Trade Eyes The New AAA Amendments Potatoes Policy
Kansas City August 23 With Roosevelt pen needed to finalize the AAA amendments debate grows over their reach in marketing fresh produce. The potato tax and other changes promise heavy influence on potato distribution while officials doubt aim and sufficiency. Chester Davis AAA administrator says the handling will be a tough job as the law imposes 45 cents per bushel tax.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt
Congress
AAA
New York Herald-Tribune
Mark Sullivan
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Chester Davis
Packer
Bloomgarden Firm Indicted Over Mail Fraud Charges
Detroit reports Phil Bloomgarden of Bloomgarden & Sons Inc faced arraignment after an indictment for using the mails to defraud. He pleaded not guilty. examination set for September 6. bond set at 5000 dollars. Charges involve two bad checks to Imperial Valley lettuce growers. Background notes Bloomgarden & Sons Inc faced bankruptcy in 1934 and license revocations in California, with Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act violations cited.
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Detroit
California
Imperial ‘ Valley Lettuce
Kansas, City
Bloomgarden, & Sons, Inc
Department of Agriculture
A. J. Bloomgarden & Sons
Washington
A. J. Bloomgarden & Sons, Inc
Phil Bloomgarden
Kate Ratner
Bean picking offers fail to lure relief families in Luther
Wax bean growers in Luther Michigan report welfare relief families refuse farm work for higher benefits from relief. To attract workers they offer shares of 50 to 60 percent of the beans, but few men accept.
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Luther, Mich
Welfare Commission
Michigan Onion Crop Plummets After Rains And Pests
Grand Rapids, Mich. Aug 23 Michigan onion acreage rose 60 percent from 1934 yet 1935 production will be about half last year. Floods in July drowned 10 to 25 percent in many fields while thrips and insects turn tops brown and injure the 1936 crop. Growers expect more small grades and reduced yields. market tone softens as medium to large yellows sell 70 to 75 cents per 50 lb sack and whites about 86 cents to $1.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Aroostook potato crop hard hit by heat and drought
Presque Isle Maine August 23 A merciless sun and weeks of no rain have withered Aroostook County potato fields. The Cobbler crop about 80 percent of output is halted by drought. Yields may fall from 122 to 66 barrels per acre, while total value loss could reach 3 million dollars. Experts from Cornell note ground dryness and warn of further damage without rain.
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Presque Isle
Aroostook County
Aroostook
E. V. Hardenburg
Ora Smith
Cornell, University
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Croostook
Martial Law Ends in Idaho Pea Picker Strike
Reported end of enforced martial law in Teton county Idaho after guardsmen restored order. Farmers may harvest a $250000 crop. wages rejected by strike leaders. Separate note from Winchester Virginia says federal relief chief Hopkins expects immediate C S C cabbage purchases in Southwest Virginia to aid growers amid low prices and a dull market.
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Driggs
Ida
Winchester
Harry L. Hopkins
Flannagan
Ninth Virginia District
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Bouthwast Virginia
Smyth
Washington
Hopkins
Romeo Peach Festival Names Peach Queen In 1930 Harvest
Romeo Michigan announces its fifth annual peach harvest festival set for August 31 to September 2. Miss Misa Marion Lapish, 20, Port Huron, is chosen Peach Queen from ten contestants representing Macomb Lapeer St. Clair Genesee and Oakland counties. She will deliver a basket of Michigan peaches to President Roosevelt in Washington.
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Romeo
Mich
Misa Marion Lapish
Port Huron
Macomb
Lapeer
St. Clair
Genesee
Oakland
Miss.Lapish
Washington
Michigan
Roosevelt
Advertising of apples a current topic and need
Kansas City Aug 23 Apple growers and shippers discuss advertising to stimulate consumer demand amid uncertain export markets. Industry unity is lacking on a single plan though local campaigns have shown profit. The Northwest Winesap campaign is cited as a successful example. the field is still largely untapped.
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Kansas City
Apple
Northwest
Idaho Growers Seek Lower Freight Costs For Potatoes
Idaho farmers and shippers push to cut transportation charges amid proposed resolutions by Idaho Vegetable Producers and Idaho State Horticultural Association. They argue railroad ad valorem taxes and high freight rates distort costs and hurt southern Idaho crops.
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Boise
Ida
Idaho
Idaho Vegetable Producers, Inc
Idaho State Horticultural Association
Idaho State Board of Equalization
Southern
Railway Company
South
Union Pacific ‘Railway Company
Early Florida Grapefruit shipments poised to start in September
New York Aug 23 according to information received this week shipments of early varieties of Florida grapefruit should begin in the second week of September about two weeks earlier than last season.
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New York
Florida
Oklahoma Potato Growers Exchange Faces Financial Straits
Muskogee Okla Aug 23 The Oklahoma Potato Growers Exchange reports a disastrous shipping season and ongoing refinancing efforts The cooperative has no capital or physical assets President F M McRoberts leads the effort Wichita Bank for Cooperatives considers funds under a plan requiring Non-Disturbance Waivers from creditors The exchange has secured waivers totaling over 15000 from its largest creditors The notice questions how a non profit cooperative without capital became deeply involved in marketing crops for farmer members on a fee basis
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma Potato Growers Exchange
F. M.mcroberts
Wichita Bank For Cooperatives
Wichita
Kan
Exchange
Code Authority Dissolves After Final Washington Meeting
Washington August 23 The code authority for the national fresh fruit and vegetable distributive industry held its last meeting Monday in response to AAA officials. The committee was formally dissolved with gratitude expressed to members for their cooperation in making the code operative. Attendees included L J Keach chairman and others from New York St Louis Nashville Seattle Boston and AAA representative R C Butner.
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Washington, D. C
Code Authority
AAA
J. W. Tapp
C. C. Winkler
E. G. Gravier
C. R. Godding
F. H. Simpson
L. J. Keach
Br.w. J. Hearty
H. L. Rabe
New York
Carl’ Dingfelder
C. T. More
St. Louis
J. S. Crutchfield
Pittsburgh
Nashville, Tenn
Barney Hertzman
Seattle
Wash
J. O. Cook
Boston
R. C. Butner
Railroad Loses in Freight Delay Case
Denver judge rules against railroads in Amato Fruit & Produce Co. v Union Pacific test case. Decision finds railroads liable for damages from delays and awards 182.90 for a grapefruit shipment. Appeal planned. observers expect similar claims if upheld.
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Denver
Colo
H. S&s. Lindsley
Amato Fruit & Produce Company
Union Pacific
Packer
G. Knowles
Callander Named Assistant AAA Administrator in Agriculture
Washington Aug. 23. Secretary Wallace announces William F. Callander as assistant administrator of the AAA. Callander has served in the Department of Agriculture since 1905 and led the Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates for 12 years, chairing the Crop Reporting Board. Joseph A. Becker will succeed him in charge of the division.
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Washington, D. C
William F. Callander
AAA
Wallace
Callander
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Crop Reporting Board
Joseph A. Becker
Melon deal in Colorado off to slow start
Colorado cantaloupe trade in the Arkansas valley opens slowly with low prices and higher freight rates. Only about 60 percent of ready melons shipped so far, with estimates that 50 percent may not be marketed unless markets and rail rates improve. Pink Meats and honey dews show strong quality. movement expected to pick up around September 1 to 5. Approximately 6,000 acres devoted to cantaloupes and honeydews this year, with total shipments forecast near 2,500 cars if all marketed.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
Arkansas Valley
Chicago
Crowley County
Rocky Ford
U. S
Minnesota Iowa potato and onion crops cut by heat
The potato crop across southeastern Minnesota and northern Iowa has suffered severe losses from July heat. Early harvests show yields dropping from projected 300 400 bushels per acre to 100 200 bushels in many fields. In Clear Lake district vines turned from healthy green to damaged roots. Some fields yield only two potatoes per hill and small sizes prevail. Readers are told the story continues on page 18.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Minnesota
Iowa
Clear Lake District
Fall Lettuce Crop Set at Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Acres
Salinas-Watsonville district estimates about 22,500 acres of lettuce for harvest after September 1 in the fall crop. This compares with 20,600 acres last fall. Planned harvest months are September 6,550 acres, October 8,470, November 6,260, and December 1,230, with late November and December still being finalized. Sacramento Woodland district shows little interest, while San Fernando Valley likely decreases by about 500 acres from last year’s 38,000. Plantings will continue for four weeks.
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Salinas
Calif
Watsonville
Sacramento Woodland
San Fernando Valley
Vegetable Growers Attack AAA At National Convention
In Hartford on August 23 the Vegetable Growers Association of America held its 27th annual national convention. Speakers criticized the AAA and New Deal, saying eastern vegetable growers gained little while Western farmers benefit from dam construction and South and West subsidies. Ralph Strakey of New Jersey urged action on potato control, warning acreage cuts would push growers toward vegetables. More than 1,000 growers attended, with discussions on marketing and policy.
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Hartford
Conn
Vegetable Growers Association of America
AAA
New Deal
Ralph Strakey
New Jersey Farm Bureau
Shipment of Green Peas Resumes From San Luis Valley
Alamosa Colo Aug 23 The shipment of peas from Colorado resumed Wednesday after a five day moratorium by the state pea and cauliflower control committee. Prices paid to growers were 2c per pound with shipments continuing for three weeks. About 250 cars of peas remain to be shipped from the valley, total season projections near 600 cars. Cauliflower shipments will only move at 30c per crate or higher, with embargo risks if prices fall. Lettuce shipments so far this year run about half of last year’s volume, with 39 cars loaded versus 85 last year, but quality improving as late crop comes in.
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Alamosa
Colo
Colorado
State
San Luis Valley
United States
U.S
Rains Slow Up Peach Movement in Colorado
Palisade Colorado August 23 showers and cool nights have slowed the maturing of Colorado peaches this week with only occasional cars of early Elberton moving before August 25 or 26. Movement will be heavy next week and peak may occur after Labor Day or September 3. Peaches are sizing rapidly with high color this season.
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Palisade
Colo
Colorado
Fruit Must Be Marketed Through Specified Brokers
Winnipeg Aug 23. Ad vice from British Columbia states that under the Tree Fruits Marketing Board order all producers under its control in BC and the prairie provinces Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba must market through brokers named by the board after Aug 31. The board has approved brokers with year round offices whose main business is selling to the wholesale trade.
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Winnipeg
Canada
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Farm Support Sought by Chains in 32
Kansas City reports excerpts from the Congressional Record show alleged chain store efforts in 1982 to gain farm organization backing while concealing their identity. Representative Wright Patman led a House speech detailing the committee’s investigation into chain store operations and its findings. Continued on page 17.
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Packer
Congressional Record
Wright Patman
Texas
Patman
Kansas City
House of Representatives
Congressional
Missouri
Cochran
New York
Sol Bloom
Ilinois
Lucan
California
Dockweeller
New Jersey
McLean
Cole
Wisconsin
Boileau
Triumph in San Luis Valley potatos shipment begins
Alamosa Colo Aug 23 The first cars of Triumph potatoes from the San Luis Valley moved this week with consignments by Gulling Finley Brokerage Co Alamosa and F C Nelson Center each shipping on Tuesday The early crop is smaller than last year due to lighter plantings. Brown Beauties and Red McClures for the late market look strong with expected output around 7500 to 10800 cars. Some fields lack irrigation water and may need rain while armyworms cause damage in places. Movement of Brown Beauties and Red McClures begins around September 20.
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Alamosa
Colo
Triumph
San Luis Valley
Gulling, & Finley Brokerage ‘Company
F. C.nelson, Center
Rai
Beauties
Chain Tax Collections Reported for State, Frankfort KY
W R Robinson head of the state tax commission receipts tax division reports that chain store collections under the 1934 law totaled 88265.03 dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936. The tax replaced the 1930 gross sales tax and bases levy on the number of stores in a chain.
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Frankfort
W.R. Robinson
State Tax *Commission
General Assembly
The Produce Packer and Its Market News
The Produce Packer is a separate weekly newspaper devoted to marketing and trade news for shippers and distributors of fruit vegetables eggs poultry butter hides wool fur and more. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
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Packer
Egee
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