Prison for Two Crooks In Dallas Produce Fraud Case
Dallas February report ends federal term with R H McDuffie and W C Owery of McDuffie Lowery each sentenced to three years at Leavenworth for devising a mail fraud scheme in produce dealings. Judges noted clear fraud. appeal planned. Jail until transcript. trial lasted five days.
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Dallas
Wedenday
R. H. McDuffie
W. C. Owery
McDuffie & Lowery
Leavenworth
United States
Meek
W. C. Low- Fry
Lowery
Boudrou & Co
Sunget
Rife Produce Company
Rife
Boudron
McDuffie
Waxahachie
Tex
Houdrouw
McDufde
Tod
A. G C. Quigg
Shelley
Idaho
Riviera
Chicago Citrus Market Shows Navels Preferred
Chicago buyers favored Navels as oranges grew scarcer and prices held firm. Fancy Navels sold around 2.25 to 2.35 per box with large sizes scarce. Florida oranges moved slowly at auction 1.30 to 2.10 per box. Grapefruit and interior stock moved slowly at low prices. California lemons traded quietly 2.50 to 2.76 per box.
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Chicago
Florida
California
Seed Potatoes Advance Reported by Chicago Operators
Chicago seed potato market shows sharp midweek advance for Triumph and Ohio varieties due to strong demand and scarce receipts. Sales at loading stations quoted 75 to 80 cents, operators receiving limited farmer supplies. Other varieties also firmer though largely unchanged.
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Chicago
Triumph
Ohio
Triumphs
Bryan Produce Company Closes After Financial Troubles
Bryan Ohio February 19 The Bryan Produce Company begun a year ago by James N Norris Harry Dowie and Steve Tutor has closed after a loss making run Branches at Hudson Fostoria Sherwood and Hicksville were discontinued and the Hudson plant sold to EB Wingardner. Partners Norris Dowie and others reportedly owe about five thousand dollars each to Dewinter Stewart and the Bryan bank with overdrafts cited as the cause of the shutdown.
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Bryan, O
Bryan Produce Company
James N. Norris
Harry Dowie
New York
Steve Tutor
Kokomo
Hudson, Mich
Hicksville
Sherwood and Fostoria
Hudson
EB. Wingardner
Bryan
James W. Norris
Harry Dowle
Toledo
Dowie
Norris
Bryan House
Dewinter-Stewart
Cant Men Sued Over Imperial Valley Cantaloupe Case
United States marshals served summons at the Western Fruit ropers convention in Los Angeles to executives from Chicago Pittsburgh and Los Angeles for trials in federal court within six months. The Imperial Valley cantaloupe growers seek 3 million dollars alleging a combine to control cantaloupe trade and price fixing with related civil and criminal suits across several states. Arthur Miller of Miller Cummings Co received DOJ notice to appear March 1 in Chicago as part of the same case.
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United States
Los Angeles
Western Fruit Robbers
William L. Wagner
G. M. H. Wagner & Sons
Chicago
C. A. Coggins
M. O. Caggins Company
Pittsburgh
J. §. Crutchfield
Crutchfield & Woolfolk
I. D. Hale
C. H. Weaver & Co
Charles E. Virden
California Fruit Distributors
Sacramento
Calif
Edwards. Armstrong
United Marketing Company
A. M. Klein
Klein- Simpson Fruit Company
A. G. Ko
Imperial Valley
Meys
United States District Court
W. W. Dysert
Louis Henry
Edward Byrnes
United States Marshals
W. L. Wagner
California
Cantaloupe Exchange
New York
Arthur Miller
Miller-Cummings Company
Department of Justice
Federal Building
Western Cantaloupe Exchange
East
Anderson Strawberries Seen With Bright Outlook At Orchard
Roark of the Anderson Fruit Growers Association reports strong prospects for Anderson Missouri strawberries. About 70 carloads of Aromas are expected to be shipped, using collapsible $0 000 craft packages bought from TF E Prince of Pittsburgh Texas. Normal season runs May 10 to 15, with favorable conditions so far. Apple market in Chicago shows free movement and steady prices.
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Kansas City
W. D. Roark
Anderson Fruit Growers’ Association
Anderson
TF. E. Prince
Pittsburgh
Tex
Texas
Chicago
Northwest
Big W. I. J
Bryan, O
South Missouri
Navy Yards
California
Louisiana
Boston
Buffalo
Virginia
Andrew Bissig
Elgin
Indiana
Mercer Brown
Eggs at Chicago Jump Delays in receipts lift prices
Chicago on February 19 reports an active demand for fresh eggs with prices rising despite steady weekly receipts. Firsts sold around 24 to 26 cents with carloads arriving midweek at 22 to 23 cents, while fancy eggs held at 25 cents. Market strength expected to hold amid outsized consumer demand.
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Chicago
Texas
Cabbage Moves Steadily as Prices Hold in Chicago
Chicago buyers and Wisconsin suppliers moved cabbage at 11 to 12.50 per ton with strong sales. Market expected to stay steady, with a potential rise after March 1 as stock from southern Wisconsin and Racine districts is partly constrained. East Coast and York State sales reported around 10 to 11 per ton, with further movement anticipated.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Racine
York State
Posheps
Apple Exports Rise Across All American Ports
Apple exports from all American ports for the week ending last Saturday totaled 104 571 barrels, up from 19 403 barrels the year before. For the season to last Saturday, exports reached 2 171 965 barrels versus 1 609 900 barrels last year, with about 26 000 boxes included in last week’s shipments.
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New York
Shippers Benefit as Tariffs Equalize Weights
Through H. W. G. Davies of this city the Illinois Central Railroad revised tariffs for seven-eighths bushel hampers carrying vegetables shipped north of New Orleans. Previously weight estimates differed, costing shippers $15 to $18 per car more than southern hampers. The adjustment, now in place, should save near $50,000 yearly for New Orleans exporters and related shippers.
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Chicago
Keb
HW. G. Davies
Illinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Chiesto
Davies
Eliminate All Middlemen Profits Shams Exposed in Alabama
Complaints filed against E. J. Mitchell of Birmingham claim his firm using a false letterhead reading Mitchell White Shippers Salesmen with address 2109 Seventh Avenue North. The house is vacant, occupants moved out weeks ago, and locals do not know the firm or its principals. Alabama Fish and Oyster Company says it is owed 42.25 dollars and that the claim of eliminating middlemen profits is untrue. Envelopes show a margin notice “postoffice box 4.”
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
E. J. Mitchell
Mitchell
Seventh Avenue
North
Huntsville
Chattanooga
Enn
Alabama Fish and Oyster Company
Shipper of
Mobile
Postoffica
Notice: H D Wesley No Longer Authorized Packer Solicitor
Notice states that H D Wesley who previously solicited subscriptions for The Packer in Alabama and the South is not an authorized solicitor any longer.
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H.D. Wesley
Packer
Alabama
South
Poultry Trade in New York Hits New Low in Failures
Two more failures hit New York live poultry trade this week joining a string of about six or seven in three weeks. Abraham Silverstein and Sam Schantz, owed roughly $1,000 and $6,000 respectively, worsening market demoralization with about $25,000 in losses among West Washington Market receivers.
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New York
Abraham Silverstein
East Side
Sam Schanzeit
Wast
Nineteenth
Washington
Navy Yards Scandal Involves Brooklyn Food Contracts
In New York on February 19, Thomas J. White, manager of the Brooklyn Steamship and Hotel Supply Company, and Walter J. Roach, commissary steward of the battleship Texas, were arrested on graft charges. An official probe alleges the firm supplied inferior food to the Navy and implicates buyers and sellers in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in a growing graft scheme affecting butter eggs and poultry.
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Thomas J. White
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Brooklyn Steamship and Hotel Supply Company
Walter J. Roach
Texas
United States
McAvoy
Klawans
Department of Justice
White
California Citrus Shipments From Southern California
Citrus and vegetable shipment figures from California reported in Los Angeles show totals through February 17 at 16,872 cars for citrus and 2,163 cars for vegetables. Daily figures include February 16 with 298 citrus cars and February 12 with 134. vegetables note 43 cars on February 16 and 42 on February 18.
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California
Los Angeles
Tulare County
Butte County
Shippeat
Uence
Pang
Northwest fruit grower plan aims to unify pricing controls
The Northwest fruit growers council adopted a plan to organize Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana producers. An executive committee of three will act for the growers with a board of control able to unseat members by a three fourths vote. The plan seeks broad regional coverage including Rogue River Valley Western Oregon Lewiston and Clarkston with the goal of standardizing distribution and marketing under centralized oversight.
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Tacoma
Wash
Northwest
Growers Council
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Board of Control
W. H. Paulhamus
Brainard
J. F Davies
Spokane
A. W. Simmons
Vreewater
Ore
Walla Walla
W. M. Sackett
J. A. Westerlund
Medford
Rogue River Valley
Western Orefton
Lewiston
Ida
Clarkston
Ts Handlin
Ely
Wenatehee
Couey
Wenatenee
Lea
Ian
Saavahdon
Shelading
Sean Ee
Ornia
Char
Neepes
Rede Es Reek
Seto
North Paci
Ain
Ee Pacific
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Steve
Soutil
Missouri Strawberries
Cabbage
Apple Exports
W. G. Davies
Joseph DiGiorgio
Baltimore
George Charters
J. Bills Slater
N. G
Ibson
the News
Big.w. R. J
South Water Street
Gamble-Robinson
O'Hearn
Colorado
Mr. Wagner
Nashville
Columbus
Michigan
R. H. Elsworth
Salt Lake
Mexico
Peters Brothers
Hear| Inc
Mr. Lapidus
Haat
J. H. Schneider
Florida News
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Tidwell
Rio Grande Valley
Big W. F. J
Tennessee
Norfolk
Mercantile Exchange
Baltimore Market
Lynchburg
Ben
New Jersey
Irving B. Wollman
Ohio Valley Market News
Fort Worth
Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
Seattle
St. Louis
Louisville
St. Louis Houston
Perry
Egge
San Francisco
Association of America
Angeles
Wagner
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
America
Sand
West
Jobbers’ Association
Wag
Baker P. Lee
Johnson
Lee C. Gates
Gates
Are L. Wagner
Western Fruit Temchers’ Association
William D. Tidwell
The
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association of America
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