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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1935
Page
2
Established potato dealers in Chicago report itinerant truckers flooding the market with potatoes sold at low prices. Quality is often ignored, hurting graded stock values and producers. Calls for lower freight rates to curb fly-by-night peddling lead to multiple industry meetings.
The American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association amended its by laws to permit the 1936 annual business meeting to be held outside Chicago. At a post convention board meeting, directors or the executive committee may fix the time and place. Manager E S Briggs noted rising invitations from eastern, Pacific, and southern points, opening the gate to hosting away from Chicago.
Washington D C Feb 1 An important decision was made public this week by the Department of Culture wherein three federal judges held the Department has the right to publish facts in a case against a fruit and vegetable dealer for rejection without reasonable cause under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. Reparation of 2618.94 was awarded Ed Kurtz of Lodi California against Andrew Cuttone Sons of Chicago. The Chicago firm had obtained a federal injunction in 1934 restraining publication. The matter was heard Jan 21 1936 before three judges who dismissed the injunction and the facts were published by the Department this week.
A general meeting of the fruit and vegetable trade in the Chicago district is set for Friday at 2 p m at the Fruit Auction Sales Company rooms. G H Cross, chairman of the local code committee, will outline the effective date of local rules and discuss the code with NRA speakers present to answer questions.
The Packer reports the itinerant trucker is driving down prices in the fresh fruit and vegetable trade. Markets are chaotic, returns to growers eroded, and quality is often poor. Trucker loads low quality stock, undercuts local merchants, and sells to consumers and wholesalers, undermining stable values. Some local officials fail to enforce ordinances, allowing the demobilization to continue.
A Packer review notes unpublished manuscript Practical and Legal Aspects of Consignment Marketing by Cornelius R. Newton of the USDA. It praises his legal and practical analysis, stressing segregation of consignment funds into a trust account to protect shippers and merchants, and outlines the risk of mingling funds.
Shippers of Louisiana strawberries protest the use of Illinois Central short cars for berry shipments. Short cars 33'6" by 8'2" by 7'5" with 225 cubic feet ice bunkers offer about one inch ventilation between layers, versus standard cars 41'6" by 8'8" by 7'2" with 825 cubic feet, providing five to six inches ventilation. Fewer bracing space in doors favors standard cars for airflow, aiding perishable fruit preservation.
Washington February 1 The Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics issues in pamphlet form the revised rules and regulations for enforcing the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act as amended April 18 The interpretative statement has been rewritten to form a nearly new summary of the department's position on the points discussed H A Spilman senior marketing specialist notes the update and aims to clarify provisions for shippers and handlers.
Chicago dated report says William J. Rush ton and W M O Keefe issued the final call for the annual convention of refrigerated warehousemen to be held February 6 to 9 at the Roosevelt hotel New Orleans. The program features big industry names, extensive entertainment, and ample time for questions as the code for the warehousing industry is discussed across sessions on Thursday and Friday with general and association meetings integrated into the schedule.
Moorhead Minn Feb 1 dealers give divergent views on potato stocks with a clear shortage across the valley. Only three or four shipping points show as many potatoes as last year while farmers have moved large quantities by truck. An estimated 1129 carlots moved by truck from 67 stations suggests at least 2500 cars have left Red River district amid drought and demand shifts. (Continued on Page 3).
G A Marsh of St Louis is named president of the Western Fruit Jobbers. Other officers include W L Wagner of Chicago as secretary and C R Godding of Chicago as treasurer. An advisory board features Kirk F Mitchell of Detroit and Joe Marguleas of San Francisco among others from major firms.
Connecticut vegetable and potato growers plan a mass meeting in Hartford to discuss national programs and policies amid alarm over the Wagner bill. They fear an allotment system and per pound taxes on excess sales could hurt both potato and vegetable sectors and seek protections for growers while considering broader potato control. Local and national experts will address the gathering, open to all state growers.
Kansas City, Feb 1. Theorists who tout easy truck regulation should consider Chester C. Michael of Michael Swanson Brady Produce who personally opposed a Texas licensed truck that swapped No 2 Idaho Russet potatoes into No 1 branded sacks. He traced the operation to a garage then reported to city hall.
In San Francisco the thirty first annual Western Fruit Jammers Association convention ends after a week of active sessions and speeches. Attendees enjoyed perfect weather with many delegates sunning in shirt sleeves. Plans surface in New York for a possible consolidation of Earl Fruit Company with DiGiorgio Fruit Company subsidiaries.
Seginaw Michigan February 1 pay prices to growers per cwt for beans early in the week list several varieties and rates: pea beans 2.50 dollars light red kidneys 4.40 dollars dark red kidneys 5.50 dollars light cranberries hand picked 4.65 dollars dark cranberries hand picked 3.65 dollars.
The Produce Packer is described as a separate weekly newspaper from The Packer, focusing on marketing and trade news for shippers and distributors of produce, poultry, butter, hides, wool, and fur. A free sample copy is offered upon request.
Local fruit and produce dealers in Cleveland formed a permanent organization on Tuesday named the Cleveland Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Dealers Association. The group aims to discuss and act on problems for better local conditions after a recent week long strike. Officers elected: President R F Blair, vice president M Abramson, secretary Tom Walsh, treasurer Herb Sinck, directors Phil Comella John Micell W Bockstahler Chris Haas N Geraci Al Gulling J Lerner. Regular meetings set for Tuesdays.
Kansas City February report on Cornelius R Newton's manuscript Practical and Legal Aspects of Consignment Marketing. The piece notes Newtons 18 years in fruit trade, US Department of Agriculture work, and legal expertise. It praises preventive measures over post hoc remedies and urges modern outreach methods.
Fred J. Green of Denver spoke to the Western Fruit Jobbers convention via a read speech on the effects of itinerant peddlers chain stores and other factors on jobber business. He urged jobbers to assert their rights and support ordinances that curb itinerant peddlers noting benefits to wholesalers growers shippers and railroads. Continued on Page 3.
William Traphagen Gerow 61 of Los Angeles died Monday night of a heart attack at his home. Funeral rites were held at Forest Lawn Wee Kirk of the Heather. He was president of W T Gerow & Co and former president of the Los Angeles Produce Exchange. Survived by widow Florence C Gerow daughter Dorothy Robbins and brother Clift Gerow of New York. He had been active in the produce business since moving to Los Angeles in 1920.
A Federal Court jury found Ben Lipman and Lipman & Co Inc guilty of Elkins Act violations. Ben Lipman received one year and a day in prison on each of ten counts, to run concurrently. Lipman & Co Inc was fined $1,000 on each count, totaling $10,000.
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