Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-12
CABBAGE and
TOMATOES Are
HIGH LEADERS
New Freight Rates
Send Mixed Carlot
Shipments Up
(By staff Correspondent.

Che grand total OF 26,063 cars Of
fruits and vegetables shipped out
of the Valley during the a
just closed did not set q new rec
ord. several individual commodi-
ties hit new high marks. notably
tomatoes, cabbage and mixed vege-
tables.
Tomatoes touched the new high
mark OF 2.927 cars. the previous
record having been 2.272 cars last
season. The difference was 655
cars IN favor OF the past season.
6,253 cars during the seaSon Of
6.253 cars during the season or
1928-1929 70 GALS cars during the
season Of l930-l931, a gain Of l63
cars.
Record Passed
Mixed vegetables. due largely to
the fact that new freight rates
went into effect the past a
for mixed lots, shot to a new
height OF 6.236 cars. passing the
previous record of $500 cars the
previous q by $50 cars. The
new tariff on mixed vegetables
provides that each commodity car
~ It's W rate instead OF the
tire car taking the rate Of the
highest rated commodity. This
opened many new markets in
smaller places which are unable TO
absorb straight CARROTS.
Some Of the other vegetables
which showed gains were turnips
1873. previous record SO the pre-
m~4~.n~ mAwuMnm nrAtw~n Frrfw fnrn-
vious record three previous season
and broccoli so, previous record 80
cars each two preceding seasons
Commodity l. sals during the past
season we're as follows by freight.
Anise 90. beets $50, beans 343,
cabbage 6.4i6, broccoli so. carrots
955. corn 843. cucum0erS 10. oscar
ole 10, grapefruit 2.235, mixed fruit
274. oranges 108. tangerines three.
mixed vegetables 6.236, onions 654.
parsley 173. potatoes 1,645, sour
grass one, spinach 1911. tomatoes
2,927, turnips 1873. turnip green's
nine, beets and carrots $50 mis-
souri, Pacific only. Southern Paci-
fic listing as mixed vegetables,
dandelion II, eggplant three, en-
dive four, lettuce IL, mustard
greens two. peppers five. shailots
three, squash three, watermelons
204.
Shipments Compiled
The Herald has compiled the
most complete record Of the past
seasons shipments from a number
of authentic sources including
freight reports OF the Southern Pa
cific and Missouri Pacific Lines,
an express report furnished by
the district office of the Railway
Express Agency in San Antonio
and a report Of the movement by
truck and private automobiles.
The reports showed 25,0l6 cars
moved out by freight BY the two
railroads, 161 cars moving by ex-
press and $50 by truck and pri-
vate automobile. The Missouri
Pacific moved 1920 cars OF vege-
tables and 2,267 cars of fruit and
thu Southern Pacific 5.106 cars OF
vegetables and 353 a OF fruit.
The grand total the preceding
season including express snip
ments was 2B.645 cars, a new rec
ord. This seasons total was 1882
cars less largely due TO q smaller
citrus fruit crop.
Weslaco led all individual ship
ping points with a grand total Of
2.498 cars. Mercedes being second
with 1913, San Benito third with
1.846. Donna fourth with 1,730,
Brownsville fifth with 1918, Pharr
sixth with 1913. Edcouch seventh
with 1.299 and Harrington eighth
with 1854.
shipping Points
Shipping points moving les
than a thousand cars each we're
as follows: McAllen $50. Edinburg
$50. Raymondville $50. Les Fresnos
33l. Prlmera 446. Santa Rosa SOC.
Elsa 8e2. Mission 400. la Blanca
266. Rio Hondo 500. San Carlos
49,, San Carlos zoe. TETON Il, Gu
ates II, Rosita four. Tacoma three,
Lozano 100. Macrod 10, Lantana 81.
Snavely 166, La villa "a. Southport
Sc. GAYS Is, Slinkerts is. Piper one.
Olmito So, Barreda II. Combes 20.
Sebastian 40. Lyford 219. Yturria
Al. Pcrfirio five. San Perlita l45.
santa Margarita three. Trimble
eight. La sara ten. Hargill l39,
Rollo IL, Alva one, Fayesville one,
Retama two, Kansas City Sc, Stuart
Place 216, Bixby one. Val Verde
285. san Juan 229. Hauser So,
Sharyland 1875, Chihuahua two.
Ratcliff 81. La Leona seven, Fer
NINA four. Monte Grande four,
Trium SO. Fernando six Rafael IA.
Fresnal two. Ell Rain five. Pugsley
five. Kretzton SO. LaureleS IS,
Graybill one. Citrus Gardens 66,
Lellan %. Towne q. Blount one.
Mitchell "A, Nebraska four, Junior
20. Guillermo one. La Paloma 224.
Cavazos IL, Landrum 81. Carrici-
tos 146, Los Indies %, Ohio %.
Rangervine 1o2, Santa Maria $50,
Progreso 10. Hortense one. Raypaul
III. El Cato 10, Santa Clara 80. Hi
ralgo 40. Palmhurst rs, Cantu five,
Monte Cristo ono.
Weslaco owed its lead to heavy
vegetable shipments with 2.378
cars or vegetables and olny 120 Of
fruit. Mercedes "a second in
vegetable shipments with 1.6l5,
Donna third with 1886 and San
Benito fourth with 1.48l. Browns
Vile fifth with 1913. Edcouch sixth
with 1880, Harlingen seventh with
1854 and Alamo seventh with loaf.
McAnen eighth with 936. Elsa ninth
with 892. Raymondville tenth with
gag. La Feria eleventh with 63l, and
rio Hondo twelfth with 597, San
Benito's vegetable figure led Cam
eron county.
Leads Fruit shipping
san Benito took the lead in
fruit shipments with a grand total
al ass. Mercedes was second with
ss3. La Feria was third with IT'S,
-Gharvland fourth with 1876. Alamo