Michigan Gets Army Spud Contract Report
Michigan growers win part of April army potato order via Stato Shippers Association. Prices hold above other states. more orders hinge on shippers securing stock. Eggs slump in Grand Rapids to 30 31c bid, 33 44c asked as receipts rise and storage fills. Thomas C Osborne reports strong Indiana trade, returns to Chicago.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Stato Shippers’ Association
Busines
Thomas C. Osborne
Chicago
C. L. Dietz & Co
Indianapoli
Indigas
Little change in vegetables in Chicago
Chicago vegetable market shows no material change this week with slight price moves due to ample offerings. Tomatoes, beans, peppers and lettuce are in steady supply. prices vary by grade and origin, with Florida, Louisiana, and California produce dominating markets and steady or easing price trends overall.
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Chicago
Florida
Morida
Louisiana
Texas
California
Zoo
Illinois
Oregon
Railway rates news notes and carrier filings
The column lists multiple railroad applications and rulings on freight rates and classifications. It reports cancellations and changes sought by Great Northern, Evansville and Indianapolis, Southern, Graham and Morton, Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie, Chicago Rock Island, Maine Coast Company, and Southern Railway, covering fruits vegetables melons ice butter eggs poultry and salt without graphic detail. The actions include rate cancellations, increases, and restrictions across various states and routes with reference to tariffs and item numbers.
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Great Northern Railway Company
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Minn
Tariff I. C. C
Duluth
Cloquet
Superior
Wis
Minot
Devils Lake
Williston
N. D
Graham and Morton Transportation Company
Chicago
Indiana
Michigan
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie Railway
Commission
McGuires, Ida
Long, Wash
Bismarck
Carrington and
Hankinson
N. DC
Thief River Falls
Detroit
C. C
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Arkansas
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Salt and fruit tariffs and a railroad demurrage dispute
The notice cites reduced May 191K rates on carrots and bananas to Tennessee destinations, with 46 to 47 cents per hundredweight and a 24,000 pound minimum for carloads. Steinhardt & Kelley file ICC complaint against Erie Railway over alleged unreasonable demurrage on apples from Washington and Illinois to Jersey City, ICC Docket No. 1010.
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Washburne
Knoxville
Tenn
Evansville
Ind
Paducah
Cairo
Memphis
Johnson City
Morristown
New Orleans
Mobile
Pensacola
Steinhardt& Kelley
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Erie Railway
Washington
Illinois
Jersey City
San Francisco Dairy Market Faces Minor Decline
In San Francisco a slight downturn hit butter markets as outside demand constricted, dropping about 1 percent per pound for extras. Northwest shipments rose modestly with one car of cubes sent east, while overall receipts stayed ample but below last week. Cheese held firm with no price change, eggs saw a small price dip, and storage stock suffered some price cuts as a general weaker tone emerged.
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San Francisco
Jon
Hentry
California
San Francisco Wholesale Dairy Product Exchange
Position Wanted in Produce Business
A 32 year old married salesman with 12 years in the produce trade seeks new opportunity. Three years with current employer, now seeking change for better prospects. References available. Address Minnesota care of The Chicago Packer 192 North Clark Street Chicago.
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Minnesota
Chicago Packer
North
Clark ‘St
Chicago
Navel Orange Introduction Ties to Riverside History
Riverside historian Howard C. Whegley discusses the origin of the seedless Bahia or Riverside Navel orange. Letters from General William G. LeDue and records from William Saunders detail the 1869–1877 introductions, with Capron and Hayes era involvement, tracing who first brought budded trees to the United States and where Riverside held early plantings.
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United States
Riverside
Saunach
WeDué
Bahia Noel Planis
Caroline S Thorne
Department of Agriculture of the
R. B. Hayes
William Saunders
California
Florida
William G. LeDue
Howard C. Whegley
Uew
Saunders
Belle C. Saunders
Washington, D. C
Horace Capron
Bahis
Brazil
Department of Agriculture
Luther C. Tibbetts
Washington
General LeDuc
Hayes
Capron
LeDuc
Thorne
Covina
Iverson Joins Central Cold Storage as Manager
George H Iverson, longtime Chicago Cold Storage and Warehouse Company executive, resigns to become manager of the Central Cold Storage Company which opened its new plant a year ago. Iverson has wide trade connections and many friends will welcome his important position with Central.
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George H. Iverson
Central
Chicago
Chicago Cold Storage and Warehouse Company
Central Cold Storage Company
Iverson
New Quarters for McGrail Co in New York
The Frank A. McGrail Company, butter and egg receivers, has leased 127 Reade Street in New York from April 12. They plan to take possession May 1 and remodel the basement to add refrigerator rooms. The firm’s business has grown rapidly in the last year.
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McGrail Co
New York
Frank A. McGrail Company
Butter and Egg Receivers
Powell Building
Reade Street
Rate Hearing in Milwaukee for Fruit and Vegetable Salt Claim
On April 20 Examiner Burnaide will hear the complaint of the Wisconsin and Michigan Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association against the Ahnepes & Western Railway et al. Charges for salt and residue on fruit and vegetables moving in Western Trunk Line territory are attacked in this proceeding.
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Milwaukee
Burnaide
Wisconsin
Michigan ‘Hrult and Vegetable Jobeers’ Associa
Tion
Ahnepes & Western Railway
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John A. Eck CO
Merrill & Eldredge
North Market St
Gur Service
W. F. Drennen
Chicaaco
Hall, Wedge & Carter
W. Sc
Water St
Wholesale Grocere
National Produce Bank
Flodin Fruit CO
Burlington, Iowa
Cedar Rapids
John C. Morgan Company
Traverse City
Shippers
W.A. Murphy
Evansville & Indianapolis
Evaneville
W. Gomph
Utah
Wyoming
The
Southern Railway Company
Spencer
N. C
J. E. Kirk
I.C. C
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Sault Ste Marie
Almena
Minneapolia
Camden Place
Tariffg I .C. C
Maine Coast Company
Bangor & Aroostook
Boston
Mass
Stockton Harbor
Tariff I. C
Ashville
Savannah
Columbia
8. C
Chicago, Lll
W. South Water St
Leonard Adam
W. So. Water St
D. M
Walnut
S$ Des Moines
Towa
Ball
Springfield
Mlinois
John W. Low
J. C. Mittelstadt
Headley Wayne & Low, Inc
Fruit and Produce Commission Merchant Its
Corn Exchange Nail Bank
C.H. Weaver & CO
J. Ellis Slater Co
Coyne Brothers
the Central
Central Cold Storage Co
Gallagher. Bros
South Water St
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