League Convention Program Announced by Manager French
General Manager B R G French reveals the National League of Commission Merchants convention agenda set for January 14 at the Statler Hotel Cleveland. The program lists opening exercises, addresses, reports from officers, committee activities, special lectures, elections, and selection of next meeting site.
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Frenc
New York
BR. G. French
National League of Commission, Merchants
Statler
Cleveland
Frank W. Luce
Cleveland District
Geore
F. E. ‘Wagner
Chicago
Fayette B. Dow
Washington, D.C
Joint Council
Alfred W. Otis
Boston
E. H. Neustadtl
Milwaukee
George E
Tees
Wass
Fruit Shipments Face Losses From Transit Shrinkage
New York Dec 26 Clarence W Moomaw former government specialist criticizes low investment in fruit transit research. He urges Congress to fund $25000 for Bureau of Markets to study handling and storage of export apples and other fruit to reduce losses from 25 to 35 percent. He cites U S citrus in California cut losses from 25 to 2 percent after similar work. He appeals to shippers and steamship firms to back the effort and press representatives and the secretary of agriculture for action.
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New York
Clarence W. Moomaw
Bureau of Markets
Washington
United States
Congress
I. A
Secretary of Agriculture
Moomaw
Moomain
California
Cleveland Readies for League Convention Start
Cleveland Ohio December 26 The League convention will open January 13 with a grand ball at the Hotel Statler. Committees report progress with D F Brookhert Chris Haas and Donald Pocech praised for entertainment finance and publicity work. Hotel reservations already indicate a record attendance and rival lodging capacity is ample for early bookers.
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Cleveland
Boosters Club
D. F Brookhert
Chris. Haas
Donald Pocech
Hotel Statler
Verdict Against Samuel Cohen in New York
Lyndonville N Y Dec 26 A verdict of 650 was awarded Maiely Mellen Inc of this place in the Supreme Court action against Samuel Cohen of New York City by a jury Saturday night. The suit claimed the defendant failed to accept apples shipped to New York last January and that the fruit showed 19 percent rot and were not of the class ordered.
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Lyndonville
N.Y
Maiely-Mellan, Inc
Samuel Cohen
New York City
Supreme Court
New York
Two Year Damage Rule Declared Unreasonable By ICC
In Washington Dec 26 the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled two year and one day time limits for suits on freight log damage or delay unfair unjustly discriminatory and prejudicial in a case brought by Jacob B Decker & Sone against the Director General of Railroads and ethane
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jacob B. Decker & Sone
Director General of Railroads
Ethane
Cabbage Market Holds Steady Amid Holidays Trade
Chicago December 26 cabbage prices edged higher than a week ago though demand remained normal for the holiday period. Limited stock and restrained withdrawals by operators shifted trading to fill immediate needs at 65 to 68 dollars per ton fob Wisconsin ship time points, with growth noted in New York state cabbages.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
New York State
F. O
G. H. Brown Produce Co. Skips Out of Lynchburg
The fake concern G. H. Brown Produce Company, once at 419 Twelfth Street, has decamped from Lynchburg Virginia after swindling shippers out of several thousand dollars. The post office reports mail being returned as demand letters arrive from concerned shippers identifying the vanished company.
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Lynchburg
G. H. Brown Produce Company
Twelfth Street
Packer
Post Office
Higher Market on Potatoes in Chicago During Holiday Week
Chicago readers learn the potato market rose during the holiday week due to warmer weather and improved demand after a ten day freeze. Prices advanced from 3.20 to 3.50 a cwt for No 1 stock while shipments remained light and stock on track declined to around 100 cars midweek. Receipts totaled about 330 cars Friday with steady to firm prices ahead of the holiday.
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Chicago
Maine
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Idaho
Imperial Valley Lettuce and Produce Shipping Forecast
In Brawley California on December 26, lettuce from the Imperial Valley is in good condition and shipments will be heavy late January. If warm weather continues, February shipments rise with a peak in March. Spinach shipments are good. cantaloupe planting begun. tomato acreage to be large. most planting already completed.
Spring Egg Convention Planned in Kansas City
Plans are under way for the Missouri Egg and Poultry Shippers Association convention to be held in Kansas City on March 8 and 9. The Kansas City dealers organized a meeting to arrange entertainment for visiting members while the association handles the business program. A. W. Bear leads the speakers' committee, with Ralph Hurst chairing the local arrangements committee alongside C. E. Kellogg C. C. Stentz George Miller and E. C. Lucas.
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Kansas City
Missouri Egg and Poultry Shippers’ Association
A. W.bear
Ralph Hurst
C. E. Kellogg
C. C. Stentz
George Miller
Kan
E. C. Lucas
Hurst
Cabbage Market Steady Amid Slow Week in New York
New York cabbage trade moved slowly this week with prices steady. State shippers asked 365 70 per ton f o b loading station or 70 7s per ton delivered New York. Local market diverged, with few sales above 75 dollars out of the cars and one lot dipping to 69 dollars per ton.
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New York
Big Tomato Acreage on Florida East Coast
Estimates place Florida East Coast tomato acreage at around 15,000 acres for the current season, up from 12,000 last year before February floods halved the crop. If the crop avoids damage, as many as 3,000,000 crates may be produced.
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Florida
Miami
Fla
Florida East Coast
Nominations Made for Chicago Mercantile Ex
Chicago December 26. At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange meeting it was announced that the officers election will be on January 9. Nominated for president Oscar Olson Merrill & Eldredge. first vice president C E Cramer Beat rice Creamery Co. second vice president Thomas E O Neill Clege & O Neill. secretary J W B Cook W S Moore & Co. treasurer Horace I Lepman Lep man & Co. sergeant at arms A J Kelly Jayne Brothers. directors to succeed T Brennan W i Whitcomb Edward Rueb Luther H Barber John W Low. Nominating committee for 1920 W H Whitcomb chairman C S Borden Michael Fox.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Oscar Olson
Merrill & Eldredge
C. E. Cramer
Beatrice Creamery Company
Thomas E. O'Neill
Clege & O'Neill
J. W. B. Cook
W. S. Moore & Co
Horace I. Lepman
W. H. Whitcomb
C. S. Borden
Michael Fox
Potato Market Easier in New York This Week
New York December 26 trade in potatoes was slow as buyers focus on other lines during the holidays. Country offerings were light while accumulations built in yards, with about 100 cars at midweek. Prices in Maine and Pennsylvania growers holding are noted as aspects of the activity.
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York State
Maine
Pennsylvania
New York
Potato Prices Lifted in Atlantic Markets Despite Cold
Amid steady Harlem River shipping values and firm yards, Maine buyers paid shippers from 4 4.25 per 165 pound barrel while deliveries to Harlem River ranged 3.15 to 3.25 per cwt. Maine markets showed bulk 3.75 to 6 in yards. Pennsylvania Lehigh farmers held 4.3 per cwt with few buyers. Long Island sales reached 3.33 to farmers. 165-pound bag stock sold at 5 to 5.50 on the dock and 4.75 to 5.50 in state bags. Overall activity slowed due to cold weather.
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Harlem River
Thirty-third Street
Aroostook County
Maine
New York State
Tn Banys
Lehigh
Pennsylvania
New
Yor
Long Island
Long Islands
Pennsylvanias
Esate
Bape
Rhe
Western Fruit Jobbers Convention in San Francisco
Indications point to a major Western Fruit Jobbers Association meeting in San Francisco February 2 to 6. The program is pending finalization but tickets for entertainments will be sold at the secretary’s St Francis Hotel office, with arrivals urged by February 1. Events include a Get Acquainted Party at the St Francis, university visits, and an Athletic Night at Sutro Baths, with broader hotel and transport arrangements coordinated by California committees.
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San Francisco
Western Fruit Tobbers' Association
J. M. Garcia
California
A. P. Jacobs
W. D. Tidwell
St. Francis Hotel
N. K. Lockwood
St Francis Hotel
University of Californias
University
Sutro
San Francisco 16th Annual Association Meeting Preview
The article outlines plans for the forthcoming 16th annual meeting with events from February 2 to February 7 at the St Francis Hotel. It details daily programs including opening marches, Ladies Day shopping, a Western Fruit robber themed theater, and a banquet at the St Francis. Business sessions cover Wholesalers' Bureau, Carlot Shippers' Bureau, Brokers' Bureau and talks at the University of California on preservation, pre cooling, waste avoidance, and standardization. The schedule promises tours of San Francisco and concludes with continued coverage on page 15.
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Palace Hotel
Arand
San’ Francisco
Ither
Tait's
Orpheum
Associatioe
St. Francis Hotel
E. T. Scott
Carlot Shippers’ Bureau
William M. Roylance
Shippers’ Bureau
Board of ‘Directors
University of California
Deagier
San Francisco
Association
New York Onion Market at Standstill
New York onions moved slowly this week with top prices for best Ohio Tedhs and yellows at 6 to 6.25 per 100 pounds and whites at 6 to 6.25. Receipts were moderate and activity unlikely until after January 1. State yellows and oranges reds and yellows ranged 4.50 to 5.25, few Far Western onions noted, several cars sold Monday at 5500. Frost damage minimal as cold wave did not fully affect transit onions.
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New York
Ohio
Best
Orange County
Early Week Orange Sales Higher in New York Market
New York reports a lively sale of California Navels Valencias and Florida oranges. Prices varied from $5.50 to $7.10 for high grade stock with lower grades down to $2.10. Porto Rican oranges and grapefruit saw softer demand, with 2300 boxes offered and prices easing by 25c to $1 per box. Pineapples showed good color but weak demand, Havana fruit absent, and overall market reflected holiday effects and decay around 10 percent.
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New York
California
Arizona
J Choice
Florida
Havana
Markets for green vegetables in Chicago trade report
Chicago market report shows mixed demand for greens with holiday buying boosting some items while others move slowly. California crates sold at 7.50 to 8. Michigan and Zealand boxes 1.65 to 1.74 with extra fancy at 2. Cucumbers steady. Florida crates 5.75 to 6. No 2 at 2.50 to 2.75 per dozen. Carrots steady. cauliflower in demand. eggplants weak. lettuce abundant with irregular quality. Western fancy cases 2.50 to 3.50. Louisiana hampers 0.50 to 1. tomatoes strong for fancy repacked stock. Cuba six-basket crates 6 to 6.50. Ohio hothouse ket initial 1.75 to 2. Illinois hothouse 30 to 35 cents per pound.
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Chicago
California
Michigan
Hudsonville
Zealand
Florida
Illinois
New Orleans
Epinach
Louisiana
Cuban
Ohio
Government ruling on marking potato sacks in uniform quantity
In a Kansas City dispatch the Department of Agriculture states that potatoes in sacks must be marked with contents if sacks are of uniform quantity, but marking is not required on uneven weight sacks. The ruling clarifies interstate trade requirements cited from 1917 guidance.
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Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
Packer
W. G. Campbell
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
New Orleans Vegetable Markets See Steady Gains
New Orleans reports home grown vegetables arriving steadily with improving quality. Head lettuce remains fair, endive and escarol strong with firm prices. anise in good supply at about 2.50 per sugar barrel. Bunch greens and roots available in good volume with assorted prices, and mixed carrot shipments moving forward with expected gains as weather improves.
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New Orleans
Cranberries Stock Cleaned Up in New York Markets
New York Dec 26 Stocks of cranberries are well cleaned up with about seven percent still in growers hands likely to be packed around February. Prices this week for good sound Howes were 9 11 per barrel with Barry Blacks scarce at 8 50. A large share of poor berries sold at any price.
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New York
Good Sound Howes
Railroads and Express Companies Back Harch Proclamation
Railroads will be returned to owners on March 12 by President Wilson. Express companies now operating as American Railway Express will be returned on March 1. They seek to operate as a single corporation and question Sherman act implications.
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Washington,d. C
Wilson
Congress
Express Companies
American Railway Express
Express
Wnit
Complaint Dismissed Against Weyl-Zuckerman Co by FTC
San Francisco reports the Federal Trade Commission dismissed the complaint filed May 7, 1918 against Weyl-Zuckerman & Co shippers of potatoes and onions. The company argued no misuse of cars used for government business and attributed the action to competitor animus.
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Weyl- Zuckerman Co
Federal Trade Commission
San Francisco
Weyl-Zuckerman & Co
Zucisermian
Apple ship losses hit by extreme cold in New York market
New York December report notes heavy losses to boxed and barreled apples from severe cold. Most cars arrived damaged or unsellable as frost and freezing affected market values from $2.25 to $8.25 for varieties. Shippers using Option No 4 bear transit risk. buyers faced discounts as stock degraded.
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New York
Rome
Holiday Orange Demand Brings Good Prices in California
Los Angeles December 26 report notes satisfactory condition of California Navel oranges with strong Christmas demand and prices from four to four dollars twenty-five per box. Lemon market unchanged with light demand. 300s fetch about four dollars and 360s around two dollars fifty. In New Orleans poultry market steady with hens and large young chickens at 30 to 31 cents, small to medium at 34 to 42 cents. Turkeys steady. ducks and geese quoted. Guineas steady at seven dollars twenty cents per dozen.
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Los Angeles
California
New Orleans
Turk
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J. S. Crutch
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W. H. Bagegs
League
O. ¥. Burger
T. C. Meier
Office of
United States Department of Ag
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States of America
John W. Low
National Foreign Trade Council
F. William Mort
Southern ‘Commercial Gongrem
J. L. Budreau
Savannah
Apple Shippers
O. A. Moomaw
G. H. Brown Prod. Co
Lynchburg, Va
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Chicago Mercantile
Bureau of Division
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