
Following a record price for cab
bage. the Valley this year IS at the
beginning Of the largest potato
crop in its history. To further pro-
tect itself the growers have insti-
gated state inspection OF all ship
ped out. 1t has furthermore or
ganized 10 obtain and maintain a
uniform price. Many persons had
almost forgotten that a quarantine
existed on the potatoes. II is not
a material handicap, but the grow
ers now have a clean bill Of health.
and they intend TO keep 1t so. Such
crops and such prices will soon
make wisconsin's political and self
ish argument mere piffle.
AND ON the same basis the cit
~ rus fruit men are preparing TO
keep their skirts free Of any
entangiing legislation on Valley
stock and fruit.
Federal and state men have re-
peatedly been quoted recently 70
the effect that no signs Of the Mo
relies fruit fly are found. Florida
at present IS doing her best tc
have federal men give her a clean
bill OF health on the Mediterran-
can fruit fly.
Then arrives a shipment Of Flor
ida stock at Mercedes from the
Glenn ST. Mary nursery. A special
telegram from The Brownsville
Herald's correspondent at Austin
says that Valley citrus men have
asked the state department OF ag-
riculture to warn the railway agent
at Mercedes against delivery OF the
trees without inspection"
The Injunction involving ship
ment OF uninspected stock to Texas
is pending on appeal, and this Is
an effort made to prevent delivery
before final determination. The
Valley cannot be too careful
ZONE day the Foster Pink grape
" fruit out Of the Valley is going
to be handled as the most
urized OF breakfast table articles.
Big hotels IN big cities. caught
without this delicacy Will be ex-
planning 10 their guests that the
reason we do not have II, Is only
because there was none obtainable
on the markets at any price. but
we can offer you other varieties
of Lower Rio Grande Valley grape
fruit" Just wait until New York
gets her grapefruit tooth set right
and sets the mode. Then the price
will be no object. II IS our busi-
ness to help her out all we can.
ONCE seeing the answer the NIL
~ waukee Journal made 70 an IN
vitation to send a man IN the
Valley 70 investigate and write ar
ticles about the land situation.
Wisconsin's antipathy TO Texas
land sales is very apparent.
The Wisconsin interests simply
do not want citizens leaving that
state for a better climate and q
better agricultural country. and
they are not so much concerned
with the causes they advance 10
keep those they now have at home
In a way Wisconsin cannot be
blamed, but let them do it by set
ting forth their OWL advantages,
and not trumped up disadvantages
OF the Valley. Really her attitude
il not injuring the Valley one half
as much as one might think at
first glance. The free advertising
Il getting the Lower Gralde Valley
before the public like il never was
before, and those that want TO
come will come anyway. Witness
John L. Newman. A big racket
always arouses curiosity and curl
osity about a commodity always
sdds TO its sale advantages.
If THIS weather keeps up we will
have to start advertising the
= Valley as a cool summer resort.
Found on the Wires
AkONDON.-A gray-haired gentle
nan attracts attention occasional
~ by afternoon visits to the pond
in Kensington gardens where his
sailing Of model yachts shows the
experience of an expers. He is
Charles Francis Adams. secretary
of the navy Of the U. S. A., and
yachtsman by ~avocation.
HICKORY. N. Cal Jones is
unperturbed so long as he collects
$50. A friend Of his said that the
Chicago police force had been dis
handed. AL was so sure that such
was not the case that he made q
wager. He wirea Chicago. John
siege, chief OF detectives. wrote In
. reply that most crimes in Chica-
&go in the last three months had
been committed by persons from
southern states.