Longshore Strike Ties Up New York Boat Receipts
Perishable cargo from Texas Florida and Atlantic ports valued around 200000 sits on docks as New York trades fear total shutdown. Clyde Mallory Line sparked wage cuts for unloaders prompting across coast lines to join. Unions threaten to block removal if stock moves.
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Clyde Mallory Line
New York
Texas
Atlantic
Carmen
Florida
Clyde Mallory
International Longshoremen's Association
California cantaloupe crop later than usual
Brawley Calif April 22 Cantaloupe shipping expected in limited quantities in the next few days with carrot shipments not starting until May due to a crop later than normal. Weather now favorable for rapid maturing. melons could be ready soon barring high winds. A small lot already shipped to Los Angeles fetching high premiums.
Interstate Commerce Commission Maps Truck Jurisdiction
The Interstate Commerce Commission urges federal oversight of contract and common carrier trucks, seeking permits for operation and mandatory insurance. The suggestion covers both contract and common carriers, with mobility coverage for personal injury and property damage, but excludes truck rate regulation. Washington, April 22.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Leo J. Flynn
Laredo Onion Deal Proving One of Best In Years
Laredo Tex April 22 Despite the smallest Laredo district onion crop in years the Bermuda onion sale is highly profitable with over 417 carloads shipped and prices from 2.60 to 3.00 per crate for yellows and Crystal Wax. If current prices hold a million dollar onion crop may return this year though total output may not exceed about 850 carloads as acreage remains low.
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Laredo
Tex
South Laredo
Federal State Market News Service
A. M. McDowell
Frost Hits Pear Crop in Placerville California
Frost visited the Placerville district Wednesday night damaging the pear crop with temperatures as low as 27 degrees. Hail damage was reported in Suisun and Lake counties with readings down to 23 to 25 degrees. Extent of loss unavailable. Placerville district normally ships 1,200 ears of pears and early estimates are not yet possible.
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Sacramento
Calif
Placerville
Suisun
Lake County
Louisiana Strawberry Deal Strengthens Auctions in Hammond
Hammond Louisiana April 22 The Louisiana strawberry deal is under way in fine shape with auctions cleaning up nightly. Sales have ranged 60 to 100 cars each night with some shipments booked for next week. Northern market demand is improving as seasonable weather arrives. Fruit arrives sound with high quality color and sugar content.
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Hammond
Shippers Liability When Shipping by Track Revealed
Kansas City report notes risk in shipping by track and that liability depends on case specifics. It cites a Clinton Manufacturers and Shippers Association warning on insurance coverage for property, personal injury, and the contractor’s responsibilities, with cases of fatal accidents and lawsuits cited.
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Kansas City
Clinton Manufacturers and Shippers’ Association of
Clinton
Heavy Winds Ravage Imperial Valley Cantaloupe Crops
Heavy winds across the coast and Imperial Valley cause light damage to early cantaloupe crops and heavier harm to later vines. Blooms torn, vines bruised, recovery expected within a week. Cold spell delays shipments with first cars due May 1 to 5 and full shipments May 15 to 20. No widespread damage to other crops.
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Los Angeles
Imperial Valley
Florida Watermelons Expected About May 15
Leesburg Florida reports indicate watermelon shipments from the area should begin around May 16 with one to two cars possibly earlier. Early melons come from vines spared by March cold, while replanted fields will produce mid June fruit. The Leesburg crop covers about 6,000 acres with 85 percent Watsons and 16 percent Dixie Belles, moving into July.
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Leesburg
Fla
No Account For Crystal City Broker Check
Cooney & Kor shok report Leland Walker asked them to cash a $6 check drawn on the Zavalla County Bank at Crystal City Texas. The bank returned the check marked No account. Walker claimed to be a buying broker at Crystal City.
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Chicago
Berry Shipments From Alabama Resumed After Freeze
Castleberry Ala April 22 L C 1 shipments of strawberries began again late last week after the early March freezes. Several points expected to ship this week with the main movement from the south Alabama berry section starting next week. Berry sizes are excellent and the Klondykes have paled and are now high quality.
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Castleberry
Ala
L. c
South Alabama
Express Rate Hearing Set in Strawberry Case at Memphis
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced a first hearing on a proposed 10 percent rise in berry carload express rates to Memphis on May 16 before Examiner Taylor. Growers and shippers across Alabama to New York protest, urging lower rates and better compensation. Lawmakers also oppose the plan, arguing current rates push producers to truck shipments.
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Memphis
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Express Agency
Southeastern Express Company
Tenn
Examiner Taylor
Packer
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Tilmois
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Texas
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Rhode Island
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Vermont
West Virginia
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Express
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Louisiane
Memphia
House of Representatives
Senate
Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association Joins General Fruit
Grand Junction, Colo on April 22 reports that the Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association, a 35 year old firm handling thousands of carloads of fruit annually, becomes a link with the General Fruit Company of Seattle and Minneapolis. The merger ties in Pacific Fruit and Produce Company operating locally and in many Northwestern cities. Officials call it the biggest merger of fruit handling concerns in the Pacific coast and north central regions in years.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Colorado
Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association
General Fruit Company
Seattle
Minneapolis
Pacific Fruit and Produce Company
Pacific Coast
North Central Territory
Crop Conditions at Hazlehurst Crystals Springs Report
Crop conditions in Hazlehurst and Crystal Springs indicate peas will rise next week and some cabbage if weekend rain occurs. Copiah county pea shipments may reach about 40 percent of last year, with ten or more carloads of cabbage due next week but little progress before May 1. Tomatoes expected around May 25 with 10 to 20 percent higher output if yields match 1931, while overall shipments this year should approximate last year.
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Hazlehurst
Crystal Springs
Misa
Copiah County
Merchants in Buffalo and Philadelphia Press Federal Farm Board Critique
Fred Brennisen of Buffalo and Frank W. Stanton of Philadelphia urge action against costly federal laws and commissions. They praise The Packer's coverage of the Federal Farm Board and the Law of Supply and Demand, urging copies to lawmakers and urging united industry protest.
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Fred Brennisen
Buffalo
Frank W. Stanton
Philadelphia
Packer
New York Packer
Federal Farm Board
Law of Supply and Demand
National League of Commission Merchants
George
United Action
United States
James Wadsworth
Buffalo Club
Washington
Wadsworth
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Hoover
Congress
James M. Mead
Forty
New York
Washington, D. C
Edmund F. Cooke
William G. Andrews
the Packer
Salinas-Watsonville lettuce season under way in 1932
Salinas California April 22 the 1932 lettuce season in the Salinas Watsonville district is broadly under way. First cars shipped April 8 with tentative weekly shipments around 360 cars and daily rates 75 to 90 cars coming early next week. Lettuce will move daily for about eight months with lighter shipments in July and August. Quality is generally good with colors fine though some patches have smaller heads. Weather has been favorable and crop growth normal though cooled later last week delaying shipments briefly. Government data cite 22 490 acres of lettuce in the Salinas Valley Watsonville district.
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Salinas
Calif
Salinas-Watsonville
Salinas Valley
Watsonville
Middle Georgia Peach Crop Outlook Good
Macon Georgia April 22 The peach outlook in middle Georgia shows irregular ripening with small peaches already forming on some trees while others in the same orchards are just blooming. Fort Valley Byron Marshallville and Montezuma areas report unusually good orchards and an expected big yield of fine fruit.
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Macon
Middle Georgia
Fort Valley
Byron
Marshallville
Montezuma
Trying to Locate A H Edwards in Tampa Florida
Attorneys seek A H Edwards once manager of the Fruit Distributing Company at 604 Franklin Street Tampa Florida A H Edwards is pursued by the Vignen Frankel Brokerage Company Baton Rouge Louisiana which holds a claim against him for 330 dollars
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Kansas City
A. H. Edwards
Fruit Distributing Company
Franklin Street
Tampa
Fla
Vignen-Frankel Brokerage Company
Batons Rouge
Edwards
Federal Farm Board and the Law of Supply and Demand
The Federal Farm Board’s efforts to control marketing have spurred a global response. Wheat and other surpluses pile up in U.S. elevators as foreign buyers turn away, while tariffs, storage costs, and policy meddling depress prices. Farmers grow discontent as demand falters and the planned orderly flow backfires, prompting renewed calls to move surpluses during the harvest.
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Packer
Federal Farm Board
Alleged scheme to get foreign potato seed without duty
New York news reports seizure and auction of about 7,000 bags of Prince Edward Island seed potatoes. The government alleged that Dyal Produce Corp and Huggard Produce Co used bond arrangements and substituted Maine potatoes to evade tariffs, selling most stock to dealer J. McAuley in Brooklyn.
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Atment
Dual Produce Corporation
Hugeard Produce Company
New York
Prince Edward Island
South America
United States
Prince Edwards Island
Port Newark
Dyal Produce Corporation
Maine
J. M. ‘McCauley
Brooklyn
Denmark
Huggard Produce Company, Inc
West Street
Dual
Government crop liens burden market agencies and loans
Special to The Packer reports Congress imposes a tax on telegraph and telephone messages tied to government farm lending. Wholesale handlers must handle increased communications to protect 500,000 farmers loans, raising postage and telegram costs. Robert F. Blair of the National League of Commissioner warns the impact on fruit and vegetable trade.
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Packer
Washington, D. C
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Robert F. Blair
National League of Commissioner
Louisiana Potatoes Due to Start Moving May 10
From 1500 to 2000 cars of early potatoes should move from Louisiana beginning about May 10. The deal lasts about three weeks, with possible total shipments of 2200 cars if weather is favorable. Last year more than 4000 cars were shipped. Crop is 85 percent Triumphs and rest Cobblers, described as clean and disease free by Allen J. Ellender, Houma. This reflected in Houma during the State-Wide Potato Tour and Louisiana Potato Association meetings.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Allen J. Ellender
Houma
Louisiana Potato Association
Packer
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Old Dominion
Atlantic Coast
Ryan
American Federation of Labor
California
Tampa, Fla
Federal Farm Board and the Law of Supply and Demand
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