Texas Onion Prices Show Bullish Tone in April Market
Shippers quoted $3 per crate for yellow onions and $2.25 for wax onions for prompt shipment in Laredo Texas. By Thursday 556 cars had shipped with a bullish market driven by unexpected demand and scarce good onions. Output expected to exceed 1,000 carloads for the week as upper counties push shipments, while grading improves amid recent poor early onion quality.
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Laredo
Tex
Web
Cou
Rosenblum
New
Ys Heavy
Texas
Espaj
4& Hospital
San Antonio
Produce Packer Seeks Readers With Market News
A brief note explains The Produce Packer weekly newspaper, a supplement to The Packer, dedicated to market and trade news for shippers and distributors of produce meats poultry butter hides wool furs. A free sample copy is available upon request.
Market plans for next season discussed by exchange leaders
Jarratt returns as sales manager to handle the tomato deal this season for the exchange. Claude Garner of the Rio Grande Growers Exchange with Hartingen HQs and secretary treasurer William Coe arrived to study the local onion market. Ratcliff Brothers and V Sprowl of Mission joined the party, while Harlingen shippers Brooks and Howell planned April onion activity. J E Woodfin of Paris will operate at Crystal City and Carrizo Springs for CA Brown of the Peppers Fruit Company.
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Jarratt
Exchange
Claude A. Garner
Rio Grande Growers’ Exchange
Hartingen
William Coe
J. R. Ratcliff
Ratcliff Brothers
Mission
Crystal City
Carrizo ‘Springs
CA. Brown
Peppers Fruit Copany
Texas
Truck Crop Estimates Indicate An Increase For Season
Forecast shows larger acreage and heavier tonnage with cucumber, strawberry and cantaloup gains. Lettuce drops. car counts project 11,453 for lettuce versus 12,136 last year. April 1 crop conditions improve in most fruits and vegetables, except Florida pineapples and California lemons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smialler
California
Florida
Louisiana Berry Movement Grows Asparagus? (Note: Title adjusted to fit article content)
The Hammond La April 12 report notes the Louisiana strawberry movement increasing in volume due to favorable weather. Rain delays aside, shipments rise toward April 20 and vines suggest 1500 to 1600 carloads, with strong nation wide demand and broader distribution anticipated. fruit quality deemed good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Louisiana
Texas Onions Improve as Markets Report Mixed Chicago
Chicago market reports onions from Texas arriving lighter than hoped after rains. Prices ease slightly with yellow Bermudas selling at 4 to 4.60 per crate and wax ungraded at 4 to 4.50. Old onions move slowly, mainly California and Australian Browns at about 10.50 per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Texas
Califfornia
Cabbage Market Slows Across States in April Report
Chicago reports slow cabbage movement with liberal arrivals this week. Louisiana crates sell mostly at 1.60 to 1.75 dollars per 100 pounds, Florida at 1.50 to 1.75, Alabama and Texas stockholding around 1.76 to 2.00 per barrel. Market weakness noted as prices varied by region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
Texas
Plans Completed for Special Train to Seattle
Chicago committee led by I L Wagner and boosters announce a special train from Chicago to Seattle for the International Apple Shippers Association convention. It travels via Glacier Park making Yakima Wenatchee Spokane stops, with round trip fares from 102.98 to 120.98 plus add ons. Tickets and reservations urged through committee members Warner Currie and Van Dyke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple Shippers' Association
Seattle
Chicago
Il. Wagnerang, Co
Err
Apple Shippers’ Association
Glacier Park
Spokane
Yakima
Wenatchee
Box
Great Northwestern
Wenatchee Valley
Leavenworth
Cascade ‘Mountains
Northwest
Blewett Pass
California
Pullman
Touch
I. Warner
Aikfoy
A. R. Currie
Globe Build Ing
Lems
J. H. van Dyke
Co. B. & Q. Railroad Company
New York Onion Market Holds Up Well This Week
New York April 14 onion market held up well this week with few No 1 stocks left. Texas fancy whites fetched 5.25 to 5.50 per crate, while best New York state and Middle Western yellows traded around 5 per crate. Egyptian onions strong at 7 to 8.50 per bag, Australian Brown 9 to 9.50, Argentine 8.75 per case.
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New York
New York State
Middle Western
New England
Texas
Planetaria
Alexandria
Egypt
Hog Island
A. Wireless
Boston
California
Apple Exports for Week Ending April 8
The International Apple Shippers Association reports week ending last Saturday exports at 10 847 barrels mostly from Halifax and 30 199 boxes all sent to European ports. Season totals to last Saturday show 1 235 940 barrels and 2 936 980 boxes, compared with 2 439 017 barrels and 2 639 861 boxes a year ago.
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New York
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Halifax
High Water Causes Little Damage to Fort Smith Potatoes
High water in the Arkansas River bottoms has not reached potato fields significantly this week. Last night the river was falling slowly and only small parts of the lowest potato land were flooded. The rain has produced a poor stand of potatoes despite limited flood damage.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas River
Northwestern Fruit Exchange Sues Over $100,000 Damages
Wenatchee April 14 Northwestern Fruit Exchange sues Gwin Rule Prince White Warman and others in Chelan County Superior Court for 100000 damages and an injunction. The suit cites a five year contract with Skookum Packers and alleges efforts to break or bypass it by forming a Pacific Coast group. Case set for April 22 before Judge Grimstow. S Crutchfield, president of Aminiban Fruit Growers Inc Pittsburgh, controls Northwestern.
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Wenatchee
Wash
WWPF
Gwin
Arthur. R. Rule
J. A. Warman
A. ‘A. Prince
D. H. White
North American Fruit Exchange
Pacific Coast
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Chelan’ County
Superior Court
Skookum ‘Packers’ ’Association
Prince, White
A. R. Rule
Skookum
Skookum-Northwestern
Grimstow
S. Crutchfield
Aminiban Fruit Growers Inc
Pittsburgh
Imperial Valley cantaloupe acreage estimate from D A 1921
The Department of Agriculture estimates Imperial Valley cantaloupe acreage in California at 26 000 compared with 21 450 last year. In 1921 more than 10 000 cars were shipped from that district with New York taking 1 600 Chicago 1 200 Pittsburgh 700 Los Angeles 600 and Philadelphia 500 cars.
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Imperial Valley
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
California
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Shipper Seek Lee Underhill in Aroostook County
Aroostook County seed potato shippers in Boston are seeking Lee Underhill, a man who recently claimed ties to Richmond Virginia. He traveled to Maine posing as a southern buyer, cashed a check from Hovey & Co that bounced, and appeared about 45, with a Yankee twang despite asserting southern roots. He visited F C Hatch in Boston and was referred to local potato brokers, showing no obvious signs of fraud at the time.
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Boston
Aroostook County
Lee Underhill
Richmond
Underhill
John Hovey
Hovey, & Co
Mars Hill
Hovey
South
F.C. Hatch
Board of Trade
Hatch
Aroostook
Agricultural Inquiry Report Soon Ready
The Joint Commission of Agriculture Inquiry, led by Representative Anderson of Minnesota, says the forthcoming report will include definite and far reaching recommendations. The inquiry has examined transportation, agriculture, and industry from original sources, with a view to constructive government action rather than restrictive regulation, and is nearing completion.
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Congress
Joint Commission of Agriculture
Representative Anderson
Minnesota
Commission
Anderson
Seymour’s Concern in Atlanta Blows Up
Atlanta April 14 The National Produce and Packing Company instigated by Paul W Seymour filed a bankruptcy petition claiming liabilities between 5000 and 6000 with negligible assets The Packer has reported on Seymour and the packing company since their dealings began to surface Seymour has operated under several names including Acme Market Company and is known for canvassing by mail and overquoting market prices.
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Atlanta
W National Produce:and Packing Company
Paul W. Seymour
Packer
Seymour
National, Produce and Pack
Edgar O. Oetgen
Oetgen
Acme
Supreme Court rules terminal railroads liable for interstate shipment damage
The Supreme Court held that terminal interstate railroads are liable for damages en route or in transit. The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company sued C C Whitnack Produce Company over apples shipped from New York state to Clarkson Nebraska. The case follows Nebraska courts finding the railroad responsible as terminal carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D._.C
United States Supreme Court
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company
C. C. Whitnack Produce Company
Clarkson,Neb
Nebraska
New York State
Supreme Court
Settlement Ends James Squillante Heller Brothers Case
New York April 14 Judge Cohn Jan presided as the Squillante versus Heller Brothers suit reached a settlement after a sensational dispute. Squillante had accused the firm of fraud over five cars of box apples sold with a check that bounced. The parties agreed to allow public comment, with Squillante apologizing and Heller Brothers gaining the right to state the matter publicly.
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New York
James Squillante
Heller Brothers
Cohn- Jan
Supreme Court
Squillante
Heiler Brothers
Cotton, Cincinnati Indicted on Bills of Lading Charge
Cincinnati April 14 Grand Jury in U S Court returned a ten count indictment charging Charles Cotton with issuing underweights and false statements on bills of lading to reduce freight charges for Dewson Company shipments to eastern markets. Brueggeman named as partner in Dewson interests, bankruptcy assets totaled about $82,646 with unsecured claims around $86,066. Cotton pleaded not guilty before Judge Peck. bond set at 35000. trial date May 5. attorney Hurley Roudebush. U S District Attorney Morrow to prosecute.
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Cincinnati
Sandi Eyinn
United States
Cour
Comville
S. Dewson
Fueures Beker Aeten
S. 8. Dewson Company
Dewson Company
Charles T. Greve
J. J. Castellini
Cotton
Louis Brueggeman
Bighness
Ohio
Kentucky
Max Weinberger
Weinberg
Spaguel
Dewson
Brueggeman
Pineville
Hazard
Bruegeeman
John W. Peck
Hdward M. Hurley
Alren C. Roude
Bush
Thomas H. Morrow
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Fer
AVE Co
Pac En Ry
Onion Market
Northwestern Appleight
J. S. Crutchfield
Arthur Rule
WF. Gwin
Ambersonie
S. S. Denton Company
Markea
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