Agricultural Inquiry Commission Reports to Senate
The Joint Agricultural Inquiry Commission filed a Senate report with 13 recommendations. It urged legalization of cooperative marketing, lower farm freight rates, and a warehousing system with uniform liability, plus foreign attaches and extended statistical divisions. It calls for better grading, credit reform, and funded research to reduce agricultural and climatic hazards and improve marketing efficiency.
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Washington
D.C
Joint’ Commission of Agriculture
Senate
Sof Hetter
Wate
Steady Onion Market With Light Demand
In Chicago onions show light demand and steady movement as storage stock sells slowly. Indiana red and yellow stock fetches about 5.00 per cent, California Browns around 4.50, with varieties and crates priced across the range 1.85 to 6.25 per case.
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Énicago
Dee
Indiana
O. B
California
Citrus packinghouses operate on night shifts
Packing houses here are busy with night shifts used in the past few days and packers at work until midnight.
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Pla
Trade Problems to Be Discussed at Dinner
Joseph H. Steinhardt hosts a Wall Street Astor gallery dinner for G Harold Powell manager of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. The event aims to address serious industry conditions and seek amicable understanding for future betterment with 400 to 500 guests expected.
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G. Harold Powell
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Joseph H. Steinhardt
Steinhardt & Kelly
Astor Gallery
Walldorf-Astoria
Joseph Steinhardt
Powell
Steinhardt
New York
Det Fisroid Powel
Apple Market Firm in New York Market Notes Prices
New York December 16 The apple market shows firmness with lighter receipts. Fancy Greenings trade around 10 to 11 per barrel, Baldwins 8 to 8.60, Ben Davis 3.50 to 5.00, Kings 7 to 7.50. Lower grades and unclassified fruit range 5.50 to 6.00 per barrel. Winter Bananas 2.50 to 3.50 per box.
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New York
Baldwins
Ben Davis
Zonberg
Apple Shipments Reach Sixty Five Thousand Cars to Date
Apple shipments reported to date exceed 65,000 cars with box sections at 43,335 and barrel sections at 22,387. Movement last week totaled 1,879 cars, compared with 2,701 cars in the same week last season and 1,847 in the preceding week this season.
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Chicago
Travis Slawson Cove Offers 50 Percent Creditors Affected
New York December 16 The Travis Slawson Company fruit and vegetable dealers of Middletown offer 50 percent to creditors in a long troubled case dating seven years back with Eugene News and My Slawson noted as parties no longer involved.
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New York
Travis- Slawson. Company
Middletown
Eugene
My. Slawson
Railroads Fail to Get Storage-in-Transit Rate
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered cancellation of proposed increases for storage in transit on apples and pears in carload shipments in Eastern and Western groups. Railroads had sought the rate rise effective August 25 but faced protests from trade organizations.
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N. W
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Government Officials Check License Holders in Kansas City
Government officials have been inspecting brokers in Kansas City and nearby centers to ensure federal licenses are held. One broker found without a license paid a $50 tax in addition to a fine.
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Kansas
Kangas
Niearby
Angelic proclamation of the birth of Christ the Savior
The angel announces to shepherds the birth of a Savior in the city of David, bringing good tidings of joy for all people. This reveals the central Christian message of Jesus as Lord and Messiah.
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City of
David
Christ the Lord
Western Fruit Jobbers Convention Set for Fort Worth
Plans for the Western Fruit Jobbers Association of America annual meeting in Fort Worth January 16 to 20 are advancing. Local committees will handle reception, entertainment, and wives’ events. hotel reservations indicate record attendance. Secretary Tidwell and Ben E. Keith organize a business program with transportation fares arranged.
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Ft. Worth
Tex
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association of America
Fort Worth
Nalcaté
Texas
Joyce
Tidwell
Ben E. Keith
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
TKgith + shag
Potatoes Face Weak Demand in Chicago Markets
In Chicago the potato trade shows limited activity with receivers holding back stock. Demand remains weak as warehouses drain slowly and brokers refrain from heavy sales, keeping holdings below 160 cars this week after over 300 in peak periods. Prices for different grades end near 1.70 to 1.80 per 100 pounds.
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Chicago
Nor
Ne” Gins Muviberg
Strin
Michigan
New York Potato Market Report Mixed Prices and Tight Supplies
The New York market shows uneven potato quotes with shippers paying growers about 2.10 to 2.25 per 165 pounds and Maine bulk at 3.75 per 180 pounds. State shippers list bulk around 2.00 per cwt and 150 pound sacks at 10 delivered. growers paid 0.85 to 0.90 per bushel. Receipts are tight as farmers hold stock. Long Island quotes around 2.60 to 4.26 per cwt and 4.75 per 180 pounds. no Pennsylvania arrivals reported.
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New York
Mairie
Green Mountains
Harlem
New York “State
Avere
Long Island
Long Islands
Danish Cabbage Arrival Scheduled For New York
The first Danish cabbage shipment of the season will reach New York on the steamship Frederick VIII around December 25. Olivit Brothers expects to receive 50,000 crates in total across 3 to 5 ships, with about 66 cars total. Each crate weighs approximately 63 pounds and the quality is described as fine.
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New York
Frederick VIII
Olivit Brothers
Railroads Seek Bargain on Rates and Temporary Relief
Railroad executives pressed the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend and reduce rates for 16 percent, 10 percent in certain districts, and to extend relief for agricultural products. Hearings began with railroads arguing for further cuts if operating costs drop, while shippers and the public will testify after the holidays.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Commission
Tabor
Early morning market proposal for docks wanes in California trade
The Erie Dock discussed an early morning carload market for vegetables from California. The idea met division among receivers and yielded no progress, with many now expecting the movement to be dropped.
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California
Erie
Nathan Lubinsky Fails in Pittsburgh Bankruptcy Claim
Nathan Lubinsky a wholesale dealer from All Quippa Pa declared himself bankrupt before the Credit Association offering 30 percent payment. Two creditors refused the settlement and had Lubinsky arrested for a 1600 loss borne by local trade.
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Nathan Lubinsky
Pittsburgh
Allquippa
Lubinsy
Credit Association
Labinsky
New Trade Organization Committee Formed in New York
Carl W. Kimball named a four member committee at the Boosters Club to plan a citywide no big fruit and produce trade group. The panel aims to gauge broader support, thresh ideas, and later present a formal proposal to the trade for approval.
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New York
Carl W. Kimball
Boosters’ Club
A. Chiney
Gambie
L. J. ‘Lippmann
Wheelwright
John Cregan
Kimball
New York Delegation Prepares for Pittsburgh Meeting
New York plans a National League convention trip to Pittsburgh with a Feb 3 to Feb 4 schedule. Robert Taos of Maynara & Child arranges transportation for a New York delegation, possibly by the 8:30 pm Monday train from Pennsylvania Station.
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New York
Robert Taos
Maynara & Child
National League
Pittsburgh
Ely
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
MM ‘Loos
Cochran Becomes Grandfather in New York
Robert Cochran celebrated his first grandchild Fletcher Cochran Jr joining the family. The event followed by calls of congratulations as its private secretary Todd Cochran settled into routine after the birth. Mother and child are reported well.
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Tommy ‘Cochran
New York
Robert Tg. Cochran
Thomas Cochran, Jr
Fletcher
Grandpa Cochran
Fletcher Cochran
Ran & Co
New York Institutions to Get Christmas Apples
Wayne M. French of the International Apple Shippers Association asked headquarters for help and $100 was appropriated toward the fund. Joseph H. Steinhardt pledged his firm would supply all needed apples to cover any shortage for distributions.
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New York
Wayne M. French
The
International
Apple ‘Shippers’ Association
Joseph ;H. Steinhardt
Steinhardt& Scelly
Sicker
The Optimist Voice in Tough Times
A reader essays surviving a flood of hardship from tax demands to social scorn. The speaker lists abuses endured while insisting their stubborn optimism remains intact and eager to see what comes next.
Sweet potato stock outlook steady with storage growth
Reports from The Packer indicate a large cured sweet potato supply in the South and East with more stock held in storage and curing houses. Markets are expected to steady through the year as improved handling and river/rail distribution reduce previous glut risks and prices.
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Syull
Arkansas
Alabama
Louisiana
Tennessee
Georgia
Virginia
New Jersey
Delaware
Oklahoma
Heavy Onions Pressed in New York Market
Spanish onions show heavy supply in New York with large stocks stored. Met area inventories reach hundreds of thousands of packages while dock totals include thousands of cases and crates. Prices listed for good shipping onions: crates 1.75 dollars, four tier cases 4.75, five tier 5.50, half cases 2.75. Shipments abroad decline as stocks near exhaustion.
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New York
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