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

HkRLINGEN, July ll.-AlthOlgh
The grand total OF 26.063 car OF
fruits and vegetables shipped out
OF the Valley during the season
Just closed did not set a new rec
i ord, several individual commodi-
ties hit new high marks. notably
tomatoes, cabbage and mixed vege-
4 tables.
Tomatoes touched the new high
mark OF 1927 cars. the previous
4 record having been 2.272 cars last
season. The difference was Cos
cars In favor OF the past season.
6,253 cars during the season OF
/ 6.253 cars during the a or
l928-1929 to 6.4l6 cars during the
season Of l930-l93l, a gain Of l63
cars.
Record Passed
Mixed vegetables, due largely 70
the fact that new freight rates
went into effect the past season
for mixed lots. shot 70 a new
height Of 6.236 cars. passing the
previous record OF $500 cars the
previous season by $50 airs. The
new tariff on mixed vegetables
provides that each commodity car
ry its own rate instead Of the n
tire car taking the rate OF the
highest rated commodity. This
opened many new markets IN
smaller places which are unable 70
absorb straight CARROTS.
Some of the other vegetables
which showed gains were turnips
1913. previous record 50 the pre-
vious season: endive four. pre-
vious record three previous season
and broccoli so. previous record 80
cars each two preceding seasons.
Commodity "a 5als during the past
season were as fellows by freight:
Anise %, beets 952. beans 343.
cabbage GALS, broccoli so. carrots
955, corn 843. cucumbers 10. oscar
ole 10, grapefruit 2,235. mixed fruit
274, oranges l08, tangerines three,
mixed vegetables 6.236, onions 654.
parsley 173, potatoes l,645. sour
gras 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 IL. eggplant three. en-
dive four, lettuce II. mustard
greens two, peppers five, shall0ts
three, squash three, watermeions
204.
Shipments Compiled
The Herald has compiled the
most complete record Of the past
seasons shipments from a number
or authentic sources including
freight reports OF the Southern Pa
ciflc and Missouri Pacific Lines.
an D 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. 16l cars moving by ex-
press and 1856 by truck and pri-
waite automobile. The Missouri
Pacific moved 1890 cars OF vege-
tables and 2.267 cars of fruit and
the Southern Pacific 5,l06 cars OF
vegetables and 353 cars OF fruit.
The grand total the preceding
season including express ship
mentS was 28.645 cars. a new rec
ord. This seasons total was 2.582
cars less largely due TO a smaller
citrus fruit crop.
Weslaco led all individual ship
ping points with a grand total Of
2.498 cars, Mercedes being second
with 1.948, San Benito third with
l.S46. Donna fourth with 1,730,
brownsville fifth with 1913. Pharr
sixth with 1913. Edcouch seventh
with 1899 and Harrington eighth
with 1858.
shipping Points
Shipping points moving less
than a thousand cars each were
as follows: McAllen 936, Edinburg
$50. Raymondville 63B. Los Frcsnos
33i. Primera 446, Santa Rosa 696,
Elsa 800. Mission 402, Ia Blanca
26s. Rio Hondo 5sS. san Carlos
1872. San Carlos 206, TETON II, Gu
ates II, RoSita four. Tacoma three,
Lozano $50. Macrod 10. Lantana 81.
Snaveiy 166. la villa "a. Southpoint
So. GAYS rs, Slinkerts Is. Piper one,
Olmito IS, BarTeda II. Combes 20,
Sebastian 40. Lyford 2i9. Yturria
al. Porfirio five. San Perlita l45,
Santa Margarita three. Trimble
eight. La Sara ten. Hargill l39.
Rollo II. Alva one, FayeSvilie one.
Retama two. Kansas City S.. Stuart
Place 2l6, Bixhy one. Val Verde
2g5. San Juan 90. HauSer So.
Sharyland 1875. Chihuahua two,
Ratcliff "a. La Leona seven. Fer
NINA four. Monte Grande four,
Trium so. Fernando six Rafael IA.
Fresnal two. FL Rain five. PugSley
five. Krctzton So. Laureles IS.
Graybill ore Citrus Gardens 66.
IeIlan 20. Towne %. Blount one.
Mitchell "a. Nebraska four. Junior
20. Guillenno me-. Ia Paloma 224,
CavazoS IL. Landrum 81, Carricl-
tos l46. Los Tndios %. Ohio 20.
Rangervillc l02. Santa Maria $50.
Progreso 10, Hortense one. Raypaul
q. Ell Cato 10. Santa Clara 80, Hi
dalro AZ. Palmhurst Is. Cantu five.
Monte Cristo one.
Weslaco owed It's lead TO heavy
vegetable shipmentS with 2.37S
cars OF vegetables and olny 100 or
fruit. Mercedes was second in
vegetable shipments with l.6I5.
Donna third with 1856 and san
Benito fourth with 1881. Browns
vile fifth with 1913. Edcouch sixth
with 1899. Harlingen seventh with
1854 and Alamo seventh with loaf.
McAllen eighth with 936. Elsa ninth
with 892. Raymondviue tenth with
6ss. La Feria eleventh with 63l. and
RIO Hondo twelfth with 59T. San
Renito's vegetable figure led Cam
eron county.
Leads Fruit shipping
san Benito took the lead in
fruit shipments with a grand total
az 365. Mercedes was second with
nae. La Fcria was third with a75,
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