Chain store buyers barred from buying for independents in Louisiana auction
In Hammond Louisiana James H Morrison for the Louisiana Farmers Protective Union announced a Friday night rule restricting chain store buyers to their own company needs only. They must not buy for independent jobbers, risking suspension for noncompliance. Charles Irrgang of Chicago spoke at the auction, highlighting industry changes in fruit and produce merchandising.
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Hammond
James H. Morrison
Louisiana Farmers Protective Union
Chainatore
Chain Eatore
Triway Produce Company
Wesco Foods Company
Atlantic Commission Company
Safeway
Kroger
Louisiana
Morrison
Charles W. Irrgang
Fruit Auction Sales Company
Chicago
The
American Fruit and Produce Auction Association, Inc
Irrgang
Two Chains Reinstated at Berry Auction in Hammond Louisiana
At Hammond Louisiana two national chains Wesco Foods and Kroger Grocery and Baking Company were reinstated after being barred from purchasing Louisiana strawberries at auction nearly two weeks earlier. They resumed buying with executives pledging a 1 cent per pint cup price add on Louisiana strawberries. Additional Triway Produce and Safeway Stores were expected to regain purchasing rights Thursday night.
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Hammond
Louisiana
Wesco Foods Company
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
James H. Morrison
Louisiana Farmerea Protective Union
Triway Produce Company
Safeway
Morrison
Salinas Lettuce Loadings Report Slow Early Season
Salinas California April 8 shipments of Salinas Watsonville lettuce began March 30 with four cars but loadings have been light so far and are not expected to reach heavy volume before April 20. Average daily shipments yesterday were eight cars with small sizes and a tendency toward sixes. Quality in patches is reported good but the district faced an unfavorable growing season and no disease is evident.
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Salinas
Calif
Charies Irrgang Attacks Chain Stores In Review
Highlights from this week note Charies Irrgang blasting chain stores while talks on hair sprout, cold weather damages crops, and officials discuss potato and tomato markets. Market sessions, auctions, and new trading hours appear alongside promotions for upcoming festivals and potential legal actions.
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Charies
Tasley
Ais County
gFo Group
Baltimore
New North Side Fruit and Produce Co Opens in Misheapolis
A Minneapolis firm opens as North Side Fruit and Produce Co at 75 Central Market with D. Ketroser holding a state license for Central Market and 1235 Upton Ave North. The former Minneapolis Fruit Co failed recently and a bonding company settled part of its debt. Rozman linked to the former firm reportedly sought to buy a car of bananas and cash purchases.
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Minneapolis, Minn
North
Rozman
Ketroger
Seed Officials Confer on Hair Sprout Seed Tolerance
Seed certification officials and plant pathologists from 18 states and USDA agreed on a uniform set of regulations for certifying Irish seed potatoes for southern planting. A tentative 5 percent hair sprout infection tolerance was adopted as debate focused on the disease’s impact and its northern origins.
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Baton Rogue
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana State University
South
St Louis Apple Convention Upheld By Local Trade Leaders
James H. Bawden reports from St Louis that during Secretary R G Phillips visit last week, backed by Izzy Friedman and the St Louis Fruit and Produce Trade Association, 22 new members joined the International Apple Association, with the Jefferson Hotel chosen as convention headquarters.
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James H. Bawden
St. Louis
International Apple Association
Chicago
R. G. Phillips
Thumbs Down on Monopoly Policy Sparks Public Backlash
The piece argues the federal Robinson-Patman Act and state taxes aim to curb chain stores amid public fear of food monopolies. It notes chains spread from production to retail, recalls Armour on avoiding food monopolies, mentions the Consent Decree and compares chains with meat packers, and warns monopolistic control is easiest in food.
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Phillip D. Armour
Heavy Attendance Expected at Melon Distributors Meet
An unusually strong advance registration for the Melon Distributors Association 24th annual convention, to be staged at the Netherland Plaza hotel in Cincinnati, April 29 and 30, signals one of the largest meetings in the group’s history. President Roy E. Parrish of Aden, Ga., and Secretary W. A. Richter of Cincinnati lead the final program touches as industry grovers shippers distributors and transport factors anticipate a standout event.
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Cincinnati
Melon Distributors Association
Netherland Plaza
Roy EB. Parrish
Aden
W. A. Richter
Alabama potato deal opens early this year in Baldwin County
Loxley Alabama April 8 The Bald win county Irish potato deal starts this week with the first car loaded Tuesday. Acreage in Baldwin is about 16 000 compared with 18 000 last year. Total shipments expected to rise slightly despite past bad weather. Growing conditions are ideal with a timely rain. quality expected to be fine. Baldwin will originate around 5 000 cars as shipments begin from southern points this week. The main variety is Rea Bus Triumph with some long white Rose. The 100 pound bag will be used mainly with some 50s. Most production and marketing are by veteran growers and shippers.
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Loxley
Ala
Baldwin County
Pera
Chain stores pursue consolidation to beat taxes and rents
A trend among national grocery chains to merge or relocate stores to escape high taxes and rents surfaces in Winchester and Martinsburg. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company plans consolidating three stores into one with a parking area outside costly districts, while Sanitary Grocery seeks a larger, more convenient site. The move aims to cut overheads and tax burdens while preserving shopper access.
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Winchester
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Sanitary Grocery Company
A. & P. Company
Martinsburg
W. Va
United Fresh Fruit Association Announces West Coast Convention
The United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association will hold its next convention in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Los Angeles hosts January 24 to 27 while San Francisco hosts January 28 to 29. Chicago is noted for an April 8 event.
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Crystal Springs
United
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
A A Corte & Sons Ship First Cars of New Red Bliss Triumphs
A A Corte & Sons loaded their first cars of New Red Bliss Triumph potatoes Tuesday April 5 in Loxley Alabama and will ship daily through the season. Crop conditions are excellent and the outlook for quality is high this year.
Imperial melon deal delayed to early spring next year
El Centro Calif April 8. Imperial valley cantaloupe growers and shippers report a delayed opening due to cold winds and pests. Expect first pool car around April 20 with light Carlot loadings. May in sight. Yields on brush acreage forecast normal to light. paper covered fields fair. open acreage may be replanted. Weather remains cool with 70s day and 60s nights. winds continue to affect vines.
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el Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Revive Market Terminal Talk In New York City
New York April 8. The plan for a large terminal market to replace the current fresh fruit and vegetable wholesale district was revived this week. City administration with government aid reportedly plans condemnation of a major part of the present market and construction of a modern terminal unit on the same site. Officials say facilities handling perishable goods are inadequate, causing traffic congestion and slow loading and shipping in the Washington street area as truck traffic rises.
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New York
Washington Street
Vegetable Situation in Crystal Springs District
Rains this week slowed shipments across the vegetable area of Crystal Springs Mississippi. Peas gain maturity and cabbage ripen, beans may suffer slightly but harvest is three weeks away. Tomatoes beaten by rain recover as growth resumes toward a 40 to 60 day harvest. Weekly peak shipment expected around mid next week with total rail and truck movement near 2 1 4 thousand cars.
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Crystal Springs
Miss
Copiah-Hinds County
Copenhagen
Lower Valley Spring Tomato Deal Starting
Harlingen Texas April 8 The spring tomato deal in the lower Rio Grande valley has started in a small way and if weather remains favorable cars will move in considerable volume the week of April 18. Despite strong winds that damaged blooms growing conditions are favorable with acreage above normal and quality excellent. Growers and shippers promote true globe type tomatoes and expect more uniform grade and pack for southern Texas markets.
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Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
South Texas
Florida Citrus Box Dispute Heads to Federal Hearing
In Guineasville Florida Judge A V Long set April 29 for a three judge Federal Court hearing on a temporary injunction against the Florida Citrus Commission and Commissioner Nathan Mayo to stop enforcement of the one and one fifth bushel standard box for Florida citrus. The case follows a commission ruling eliminating the two bushel box and a Florida attorney general opinion that the commission had no authority to dictate container use. The trio of judges will include Rufus E Foster Louis W Strum and A V Long himself.
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Guineasville
Fla
A. V. Long
Florida Citrus Commission
Nathan Mayo
Commissioner of Agriculture
Florida Citrus Fruits
Long
Florida
Cary M. ‘Landis
J. Jdge Long
Rufus E. Foster
New Orleans
Fifth District Court of Appeals
Louie W. Strum
Jacksonville
Denver firm contestes Colorado fruit import ban
Albert F. Czarnowsky president of the Kelly Fruit Company filed a declaratory judgment action in Denver against state entomologist Roy G. Richmond to strike down an embargo on tomatoes from Arizona California Delaware Florida Mississippi New Mexico Pennsylvania Virginia Hawaii and Mexico. The suit argues the tomato pinworm threat is unfounded and that the quarantine violates state and federal rights, harming the company’s property without due process.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Kelly Fruit Company
Albert F. Czarnowsky
District Court
Roy G. Richmond
Mexico
Hawaii
Czarnowsky
Strawberry Volume Not as Large as Expected
Hammond La April 8 Heavy strawberry shipments did not reach expected weekly totals due to cool weather and rains. Weather favorable otherwise, delaying peak volume, with warmer days predicted in northern markets. Next week volume expected to rise and peak between April 18 and 27. About 1 200 cars moved so far, with potential excess of 500 cars weekly at full scale.
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Hammond
Cold Weather Damages Fruit Crops Across Midwest
Unfavorable weather sweeps the nation with blizzards and freezes, wrecking fruit crops in many areas. Kansas City reports the season’s worst blizzard while snow blankets Chicago and Cleveland. damage estimates are incomplete as temperatures dip tonight and forecasts predict more freezing.
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Kansas City
Middle West
Chicago
Cleveland
Packer
East Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Lower
New
York
New Jersey
Michigan shippers urge Michigan intrastate rate dispute
Lansing news reports Circuit Judge Leland W. Carr ordered the State Public Utilities Commission to show cause why 4 to 15 percent intrastate railroad freight rate increases, announced March 28, should not be suspended. The Michigan Chamber of Commerce filed the petition on behalf of shippers, arguing the commission lacks authority to raise intrastate rates based on interstate rate approval. The case centers on state versus federal jurisdiction over intrastate rail charges.
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Lansing
Mich
Leland W. Carr
State Public Utilities Commission
Michigan Chamber of Commerce
Michigan
State Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Commission
Trucker Frauds Shelby Shipper With $10 Check
Shelby Michigan April report details E P Johnson a fruit and vegetable shipper, owner of a $10 check drawn March 29 1928 on Lincoln Bank Louisville Kentucky payable to cash and bounced for no account. A man claiming five trucks bought fruit and vegetables from Florida to Chicago promised to wire funds but disappeared with 300 bags of potatoes and 4010 boxes of apples. He wore riding clothes a chauffeur’s cap and overcoat tall about 6 feet 10 to 11 inches weighs 175 pounds dark hair and eyes.
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Shelby, Mich
E. P. Johnson
J. M. Press
Lincoln Bank and Trust Co
Louisville
Johnson
Florida
Chicago
Dolne Son
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Farmers Protective Union
Charles Irrgang
BERRY
J. H. Morrison
New York City
U. S
Melon Distributors Meeting
Lower Valley
Jim Bawden
Apple
Alabama
Salinas Terruce
A. Polansky
Abe Mendelaon
Bronx Terminal Market
Edison
United Tree Fruita
California
Elmtit
Wenatchee-Okanogan
Gulf State
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Baton Rouge
Apple Convention
Melon Distributors Meet
A. A. Corte & Sons
Triumphs
Ee 2
Bruce Box
U.S
Lc.c
Michigan _Chamber of Commerce
Shelby
Shipper
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