Aaron Sapiro Sues Idaho And Colorado Potato Growers For Fees
Aaron Sapiro files attachments against Colorado Potato Growers Exchange and Idaho Potato Growers Exchange seeking 55060 to cover organization and incidental expenses. Weyl Zuckerman & Co. holds the funds in San Francisco. Idaho claim lists 3289 for Sapiro’s idea and Chamberlain expenses, with disputes over trustees’ ability to pay.
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Aaron Sapiro
Idaho
Colorado
San Francisco
Aaron Rapiro
Colorado Potato Growers’ Exchange
Idaho Potato Growers’ S Exchange
Wey Zuckerman & Co
Colorado Association
Idaho Association
Idaho Falls
Idaho Potato Growers' Exchange
Weyl-Zuckerman & Co
Chamberlain
Severe cold damages Sandhill peach crop in North Carolina
The Sandhill section suffered a sharp cold snap last Thursday morning, badly hurting peach blooms and likely reducing the harvest from an estimated 2,000 to 1,600 cars. Dewberries appeared mostly unscathed. The Peach Festival at Fort Valley drew about 25,000 attendees, with a 12,000 seating amphitheatre and high praise for the floats, including the beast float awarded to Montezuma by judges Holden, Nix, and Clayberger.
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Packerman
Sandhill
North Carolina
Fort Valley
New York City
Mr. Holden
Robert W. Nix
Ralph B. Clayberger
Plans for 1925 National League convention in Louisville
Louisville plans for the 1925 National League of Commission Merchants convention to be held in January were discussed at the local branch meeting. Committees chaired by M. Denunzio, Louis R. Vetter, C. A. Schaefer, L. Brown, W. H. Linton, Harvey J. Zwicker, R. L. Scott, G. Heimerdinger, and R. H. Harshfield were appointed to handle hotels, reservations, publicity, transportation, reception, and entertainment as the group works to stage a standout event. The Hotels and Reservations head reported strong out of town reservations, and Cincinnati officials planned to charter the Cincinnati boat for travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
National League of Commission Merchants
M. Denunzio
Louis R. Vetter
C. A. Schaefer
L. 8. Brown
W. H. Linton
Harvey J. Zwicker
R. L. Scott
G. Heimerdinger
R. H. Harshtfield
A. Schaefer
Jefferson Street
Cincinnati
McMillan Produce Co. of Atlanta Fails After 15 Years
Atlanta April 1 The McMillan Produce Company 61 Central avenue local jobbers of poultry fruit and vegetables announced they cannot continue business The firm owes about 26 000 including 11 000 to Citizens and Southern Bank and the rest to Atlanta merchants A creditors meeting named J L McCord McCullough and W S Whitaker as a trade committee with A J Stitt representing the bank to determine assets and arrange a settlement The assets amount to about 19 000 mainly held in Atlanta accounts The owner W V McMillan turned assets over to creditors and hopes to protect them from further loss with a tentative 60 cent on the dollar payment plan The bank and creditors will be paid on a sequally basis This item notes no shipper losses and spells out the local trade confidence in the firm.
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Atlanta
McMillan Produce Company
Central Avenue
Citizens and Southern Bank
J. L. McCord
McCord Brothers
J. L. McCullough
McCullough Brothers
W.S. Whitaker
Bell Brothers
A. J. Stitt
McMillan
W. V. McMillan
Thank You Dan Happy Tour and Packer Renewal
A reader thanks Dan and wishes good luck on a tour. The letter notes retirement from the fruit and produce business, continued weekly delivery of The Packer, and a $3 renewal for The Chicago Packer and The Produce Packer. The writer recalls long readership and praises Coyns Brothers advertising. He mentions a planned Europe trip beginning May 29.
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Dan
Lettuce Prices Swing As California Supplies Grow
New York April 11 A volatile perishable market shows California iceberg lettuce selling up to 9 per head with bids of 7.50 to 9 as recent shipments reach 12 to 18 cars daily. Florida yields mixed quality, prices from 2 to 3, while Boston hothouse lettuce commands about 4.50 per strap and nearby heads fetch 2.50 per dozen.
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New York
Florida
California
Boston
Orin E Spooner of Boston Dies After Short Illness
Orin F Spooner a prominent Boston produce dealer and longtime figure at 94 South Market street died after a brief pneumonia illness. He was a deacon in Arlington First Baptist Church and a Mason, leaving wife ill and a 12 year old daughter hospitalized. Brother George F Spooner to continue the business.
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Arlington
First Baptist Church
Spooner
Lees Stores in Philadelphia Close After Complaints
Philadelphia April 11 Walter R Lees and Robert Lees closed their Philadelphia store this week leaving an empty shop. Investigations by the post office department are testing the two firms amid widespread shipper complaints reported in The Packer over the past two years.
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Philadelphia
Walter R. Lees & Bro
Robert Lees
Post Office Department
Signers on Sapiro dotted lines are hitched for five years
Hopkinsville Kentucky April 11 Judge Flem Gordon of Madisonville ruled in a Dark Tobacco Growers Co operative Association suit that signed Sapiro contracts bind members for the full five year term. The court held the association may retain and sell tobacco at any time for the best interests of members and that final settlement on contested crops remains pending until sale. The decision underscores that growers are bound by the contracts and management remains the members’ de facto control.
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Hopkinsville
Dark Tobacco Growers, Co-operative _Association
Sapiro
Flem Gordon
Madisonville
Kentucky New Era
Gordon
John C. Dutty
Dark
Jare
Jobbers relocate to Burnham building in Chicago
The Sentice Fruit Jobbers organization moves its Chicago offices from 127 N Dearborn Street to the new Burnham Building at the corner of Randolph and N Ta Sald streets next week. The relocation improves access to South Water Street and provides expanded space for growing operations.
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Chicago
Sentice Fruit
Jalion
N. Dearborn Street
Burnham
Randolph and
N. Ta Sald Street
South Water Street
Atlantic States Form Regional Advisory Board
Regional advisory board formed in Atlantic states with shippers of perishables and other commodities. Roundtable conferences aim to avoid court suits by addressing inter state commerce commission decisions. Merchants county shippers and cooperative growers participate in the effort to ease railroad troubles and promote trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerte Commission
Onions in South Texas Outlook for Strong Movement
Industry notes show 1,200 car forecast from Laredo district and about 4,000 cars from all districts, with peak movement around May 1. Early crops in Webb County vary in quality due to transplant timing. wider planting areas face wet weather delays and field losses.
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Fox
South Texas
Deal
Webb Countty
Laredo
Webb County
San Antonio
Dimmit
Frie
la Salle
Zavalla
Tampico
Rio Grande Valley
Regional boards settle disputes through informal talks
The text notes that about ten disputes have been settled by parties of direct interest. Some issues were so significant they were before state or federal tribunals, yet were ultimately resolved satisfactorily by the Northwest Board through informal negotiations across the Southwest Central West Great Lakes regions.
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Southwest
Central West
Great Lakes
Atlantic Board Forms Atlantic States Shippers Advisory Board
The Atlantic Regional Advisory Board has been formed as the eighth such board in the United States. The Atlantic States Shipers Advisory Board held its second meeting at the Hotel Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia on March 13 after an earlier New York gathering. The group aims to bring shippers, railroad officials, and department managers to a round table to resolve differences over car and other service without court or ICC action, creating a common ground for better transportation understanding.
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New York
Atlantic Coast States
Atlantic States
Round Table
Interestate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Alex Heard a renowned New York market salesman stricken
New York on April 11 Alex B Heard a leading fruit and vegetable salesman on the New York market was stricken Friday morning of last week with a paralytic stroke. He was resting at his Jersey City home after arriving at the Pennsylvania dock around 4 30 am. Heard, from Virginia and a member of the Heard family of Norfolk, had long been with the market and recently worked with Smith Holden.
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New York
Alex B. Heard
Jersey City
Heard
Smith & Holden
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Norfolk
A. J. Young & Co
Pew
Alex Heard
Good Apple Prospects in Ozark Region Springfield Mo
The present condition of apple trees in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas shows promise for a fruit crop. A cold winter preserved dormancy with no noticeable freeze damage, and the spring has been satisfactory with no frost damage yet noted.
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Ozark
Springfield
Ozarks
Missouri
Arkansas
Onions Firmer Yet Little Change in Market Tone
New York April 11 reports show light stock receipts keeping a firmer tone for onions this week. Best red and yellow stock sold at 2.25 to 2.50 per 100 pound bag, with most arrivals poor at 1.0 to 1.50. White onions topped at 2, while poor stock sold poorly. dock unsold Spanish shipments and 27,500 bags of Egyptian onions afloat were listed.
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New York
Boston Trade and Apple Shippers Trial New Idea
Boston and the International Apple Shippers Association launch a contact man plan to coordinate wholesalers retailers and consumers, speed up fruit and vegetable flow, and foster best practices across markets. John O MacDonnell leads the effort from Boston with support from Detroit Seattle conventions.
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Boston Trade and
Apple Shippers Assn
International
Apple Shippers' Association
Boston
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Boston Fruit
Faneuil
R. G. Philine
Apple Shippers’ Association
Rochester
Mr. Phillips
Detroit
John O. MacDonnell
Boston Fruit and Vegetable Contact Committee
Lettuce Shippers Fight Railroads Over Full Refrigeration
Imperial Valley growers and shippers contest a railroad plan to require full refrigeration for one cent lettuce shipments from southern California to eastern markets. Hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission supported by attorney Walter Sprague argues that top icing has worked for years. Shippers claim ice in bunkers harms cars and note no proven damage from top iced crates.
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Atlantic
Earl AL Steer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Los Alin
Seles
Walter Jr
Sprague
American Party Bureau Federation
Imperial Valley
Raillroadsmen
R A Tedford & Co to Close in Wenatchee
Wenatchee Washington April 11 The creditors committee in charge of R A Tedford and Co fruit buyers and shippers recommends appointing a trustee to wind up the business An assignment has been made by Tedford who has gone to Seattle Total Liabilities are 120000 and assets about 40000 Six percent has been paid to creditors with expectations of about 20 percent more The principal creditors are fruit growers and supply houses The firm started in 1920 and saw strong years then weaker returns in the last two years The committee says no criticism of Tedford but he tied himself to fruit purchases at market prices that could not be justified
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Wenatchee
Wash
R. A.tedford & Co
Tedford
Seattle
W. R Prowell
Henry Hobson
Great Northern Lumber Company
W. F. Connor
Columbia Valley Lumber Company
The Produce Packer advertisement offer
The Produce Packer announces a weekly edition separate from The Packer, focusing on market and trade news for shippers and distributors of meat, poultry, butter, hides, wool, and furs, with free samples available upon request.
More Complaints Against The New Jersey Produce Company
New York, April 10. Shippers of eggs and poultry nationwide warn about the New Jersey Produce Company at 6 Lawrence Street, Newark. Theodore Cohen appears to lead the concern, with West buyers reporting unsatisfactory dealings. Cohen dodges questions about the firm’s status, claiming he closed the company in 1917 while stationery touts it as Newark's largest poultry house.
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New York
New Jersey Produce Company
Lawrence Street
Newark
N. J
Theodore Cohen
West
Cohen
Potatoes Could Advance As Market Shows Strength
Chicago April 11 The market for good white potatoes appears ready to rise as operators foresee gains. National movement has been steady though ample supplies remain, with Wisconsin No 1 sacked round white selling around 1.20 to 1.40 and bulk rounds 1.30 to 1.35. Prices for Red River Ohios and Russets also noted amid cautious trading.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
White
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
Idaho
First Cherries for 1924 Sold At Chicago Auction
The first box of cherries of the season arrived and sold at the Independ ent Fruit and Produce Auction Company daily sale in Chicago on April 11 1924. The early shipment brought $100 and was shipped by the Placer County Fruit Company and handled by the C G Dyer Company as agents.
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Chicago
Independent Fruit and Produce Auction Company
Placer County
Irult Company
C. G. Dyer Company
Jagents
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Colorado “Potato Growers'’ Association
Idaho “Association
Weyl-Zuckerman & ‘Co
Associaion
McMillan Produce Co. of
Packer
Chicago Packer
Produce Packer
Coyns
Europe
D. J. Colne
O.E. Spooner
Mass
Orin’ E. Spooner
Orin F. Spooner
North Rochester
Middleboro
Mays
George F. Spooner
John B. Drake & Co
South Market Street
Orin Spooner
Orin
Fearce
Gil
Massachusetts
H. Harris & Co
Charlestown
John H. Farnum
O. E. Spooner
Lees
Western
Tnredo
Atlantic Board
Eee
Ehipp
Calif
Arizona
R. A. Tedford & Co
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