31 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1907
Page
1
The report notes a decline in apple prices and sluggish trade due to multiple factors. Mature fruit and careless packing are cited as major depressants, while a few improved barrels briefly lift overall market activity.
About fifty union members involved in a fruit shipping dispute plan to continue discussions. The report notes shippers including Iner and J and references a section titled To The. Further details remain unclear due to fragmented text.
A market summary from August 1907 notes weak demand for grapes and a poor apple crop. Prices fell for apples in Seattle and the West, with repacking and grading issues lowering No 1 stock. Weather and poor Arkansas fruit hurt quality, while California shipments and cargoes faced slow sales. Cantaloupes and citrus in Ohio and Racine markets showed mixed activity and firm quotes for choice lemons and large oranges.
C C Bowlus a Fruit Dispatch Co representative visited New Orleans amid market chatter on prunes plums pears and berries. Quotations ranged with Flemish Beauty pears at 2.75 per crate and Black Prince at 1.15 to 1.2. The Union Grove cabbage and onion regions report strong harvests and growing stock for winter. Over 100 peddlers licenses are now in force in St Paul as enforcement tightens trade.
Chicago market notes butter and eggs remain firm amid ongoing gains. Butter values rise across extras to 25 1 4 cents with creamery seconds at 21 22 cents and dairy extras at 24 cents. Egg receipts shrink slightly as cooler-stock demand grows. market sentiment calls for continued higher prices into fall and winter. Prices on on various egg classes reflect steady demand in both local and shipping accounts.
Vincennes Ind Aug 30 With better weather and telegraph service the heaviest shipments of watermelons from northern Indiana districts will move next week. The Evansville line, Vigo county and Posey county areas are key centers with Oaktown Poseyville and Vincennes leading production. Estimated car counts range from 1200, with many growers facing a shortened season due to losses and ongoing rains. Some markets report car shortages of about 80 between Oaktown and Princeton while railways push for equipment ahead of next week’s heavy loading.
Kansas City reports a Missouri Valley Banana Desires Association plan to force railroads to charge freight on actual car weight rather than dock weight. Test cases loom as firms sue Frisco for overcharges and aim circuit court action within months.
Kansas City banana dealers contest railroad practice of basing charges on weights at shipping points rather than on unloaded weights measured at destination. The Interstate Commerce Commission will hear the petition filed by the Missouri Banana Dealers' Association, as reported in last week’s issue of The Packer. City scales weigh bananas when unloaded, with officials providing weights.
A letter from a Arkansas banana seller complains of short weights and extra weight charges from the Fruit Dispatch Co. The note cites repeated disputes with the same firm and peer companies, listing multiple carload weights to illustrate unjust losses and freight payments. Names of firms include Fruit Dispatch Co. and references to Pritchard & Banlau.
In New Orleans August 2 1901 a letter to The Packer outlines that three weighmasters for Fruit Dia Patch Co and one for Accaro Bros are official weighers bonded to ensure accurate handling. Cars are weighed empty after inspection, with a date card, then loaded and re weighed. Freight is charged on loaded weight, safeguards added to the process.
New Orleans banana importers dispute claims of a large shortage in banana cars. Crawford H Ellis of United Fruit Co says shrinkage from weather and handling causes 2 to 5 percent losses, rarely reaching 6 percent. Weighing in Gulf ports uses sworn weighers. shipments are sold F O B New Orleans. United Fruit Co remains responsible. dealers largely satisfied with system.
Labor Day expected to bring very little business in Chicago with markets suspended and shipments of perishables advised to delay. Cincinnati reports eggs at low production, light but steady receipts of ungraded stock, cooler demand limited, with Tuesday prices for fresh stock raised to 1 cent per dozen as a benchmark.
In Gaylord Michigan the outlook foresees a crop of autumn and winter apples and a good potato harvest. Shipping potatoes in carload lots will begin Saturday October 15 and is likely to continue.
Kansas City August 31 reports show homegrown cantaloupes priced 60c to 1.25 per crate and 25 to 50c per basket, with Rocky Fords poor in demand. Spring chickens ease slightly while broilers stay steady. ducks sell, turkeys and geese weak. Peaches light, Virginias import plans underway. Virginia sweet potatoes near $4.25 to $4.50 per barrel. Onions shipping light, 50–60c per bushel sack locally, southern trade draws some purchase.
L N Grosvenor reports a drought damaged potato season in East Claridon Ohio with no rain for four weeks. Acreage by hamlets Char-don Bartow Munson Huntsburg totals around 100 to 120 acres. Varieties Carmen No 3 Sir Walter Raleigh and Rural dominate. Shipping from East Claridon Bartow Chardon with deliveries from Hollis and Bartow stations.
The August 23 1907 report notes cabbage shipments expected to reach about 150 cars this season, up from 100 last year, with harvest starting later by about two weeks. Prices are expected to be similar to last year. Frank J. Stahl Union Elevator Co and J H Wolfe & Bros are cabbage shippers. Cincinnati market sees pears arriving chiefly from New York state, with Seckers at 10 dollars per barrel, White Duens 35, and Clapp's Favorite around 3 dollars per bushel basket. A Cincinnati firm says railroads have not yet settled damages from a car shortage affecting peach shipments to Atlanta and Plainville Georgia. duplicate claims filed with the railroad and Armour Car Co, seeking about 150 dollars per crate.
E Rose of the Rose Commission Day Oklahoma City visited and had several cars of apples diverted from Topeka to Kansas City after the Topeka market could not absorb the stock. The Santa Fe line aided in recovering the car, though no bill of lading showed ownership. Local firm unloaded part of the fruit and sold it quickly, prompting Mr. Rose to seek a satisfactory settlement.
Reports from Ohio potato shipping stations indicate a crop shortfall across the state with early potatoes down by large percentages. Some growers follow Wooster station spray guidance to fight blight while others fear total output may fall to around 60 percent of last year, though some optimism cites potential near average overall yield. Onion supply is shrinking as surpluses move out before harvest, pickles are short with prices below a dollar per hundred, and Hartville celery notes 17 acres with good condition and larger production than last season as shipments begin.
Chicago August 31 The fruit auctions saw heavy receipts and strong prices with northwestern fruit arrivals increasing daily. Green grapes sold around 4.05 a car, later average near 1.75. pears sold from 1.00 to 2.00 with green stock reaching 4.00 to 4.25. plums ranged 2.25 to 2.45.
J H Barnett of Barnett Bros Chicago stopped in Kansas City after visiting Ordway California where cantaloupe prospects looked bright. Ordway district new in melon growing, pink labeled melons packed in attractive crates to attract buyers. Barnett expects to ship several hundred carloads and make Ordway cantaloupes a big success this year.
Cobden reports peach shipments nearing 50 cars after a spring that threatened destruction. Causes cited include inclement weather and heavy or scant spraying. Railroads struggle to supply cars, but have recently filled side tracks and expect continued demand. Cincinnati notes firm potato supply as homegrown stock dwindles. prospects vary by district. Ohio reports potatoes weedy with blight, likely below average, with limited shipments.
Kansas City August 31 storage eggs show renewed activity as packing houses and other dealers push stock to city trade. Despite better receipts and good demand prices for storage eggs stay firm. South markets absorb some offerings with notable movement toward New Orleans. strength attributed to higher quality receipts this week.
Prices for Plame Cincinnati Aug 31 show plums in demand with limited supply. Catawba district ships by express, 1.5 bushel baskets packed. Lom ite and big blues from New York state Lombards and Nisg oe bring 4c to 6c per climex.
Chicago August 31 reports show talks of appealing to President Roosevelt to intervene for settlement of the telegraphers strike. No definite action yet, but circulating petitions noted. Strike disrupts business and companies may misrepresent capacity to handle work, with messages delayed or mailed instead of wired.
Cincinnati August 31 Early apples arrive from multiple regions. Virginia stock ranges 2.50 to 4.30 per barrel car or two. New York Dutent ess baskets 1.60 to 1.75 and 4.00 to a barrel. Michigan Red Astralians Dutchess 1.25 to 1.75 per bushel basket. Wealthys 4 to 5, Sourdough 4 to 4.30. Market sentiment firm with soft varieties not expected to rise receipts.
Judge Kohlesat in the United States circuit court issued a temporary injunction against fourteen western railroads and five express companies restraining them from establishing a new rate on shipments of cream milk and butter. Fourteen Middle West creamery companies say the combined actions would force creameries out of business. A protest filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot be considered for a year, and October 8 was set for the permanent injunction hearing.
Chicago reports eight cars off poultry Monday with unsettled prices and a general easy feeling. A half cent decline followed for fowls Tuesday and Thursday saw further unsettled conditions as eight more cars arrived. Receipts support earlier reports of large country supply and the outlook remains satisfactory.
The Cleveland market report for August 20 notes brisk trade in plums and California citrus, with prunes scarce and onions and watermelons plentiful. Butter and eggs rise, cheese firmer, and poultry markets strong. receipts steady to fair though some declines in storage. Turkeys and geese show light demand with prices quoted.
Light potato yield reported at Beloit with nearly 1000 acres planted scattered across the neighborhood. Blight harming crops, crews hard hit, shipping season runs September 20 to October 1. No large growers, fields under seven acres, with cattle and rural stock dominant. No apples or pears. plums present. J McKenzie and J H Da discuss.
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