, 1935-07-14

be moved by water through Port
Isabel. Miller said Saturday.
He announced at his office at
Adams Gardens Saturday that the
boat would be delivered to him at
Mobile On July 20 and that it would
make the trip TO Port Isabel within
four or five days. III will be fitted for
corn cargo and the first shipment
Is expected to leave before July 80.
The 264-foot boat will have n capa-
city OF about IFS. 900 bushels. III Ii
not known ut present Just where the
first cargo Of corn viii be taken
but 1t will be one Of the Gulf ports
such rs Houston. Galveston, Beau
mont. New Orleans or Mobile where
ever the demand is heaviest when
the shipment is made. Corn viii be
taken 10 all Of these points during
the course OF the season.
Corn taken to these points either
will be shipped by rail to interior
stations or be reShipped by water
TO ports on the Atlantic and Pacific
seaboard. Mr.. Miller said that the
water rates to the Atlantic and Paci-
TIC ports will be lower than the rail
rate from the Valley 10 Dallas.
The boat chartered by the Valley
firm will be able TO handle from
100000 to $4,000 bushels OF corn
monthly but arrangements also are
being made TO have steamship lines
call 10 pick up independent cargoes.
IL Is hoped TO move most Of the corn
within 60 days insuring n better price
70 the grower because the product
VIII be marketed before corn from
other sections comes on the market.
Growers were receiving 65 cents a
bushel unhuSked and Miller believes
that the entire crop can be moved
at from go TO 10 cents a bushel. With
over a million bushels OF corn be-
heved available I'm the Valley. Mr..
Miller estimates that the crop will
be worth q million dollars to this
section.
With Smelling plants I'm Pharr and
Harrington and a drying plant here.
Miller says his firm can handle all
the corn In the Valley and Is in the
market for 1t. The first car OF
Shelled corn moved out BY rail
Thursday and between eight and
ten cars are expected to have moved
out by the first OF the week. One
third OF the Valley crop II expect
ed to go by rail 70 Texas points.
Only % minutes was required 20
load the first car OF corn. 1t was
composed OF 1.44S bushels. There
Is no waiting when farmers unload
corn at the Harlingen plant. A
truckload OF corn can be unloaded
I'm less than n minute.
Miller said that II II were not for
the fact that his organization is
distributing the crop over a wide
area by boat that the price to the
grower would be much lower. Be
cause Of rail rates it would all need
TO be marketed In Texas and the
supply would be too large.
The local man Is exceedingly en-
thusiastic about the corn deal. He
believes corn to be the only sure
crop In the Valley and says that II
Is the finest grown In the country.
IL Is purchased on a grade basis
and Mr.. Miller believes most OF the
crop will grade u. 8. No. I. About
$1.400 was spent for apparatus for
testing corn for moisture content
and to grade 1t.
The Valley concern does not in
tend to 90 into the freight business
Miller said. but cargo destined for
this section will be handled. Col
Inns AZ Gissel OF Houston have been
named agents to handle any freight
that might be rendered. Some ten
ders have already been made and
more r expected when definite
Sailings are named.
A corn elevator Is under construc-
ton at Port Isabel for loading the
corn on boats and Is expected to be
ready with time to spare for the
first arrival OF the Fairporr.