Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-16

in OUR
VALLEY

Epecr.
Hidalgo County. with an average
value per acre OF farm lands Ct
Sl28-61, is second In the state.
Average increa- OF the value cf
farm lands in Cameron County be-
tween the years 1925 n 1880 was
S206. most sensational advance Of
any Of the 254 counties OF Texas.
Leading all counties of the state
in the total value OF its farm lads
Is Hidalgo County with a valua-
ton OF s70.6 s2. s74.
Ranking 9th Is Cameron County
with a total valuation OF s4S. 006.-
49,.
Figures are those OF the u. S.
, Census Bureau.
Figures don't lie. especially those
compiled in the cold blooded manner
typical OF the census bureau, where
statistics are juggled with q reck-
less abondon.
Report OF the census bureau re-
veals that one third Of the total
farm lands and buildings value OF
Texas lies in 80 counties. and ten
Der cent or the total value OF those
33 counties Is located in Hidalgo and
Cameron Counties.
Cameron County shows the most
sensational advance Of any Texas
county in the average per acre value
OF its farm lands. registering an IN
crease OF s2O6 per acre from 1928
to 1880.
Increased eli u paintings are CIV
en- by the bureau as the cause OF
the rapid hike in farm values here
Increase in improved lands In
Hidalgo County during the same
period was tremendous.
Increase in the average value o.
those farm lands does not show 50
large in Hidalgo as in Cameron due
10 the fact that a large portion Oh
the lands put In cultivation during
the five year period were drylands
with a lower per acre value than
lands in the irrigated section.
Considering the rest OF the st e.,
East Texas farm lands showed an
increase in value
Central Texas lands came down
In value. /.
Panhandle Plains section showed
a less rapid rate nf value increase
than during the previous period
The avera } for the entire state
rose Sill per ere. from s2777 IN
1926 to s28sS in 1880.
As we said above, figures don't
lie. and the liars who do figure are
not in the census bureau.
valley farm lands have shown q
SEM tional increase in value during
the past five years.
The average values Of the average
acre OF Valley farm lands IS way
and above the state average.
Our agricultural wealth IS on the
uAp and 60.
(Which means or course. that cur
section IS baslcally sound.
Value Of stocks may go down and
down and down.
wall street may have Us alarms.
But YOU can't take away the -alue
or land. barring acts OF providence.
The land Is here. and here y will
stay.
The wealth which this land repre-
sents is here. It cannot be removed
We have every cause 70 be thank
full. to be optimistic.
And oil top or the increase n
value If our farm land there come
projected Developments along all
lines which mean just this-that
capital is preparing to take advan-
ACE Of the basic soundness Of the
valley by making additional invest
ments.
In Brownsville. for example. at
tendance at the city coming hear
iocs will bring out that there IS
MANY an apartment house and he
like being considered here.
No doubt the same Is true o. other
Valley cities.
And why not?
The combination OF agricultural
soundness and tourist attraction Is
irresistible.
1t is bound to come.
Condition OF the rest Of the coun-
80 as n struggles through the last
phases OF an economic depression
ma have affected the Valley to
some extent.
II may have slowed up investments
down here b. people from those sec
tons hardest hit.
1T has not affected the wealth Of
L W. Valley which Is here and which
AmiIl always be here.
we are On the mark. the rest u
the country has been given q handi-
car. Let's so.