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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1923
Page
2
Chicago buyers saw steady activity with shipments in from ships driving demand for fine stock while ordinary and poorer lots moved slowly. Prices varied by item with Florida crates and Cuban stock steady, lettuce and peppers showing mixed rates and large supplies of lower quality produce.
Milwaukee February 2 There is fair demand and generally steady prices across many produce lines. Apples lemons strawberries cabbage carrots celery beets lettuce onions potatoes spinach string beans sweet potatoes and honey show varied but stable levels with some declines in supply and brisk activity in select items.
Detroit street notes report Dan Scanian acting as buyer for P Scanian and Sofis Western Market while visiting Florida and St Augustine family relatives. Holton Admiral of CJ Yokom Co returns from Canners convention Atlantic City. E G Gracy returns from Morida plans to relocate into brokerage and celery shipment business in the South. Every successful man is an advertiser and nine tenths are newspaper advertisers.
Apple receipts were mostly Western with some Greenings and Baldwins offered. Prices ranged from 3.25 to 4.50 for Western boxes and from 1.40 to 1.50 for Greenings. light demand. Grapefruit, lemons, and oranges saw variable demand with Florida and California boxes pricing 2.75 to 6.00. Vegetables showed liberal supply with peppers scarce, beans and cucumbers in demand, cabbage ample, and tomatoes clearing with a weak undertone.
University of Minnesota economist J Holbrook Working argues potato prices remain below fundamentals due to supply demand balance. He presents a price formula based on historical data and notes December prices average about 89 percent of season prices, with past Decembers favoring the formula. He cites high production and cautious storage as factors keeping prices down, while doubting a current cay shortage as a major influence.
Chicago Feb 2 The Produce Map Company formed under Illinois law with 10000 capital names J M Buckley as president J K Macdonald vice president J L Kersner treasurer and M C Buckley secretary The five foot by four foot map marks shipping points and districts with colors and a calendar plus a complete railroad schedule for perishables slated for March 1 distribution and early orders already reach about 1200 copies
Minneapolis report notes H. the Johnn A. Bek Company visiting the Twin Cities last week, with details fragmentary and unclear. The item emphasizes a local delegation and social or business engagement in the area.
Cincinnati reports scattered movement of Alabama and Louisiana strawberries this week and a busier flow of pony refrigerators from Florida by express. Dry packed Alabama and Louisiana fruit prices fell about a dime per quart. outlook calls for freer output next week amid favorable weather. California rhubarb arrives in Chicago marking the market’s first car this week.
Disjointed text fragments mention Sashes and Eoin with unclear context. The line includes a cynical reporter, friends, a committee, and a single Stam Advocate, all lacking coherent narrative or identifiable events.
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