Railroads refuse emergency rate for cantaloupes and vegetables
A Sacramento Chicago conference of the Transcontinental Freight Bureau heard growers and shippers plead for an emergency rate on California cantaloupes and vegetables. Carriers warned that granting such a rate could force reductions on other commodities and harm overall revenue.
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Chicago
Transcontinental Freight Bureau Committee
California
J.S. Crutchfield
American Fruit Growers, Inc
W. L. Wagner
G. L. Filer
G. M. H. Wagner & Sons
R. E. Hanley
California Vegetable Union
E. R. Farley
Coyne Brothers
L. R. Ermeling
M. Baker & Co
F. William Mort
H. G. Carter
J. D. Hale
C. H. Weaver & Co
J. J. Castellini
A. Gerrard
A. Gerrard Company
P. P
Mr. Crutchfield
Messrs
Lee
Cuff
Imperial Valley
Gom
Wagner
Otsuka
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Coachella Valley
Messrs Crutchfield
Morf
Haniey
Castellini
Cumming
Apple Market Higher in the Ohio Valley
Quotations on apples in the Ohio Valley rose during the week as receipts remained light. Baldwins sell up to 6.50 per barrel, Rome Beauty to 7.00, Winesaps 7.50 to 8, Ben Davis 5.00, with Western box apples at higher figures. Movement to Southern markets via the Ohio River crossing slowed, while early watermelons from Florida reached Chicago with limited demand and fair quality.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Rome
Ben Davis
Ohio River Crossing
Lower Berry Prices After Brisk Opening on Chicago Market
Chicago market report shows strawberries firm at week start then easing to a steady low range. Strong weather and scarce offerings boosted Monday activity while heavy Louisiana rains and leaky water soaked berries kept prices wide, with weekly receipts near 35 cars.
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Chicago
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Mochis Agricultural Union Wins Judgment Against Strachan
Nogales Ariz April 22 The Mochis Agricultural Union secured a judgment for 11307.25 against Alex Strachan sales manager in 1919 after disputed settlement following the Union and Strachan's dissolution Strachan faced related civil suits and a felony bindover but posted 1000 bail and was released proceedings followed a 1919 settlement marked by dishonored checks and partial recoveries
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Strachan
Superior Court
Justice Court
Union
Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Berries Move to Ohio Valleys
Berry shipments from Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee move to Ohio Valley markets as frost milds losses, rail freight improves. Ohio River crossings and northern trunk lines run refrigerated cars, with 24 quart crate quotations from six to eight dollars.
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Alabama
Mississippi
West Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Ohio River
Texas Onions Steady as Prices Show Little Change
New York April 22 Texas onions failed to rebound from last week as receipts rose. Several steamers arrived with stock and retail sales were lighter than expected, but values remained unchanged. No. 1 yellows 1.50 to 1.85 per crate. No. 2 1 to 1.50. 100-pound bag stock sold 2.50 to 3. white onions 1.25 to 1.60. Bermuda boats brought 2,265 crates. Bermudas around 2.25 per crate with remaining stock from prior boat. Old onions in weak condition range 50 cents to 1.76. Onion sets 1 to 2 per basket and 2 to 2 per bag.
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New York
Texas
Philadelphia
Bermuda
Bermudas
Southern Louisiana Vegetables Move in Lighter Volume
New Orleans April 1932 vegetables in Southern Louisiana show steady to lighter movement. Curly parsley and carrots listed at 2.50 per sugar barrel loose, 3.50 bunched, beets 2.65 loose and 3.50 bunched, green beans 3.60 per hamper, squash 2.50 to 2.75 per bushel crate. Mixed carrots and express shipments also reported in satisfactory volume.
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New Orleans
Mexican Tomato Shipments Through Nogales This Week
Los Angeles reports Mexican tomato shipments via Nogales Arizona last week. April 12 44 cars April 13 18 cars April 15 18 cars April 17 17 cars April 18 43 cars. Total week 140 cars and season to date 630 cars.
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Los Angeles
Nogales
Ariz
Freeze Damages Hit Peach Crops Across Georgia and Carolinas
Frosts over the weekend caused widespread losses to fruit growers. Georgia peach exports face 1,400 to 3,000 car damages with reports from Reynolds and Mort Valley showing varied levels. Tender vegetation in the Carolinas suffered heavy damage, with peaches apples and peach crops in North and South Carolina badly hurt and about half the crop injured in some areas.
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Atlantic
Jacksonville
New York
Georgia Peach Exchange
Packer
Reynolds
Mort Valley
South Georgia
Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Michigan fruit crop report shows varying damage from freezes
Cherries and small fruits near ready for harvest with light losses. Plums damaged 25 to 50 percent. Pears hit hardest with 30 to 75 percent loss depending on variety and district. Early apples damaged lightly. late apples largely safe if no further freezes. Illinois reports Easter and April 17 frosts killed all buds. unusually early bloom due to mild winter. overall no major loss expected.
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Paw
Michigan
Chicago
Texas
Illinois
Indiana
Packer
Benton Harbor
Lawton
Paw Paw
Graps
Fennville
Hart
Traverse City
Old Potatoes Steady New Stock Easier Chicago April 22
Market report shows old potatoes steady on sack stock and firmer on bulk. New Florida stock in barrels was easier as receipts rose. Wisconsin remains the largest supplier, with about 80 percent of daily imports. Prices paid to growers ranged around 50 to 60 cents a cwt for round whites, with car lots and bulk sales noted at 75 to 80 cents for sacked stock and 90 cents to $1.10 for No. 1 and No. 2 bulk. Florida stock receipts average ten cars daily.
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Chicago
Florida
Wisconsin
Florida Spaulding
Freeze damage in middle west disrupts fruit crops
Chicago reports a three week freeze that hit fruit trees and vines from Texas to Michigan. Michigan districts like Benton Harbor and Paw Paw suffer 60 to 75 percent losses in grapes and peaches, with cherries shown severely damaged and varying outcomes across towns.
Receiver Says Wiener- Boone Will Pay in Full
Cleveland April 22 Frank Kneisner appointed trustee for the Wiener Boone Company Akron Ohio reports receivables merchandise and equipment total 97000 liabilities about 84000. He expects full payment to creditors with about 60 percent likely within two weeks. Kneisner says all cars and drafts are accounted for and will focus on collections and settlements urging creditors patience.
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Wiener- Boone
Cleveland
Frank Kneisner
Wiener-Boone Company
Akron
Kneisner
Newark Firm Owes the Trade Four Thousand Dollars
Weiss and Peacht, Newark fruit and vegetable firm, have failed. An investigation shows notes for seven thousand dollars and a bank-recovered deposit that will not be renewed. Trade canvass indicates about four thousand dollars due receivers, with assets around eight thousand, suggesting insufficiency.
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New York
Weiss & Tpeatch
Newark
N. J
Increasing Cabbage Arrivals Boost Chicago Market
Chicago April 22 reports show rising cabbage receipts as more districts begin shipping. Demand remains steady with a lively market. mobile stock sells on the street in crates from Mississippi and Carolina at around 2.50 to 3.00, while California and Louisiana crates fetch similar prices.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Carolina
California
EL Edge
Louisiana
Week's Citrus Sales in New York Market
California lemons were fairly active with prices steady to higher. Porto Rican grapefruit and oranges showed varied demand with strong sale of fancy fruit. Florida fruit arrived lighter but priced higher for top qualities. Prices ranged across several boxes and conditions, with some decays noted on the San Lorez shipment.
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California
Jena
San Lorez
Canada
Sicily
Florida
Producers Fruit Company not into the Exchange
The Producers Fruit Company of Sacramento has not joined the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. It sold packing houses and equipment in Tulare County to Charley Burr of Lindsay, who arranged with the Exchange to handle about 700 cars. Officials say the deal is nearly closed. Burr is securing output from the old packing houses through the Exchange.
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Los Angeles
Fruit Company of
Sacramento
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Tulare County
Charley Burr
Lindsay
Exchange
Ray Rippy
Burr
Chaorlea Burr
Idle Freight Cars Hit Record As Rates Rise
Washington April 22 Washington reports freight rate hikes cripple rail tonnage. Ameri cart Railways Association says 607 427 cars idle on April 82 a new high, 11 000 more than last week and 210 000 more than January 1. Cabbage and spinach in Texas plowed under as growers cannot cover freight costs.
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Washington, D. C
Ameri~cart Railways Association
Texas
Pengree
Willow Twigs Shipment Sparks Mock Frauds Rumors
In Pulaski county a barrel labeled Willow Twigs from Wetang circulates as Jake Shafton presents samples at a Booster Club lunch. An envelope inside the burlap cover contains a crude letter about quotations and shipments, raising questions about a possible prank or scam.
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American Express
Shafton D 'S
Tom
Jake Shafton
Boosters’ Club
Wetang
Pulaski County
Jake
Rate hearing set on Georgia melon freight costs
A joint Interstate Commerce Commission and railroad panel will meet melon growers in Macon Georgia on April 26 to review freight rate issues affecting Georgia fruit and vegetable producers. Senator Harris has urged action, citing rate hikes as a threat to Georgia growers. The session aims for constructive results for Georgia’s shipments.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Macon
Georgia
Man Clark
William J. Harris
Industrial Transportation Co. goes into receivers' hands
The Industrial Transportation Company, operating stores in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in a U S District Court and is now under receivership. The firm, once valued at about 20.9 million dollars, advertised stock at 10 dollars a share and pledged a cost plus profit model not to exceed 10 percent.
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St. Louis
Industrial Transportation Company
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
United States District Court
Packer
District of Columbia
Oklahoma
New Onions Steady in Chicago Old Stock Easy
Chicago April 22 Texas onions opened easy then rose slightly and stayed fairly steady as receipts remained liberal and demand showed modest improvement. Some carrot operators predicted modest gains next week while Texas yellows traded near 1.75 per crate and Crystal Wax around 2 in jobbing markets. Old onions stayed quiet with Indiana yellows 75 cents to 1 dollar per cwt and reds around 50 to 75 cents, hard to move.
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Chicago
Texas
Indiana
Creditors' Committee Handles Bohlke Affairs
Wenatchee April 22 the creditors' committee overseeing Bohlke Fruit Company reports a complete audit is underway and a statement will be issued soon All claims and assets are being assigned to the committee Some creditors had threatened bankruptcy but are now expected to work through the committee rather than court action
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Wenatchee
Wash
Bohlke Fruit Company
Imperial Valley Tomato Crop Expansion Report
In Brawley California on April 21 the tomato yield for the season is projected to double last year with nearly 1000 acres in production. Despite wind damage the crop is generally healthy with selective shipments already sent. Early crates reached $2.50 and market moves await the first week of May.
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Imperial Valley
Brawley
Calif
Farmers petition President Harding for action on rail rates
Delegates from the National Farmers Union, after an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing, vote to take a petition to President Harding for relief in freight charges. They argue immediate rate cuts could boost farm product markets and precede broader price reductions, noting farmers face a buyers strike and may prefer taxes to maintain costly rail rates.
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Washington,d C
White House
Interstate. Commerce’ Commission
National Farmers' Union
Harding
Interstate. Commerce
Commission
McChord
A. C. Davis
Farmers' Union
Mr. Davis
Cleveland Produce Co. Men Sentenced in Mail Fraud Case
Mose Goldheimer and Edward Heiser of the Cleveland Produce Company pleaded guilty to using the mails to forward false reports to a shipper. Goldheimer received four months and a $100 fine. Heiser to be sentenced later that week. The case arose from a mixed carrot parsnip car and an inflated settlement figure. The firm had built a large truck delivery business and recently won a contract with 109 Continental stores.
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Cleveland Produce Co
Cleveland, C
Mose Golaheimer
Edward Heiser
Rebbiar Produce Company
Agiharge
Usi
Vine Maila
Mase Goldheimer
Weiser
Goldheimer
Cleveland
Packerman
Cleveland Produce Company
Ashtabula
New York Reorganizes Food and Market Departments
The Ferris bill passed by the New York Legislature abolishes the State Department of Farms and Markets and the Departments of Foods and Markets. It creates a Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets with a deputy. The Council of Farms and Markets will appoint a new commissioner at a $10,000 salary. Dr. Eugene H Porter and George E Hogue will lose their posts.
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New York
Food and Market Depts
New York State
Ferris
State Department of Farms and Markets
Commissioner of Agriculture
Department of Foods and Markets
Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets
Agriculture and Markets
Council of Farms and Markets
Board of Regents
Eugene H. Porter
Department of Farms and Markets
George E. Hogue
Agriculture
Squillante and Lamia end old venture in fruits and vegetables
New York partnership Squillante and Lamia dissolves after months of operation as a receiving and distributing firm. Lamia will keep his brokerage business while Squillante remains as dock operator and broker. They settled debts and quit due to insufficient time for the new venture. Big party eyed for New York trade crowd. Boosters May Day carnival planned for next Saturday at the Pennsylvania Hotel with Kenneth Gray directing. Tickets cost 5 dollars and expected attendance around 1,000.
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New York
Squillante & Lamia
Vincent R. Lamia
James Squillante
Squillante
Lamia
Boosters
Pennsylvania Hotel
Kenneth Gray
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Mochis Agri
Southern Strawberry Movement Gaming
Ucn
Caran
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Industrial Transportation ‘ Co
Bohlke
President Harding
Hington
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