Preliminary Steps Toward Sherman Plan Co operation in Trade
Washington action backed by Justice Jennings Bailey pushes Department of Agriculture to secure voluntary co operation of fruit and vegetable trade for the Sherman plan. Contracts mailed to industry, boards of arbitration to be chosen, graders and disputes probes set up, with buyers required to notify sellers within 24 hours of inspection and offer counter terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Aus
Jennings’ Bailey
District Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Department of Agriculture
Jennings
Packer
Leonard, Croscet & Riley
8. A
Gerrard Company
Secretary of Agriculture
Department
Trade
Jardine
Congress
Boards of Arbitration
Haa
Plaintiffs Plan Appeal Over Sherman Plan Ruling
Cincinnati news reports the Sherman Plan registration dispute. Local committee members say they will appeal after Justice Hailey’s dismissal of the restraint motion. Attorneys Hightower O'Brien Porter with Washington counsel prepare the appeal for early filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
United States Department of Agriculture
Jennings Hailey
United States District Court
Washington
D. C
Court of Appeals
Hightower, O'Brien & Porter
Peaches arrive from New York and Mid Atlantic states
Peaches are arriving from New York and states from the half dozen with late varieties from the Carolinas and Virginia. Elberta and Bell varieties, plus Hales, sold at 1.90 to 2.60 per crate for fancy marks, poor to average at 1.75. Early Elberta, Carmans and other varieties ranged 60 to 126 cents per basket. bushel baskets of Belles Hibertas and Hales around par with all-basket garriér. receipts lighter after weeks of heavy offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carolinas
Virginia
Iyland
Delaware
Jersey
Elbertas and
Bell
Hales
Wierney Carmans
Belles
Hibertas
Recelpta
Combined Juice Grapes Auction Linked in Chicago Market
Independent Fruit and Produce Auction and Chicago Fruit Auction Companies form United States Fruit Auction Company. Sales begin next Wednesday at 1 PM at Chicago Produce Terminal, with daily sales thereafter. Government inspections accompany each car, grapes displayed with lot numbers. Terminal at Twenty seventh Street and Ashland Avenue will handle 300 to 400 cars, centralizing a market value for juice grapes. Officers include E Nellis president, C W Lorganeg vice president, C R Godding secretary, E Edwin Mills treasurer, with Victor Elting as attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Feurg
Chicago
Twenty-seventh Street
Ashland Avenue
E. Nellis
Charles W. Iorganeg
Charles R. Godding
E. Edwin Mills
Victor Elting
South Water Market
Oetgen Opens New Produce Firm in Atlanta
E O Oetgen a commission merchant with a checkered history has opened at 195 Edgewood avenue Atlanta Ga He advertises top market prices quick service and 30 years experience He deals in poultry eggs produce candles and related goods and is sending circulars nationwide seeking fruits vegetables and other produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Oetgen
Atlanta, Ga
Packer
Edgewood Avenue
Oetgen
Missouri Farmers Association suits withdrawn in Missouri
The Missouri Farmers Association case involving W T Raydon and C W Ruark in Lawrence County was withdrawn. Raydon, nearly 68, signed, then left the group citing age and misunderstanding, later withdrawing the suit at a cost of 5.80, stating no ill will toward the association and that he would remain with it. The article notes other suits may be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Raydon
W. Ruark
Raydon
Trumpeter
Springfield
William Hirth
Columbia, Mo
Farmers’ “Association
Lawrence County
W. T. Raydon
C. W. Ruerk
MFA
Whalen
Missouri Farmers’ Association
Bome
Missouri Farmers' ’Association
Missouri Farmers Association
Fisher Fruit Co Owes Creditor Six Thousand Dollars
New York, Aug 20 Sam Fisher operating as the Fisher Fruit Company owes about $6,000 with nominal assets of around $700 in bills receivable. The firm, a jobbing business, has many small creditors and has been losing ground since last December. Fisher’s attorney notified Ward W. Smith of the Fruit and Produce Trade Association that Fisher is broke and unable to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sam Fisher
Fisher Fruit Company
Attorney Street
Fisher
Ward W. Smith
Fruit and Produce Trade Association
Onions at New York Dock Await Fresh Sale
At New York on August 20 44 000 packages of foreign onions remained unsold at the dock while 66 000 packages were reported afloat headed for the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York apple packing practices face criticism at state meeting
R G Phillips of Rochester told the New York State Horticultural Society at Sodus Fruit Farm that state apples suffer in world markets due to tree run packing and poor grading. Berne A Parke endorsed the warning, urging immediate adoption of proper packing and grading methods. A committee including H E Wellman and Assemblyman Frank Lattin was formed to push reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sodus
N. Y
New York State
R. G. Phillips
Rochester
International Apple Shippers' Association
New York State Horticultural Society
Sodus Fruit Farm
Berne A. Parke
Albany
NewWestern
New York
Phillips
E. W. Mitchell
Stuyvesant Falls
Mitchell
Parke
H. E. Wellman
Kendall
B. J. Case
Frank Lattin
Albion
Thomas E. Cross
la Grangeville
E. G. Cowper
Newfane
Anid William Teator
Real Hook
Short-lived longshoremen strike in New York disrupts docks
A brief Sunday strike by about 69 New York Marine Company longshoremen halted unloading of perishables for an hour, paid at 60,520 per hour. The workers, unaffiliated with any union, disrupted pier operations until police helped ease traffic. Erie brought in 300 strikebreakers as the city mobilized. By Tuesday operations resumed with strikers reportedly defeated. Taxi fleets rapidly recruited strikebreakers, many sourced across the Bowery area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
The
Erie
Police Department
West Street
California Grapes Shipment Outlook From Freano
Freano Calif Aug 20 The trade reads headlines but estimates differ on California grape shipments with around 60000 cars likely and a possible rise or fall. The stock is sweet ready and can hang on the vine a month longer as growers push for a profitable run with only top stock shipped.
Raisin Market Signals Heavy California Output
Amid expectations of a large raisin yield, growers face plummeting prices and scattered market demand. Shippers push trays on the belief that sales to Eastern markets may be limited and profits hinge on timely action.
Frissell Brothers Placed in Hands of Creditors
Frissell Brothers Inc of Minneapolis, a carrot shipper and local market receiver, faces $20,000 debt with creditors likely to receive 26 to 30 percent. A creditor committee led by Art Hubbard and others reports two main causes: low potato prices and Merchants & Manufacturers Bank failure. Most creditors have accepted the committee’s extension proposal, aiming to pay all obligations with more time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Frissell Brothers
A. J
Art” Hubbard
W. B. Northrup Company
Ss. W. Calendar
D. BE. Ryan Company
E. E. Howe
Merchants & Manufacturers Bank of Minneapolis
Charles T. Frissell
Frissél Brothers
Twin Cities
Frissell+ * Brothers, ing
Frissell Bros., Inc
Georgia banks reopen after acid test relief
Advices from Atlanta reported nine of the recently closed Georgia banks reopened Wednesday after passing the State Banking Department acid test. Most had closed voluntarily as the Georgia Bankers Association works with the Attorney General and Governor on banking law amendments to prevent future failures. Banks reopening include Cornelia Bank, Habersham Bank, the Branch Bank of Cornelia, Bank of Demorest, Turner County Bank, Ashburn, Bank of Hazlehurst, Merchants and Planters Bank Whigham, Exchange Bank of Sycamore, and Lakewood Bank near Atlanta. More banks expected to reopen within two weeks.
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New York
Atlanta
Georgia
Informaion
State Banking Department
Georgia Bankers Association
Cornelia Bank
Cornelia
Habersham Bank
Clarksville
Bank of Cornelia
Bank of Demorest
Turner County, Bank
Ashburn
The
Bank
Hazlehurst
Merchants & Planters Bank
Whigham
State Bank of
Cochran
Exchange Bank of
Crop Estimates Show 1925 to 1926 Fruit and Potato Yields
Estimated production figures dated August 1, 1926 list apples and potatoes with large year over year totals, including peaches and pears. The data contrasts 1925 and 1926 outputs in bushels and barrels, reflecting crop expectations across multiple fruit and vegetable categories.
Federal Land Bank Cuts Interest Rate to Five Percent
The Federal Farm Loan Board lowered rates on new loans from 6 to 5 percent through the Federal Land Bank at Wichita, serving Kansas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico. A Texas district reduction was approved and officials aim to extend the policy widely to ease farmer funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Land Bank
Wichita
Kan
Wichita Bank
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Winston
the Treasury
Cochran Court Judgment Over Rothman Deductions
Robert T Cochran & Co won a 61 03 judgment in New York Municipal Court First District against Paul Rothman Inc Newark for three unapproved deductions on four barrels of potatoes bought April 21 The case highlights a rising practice of rebates by local buyers without justification and its impact on the New York trade The matter was dated August 20 with service August 2 and a failure to answer by August 8 leading to the judgment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert T. Cochran & Co
First District
Paul Rothman, Inc
Fruit and Vegetable Robbers
Newark
N. J
Rothman
Abraham Gromentatein
Southern Fruit & Produce Co. Closed in Jacksonville
Aug 20 Jacksonville notes the Southern Fruit and Produce Company Inc closing its Seaboard side tracks and West Bay office due to poor collections. Portnoy Brothers ran the business with Joe Portnoy as head. The building belongs to Seaboard Air Line Railway. loans and debts cited include over 30000 expected to be collected and total indebtedness not exceeding 8000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Southern Fruit and Produce Company, Inc
Seaboard Side
West Bay
Portnoy Brothers
Joe Portnoy
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Commission Merchants Alsd
Correction to total output of important crops of last year
Kansas City reports revise last year crop totals showing 1926 potatoes at 325,902,000 bushels and peaches at 63,619,000 bushels while pears reach 26,047,000 bushels. compares August 1, 1925 and August 1, 1926 government estimates and notes 1926 crops exceed 1925 figures in several cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Els
Rampant elephants return to captivity after apples lure
In Wichita an elderly Indian woman used apples to lure two of five escaped circus elephants. Three men chased them from a box car toward the Canadian woods. Animal trainer Gardner planned parachuting to corral them, but only one elephant remained free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Canadian Woods
Gardner
Ozarks Pay Tribute To New Grape Crop In Pageant
In Springdale Arkansas 15 000 to 20 000 people attended the second annual Ozark grape festival held along an Ozark stream under oak trees. Gov Tom Terrell presented crown to Lavinia Morsnt of Tontitown as bands danced and a banquet followed a pageant celebrating Concord grapes and the region becoming a major producing district.
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Ozarks
Springdale
Northwest
Arkansas
Southwest
Missouri
Tom Terrel
Arkansas II
Lavinia Morssnt
Tontitown
Ark
Ozark
Ozark Grape Belt
Cross examining a Failed Produce Man in New York
New York August 20 A bankruptcy case exposes a failed produce man Abe Kabble as creditors question him about December 23 1923 The exchange shows repeated objections and evasive answers highlighting the case’s tense atmosphere The fragment hints at a language gag involving carbolic acid and a cryptic sign off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abe Kabble
Kabble
Abe
Demand for American apples in London and Liverpool
New York reports strong demand in London and Liverpool for American apples. Exporters are urged to reserve steamship refrigerator space soon as it is tight. Auction prices observed: Gravensteins and pears varied by destination with per barrel and per box figures in Liverpool and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Liverpool
Kimball Fruit Company, Inc
Produce Packer introduction to weekly trade newspaper
The Produce Packer presents market and trade news for shippers and distributors of grain, poultry, butter, hides, wool, furs, and related commodities. A free sample copy is offered upon request in this introductory note.
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Independent Fruit and Produce Auction
Chicago _ Fruit Auction Companies
United States Fruit Auction Company
Cucago
Mthoraw
Thlea
Seytae
Fisher Fruit Co
R.G. Phillips
Sainspany
Bowery
California
Raisin Association
Bss
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Frissell Bros, Inc
Owen
Robt. T. Cochran & CO
N.Y
Southern Fruit & Prod. Co
America
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