Cars Accelerate Freight Car Unloading Nationwide
Chicago December reports from the Car Service Commission of the Railroads War Board show freight cars unloaded promptly due to daily tracking of perishable loads and delays. The committees notify consignees and federal agencies to prompt unload, reconsign, or embargo troublesome cars to speed shipping. The effort enjoys strong cooperation from shippers and receivers, and encourages heavier loading and quicker turnover. In cooking, substitute vegetable fats or oils for animal fats.
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Chicago
Car Service Commission
The
Railroads' War Board
Conelgnee
Food and Fuel Administrations
Federal
Car Service
Consignee
Vegetable market stays firm in Chicago despite holiday lull
Chicago December 28 1917 the vegetable market shows little activity due to Christmas supplies. Prices remain firm with Florida stock beans at 5.50 6 per hamper and wax beans 5 5.50 per hamper. Cucumbers fair supply with mixed quality and asparagus large hampers 1.25 1.75. Lettuce abundant trade fair for best varieties and tomatoes plentiful with some Cuban stock. celery weak from holiday overhang. cauliflower steady. green peas scarce. Louisiana spinach lower. peppers fair with lower prices reflecting lighter receipts.
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Chicago
Ill
Florida
Boston
New Orleans
Ohio
Hothouse
California
Louisiana
Cincinnati
Southern
Ohio Valley
Milwaukee Egg and Poultry Market Report Aids Retail Prices
Milwaukee market notes softer overall egg prices with fresh receipts 46 to 48 cents and firsts 48 to 50 cents. Refrigerator extras quoted at 34 to 34.5 cents, butter creaming 49 to 50, cheese largely steady with minor gains. Live poultry offerings thin with weak demand. fowls 16 to 18 cents, springers 17 to 22, plump turkeys 21 to 22, ducks 19 to 20, geese 18, dry-picked turkeys 32 to 33, old stock 26 to 28 cents. Holiday demand noted, stock ample, working off surplus.
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Milwaukee
Limburger
Dairy board reports steady cheese prices and holiday lull
Sheboygan dairy board auctioned 811 Longhorns with most lots selling. Prices held steady at 26 1/2 and 26 3/4 cents. Eastern inquiry remained active though trading limited by holidays. Florida strawberries arrived in Chicago with good quality and favorable prices.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Americas
Only Moderate Trade in Apples in Chicago
Chicago Til Dec 28 dull post holiday apple market with little activity. Arrivals steady and demand moderate. prices largely unchanged for barreled and box stock. Quotations include Willow Twigs 5.50 6, Kings 5 6.3, Baldwins 6 5.50, Jonathans 5 8, Greenings 5.50 6, Winesaps 4.50 5, Ben Davis 3.50 3.75, Ganos 4 4.25. Box prices vary by size with Jonathans 1.25 2.25, Spitzenberg 2.25 2.05, Winter Banana 2.25 2.75, Rome Beauties 1.75 2.35, Grimes Golden 1.75 2.25, Delicious 2.25 3.00.
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Chicago
Ben Davis
Ganos
Jonathans
Spitzenberg
Rome Beauties
Delicious
Fire Destroys Price and Co Store in Cincinnati
The Price and Co produce firm at 224 West Sixth Street saw its Christmas afternoon blaze wipe out a large stock worth 10 000 to 12 000 dollars. Government investigators studied the fire relating to possible German plotters while neighboring firms suffered light damage. The company planned to reopen at 242 West Sixth Street within days.
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Cincinnati
West Sixth Street
I. N. Price
Eeee
Fort Thomas
Candioo, Barr & Co
W. R. Johnson & Co
I. N. Price & Co
Mes Candioto, Barr & Co
Olay Quanters
Log shipments urged to insure egg case supply this spring
Chicago dispatch reports the National Poultry Butter and Egg Association asks Rail Priority Board chair Robert Lovett to amend priority orders to allow rail movement of logs and egg packages. The letter warns of disrupted egg production if logs and cases cannot be shipped, stressing food supply and proper packaging. Also noted are the death of R. J. Ross of Cincinnati at age 78 and a funeral held Wednesday.
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Chicago
National Poultry, ‘Butter and Egg Association
Robert §. Lovett
Washington, D. C
Food Administration
Mil waukee Fruit and Vegetable Trade Reports Prices
Milwaukee December 28 trade details show steady to high apple prices with demand strong for most varieties. Spies, Snows, Ben Davis, Greenings, Baldwins, Delicious, and Jonathans listed with current per box or per barrel rates amid activity in grapefruit cranberries cabbage celery and potatoes. market notes emphasize limited trade and steady wholesale levels.
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Milwaukee
Snows
Ben Davis
Greenings
Jonathans
Tade
California
Floridas
Cabbage Carload Movement Expands From South Texas
From Mercedes Texas on December 28, cabbage shipments move from the Lower Valley to several shipping points. Carloads are leaving weekly with good quality and cash prices around 41 dollars per ton, up 11 dollars from last week due to competitive buying. Cool cloudy weather supports tomatoes onions and lettuce as fall potatoes are harvested with yields near one hundred bushels per acre and Red Triumphs perform well.
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Mercedes
Tex
Shippers Protest Express Company Restrictions on Shipments
Shippers across the Northern part of the state allege express firms are refusing to accept shipments except with delays or freezing. A hot-house letter notes some carriers will only take consignments "subject to freezing." Interstate Commerce Commission involvement and possible court appeal are expected.
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Express Company
Cincinnati
Hothouse Lettice
Sion
Evans & Co becomes Evans & Peppers in Kansas City
The fruit and vegetable firm of O C Evans & Co Kansas City has changed its name to Evans & Peppers. Ownership remains unchanged with C C Evans and E H Peppers continuing in the business. Both men have long trade ties and the firm will keep a full line of fruits and vegetables. In Milwaukee Wisconsin the 1918 Wisconsin Potato Growers Association convention and State Potato Show are set for November 17 to 22 with planning meetings in March.
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Kansas City
O.C. Evans & Co
Mr. Evans
Mr.Peppers
Avis
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
J. G. Milward
Wisconsin Potato Grow Ers
Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Green Vegetables in Cincinnati Market
Cincinnati market reports light offerings of Florida Louisiana and Southern vegetables with steady prices for some items. Florida beans and eggplant scarce but moving. peppers steady. Louisiana items vary from turnips to spinach with barrel and dozen price ranges. notes on live poultry price increase and a tariff filing by Colorado & Southern Railway with details and application numbers.
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Commignion
Colorado & Southern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Trans-Missouri
Clarengon
Ark
Holly Grove
Palmer
Postelle
Marvell
Poplar Grove
Colorado
Wyoming
Rail filings seek limit on through rates for Michigan potatoes
The Pere Marquette Railway asks ICC to prohibit recon signment after public team track placement in Chicago, impacting through rate privileges for Michigan potato shipments. ICC docket 112. Also noted are B and C Railway onion rate petitions, Philadelphia and Reading grape minimums, and Missouri and North Arkansas tariff changes on eggs and poultry.
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Pere Marquette Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Chicago
Pere/Marquette
Michigan
Philadelphia & Reading ‘Railway
Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad
Berryville
Harrison, Ark
New York City
Potatoes In Munitions Supply Cited In Amsterdam
A Rheinischer Westphalische Zeitung letter notes Germany uses many potatoes for spirit production and munitions. The letter claims Cologne delivers annual tot amounts and that a powder factory consumes large quantities daily, contributing to small potato rations for Germans despite ample supply.
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Amsterdam
Rheinischer Westphalische’ Zeitung
Cologne
Week's Review of Indianapolis Market
The Indianapolis market shows cabbage at 50 dollars per ton amid shipping-point advances while potato prices hold steady. Western stock declines as homegrown celery competes with shipped at 25 to 50 cents a dozen bunches. sweet potatoes stay scarce and higher. Extra fancy California lettuce tops 3 50 a crate. garlic up to 20 cents a round. Cuban pineapples 5 60 a crate of two dozen. oranges arrive for Christmas, some at 5 50 a box. New crop Arizona and California Navel oranges arrive. Emperor grapes last of season at 2 85 a box. Christmas trade strong, turkey cleanups due to soldiers dining with private families. each soldier at St. Benjamin Harrison gets one pound. Poultry supplies dwindle. hens and springs bid higher for new shipments. Egg prices ease 1 2 cents early week on redemptions from cold-weather stock. firmed after Christmas with 50 cents for best fresh. Storage eggs higher. country butter firm at 31 cents with rising trend toward year end.
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Indianapolis
Arizona
California
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Centerville
Esterville
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John A. Eck
Shippers
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Oriente
Comstock Grape, Fruit Company
New York
Washington, ST
N. Dearborn ST
Wisconsin
Strawes
W. D. Meyers & Co
LN. Price & CO
R. J. Ross
Las
Evans & C
Evans & Peppers
C. H. Weaver & CO
J. Ellis Slater Co
United States Food Administration
Ford Service
Geo. E. Ford
W. So. Water St
Gallagher Bros
Nati Produce Bank
Cincsino
Traffic Notes
B. & C. Railroad
Kimmel and Nappanee
Ind
Foraker and McGuffey
Jon W. Low
J.C. Mittelstadt’.S. Hel
Wayhe & Ub, Inc
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