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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
2
Chicago women led a storage egg sale that spilled over into extra days and helped clear shelves. Dealers credit the effort with educating consumers about storage eggs and boosting demand for cooler stock. Talks arise of applying the crusade model to butter potatoes and apples amid accusations of price gouging.
Waupaca dealers plan to buy only screened stock to raise potato reputation. Long varieties need screening, round stock holds up. Portage County acreage in Portage county reached 27,316 acres in the year, up from 24,772 in 1911. Yield last year was 2,87,920 bushels. crop this year expected not to greatly exceed.
The Packer will keep readers posted on crooks market prices crop news and price movements for vege tables butter eggs and poultry.
Chicago markets report active demand for vegetables despite plentiful receipts. Florida head lettuce and romaine oils varied in quality, while cucumbers remain scarce and Boston boxes reach high prices. Tomatoes from various origins offered in liberal supply, car from Mexico arrived without established market, celery remained strong with New York and Michigan prices healthy. Extra fancy mushrooms and endive noted, with prices given across multiple crates and varieties.
Detroit December 27 The vegetable market was slow due to railroad delays and erratic arrival times. Celery from nearby points dominated supply. hothouse tomatoes were light, New Orleans lettuce priced at $3 a barrel, wax and green beans scarce, cauliflower very scarce with imported stock heaviest. Florida strawberries arrived early in the week, good stock at 35 cents a quart but overripe stock discounted. Alfred Rush & Sons reported early Florida delivery. O I Spooner of Boston advertises agency for Liverpool London Glasgow Hamburg distributors.
Chicago reports little change in the apple market as dealers try to work off heavy common storage stock. The stock must be cleaned up soon as quality may not hold up. A lull occurred with buyers limiting purchases to immediate needs. Common storage fruit sold from 1 to 2.50 per barrel and cold storage fruit mainly from 2.50 per barrel for inchtons.
Little activity appeared in the Vox Apple business as the situation remained largely unchanged from last week’s report. The article notes no notable shifts, with steady conditions continuing in the market and operations.
The Iowa Fruit Growers' Assn was organized during the Iowa Horticultural society session to serve as a cooperative buying association for orchard supplies. Charter members include J. M. Bechtel and J. H. Wiley among others. officers named J. M. Bechtel president and Chas. O. Garrett vice president with Lauren Greene secretary treasurer. Mack Tanner was elected president of the Illinois State Horticultural Society at Champaign.
Poultry trading in Detroit shows a very active week with heavy turkey receipts and firm prices. Dressed turkey values run 21 to 24 cents, springs 13 to 14, fowls 12 to 13, ducks 16 to 19, geese 14 to 15, while live turkeys bring 17 to 20 cents and other live poultry prices follow steady demand patterns.
Palisade Colorado December 27 growers and business leaders form committees to plan a western slope convention in Grand Junction. They aim to petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to end rate inequalities, arguing railroads earned more from transport than growers earned from cultivation.
Minneapolis on Sunday night a fire gutted the candling room of George A. Morse at 121 North Sixth Street. Losses include about 2000 live chickens suffocated on the second floor and thousands of dressed poultry burned or ruined by water and flames. Morse faces about 10 000 in losses with 4000 insured. Adjacent firms also suffered smoke and water damage with insured losses totaling around 7000. Morse plans to reopen soon as others prepare to resume business.
For sale is a process butter plant with manufacturing machinery fixtures supplies and delivery outfit. Includes poultry milk feeding apparatus. Wholesale and jobbing business in butter eggs and poultry has long standing service in a rented building on a railroad switch, conveniently located.
Franklin MacVeagh & Co. manager B J Dickens reviews the 1912 dried fruit year from January gains to February declines. He notes heavy future buying by jobbers and retailers, slumping values, losses borne by speculators, lighter consumption in February to May, and uneven pricing from 1911 carryover packers.
The report notes peaches remain attractive with rising demand after new arrivals, while peach crops in the United States are abundant and California moves the bulk of its harvest. Apricots stay robust. prunes opened high but cooled as growers faced lower contract terms. Despite a 200 million pound expected prune crop, large sizes scarce, boosting premiums. Overall, the dried fruit trade remains firm with stock levels trimmed and a cautious but optimistic outlook for 1913.
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