, 1935-01-21
ASSOCIATION


IE4AAM LI4AEtNEA ny NAAE G@AA4A4A GNIA~
mittee TO finance Its expenses
Especial TO The Heraldl
PHARR, Jan. al. - "A meeting OF
the Texas Independent Citrus ship
Ders association held at the Kiwan-
is Club building here Sunday nf-
ternoon resulted In far-reaching de-
velopments In the dispute between
the Texas Citrus Control Committee
and o. group or Valley independent
shippers oVe proration allowabirs
for the coming week and the re-
malnder OF the season.
Arthur Beckwith az Alamo. presi-
dent or the association since itS sue
cessful opposition 70 citrus prcra-
ti0n late In December. announced
he did not know anything about the
purpose or the meeting and invited
Jack Berry Of EdinburR, associa-
ton secretary, 10 occupy the chair.
Grievances Outlined
II q brief address. Berry outlined
the grievances OF the independents.
He asserted that q concerted effort
was now being made by the Coop
erative marketing organizations TO
drive the independents out OF the
Valley citrus deal and force them
TO close their packing plants. He
pointed to the fact that he. as an
Independent. was told when he APP
niied for a shlnninr Allowable that
~ wnnId not ~ e,van 4 m,ota nm
Lac - st-rsd srai,cr No.. ~
$500 $500, .~.rIsss.R.- 80 :
1919 -~--St-a
quo'@ - p,,nssu ~ "i0 aaIn ~
80 sen1 ~ sInPPyis Mnlcii ~
signature Wouio VAhuate As pro-
mise 70 OBEY au regulations Of tne
committee and pay MS per Q levy
said the committee told him his al
hn,s ~ =. ssr,a~L srris..-
800 49, 49, 80 ~srrf,na+sor- r-,,.,
go 800 - -.n.a1~
~ 80 1Ie ySaIow niaaAA - 7" "oA-
not DC
berry declared ne GIG not peneVe
the committee nae the rl8nt 70
lcrcn citrus grower 70 81 nl1
truit 70 certain snlppers-oesignat-
60, hccoruing 70 belIy, py tns coln-
mlstse ~ aAOwlng snSn pie sllp-
plns quotas-As p,sre TO
snipPSEs Wlsnsa " pay - LILY.
CO CIT tnat a supper Mno mlBnt
want 70 pay sIc"eI ~ csn.s pet
IVY polnns lQr H. l.uls coulu n0l
az 50 II his allowable was not large
enough ano lnat Lne grower per-
force woula &c opLl3eo 70 So lls
Irult 70 u shipper Win an a10"aDle,
even II 2 price w. ~ ~ ccnS
per nunoreo. ne asSerteu ne couiu
not believe any Jaw y IoIce 4
grower 70 harvest OF sen accoluIng
70 anynodys plan OF force a. shipper
70 snip "nen ne was Vo'u sup
p~.~,a.r4 n.~twr.
Beckxtth. listeninr 10 the trend
AZ perrvss ra-rarts as wall ss FREE
c1.ant r,,esfsons from ~ floor ~
fhe maefinr arose tn make "a nlea
for ronServatiSm After nearly an
hours disc1lssion Heckwith said
~ nlea for oonservatism vas beinr
.nverrrIiad ~ I'M. Mstenerss and
,Sat hs rendered h,s rssienation A.
nre~ident M the aSsoriafton- Mem
herS immediafeiv moved and q
y M arrent b,It berry declined
~ a. for = vote e-xnressina the
haissf that Peckwith would recon-
elder after the heat of the meet
ing
Reckuith told his fellow indie
nendenfs thaf his allowable was not
ar hiqh IA ne wished but that as ne
nad sirned the MARKETING agree
nrant M wnuTd stick NV N. n nee
esssrv ~ fishing II I couldn't op-
erafe nrnfitahlv an the allowable
es~igned ne H stated further
fhaf N ~ didn't fhink ~ had 49,
cssved tnstsee at the hands Of the
ccmmitfee ~ wunnId asslredlv seek
redrsSS in Whatever manner seem
~ availahla
He snooested tina the only COM
niaintS ~ had heard concerned the
ss-- of the aIiowables and not the
rnefhoa IA which thew were deter
r~ineS and that some consideration
shosId ~ given this point.
percy Williams nioneer McAren
simmer charged chat the market
i-c surenment and amendments
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