Northwestern apple surplus foreseen as buyers retreat east
Special staff correspondent notes a shift in the apple market as western growers confront reduced demand from eastern buyers. The piece traces the decline of high prices, the rise of red ink losses, and a movement toward labor changes, storage innovation, and scientific handling to cope with a crop that may fall short in key districts like Wenatchee Hood River and Yakima Valley. It highlights regional efforts to extend storage, standardize packing, and boost efficiency through centralized facilities and educational labor strategies for the forthcoming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northwest
Wenatchee
Yakima Valley
Hood River District
Portland
Hood River
Enatchee
Commercial League
Wenatchee Valley
Payette Fruit Packing Co., Ltd
Payette
Idaho
van Horn
stor‘Pelania
Peewee
Skipnet
Apple & Storage Co. Ig
California
R. H. Hardell
Zillah
Payette Valley
Hoise
Theorthwestern Fruit Exchange
Hoe
The News in the Packer This Week Summary
Northwestern box apple deal dominates page one with notes on turkey overquote, butter holdings, and a Lyon withdrawal from continental exchange. New York visitors, unusual trouble for Wilson in Cincinnati, and car line restoration efforts accompany local vegetable and fruit updates from Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenn
Chicago Exchange
Lyon
New York
Wilson
Cincinnati
Barber
Greeley
Hudsonville
Mich
Louisiana
Chicago
Davis & Co
Presley
Minneapolis
Indiana
Ihe
Indianapolis
Elgin
Wisconsin Potato Growers
Walnuts at Whittier Cal and land clearing machine
A jumble of items notes market reports and notices including a land clearing machine reference in Whittier California, several market and agricultural briefs, and various page notices about Florida crops and shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
Cal
Wild overquoting of turkey prices alarms shippers
Turkeys and turkey shippers across the state rail against eastern markets for wild price quotes during the Christmas trade. Reports say 20c quotes and predictions of sharp rises are unreliable, with some houses pushing excessive figures to lure buyers. Critics warn such overquoting risks losses and financial ruin for cautious buyers and farmers, urging The Packer to expose inflated quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nasayile
Wenn
Wee
Eith
Turkey
Tennessee Dresser and Shipper
Louisiana Pruce Supply Edges Higher Yet
New Orleans reports vegetable supply slight decline with prices easing. Lettuce romaine endive and related greens arrive freely, while small bunches of radishes parsley beets and carrots move in steady. Prices show modest firmness for ham and higher quality romaine and endive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mic
Cabbage Market Dulli Conflicts Cold Weather Trade
Chicago dispatch reports cabbage prices remained weak with slow trade and unchanged values. Wisconsin Holland seed cabbage quotes at 4.50 per ton f o b, farmers paid about 3 per ton, with traders considering shuttering farmer stock as storage cabbage edges toward preshipment prices if weather stays mild. Dealers expect no improvement until the year starts, as inquiries stay scarce and operators grow impatient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wisconsin
Saginaw firm slow to pay Baldwin celery bill
Chicago reports Davis & Co of Saginaw Mich owes Baldwin Celery Co of Comstock Mich 105.86 for celery. Despite admitting the obligation and assurances to pay by November 26, no remittance or reply has been received by December, after repeated letters. A Packer has been involved but no action or response has followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ngler, Davis & Co
Saginaw
Mich
Baldwin Celery Co
Comstock
St Louis features Castellini backing as amendment debated
Trade notes cover vegetables fruits poultry in St Louis with street observations and a proposed screening law amendment. River apple shipments report lighter volumes. Ft Worth news notes and Kansas City general items appear alongside a pending rotten eye case. Western coast briefs conclude the roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Castellini
Ft. Worth
Kansas City
Market quotations roundup and regional price notes
Market quotations page lists regional fruit and dairy prices with entries from Cincinnati Boston New York and Florida seeking clarity on exchange practices. Noted items include dried fruit in New York and poultry and butter markets in Boston with commentary from a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
Florida Exchange
I. C. Chase
Har Nsburg
W. H. Lampkin
Ft. Worth
Columbus
Atmore
Ala
Quotations Abolished By Chicago Butter Egg Board
Chicago board suspends daily quotations for butter and eggs until March 1 1913. Outsider price setting to replace committees as government actions loom. New York and Pittsburgh boards already omit quotes, with publishers of daily market circular judging values. National holdings show eggs up 341,874 cases and butter up 8,588,202 pounds year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
New York
Pittsburgh
Jonze
Borden
Billy Bartel
Daily Bulletin N
York
St Louis Board Abolishes Butter and Egg Quotations
The St Louis Butter and Egg board abolished their quotations on Friday of this week, following the action of the Chicago board earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Lever Bill Faces Opposition In House Agriculture Panel
Washington December 6 opposition to Rep A F Lever of South Carolina proposed regulation of oleomargarine was voiced before the House Agriculture Committee. Dr S W Stratton director of the Bureau of Standards urged a standard tint to aid inspectors, but warned taxing colored and uncolored imitations by a color test would be difficult. Lever said a December 17 session would decide whether to report the bill favorably to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
A. F. Lever
South Carolina
House of Representatives’ Committee of Agriculture
W. Stratton
United States Bureau of Standards
Stratton
Lever
Subcommittee
The
Agriculture Committee
Committee On Agriculture
House of Representaves
Celery harvest complete in Hudsonville area
Celery harvest is finished in Hudsonville and nearby towns with the Golden self blanching variety shipped now. Daily shipments range 4,000 to 5,500 boxes, mostly by freight to Chicago on consignment, as cooler weather could boost demand and preserve quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudsonville
Mica
Vriesland
Zeeland
Jenison
Chicago
Packer Weekly
Presley Company dividend request in St Paul filing
John R. Donahue trustee of the bankrupt B Presley Co. has filed with Referee Gideon Ives a plan for a first dividend. The motion will be heard before Referee Ives at 915 Commerce Building in St Paul on December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presley
St. Paul, Minn
John_ R. Donahue
B. Presley Co
Gideon Ee Ives
Ives
Commeres Building
City
Lyon Withdraws From Imperial Valley Cantaloupe Exchange
In Los Angeles and Brawley California reports detail the Western Cantaloupe Exchange reaching a crate price of seventy cents with executives elected and changes to agents. Lyon and Coggins withdraw, remaining independent, with 1000 acres under contract in the Imperial valley and other firms rumored to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon & Coggins
Los Angeles
Imperial Valley
Cantaloupe Exchange
Duncan Campbell & Co
San Francisco
8. A. Gerrard & Co
Cincinnati
J. 8. Crutchfield
Pittsburgh
C. H. Weaver
Chicago
Charles B. Virden
W. IL. Wagner
Lyon
Barber's Troubles Spotlight Shuttered Potato Firm
C E Bagher a Windsor native turned potato and produce shipper opened a Greeley office this fall, leased a large warehouse, and stocked it with furniture and goods. He was forced to shut the warehouse and sell fixtures to partially satisfy creditors as investigators trace his missing assets and debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Col
C. E. Bagher
Windsor
Katz Brothers Indicted in Atlantic City Produce Failure
Philadelphia dated report states Harry L. Katz Emanuel E. Katz and Moses W. Katz were indicted by an Atlantic County grand jury on conspiracy to defraud creditors. Harry L. and Emanuel E. were arrested. the Katz & Frugoli produce firm collapsed last spring amid poor records and disputed books. Clarence E. Goldberg prosecutes for Atlantic County and creditors. Witnesses testified employees worked on the books days before the failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harry L
Katz
Emanuel E. Katz
Moses W. Katz
Grand Jury
Atlantic County
Emanuel E
Katz & Frugoli
Atlantic City
Frugoli
Clarence E. Goldberg
Car Linings Suspension Helps Minnesota Wisconsin Shippers
A Chicago hearing before Interstate Commerce Commission examiner John S. Burchmore suspended a ruling on car linings used for potato shipments. Shippers benefit from delaying return of linings until February 1, possibly indefinitely, as railroads revert to returning linings free of charge. The change impacts costs and returns for potato trade. The Rouse Simmons cargo of Christmas trees sinks in Lake Michigan after a storm, reducing supply and likely raising prices for dealers ahead of Christmas. The vessel, which ships trees from northern Michigan to Chicago, was overdue by two weeks and the loss increases expected tree prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John S. Burchmore
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Rouse Simmons
Michigan
Refrigerators Roads Hamper Northward Produce Movement
Chicago dispatch reports steamship line and railroad rules blocking transport of potatoes onions cabbage from Wisconsin Minnesota. Foreign refrigerator cars must load via their own roads and cannot be moved on other lines, delaying orders and forcing dealers to seek available cars, potentially exhausting remedies before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Operators seek formal complaint but fear acting alone may fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Here
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Northwestern Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Memphis
Kansas City
Grand Trunk
I. C
Rock Island
Carler
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Strawberry growers sue Wilsons over guaranteed returns
Dayton Tenn December reports growers and shippers in the district claim Cincinnati firm T. M. Wilson & Co. owed them guaranteed returns on strawberry consignments. Several Meigs county shippers have judgments totaling $142.71 plus costs. others, including P. M. Dake of Pinhook, seek $161.39. Attorney B E McKenzie represents claimants as depositions and court actions continue in Cincinnati and local loading points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, Tenn
T. M. Wilson & Co
Cincinnati
Moonia
Col
J. M. Wilson & Co
Wilson
Spring City
B. E. McKenzie
McKenzie
L. G. Herd
Visiting Butter and Egg Men on Mercantile Exchange
Visiting Butter and Egg Men from New York on December 6 report notable visitors this week at the Mercantile Exchange. Names include LE Brande Silver Lake Indiana IT. b Wing St Paul and I B Hathaway of Scranton Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mercantile Exchange
le, Brande
Silver Llake
Ind
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EY Tong
Mats
Angeles
Dec
Ota
Northwestern
Packer
Calif
Orange Movement
Selah
Wash
A. Gerrard
North
Union Pacific
A. Cancelmo
Ill
H. B. Fiske
Lewis Pierson
J. E. Lomasney
de Soto County Assn
Florida
Miami
Pensacola
Jacksonville Street
Frank Nix
Hastings
Florida Curae Movement
Ercadia
Ocala
R. Dorland
Gibson & Co
Manettee
Sanford
East Palatka
Jacksonle
Almeria
Newark
B. Herman
Slater & Co
New Sicily
Watsonville
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Galveston
A. A. Jackson & Co
San Benito
New York Fruit Association
Berry Lowe
Washington
Fla
C. E. Hathaway
Denver
M. E
Kansas
Leopold Landreth
Eugene Lewis
Cleveland
Nashville
C. F. Bell
Dayton
Fremont
Lessly & Co
Toledo
Geroe
Knox County Berry Growers
Cincini
C. D. Jones
Acra
Fruits
Lindsay Waters
Ught
Kanana City
H. C. Boyle
Mexico
Russia
Monticello
Ark
Spangler, Davis & Co
Chicago Buster and Egg Board
Colorado
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