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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1916
Page
2
Chicago report notes light demand and ample supply for vegetables despite New Year activity. Cucumbers scarce but expensive, hothouse stock firm at 3.50 to 3.75 per two dozen, California Brussels sprouts weakly demanded, drums and artichokes limited offerings, and tomatoes with slow sales as Cubans ripen and repack.
The report notes steady demand in Chicago and central states for onions, with prices around 1.50 to 2.00 per job or pound and dealers wary of holidays. Market opinions foresee a more active trade after mid month with price levels possibly rising as supply tightens and stock improves.
Fragmentary report references Snedeker brothers and barrels in Chicago with scattered figures 4000 and 5, but lacks coherent details or context to identify a clear event or outcome.
Receipts arrived in a frozen condition and trade moved slowly as common storage apples dominated offerings. Dealers expect a week to ten days to clear the accumulation while overripeness hurt sales. Prices for Greenings, Roxbury Russets, and Golden Russets varied by grade and condition. Cold storage grades showed mixed values across several varieties.
A garbled OCR segment mentions storage of items, jelly making, and a Jersey reference. It references a Mr Whis feat and Citron Jelly, with stray phrases about preserving and an eminent appointment, but the text is largely unreadable.
Chicago scene reports little nut market action as inventories rise. Pecans from Texas and Oklahoma near steady prices, Georgia Alabama and Mississippi stock shows slight softness. Peanuts firm with anticipated after year gains. butternuts and shellbarks weak to steady. black walnuts down amid light demand.
Chicago Butter and Egg Board caucus names a single ticket for the coming year with Charles E. McNeill as president and A J Strigl as sergeant at arms. New directors chosen include John W. Low Edward Rueb and Henry Dettmann. Frank Sweeney chairs and appoints tellers.
C Walker senior member of Walker & Son produce ship pers died in Smith Center on Sunday at age 79. The firm, one of Kansas oldest, will continue under the same name.
The Chicago dried fruit market showed no notable activity as inventories kept traders cautious between Christmas and New Year. Prices held, with No 1 Crown loose raisins at 6 and a quarter to 6 1 4 cents per pound, peaches at 4.50 to 7.50 per 50-pound box, and apricots, York State apples, and prunes quoted at reduced margins. In Exeter, California, Merryman hosted the California Fruit Growers Exchange directors for a banquet at the Merryman orchards with an address by G Harold Powell and a tour of the packing house.
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