Costly Marketing Not Attributed to Terminals Says Crow Report
Philadelphia April 22 Frank Urie president of the National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors urges wholesale distributors to back sound marketing facility improvements but warns against assuming terminals cut perishable handling costs. He references William Crow’s study Wholesale Markets for Fruits and Vegetables in 40 Cities and notes the report supports careful reading while suggesting distribution costs remain significant even in weak buying conditions.
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Philadelphia
Frank 0. Urie
National League of Wholesale
William C. Crow
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Urie
Crow
Criefly
Crop outlook in North Carolina expects heavy 1938 yields
Staff correspondent reports that truck crop acreage in North Carolina districts has fallen about 16 to 20 percent from last year due to April rains. Despite some damage from heavy showers, growing conditions are favorable and growers anticipate a strong year for most commodities. Plants respond to sun and soil moisture remains ample to sustain the growing period.
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Wilmington
N. C
Shippéte
Plante
Movement of Louisiana Potatoes Under Way
Louisiana prepares to ship 3000 to 3400 cars of Bliss Triumph Irish potatoes this season with digging underway in early sections and peak expected May 9 to 21. Parishes and towns including Terrebonne, La Fourche, Iberia, St Mary, Alexandria, New Roads, and north Louisiana forecast hundreds of cars each, many belts federally inspected and 100 pound sacks standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Terrebonne
la Fourche Parish
New Roads
Angola
Alexandria
North Louisiana
Iberia Parish
St. Maryse
Mississippi
The Produce Packer and Its Trade News
The Produce Packer is a weekly newspaper devoted to commercial production and marketing of fruits and vegetables. It prints market news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool fur and related goods with free sample copies available upon request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Highlights from News This Week Summary
Control plan on lettuce. Imperial melon volume light until after May 1. North Carolina crop outlook generally good. Louisiana berry movement passes 2,000 cars. Rains aid South Texas vegetables. First trade golf tournament in Kansas City. North Carolina strawberries improve. Early potato crops projected 4,600,000 bushels. Spring lettuce acreage rising. Washington freight rate on trust set for April 25. Potato shipment plans and market adjustments noted. Phila summer hours set. onion planting near complete.
Arkansas Missouri berry growers push chain mark up
Judsonia April 22 growers and shippers from western Arkansas and southwestern Missouri and eastern Arkansas at Judsonia met to demand a minimum 2 cent per quart markup over cost in retail sales. Cooperating shippers include Horatio Fruit Growers J W Myers Commission Company E W Spencer Co H Rouw Co Honest Pack Association McRae Strawberry Association Bald Knob growers with managers named in the report.
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Judsonia
Ark
Arkansas
Missouri
Springdale
Horatio Fruit Growers
L. O. Shull
Horatio
J."w. Myers
J.W. Myers
van Buren
E.W. Spencer & Co
E. W. Spencer
H. Rouw Company
H. Rouw
Honest Pack Association
G. F. Price
McRae
McRae Strawberry Association
G. . Bennett
Bald Knob Strawberry Growers
Florida Muckland Celery Ready to Move to Market
Oviedo Florida April 22 Celery from mucklands in this section is ready to roll to market As shipments of winter celery slow growers and shippers anticipate a good deal The spring crop area is smaller but quality is excellent The mucklands have expanded celery production with several modern packing houses and about 1000 acres harvested last season Weather has been favorable and expectations are for a solid season
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Oviedo
Fla
Florida
Imperial melon volume light until May 1
El Centro Calif April 22 daily Imperial valley cantaloupe production runs 500 to 1000 crates with only 2 3 cars shipped. No general movement until after May 1. First consolidated car went out April 12 sold in New York. Weather could shift pace. crown set pickings disappointing in size. Continued on Page 23.
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el Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
New York
Crop-Loss Report Mentions Frigid Conditions However
Kansas City April 22 Guy Robertson director bureau of marketing extension United States Cold Storage Corporation reports on recent crop damage. The issue of The Packer is criticized for omitting details about freeze impact while noting a cheerful lawn weed crop that survived blizzards.
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Kansas City
Guy Robertson
Bureau of Marketing Extension
United States Cold Storage Corporation
Plans complete for Melon Assn. meet next week
In Cincinnati on April 22 the 24th annual convention of the Melon Distributors Association is set for April 29 and 30 at the Netherlands Plaza Hotel. President Roy E. Parrish will call the opening session to order at 10 am with Reverend Carl F. Goekler delivering the invocation. Mayor James Garfield Stewart will welcome attendees, with C. C. Winkler replying for the association. The program includes reports from President Parrish and secretary-treasurer W. A. Richter, followed by A. W. Vogthe of Birmingham as Southeast Advisory Board chairman.
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Cincinnati
Melon Distributors Association
Netherlands Plaza Hotel
Roy E. Parrish
Carl F. Goekler
the Holy Family Church
James Garfield Stewart
C. C. Winkler
Vincennes
Ind
W. A. Richter
A. W. Vogthe
Birmingham
Ala
Southeast Advisory Board
Roy E Parrish
Carl F
Government Ruling on F. O. B. inspection arrival term
Washington April 22. H A Spilman of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics explains that the phrase F O B inspection and acceptance arrival adds nothing to a contract. The term means seller ships free on board to buyer who bears transport costs but may inspect on arrival and reject if not meeting specs. delivery basis applies to quality.
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Washington, D. C
H. A. Spilman
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Mr. Spilman
L C Refuses Rails' Class Rate Proposal
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied in full the Official Classification railroads proposal to cancel the alternating rule for fresh fruits and vegetables in official territory. Hearings were held in Washington, D C from November 1 to 3, briefs filed, and oral argument occurred March 10.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mrs. Samuel Taube of Minneapolis Dies at 73
Mrs. Samuel Taube aged 73 of 1220 Morgan Avenue North Minneapolis died Friday after a six month illness. Survived by three daughters Mrs. J. W. Myers Watertown SD Mrs. C. W. Courtaway Minneapolis and Jessie Taube and four sons Louis S Theodore Taube Kansas City Jacob J Taube Seattle Coleman S Taube Eldorado KS plus nineteen grandchildren. Funeral at Freeman's mortuary Rabbi Albert I Gordon officiating with burial at Adath Jeshurun cemetery. Sons L S Taube and Ted Taube of Kansas City are prominent in produce trade.
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Minneapolis
Samuel Taube
Morgan Avenue North
J. W. Myers
Watertown
C. W. Courtaway
Jessie Taube
Louis S
Theodore Taube
Kansas City
Jacob J. Taube
Seattle
Wash
Coleman
S. Taube
Eldorado
Adath Jeshurun
L. S. Taube
Ted Taube
L. S
Chicago Wholesale License Fees Soar Under New Scale
Chicago merchants react to city notices stating a graduated license tax for wholesale food firms. Fees rise from 25 dollars for 1 to 2 workers to 50 for 3 to 5, 100 for 6 to 10, 140 for 11 to 20, 200 for 21 to 40, and higher thereafter. Truck drivers are excluded from headcount, licenses take effect May 1, and about three quarters of produce houses may pay more.
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Chicago
Tinma
Baldwin County Triumphs This Week in Potatoes Decline
In Baldwin County Alabama digging of Triumph potatoes slowed midweek as prices stalled activity. Operations resumed and weekly shipments are expected around 700 cars with a forecast of about 1,200 cars next week. Quality is good, stock matures well, and sizes are fine after a midweek shower.
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Baldwin County
Mississippi
Loxley
Ala
Triumph
Good Rains Help Vegetable Crops in South Texas
Good rains across south Texas brought needed moisture to crops in dry and irrigated areas, easing drought effects. Rio Grande now at low flow, mineral content high, lifting irrigation options. May 1 movement expected as weather improves. Triumph potatoes mostly moved. Willacy onions nearing end of season with steady demand. Tomatoes and corn recovering from prior freeze and winds, with shipping increasing toward next month.
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Harlingen
Tex
South Texas
Laredo
Rio Grande
Triumph
Willacy County
Falfurrias
Wilson-Karnes
Yoakum
United Association Dealer Service to Begin in St Louis
In St Louis the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association initiates dealer service work after a Tuesday meeting. I H Friedman presided, Julian E Hanson explained ongoing efforts, and the St Louis Dealer Service Group was formed with William Raith as president and C T More as secretary treasurer to begin with one contact man.
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St. Louis
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Julian E. Hanson
I. H. Friedman
St. Louis Fruit and Produce Association
St. Louis Dealer Service Group
William Raith
C. T. More
Louisiana Strawberry Movement Surpasses Two Thousand Cars
The Louisiana strawberry deal passed 2000 cars in shipments with 2004 by Tuesday in Hammond. Cool weather and rains along the belt reduce expected daily shipments to 30 to 35 cars for Wednesday and about a 50 car average for the rest of the week. Growers package companies brokers and agents say expenses are nearly covered and the season should close profitably despite vicissitudes.
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Hammond
Quality of Mississippi Cabbage Improves in April
Hazlehurst Miss April 22 The Mississippi cabbage deal is gaining normal quality. Heads now range 1.5 to 4 pounds with an average of 2.5 pounds. By April 20, 321 cars had moved from the state as government purchase talks begin to stabilize prices. Through April 20, 168 cars of peas had left Mississippi and shipping will continue through most of next week.
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Mississippi
Hazlehurst
Miss
Reef
Control Plan in Effect on Lettuce Deal in Salinas
More than 95 percent of Salinas-Watsonville lettuce shippers signed contracts binding them for the 1938 season to regulate shipments by turning over six dozen size and smaller. J. M. Foote named trustee to administer the plan, with 85 percent of tonnage represented, granting him control of these sizes for disposition in the best interests of the deal.
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Salinas
Watsonville
Calif
Salinas-Watsonville
J. M. Foote
Packer
Control Plan Advisory Committee
M. W. McLaren
E. M. Seifert
H. B. Sears
Bruce Church
W. N. Cumming
Federal State Market News Service
Growers to vote on Gulf States potato agreement
Washington April 22 Announcement of a grower referendum on a marketing agreement and order to regulate Irish potatoes through July 31 1988 in designated early production sections of five Gulf states. Referendum April 22 to 27 under County Agricultural Conservation Committees polls 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with county polling places designated. Public continued on page 22.
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Washington, D. C
Gulf States
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Law Suit Has No Basis in Fact Says Richman Samuels Inc
In a letter to The Packer Richman and Samuels Inc deny a lawsuit filed by T E Stephens. They vow to publish proof that the suit is unfounded and unwarranted and request proper coverage in the next issue. Irving Richman signs as secretary.
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Richman & Samuels
New York
Packer
T. E. Stephens
Richman & Samuels, Inc
Irving Richman, Sec'y
European Fruit Crops Suffer Frost Damage
Frost damage to fruit crops across the United Kingdom and continental Europe, reported from London, threatens lower homegrown supplies and higher imports. England sees severe losses with frosts from April 19 through the week, plums wiped out, cherries 75 percent gone, apples and pears over 50 percent.
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Washington, D. C
England
Europe
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
London
United Kingdom
Kalan Tyrol
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National League
Frank
Arie Warna
Crow Report
North Carolina
Melon Agsn
South
Texas
Baltimore
South Water Market Club
Frank A. Bixby
Iola, Kan
Intrastate Rail
Yates
Bureau
Washington
Leon K. Stein
Crand Rapids
Wallabout
Buffalo
Pleasant Valley
Arkansas - Missouri
Atte D LD
Nana
Val
California Prospector
Imperial
Yuma
Melon Assn
Melon Distributors
LC. C
RAILS
Case
United Association
Louisiana Strawberry Movement
Gulf. States
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