Tr ocks in Joplin Market Stir Trade and Distribution
Reports on chaotic fruit and vegetable trade caused by itinerant truckers reach Missouri. The Associated Southwest Country Elevator outlines how roving peddlers divert traffic from rails, hurting small town dealers and urban merchants. The piece compares trucking to a Frankenstein like invasion, urging action to curb unregulated transport.
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Kansas City
Joplin
Frank M. Stoll
Associated Southwest Country
Eleratore
Associated Southwest
Country Elevator
Maccahia
Michigan Elberta peach movement expected around August 20
Benton Harbor Mich Aug 12 Michigan s Elberta peach crop movement is expected to start about August 20, ten days to two weeks ahead of normal. First pickings will come from Berrien county, with a fairly good fruit volume by August 25. State crop service estimates a 1 371 000 bushel harvest, about 60 percent of last year, with Elberta and Hale varieties making up 85 percent of production and weather still a factor in outcomes.
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Graff
Benton Harbor
Mich
Michigan
Elberta
Berrien County
State
Elbertas
Hales
Rochestera
South Havens
Halehavens
Produce Packer description and free sample offer
The Produce Packer is presented as a separate weekly newspaper devoted to the commercial production and marketing of fruits and vegetables along with market news for shippers and distributors of ages, poultry, butter, hides, wood, farm products, etc. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
Highlights from the week in fruit and farming markets
Leadera'in apple industry in great meeting at St Louis as crop prospects, prices, and distribution issues shape activity. Reports show peach and potato estimates, pear movements, and bankruptcies among growers. Meetings in St Louis and Detroit address market agreements and packing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadera
Apple
St Louis
Robinson-Patman Law Enforced Beyond Chains
The Robinson-Patman Act, though aimed at chains, applies to individuals and brokered sales. A hypothetical dealer who receives a brokerage fee on goods sold to his own wholesale house can be charged, with FTC complaints illustrating enforcement beyond chain stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson-Patman
Federal Trade Commission
Balish Creditors Hold an Unofficial Meeting
New York August 12 creditors of the Benjamin Balish Company Inc filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition under Section 71-B. An unofficial meeting at 15 Broad Street saw about 90 percent of creditors present. They adopted steps including appointing L Fuchs for an audit not to exceed 750, approving the Edward L Turner broker deal, and permitting purchases up to 100000 without court permission. A creditors committee comprising M J Bender Rowland Irving and Mr Alexander was chosen to represent attending creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benjamin Balish Company, Inc
Harrison Street
Broad Street
John W. Clancy
Firet
L. Fuchs
B&b
Balish
Edward L. Turner
M. J. Bender
Chase Bag Company
Rowland Irving
Chase National Bank
Ita
Texas
Alexander
Garland
Tex
Colorado Elberta peaches near peak harvest in August
Palisade Colorado reports that the Elberta peach crop will start moving around August 20 and reach full movement by August 27 from Palisade Grand Junction and Clifton with north fork district activity soon after. Harvest of Carmans Champions Rochesters and other early varieties is nearly done as growers prepare for the main harvest season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palisade
Grand Junction
Clifton
Colo
Colorado
Cliffton
Higher North Fork
Elbertas
Heavier Sweet Potato Crop Seen Across States Aug First
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimated the 1938 sweet potato crop at 82,743,000 bushels, up from 76,398,000 last year, with gains across New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, California, and more.
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Wishington
D. C
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
New Jersey
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Delaware
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Maryland
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Auction Association Meets in St. Louis
The semi annual meeting of the American Fruit and Produce Auction Association was held August 9 at the Jefferson hotel during the International Apple Association convention. Attending were N C Ives Joseph A Schwalb Cutler Downer William English Nick Kaltenback Frank Isbey Leonard Gentile H C Pixley Charles W Irrgang and Harlan Bigalow with Harry D Greene representing California. Ives announced the next annual meeting will be in Los Angeles late in January with the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association convention.
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St. Louis
American Fruit and Produce Auction Association
Jefferson Hotel
International Apple Association
N. C. Ives
Philadelphia
Joseph A. Schwalb
New York
Cutler Downer
Boston
William English
Pittsburgh
Nick Kaltenback
Baltimore
Frank Isbey
Detroit
Leonard Gentile
Cincinnati
H. C. Pixley
Charles W. Irrgang
Chicago
Harlan Bigalow
Cleveland
Harry D. Greene
Pasadena
California
Mr. Ives
Los Angeles
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
South Texas Fighting Proposed Rate Advance
Shippers of fruits and vegetables protested a proposed 6 percent rail rate increase at a hearing before Interstate Commerce Commission examiner Weaver. The session moved from Austin to Harlingen at the request of valley shipping interests, with statewide groups including Retail Dealers Association Texas Bottlers Association Texas Lumbermen's Association and Texas Manufacturer's Association sending representatives to oppose the change.
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Harlingen
Tex
Examiner Weaver
Interstate Commerce Commission
Austin
Valley Shipping
Valley Traffic
Retail Dealers Association
Texas Bottlers Association
Texas Lumbermen's Association
The
Texas Manufacturer's Association
Edward Cottingham Dies After Heart Attacks
Edward Cottingham, long time member of The Packer organization, died after a heart attack and second attack. The news came via telegram from S C Vanderturg of Boise Idaho. Funeral arrangements are being made in Cincinnati where his family lives.
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Kansas City
S. C. Vandertburg
Boise
Idaho
Packer
Edward Cottingham
Cottingham
Ed Cottingham
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Gulf
Cincinnati
Retailers Need Assistance From Produce Trade
Gerritt Van der Hooning, president of the National Association of Retail Grocers, told the International Apple Association convention in St. Louis that retailers seek higher profits and practical ideas. He urged producers and wholesalers to cooperate to ensure produce is well displayed, properly handled, and ready for immediate consumption, noting the grocer helps finish the sale by merchandising in the store.
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St. Louis
International Apple Association
Organ Retail Grocers
Opr Ft
Refrigerated Warehousemen Discuss Wage Hour Law
St Louis August 12 Chief topic at the executive committee meeting of the Association of Refrigerated Warehouses held at the Jefferson hotel in conjunction with the International Apple Association convention was the new federal wage and hour law. The association will retain Washington counsel to monitor developments and may appoint a representative committee to confer with the act administrator. The next annual convention is set for February 15 to 18, 1939 in Dallas Texas with C Goodfellow of Fort Worth presiding.
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St. Louia
Association of Refrigerated
Jefferson Hotel
International Apple Association
Washington, D. C
Association
Washington
Adolphus Hotel
Dallas
Tex
C. Goodfellow
Ft. Worth
Prune price clash ends in Growers Shippers accord
In Freewater Oregon on August 12 a dispute over prune quotations between shippers and the Blue Mountain Prune Growers Association was resolved when shippers yielded to the growers. The board had sought 80c faced tubs 75c unfaced tubs 46c faced lugs and 40c unfaced lugs while shippers proposed 12c per tub and 2c per lug lower. Shipping to begin August 19.
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Freewater
Ore
Blue Mountain Prune Growers Association
August apple estimate shows slight increase in outlook
The USDA Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports July conditions improved the apple crop outlook. As of August 1 the total crop is estimated at 134,367,000 bushels, compared with last season's 210,673,000. Some states show gains while others decline. northeastern and south Atlantic areas report generally clean, good quality fruit despite scattered damage from cooling moths.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
North Central
California
Virginia
North Carolina
New Jersey
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Massachusetts
South Atlantic
Advises Housewife Not to Attempt the Frozen Pack
A Minnesota university bulletin warns that average housewives should not use the frozen-pack method for fruits and vegetables. It notes hotels and ships use large, efficient freezers to keep foods hard frozen from packer to consumer and require strict no thawing to avoid spoilage, with commercial systems ensuring rapid freezing and inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Harvey Entitlda
University of Minnesota, Agricultural Extension Division
Minnesota
Apple Association Leaders Meet to Boost Demand
St Louis hosts the 43rd annual International Apple Association convention at Hotel Jefferson. Delegates from across the United States discussed advertising, crops, research, legislation, and distribution aimed at widening consumer demand and fair pricing from harvest to end user. Attendance neared a thousand as sessions outlined new strategies for growth and betterment of the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
United States
International Apple Association
Hotel Jefferson
Ikamembéte
Potato Crop Placed at 385 Million Bushels by Bureau
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates U.S. potato production on Aug 1 at 386 million bushels, down from last year’s 393 million and shy of July’s forecast. The report notes a possible record average yield of 126.1 bu/acre if realized, with July rains hurting New England and mid-Atlantic regions while the mountain and western states show better progress amid disease concerns and insect damage in South Dakota and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United’ States
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Middle Western
South Dakota
Nebraska
Mountain States
Wreckage of the elder generation and American promise
Part of the so called wreckage discussed on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour. The message urges telling the young man that America offers a vast field for those with hands and ideas to build, with 6percent world population but major economic leadership, education, home ownership, and opportunity as symbols of wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Cameron
Ford
Shining Lines
Mergenthaler Linotyps Company
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Missouri City
Berrier County
Gerritt Vander E Hooning
Housewiver
BP Aeeeree
Auction Association
Oregon
Prune Price
North Dakota
Yakima Bartlett
Maine
Cantaloupes
Hirshberg Bros, Inc
Connell
Rilo Grands $Omee Chtrus Exchange
J. ©. Sewell
Tomato Movement
Mpht
Bi Moore
Wlona
South Texas
Produce Trade
Gerritt Vander Hooning
G.cat
Apple Industry
Robert T. Bly
Charles Town
W.va
Yeas G. Warren French
F. W. Morf, Jr
R. G. Phillips
Rochester
N. Y
John R. Baldwin
E. W. J. Hearty
William H. Baggs
Morton R. Stone
Yakima
Wash
Gold Room
Samuel Thureman
Schwalb
W. Va
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