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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1916
Page
2
Chicago, Aug. 11. The egg market remained firm with prices advancing for fancy fresh eggs and refrigerator stock as receipts dwindled under hot weather. Quality was poor with heated and storage eggs dominating. fancy fresh firsts scarce and bids centered on storage and April extras.
Chicago butter market holds steady with gains across creamery grades amid lighter receipts and hot weather defects. Extras quoted at 29c, firsts near 28 28 40, undergrades rising, with firm demand and premium movement from coolers for fancy goods. R J Coyne sr to visit apple shippers convention with sons Richard and Thomas to train in Coyne Brothers business.
Elgin Illinois August 11 butter board reports sales at 28 1 2 cents for creamery extras. Two lots of 50 tubs sold at 28 1 2 cents. two lots of 106 tubs bid at 29 cents were not disposed of. Production in Elgin district declines as heat lowers quality. rain needed in many parts. William D. Tidwell heads to Niagara Falls for International Apple Shippers meeting as Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association secretary.
A dated trade notice invites reliable shippers to arrange seasonal shipments of barrel box and bulk apples. The firm advertises liberal advances on consignments and signals willingness to investigate and record trade details with potential partners.
Members of the International Ab ple Shippers Association and the National League of Commission Merchants are identified as participants in a joint industry group. The note highlights collaboration across shippers and merchant commissions without detailing actions or outcomes.
Chicago Aug 11 trade in vegetables remained good with limited receipts and thin homegrown stock due to heat. Fancy head lettuce scarce yet sold high, Duluth and New York goods varied in quality with prices from 40 cents to 4 50 per hamper. Tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, peppers, onions, cabbage, and radishes cited with regional and domestic sources and prices.
Live poultry in Chicago showed strong demand with prices rising for fowls springs and ducks. Despite heavy freight arrivals early in the week the market steadied with fowls at 16 to 17 percent, springs 18 to 20 cents, and ducks around 13 cents as buyers remained active and supply varied through the week.
L. Gillarde of Springfield Pro duce Company traveled east this week and will attend the International Apple Shippers convention at Niagara Falls. Weyl Zuckerman & Co of San Francisco, through W. T. Richards, has been market scouting onions for distribution from the coast. Duncan Campbell of the California Farm Product Co visited for days and heads to eastern markets before returning to the coast. Martin C. Broderick of New Orleans, a traveling broker in southern fruit and vegetables, called on the Chicago trade. The citrus market stayed firm with Valencia oranges around 4.50 per carload, lemons well supplied but steady, while Kansas City onion prices held near prior levels, homegrown at 11.36 per bushel and California at 2.66 per 100 pounds.
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