Bill Text: TX HR1310 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Texas Basket Company of Jacksonville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-24 - Reported enrolled [HR1310 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1310-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1310 |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Basket Company of Jacksonville is | ||
celebrating its 100th anniversary on May 2, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Located on the same Myrtle Drive site since at least | ||
1919, Texas Basket Company was originally known as the Slover Box | ||
Company; it made containers for transporting produce at a time when | ||
Jacksonville was known as the "Tomato Capital of the World"; and | ||
WHEREAS, The name of the company changed twice in the early | ||
decades as owners took on new business partners; in 1977, | ||
J. C. Swanson and his son, Martin, purchased the enterprise, and | ||
after Martin Swanson bought out his father a few years later, he | ||
adopted the company's current name; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Swanson has expanded the product line from | ||
bushel and half-bushel baskets to more than 200 different types of | ||
baskets, crates, display racks, and other items; in the 1980s, | ||
Southern Living magazine featured the company in an article, | ||
resulting in a stream of visitors, and the Swansons subsequently | ||
opened a retail store at the factory; and | ||
WHEREAS, One of the nation's few remaining basket | ||
manufacturers, TBC produces thousands of items daily for sale to | ||
farmers, local shops, mail-order businesses, and stores across the | ||
country, including such well-known retailers as Williams Sonoma, | ||
Whole Foods Market, Pottery Barn, and Dollar Tree; in addition, it | ||
has a number of customers overseas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Many members of the extended Swanson family have | ||
been involved in TBC operations over the years; in 2013, the Texas | ||
Historical Commission presented the firm with the Texas Treasure | ||
Business Award in recognition of its long history of contributions | ||
to the state's prosperity; and | ||
WHEREAS, For the past century, the Texas Basket Company has | ||
created jobs and helped to strengthen the economic vitality of | ||
Jacksonville, and its remarkable longevity as a local, family-owned | ||
business is a source of pride to the community; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Texas | ||
Basket Company and extend to all those associated with this | ||
noteworthy enterprise sincere best wishes for continued success; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the company as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Clardy | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1310 was adopted by the House on April | ||
24, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||