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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1907
Page
2
Telegraphers jam slows shipping and prices across fruits and vegetables. Potatoes onions cabbage apples pears plums grapes and cantaloupes face weaker demand or oversupply. apples and pears scarce yet firm for choice stock. Poultry and butter maintain modest demand while overall market mood stays dull with many offerings unsuitable for sale.
A Chicago trade column notes H. P. Smith Paper Co offers varied waxed papers for poultry storage and requests inquiry from buyers. Verhalen Bro. & Co reports large melon deals and seeks Oklahoma Indian Territory partners. Duffy Tool Co ships box openers and hatchets to fruit houses on the Pacific coast, while Frank Gerald Co specializes in second hand barrels for apples and produce. Fruit prices in Hart Michigan show peaches and apples strong, while Chicago egg man John R. Tyler takes a vacation. Memphis reports tight supplies for staples with cabbage and potatoes. melons and tomatoes pricing effects from local growers.
Orlando readers learn Fuller and Giles with S A Robinson acquired 2000 acres in Eustis for celery, and James L Giles bought 550 acres in Sanford hammock. The note hopes these investors support Orlando ventures and population growth, while praising Sanford’s future potential and Orange County development.
Aug 16 St Louis report notes A Y Shoemaker of Jacksonville Mississippi distributing for twenty Texas fruit and vegetable grower associations visited. He cited good prices for 29 loads of tomatoes and 40 carloads of potatoes. Texas fruit outlook blamed on mild winter and weather patterns. entomologists urged inter-state cooperation to control pests. Norman J. Colman reappointed to Missouri State Board of Agriculture. R Hartman travels in Europe. Kilnger Bros. bustling in parket trade.
Regional growers report record melon profits with standard crates netting 2.42 each and several farmers earning over 5000 from cantaloupes. Notable yields include 34 acres at Brahl Bros and 22 acres for Amagi, with per acre nets from 386 to 486.60. Coachella eyes 150 cars of cabbage and 200 cars of onions next year as prices for onions spike. Virginia sweet potatoes debut in Chicago with strong initial sales, while Hoodoo cantaloupes from Decker, Indiana gain quick demand in Chicago markets.
Chicago August 16 butter market remains under an easy tone with no official quotation changes yet slack trading on many lines. Receipts hold steady but lag last year. storage stocks may be cut or eliminated, while buyers pay on street for select lots and several expected shipments face uncertain outlook.
Complimentary notices from several sources praise The Packer’s Apple Special as thorough and valuable. Readers from Ransomville and Garfield applaud detailed crop observations across western New York and Canada, with note of slight price discrepancy for the Hilton Collamer orchard purchase.
Pressner and Pressner, cousins and butter and egg dealers at 122 St Mark's Place, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition after failing two months ago. Liabilities total 301.93 with a secured claim of 300. assets are 131.18. Creditors include Samuel Icke, Grimm & Son, William Kaufman, and the German Exchange Bank. The pair allegedly swindled creditors by cash purchases and worthless checks. one Pressner allegedly bought all eggs in days before disappearing.
New York Potatoes Lower market notes a downward turn late in the week with strong receipts. Jerseys long varieties sold freely around 1.00 and below, rounds 1.60 to 1.75 per sack, Long Island and Jersey barrel stock 1.25 to 1.70, Southern 1.25 to 1.70 with occasional higher sales.
Allegan Michigan reports A M Johnson selling peaches at about 1.56 per bushel delivered in Allegan while 10 000 bushels remain held at Cheshire amid buyers seeking higher prices. A L Erb Co of Kansas City shifts to apples on consignment or outright purchase. Louis Erb linked to well known grower and commission merchant. Chicago plans to open a National Produce Bank at 122 Lake Street with Edwin L Wasner elected president and Ralph W Ballou as assistant cashier. bank aims to open around August 26 to serve trade on the loop.
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