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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1913
Page
2
Detroit officials tighten packaging rules for onions and potatoes with a new act banning standard crates and hampers for sale. Commission merchants face fines and shifting to baskets or marked weights while other cities are not adopting similar measures yet. The Packer notes the move amid industry opposition.
Light forecast for next weeks. Market unsettled with sluggish demand for table stock while seed stock remains steady. Receipts and arrivals around Illinois cities show moderate trading as farmers delay shipments to spring plowing. Extra fancy seed stock commands higher prices amid brisk seed demand.
Reports from Georgia indicate heavy damage to peach crops across counties. frost and wet weather reduced yields, with about 45 percent of the crop destroyed in north Georgia. Apple crops remained unharmed in the region, while watermelons and peaches suffered in Quitman and Brooks counties amid high winds.
A poem urging railroad leaders to increase car movement to ease shortages. It targets executives like Mr Railhead and a transport manager, pleading for faster transit by cycling cars ten miles daily. The voice appeals to switchmen, engineers, and conductors to push for relief amid delays.
A group of Eastern fruit men including James A. Coogan of Kansas City George Sherman of Minneapolis Wi Charlesworth of Omaha George Bills Sr of Chicago and J of Franklin Milwaukee toured Los Angeles and attended a brokers meeting in the California Fruit Distributors offices in Sacramento to discuss packing for the coming season.
Chicago April 25. The Peterons Co of this city reports heavy interest in straw berry tonnage with about 500 cars sought for shipment this week. Frank Fox says the firm is in the market heavily this year and wants shippers and associations to contact them. The harvest berry receipts and the company’s financial exposure are estimated above ten thousand dollars.
In Alexandria Louisiana on April 25 a damp planting season left over half the potato seed rotted. Despite higher last season prices, yields may reach only about 75 percent of last year with roughly 250 to 400 cars expected. Late planting and weather delay shipping until about May 20. Cabbage and beans show promise but acreage fell. alfalfa gains small farmers. Last season about 200 cars shipped at $18 to $19 per ton. Cutting begins this week and shipping should improve by week’s end.
Wm P Neild argues in The Packer that tariff alone cannot fix high food prices. He contends growers face a profit system that inflates costs, urging products reach consumers directly without profit mongers taking large margins. He cites Florida oranges as example and promises continued market coverage.
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