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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1923
Page
2
The boss asks if the clerk went out to be shaved and the clerk replies he has, but waited an hour as the barber told a long story, delaying him. The Yonkers Statesman records the humorous exchange and its timing.
At the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association annual meeting in Chicago the board backed creating a statistical bureau to gather and share crop data for members. The executive committee will finalize details after consulting all members. initial returns show strong support. Fred C. Galloway, manager of the California Rhubarb Growers, departed Chicago for California after two weeks there.
Chicago February 23 despite cold weather apple movement has been fairly free with February demand above normal for the month. Barrels steady and box prices firm for Jonathans Delicious and Winesaps. New York Greenings and other varieties shown with varied prices. Charles Pierce appointed general agent freight department at Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway, succeeding the late M W Burns. also to oversee Perishable Freight Department.
Leonard Crosset Riley will relocate its Chicago local office from 228 N LaSalle Street to the Ogden building at 192 North Clark Street, effective the first of next week. W. J. Piowaty returns from a two weeks’ trip through the produce sections of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Chicago market reports a quiet week with only Monday showing activity. Demand favored top grades as shipments were light and much stock remained in coolers after last week’s cold spell. Prices varied by item with Florida, California, and Mexican origins. notable activity in beans, celery, lettuce, peppers, and tomatoes amid mixed quality and weather effects.
Chicago advices reveal the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association notes Rule 50 paragraph C of Perishable Protective Tariff No 2 effective March 5. It grants no charge for temporary false floors or floor racks used with carload perishable freight headed to Gulf Coast Line, aiding cabbage shipments. The change benefits shippers and railroads by preserving load quality. other lines may follow. C E Pierce cites Gulf Coast regulatory steps. National Perishable Freight Committee urged action.
Chicago on February 23 reports E S Briggs of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association detailing I C C docket 14244 hearings from January 22 to 29. The case seeks changes to the through rate for fruits and vegetables west of the Missouri River to New York City, with proposed deductions and proration between Western lines and Erie. The Erie favors a $40 per car terminal delivery deduction or 27 percent of the through rate with a $200 minimum per car, while the complainant shifts toward maintaining current 27 percent with a $200 minimum. Hearing adjourned to March 6 for additional evidence on loss and damage. brief filings not delayed.
Chicago February 23. W A Waskow of W A Waskow and Co will depart with his family for a three week journey to the South. He will visit principal union and cabbage districts of Texas and Louisiana during the trip.
O W Tong of the Tong Freight Bureau Minneapolis passed through Chicago en route home from the East where he managed loss and damage freight claim cases. The notice reflects a nostalgic aside about the old fashioned boy who loved his mother and respected all womanhood as quoted in the Browning Leader Record.
In Chicago on February 23 the sweet potato market eased with liberal supplies and moderate demand. Prices ranged around $1.10 per hamper for Southern Nancy Halls and $1.25 for Illinois bushel hampers. Arrivals totaled five to seven cars daily, about 20 by week’s end. Separately in Fargo North Dakota a family trio perished in a house and warehouse fire on a Baker, Minnesota potato farm, Louis Getts and his wife leaving two children dead.
S B Wilson treasurer of the Produce Reporter Company arrived in Chicago after a month in Florida. The report notes a line about a severe Russian magistrate and a 15 year Siberia sentence or $5 fine, reflecting a garbled telegraphic item and confusion in the clipping.
Ralph E Lovewell of F H Nellis Co departs Chicago for a week to ten days heading to principal Eastern markets for a hurried business visit.
An English town councilor spoke for nearly an hour without progress. He paused to ask himself a question when a voice from the back yelled that he would only get a damn fool answer. This terse exchange appears in the Boston Transcript.
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