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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1921
Page
3
In court the judge told the prisoner he could challenge any member of the jury then being impaneled. Hogan appeared encouraged and replied with a cockney, challenging the “shmall man wid wan eye” in the defendant’s corner.
Tracy-Waldron Fruit Co has been formed to operate as packers and shippers of fruits and vegetables from the San Joaquin Valley with headquarters in Lodi California. Officers are L M Trey president F M Widron vice president and S W Elmore secretary and treasurer. Authorized capital is 150000 with 75000 paid in. Tracy has 12 years in the fruit and vegetable business including roles with Lindsay line Setchel and Associated Fruit Co. Waldron has decades in the trade, recently in California and previously with Western Canada wholesale houses.
In Chicago April 29, Mr. Elmore is noted for his long tenure in Northern California business. The sweet potato market showed little activity this week with ample offerings. Illinois No 2 stock sold 50 to 75 cents per hamper. Tennessee hampers advanced to 1.75 to 2. Jerseys held 2.25 to 2.50. Louisiana stock in boxes brought 1.25 to 1.50.
H C Schraeder president of the Associated Fruit Company returned last Saturday from a month in the East and expects to leave Sunday for California. Al Eisenhowser of the Eisenhowser Commission Company Freeport was a Chicago visitor this week. Chicken is Wiser Than Hen. You can fool a hen with a china egg but not a chicken with a paste diamond.
The Milwaukee market shows steady demand and varied prices across items. Apples at 5.50 to 9.50 per barrel, grapefruit 4.50 to 5.75 per box, lemons steady, Navels 4.50 to 5.75, Western Valencias 4.50 to 5.25, Florida Valencias 6 to 6.50. Pineapples lower due to oversupply. Strawberries slow, cucumbers cheaper, lettuce firmer, potatoes abundant, tomatoes firm with light offerings.
W J Charlesworth of the California Fruit Distributors spent a day on the Minneapolis market this week. E E Shrader, for CG M Holtzinger of Yakima Washington, packed apples, spent the week in the Twin Cities, with headquarters at Crutchfield Company.
Chinese vegetable growers press shippers to sell spuds at any attainable price. Potatoes in Vernon fetch 12.15 dollars per ton f o b with weak demand. Onions are being dumped. growers abandon hopes of profits. Seeded acreage this spring appears to be lower than last year. Advertising drives small crops into larger headlines.
Minneapolis reports the Minnesota potato market was dull and inactive this week with slight fluctuations. Round whites quoted at 75 80 cents per bushel and Burbanks at 90 cents.
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