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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
2
Samuel E. Lux of Topeka visited Chicago en route to the International Apple Shippers Association convention at Niagara Falls. After the event he will undertake an extended trip in the East.
Trade in apples at Chicago shows a fair volume with wide quality gaps. Duchess varieties fetch 3.50 to 4 per barrel, others 2.25 to 3, and Transcendents 2.25 to 4. Benonis 2 to 3.75, Red Atlas 1.75 to 2.75. Dealers expect good demand ahead as stock moves. D. J. Coyne and Dan Coyne Jr plan Niagara Falls and New York state tours to boost shipments, aiming for broader apple dealings this season.
Chicago readers learn of the Interstate Commerce Commission decision affecting loading and unloading of interstate carload shipments of fruits and vegetables. The ruling requires carriers to deliver packages to the car door free of charge and prohibits mandatory unloading by consignors or consignees within Chicago, with a two year limited provision and a possible per carload unloading fee cap. Local organizers R A Burnett W L Loeffel Gus Homan W M McFarland and J G Davies led the effort.
Chicago reports no major changes as potato receipts stay light and prices firm. Stock in car lots ranges 70 to 85 cents, with imports from Tennessee and Muscatine affecting the market. Cabbage suffers from heat with homegrown stock around 2 per hundred heads and Muscatine crates at 75 cents to 1.25, as Wisconsin weather improves.
A Chicago letter from J. B. Mitchell of J. H. White & Co. reports abundant corn hay and oats crops across central Iowa. He notes butter should be affordable for laboring families this winter and forecasts a large poultry and egg supply, contingent on shipments to his firm.
Peters Bros. Co. of Chicago says its southern Michigan operations are complete and it will control about two thirds of the Duchess apple crop, mainly in Berrien County. The company plans to ship from Benton Harbor and Hartford, Michigan, with most fruit moving in the next week or two. The quality of the fruit is described as fine.
The report notes mixed demand for Georgia Illinois and Michigan stock with few fancy grades selling poorly. Michigan consignments sold well, southern stock scarce, crates of peaches priced between 1 to 2 and 4-basket crates at 4c to $1. Eggs firm at a premium with Minnesota stock crowded. a car of firsts bid 1c above market. Graded stock pricing complicates shippers' negotiations.
Watermelons show better demand with higher prices in Chicago as Indiana and Illinois were expected to open up soon. Missouri stock averages 20 to 26 pounds at 200 to 240 per car. crop shorter due to drought. Butter market steady with receipts average. creamery quot: 20c for firsts, 19 1/2c to 19c for seconds.
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