South Water Market Trust Completes Deal
Chicago plans to move the fruit and produce trade from South Water Street to a new market on Fifteenth Street and Fourteenth Place. The South Water Market Trust, with 150 members, will hold property until buyers pay. the project is valued at about 20 million dollars. The location is near key rail lines and central to the city’s population, with purchases totaling 300 parcels aided by community figures like Father Kennedy and Billy Colohan.
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Chicago
Chicgo
South Water Street
Old Fort Dearborn
South Water Market Trust
Hon
A. H. Welch
F. Wm. Morf
N. Lapidus
H. A. Eck
R. A. Neal
H. A. Welch
H. A. Welch F. Wm
Mort N. Lapidus
Henry B.coyne Gee
N. Middendorf
Harry Snyder
Peter Weseles
F. E. Nellis
W. L. Wagner
Charles R. Godding
W._B. Clore
Hall James Gate
A. G. Zulfer
J. W- Shatton
Fifteenth Street
Fourteenth Place
Morgan Street
Racine Avenue
Hlome
Valley Gang
Kennedy
Billy Colohan
Blue Island Avenue
Ogden Avenue
Halstead Street
Canal Street
Archer Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Fourteenth Street
Roosevelt Road
Sixteenth Street
South Ashland Avenue
Iprovementa
California Fresh Vegetable Deal Report Stresses Holiday Supply
California vegetable markets detail steady celery and lettuce crates as Northern shipments rise. Cauliflower, still scarce, trades around 1.25 to 1.50 a crate f o b. Venice celery fetches 2.50 to 3.00 per crate. lettuce from San Fernando Valley to be cleared in two weeks. Imperial Valley expects heavy January shipments, with peak in February as holiday demand grows.
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Los Angeles
Venice
California
San Fernando Valley
Arizona
Casa Grande Valley
Salt River Valley
Imperial Valley
Imperial
Western Fruit Jobbers to Host West Baden Meeting
The Western Fruit Jobbers Association plans a four day January meeting at West Baden Springs with a circus style entertainment program. Special trains from New Orleans Kansas City and Chicago will bring delegates while French Lick Hotel will absorb overflow guests. Female guests receive corsages and candy. social events include bridge and horseback riding.
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Chicago
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
West Baden Springs
Garfitt
Iust
Tom Taggart
French Lick Hotel
French Lick
West Baden
Baden
Jon
Taggert House
Margery Maxwell
Amy Nelli
Maxwell
Miss Neill
Charlie Weinberger
Burrel Collins
Burrell
South Water Street
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nebraska
Minnesota
Indiana
Why Ship Fourth Grade Apples In Boxes Stir Detroit Trade
A Detroit signed statement warns that shipping fourth grade Northwest box apples harms markets nationwide. It notes crop shortfalls and cull sales from 40c to 1f. b. per bushel, arguing box packing damages prices for all grades and benefits only railroads. Endorsed by Abe Andrews and several Detroit firms.
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Detroit
Mich
Great Northwest
United States
New Jersey
Massachusetts
J. Yokom & Co
A. G. Pure
Thierwechter Brothers
Rosenthal Brothers
Ben B. Schwartz
John Schiappacasse
George A. Hanes
Charles Brown
Bearman sweet potato deal under dispute with brokers
C R I and P records show delivery had decay averaging around 15 percent after Moorhead inspection. Brokers claim misrepresented condition and seek fair claim handling, while Bearman disputes and notes payment garnishment and ongoing court action.
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Hennipen County
C. H. Robinson Company
Minneapolis
Packer
Moorehead
Southern Sweet Potato Exchange
Moorhead Inspection Bureau
Bearman
Hull
South Texas truck crops damaged by freeze
Freezing weather on November 25 hit South of Shore in South Texas, devastating tomato pepper and eggplant crops. About 50 or more cars of tomatoes were lost. spinach and carrots suffered lighter damage. The frost extended to Del Rio and pushed north toward the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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San Antonio
Tex
del Rio
Rio Grande Valley
The Produce Packer Weekly Sample Offer
The Produce Packer introduces a free sample copy of its weekly paper dedicated to market and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wood furs and related commodities. It complements The Packer edition and invites requests.
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Eges
Maine Growers Eye Potatoes Exports to United Kingdom
L S Bean and O d Bishop from Aroostook County Maine sailed for England to explore distributing Maine potatoes there. One carload already shipped, amid British shortages in England Ireland and Scotland. They plan about ten carloads in the next weeks as trial. prior U S imports fluctuated with price and disease quarantines.
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New York
L. S. Bean
O. d. Bishop
Aroostook County
Maine
England
Great Britain
Ireland
Scotland
Mr. Bean
Mr. Hishop
Presque Isle
Maine Potato Growers Exchange
United Kingdom
United States
British Isles
Holland
Denmark
Impostor Buys Goods and Charges Them to Demetrop s
New York on December 5 Nicholas Demetrop s robber of Harlem Market and downtown merchants hunt a man who bought fruits and vegetables last week in Demetrop s name. He charged citrus and other produce to accounts and loaded a moving van taking the goods uptown to sell at cut rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicholas Demerops
Harlem
Demetrop
Demetropa
Creditors Seek T. L. Pounds of Idlewild Tenn
Creditors search for T L Pounds formerly in the fruit and vegetable business and later sales manager for the Idlewild Fruit and Vegetable Association. They claim he owes shippers operators package and fertilizer firms and issued worthless checks. Named creditors include J A Moseley Greenfield Tenn and Dyer Fruit Box Manufacturing Company Dyer Tenn. Lettuce Crop Good in Palmetto Fla Report cites cool weather aiding the crop and an early movement anticipated.
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Idlewild
Tenn
T. L. Pounds
Idlewild Fruit and Vegetable Association
Pounds
J. A. Moseley
Greenfield
Dyer Fruit, Box Manufacturing Company
Dyer, Tenn
Fla
Rain shortage hits Lower Coast truck crops outlook
New Orleans reports that homegrown vegetables suffer from insufficient rain with frost frequent this past week. Supplies vary by item, prices mostly firm, peppers, tomatoes, spinach and beets show steady demand while overall spring crops remain uncertain.
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New Orleans
European markets complain of poor quality American apples
New York reports European markets rejecting much of the apples shipped from the United States with as much as 85 percent deemed unclassified or poor quality. Prices abroad show mixed results while holiday trade is expected to move remaining fruit. Liverpool and London quotings for Yorks Baldwins and other varieties are listed.
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New York
Atlantic Poets
Cables
Liverpool
Yorks
Ben Davis
Baldwins
Ortleys
London
Tobacco Association removes G. Rudy from executive committee
Board actions at Owensboro mass meeting led to Rudy’s removal from the executive committee with I. M. Humphries named replacement. Lawyers authorized to sue Rudy and Stuart for inducing contract breaches and to seek injunctions against loose floor tobacco operators in the Green River district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro
Rudy Jarid Stuart
Aaron, Sapiro
Villa Daily
Rent Us
George Rudy
Robert M. Stuart
Daviess County
I. M. Humphries
Hancock County
Association
Messrs
Rudy
Stuart
Green River District
Swigart to Retire as Yakima Growers Chief. Hebert to Succeed
Announcement from Yakima Wash dated December 5 reveals Charles H Swigart will retire as general manager of the Yakima Fruit Growers Association effective January 1 1925. Walter Hebert sales manager will assume duties as general manager for a time. Dr H P James long time president may enter active management within the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima, ‘Wash
Haseen
Charles H. Swigart
Yakima Fruit Growers' Association
California
Walter Hebert
Swigart
Hebert
Association
H. P. James
Southern California Lettuce Season Opens December Fifth
Brawley California December 3 The Southern Pacific has prepared for the new lettuce season December 5 to 15 with ample refrigerator cars. No shortage is expected at any time during the shipping period. Growers report the movement should be under way by December 10 with a steady rise thereafter.
Claremont Fruit Company Files Bankruptcy Petition
New York report states Fontana & Baldacci trading as Claremont Fruit Company of Claremont New Hampshire filed for bankruptcy. They report assets of 7 064 and liabilities of 325.
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Springfield
Thomas Bougas
Boston Fruit Company
New York
Fontana & Baldacci
Claremont Fruit Company
Claremont
N.H
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Billy
William Garfitt
Northwest
Ern Apples
Southern Sweet Potato
Moorhead
Robinson
Bearman Fruit Company
A. H. Robinson
WRH
P.E
Opelousas
South
Texas
Demetrops
Idlewild, Tenn
Tobacco Association
G. Rudy
Daviess
Rudy and
C.H. Swigart
Yakima Fruit Growers
Mie Assn
Southern California
N. H
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