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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1931
Page
2
A Milwaukee Sentinel quote jokes that those who think blondes will go extinct have not considered peroxide. The line playfully riffs on hair dye and extinction theories, reflecting lighthearted urban wit.
Jake Fine of Gillardo Bruns goes to No gales Ariz to represent the Chicago firm in Mexican tomato movements and fob sales. C H Robinson named Chicago representative for Florida Truck Growers. American Fruit Growers Inc. shipped first asparagus car from northern California to Chicago with premium prices. Funeral services for A H Kalk in Ke nosha Wis noted. John Thomas Thornton, fruit grower of Monroe Utah, dies at 66 after building an orchard in Monroe Canyon.
Trading was of fair volume on the Chicago green vegetable market with buyers seeking quality. Lettuce tomatoes and spinach showed stronger demand while hothouse asparagus moved quickly as California and Texas shipments rose. various crates and hampers fetched prices across lettuce beans cabbage broccoli and related produce.
Grand Forks North Dakota February 27 The Grand Forks chapter of the American Red Cross shipped a carload of onions totaling 600 bushels to drought stricken areas. The Red River Potato Company of Grand Forks and the Kennedy warehouse prepared and loaded the shipment with eight men sorting and bagging the onions.
Chicago activity in the futures potato market remained slow with limited buying. Trading showed some firmness from heavy shipment news but overall weakness in March delivery due to the near month. Idaho Russet standards opened at 1.60, April at 1.67, while midweek activity shifted toward selling.
Chicago February 27. The potato market in Chicago showed little change this week amid slow trading and a dispute between jobbers and receivers. Cars bought f o b began arriving, easing local sales and boosting track holdings to a liberal level. Fresh arrivals Wednesday totaled 104 cars, with 319 on track, compared to 375 on Tuesday and 263 the prior week on Wednesday. Carlot prices varied: Idaho Russet standards $1.50 to $1.55, No 2 $1.15 to $1.25. Wisconsin Round Whites US No 1 $1.25 to $1.35, some ungraded fancy northern at $1.15 to $1.20. Best Colorado McClures at $1.70 to $1.15. Minnesota Round Whites $1.16 to $1.30. Nebraska Triumphs $1.60 to $1.65.
Chicago reports the Gillardo-Bruns Company received word that the first shipment of strawberry rhubarb from the Central California Rhubarb Growers Association in San Leandro was loaded last Saturday. The association will pack standard 40 pound boxes and half boxes of 20 pounds this season with shipments light until March 1, then steady. This marks the fourth year Gillarde-Bruns handles rhubarb distribution west of the Rockies, with expected normal high grade volume and about 200 cars distributed in the area.
Buyers Service, Inc. began operations in Chicago this week at 88 South Water Market to run a fruit and vegetable buyers service for out of town accounts. Incorporated February 14 with 200 shares of non par value stock and $1,000 paid in capital. Officers are Ernest Piowaty president Otto M Schmidt vice president and Carl Dawson Piowaty secretary treasurer. It supplements the Chicago branch of Piowaty Fruit Company of South Bend Ind where Schmidt has worked for five years.
The Chicago onion market remained slow and weak with ample supplies. Prices were largely unchanged for various sizes and origins, including midwestern whites and yellows, California whites, western sacks, large Spanish crates, and onion sets, while the street reported a good demand.
Chicago news reports M C Speed Coggins, after a Pleasant Valley Onion Growers meeting, will again handle the association deal for the coming year. Now in his eighth year, he notes many new members, with acreage in the region about unchanged. The deal begins around July 1.
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