Forthcoming National League Meeting Draws Wide Interest
The 45th annual National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors meeting opens in Atlanta as Congress soon begins a session. Labor and transportation cost changes loom large, with FTC surveys and proposals potentially raising costs for distributors. Secretary Herr notes federal actions may shape marketing, prompting wide interest in the Atlanta gathering and decisions to be made. Edward L. Frost of Richmond, Va., is league president and attended the December 10–11 Council for Industrial Progress meeting.
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Washington, D.C
National League of Wholesale Fresh
Atlanta
Horace Herr
League
National Capital
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Soum Pier
National League
Herr
Edward L. Frost
Richmond
National League Distributors
Councr For Industrial Progress
Lighter Movement of California Celery Expected
Stockton Calif Jan 1 shipments from all U S celery regions totaled 140 cars in six days ending Tuesday traders forecast lighter overall stocks with steady to firm demand in receiving markets by midweek The Delta district moved 103 cars in seven days ending Tuesday for a five day period starting Wednesday prorate committee set a maximum 200 cars or 40 daily but rain New Year layoff Rizal Day may cap five day total at about 150 cars A court hearing on the Ralph J Post Co and B A Gerrard Co injunction against prorate was postponed to Monday with depositions from growers and shippers underway The two shippers earlier held a temporary restraining order exempting them from prorate rules
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Stockton
Calif
United States
Delta District
Prorate Committee
Ralph J. Post Company
B.A. Gerrard Company
Proraté Committee
Prorate
1937 Cherry Harvest Festival Dated for Traverse City
Dates set July 14 to 16 for Traverse City’s National Cherry Harvest Festival sponsored by local growers packers and business leaders. The committee will crown the new Cherry Queen on July 15.
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Traverse City
Mich
Produce Packer overview and free sample offer
The Produce Packer section explains a separate weekly paper devoted to marketing fruit and vegetables and market news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and fat. It offers a free sample copy upon request.
Cabbage Planting Underway in Mobile District
Mobile county cabbage acreage for late winter and spring crops is about 1000 acres with an expected harvest near 650 cars. Planting has begun in about one third of the acreage, with the rest to be planted by January 10. Copenhagen Market is the dominant variety. Early plantings will mature in late February or March for local use or trucking, while January plantings aim for an April rail shipment.
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Mobile
Ala
Copenhagen
Plans Complete for Canadian Jobbers Meeting in Montreal
Montreal hosts the Canadian Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers convention January 21 to 23 with plans complete. Notables including Maurice Duplessis Alphonse Raymond J G Gardiner and Montreal mayor will attend. The program emphasizes Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Canadian licensing and reciprocal U S arrangements. Advance registrations from U S shippers show strong interest. Ladies’ entertainment and a grand banquet-dance are arranged for a memorable event.
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Montreal
Canada
F. E. Holloway
Canadian Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers’ Association
Hig
Maurice Duplessis
Province of
Quebec
Alphonse Raymond
Legislative Council
Province of Quebec
J. G. Gardiner
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ite
United States
Departments of Agriculture
Rye
Wheeler
Dominion
F. G
Robb
Department of Agriculture
Mcensea
J.’ Arthur McBride
Mack Fruits, Inc
A Good Citrus Cleanup Over Holidays
Los Angeles reports a strong citrus cleanup over Christmas markets with no price increases. The California Arizona Orange Grapefruit Agency committee notes 900 cars of Navels moving interstate and 175 intra state for the coming week, though rain may lower shipments. Frost risks were mitigated by smudging after a 28 degree low at Riverside Tuesday night.
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Los Angeles
California
Arizona Orange- Grapefruit Agency
Riverside
North Little Rock Enacts $200 Per Year Marketing Tax
North Little Rock council approved an ordinance imposing a 200 annual tax on all produce dealers operating in city market houses on corner lots or from trucks. Little Rock had recently passed a similar measure. The city has long relied on trucks unloading in the market with minimal fees, now headlining the new levy.
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Little Rock
Ark
North Little Rock
Typographical Error Corrects 1936 Potato Output Figure
A Kansas City report explains a typographical error in a prior Packer story. The correct 1936 potato production is 329,997,000 bushels, not 26,409,000 as previously printed, with 1935 at 386,380,000 bushels.
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Kansas City
Detroit Derby Week Ready at Book Cadillac Fairgrounds
Detroit prepares for the Convention Derby to be run January 18 at the Book Cadillac Hotel fairgrounds with Detroit 1937 as the favorite in the Western Fruit Jobbers Association colors. Spectators will use multiple hotels nearby and a large reception/registration committee ensures seating, bets, and Derby Week activities run smoothly. A baby boy was born December 29 to Warren French of Simons and French Company in Montclair, New Jersey.
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Detroit
Mich
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Kan City
San Francisco
Michigan Turfmen
Charlie , Brown
George Thierwechter
Herman Franschlau
Cadillac
All
Detroit-Leland
Fort Shelby
Mitchell
John. Bolone
Sam Vitale
Hia
Vitale
Book- Cadillac Hotel
National Hotel Management, Inc
W. C.seelbach
Book Cadillac
New York
Warren French
Simons & French Company Inc
Warren Gordon
Legion of Friends
Montclair
N. J
Alabama Early Potato Acreage to Be Larger
Alabama early Irish potato acreage will rise about 80 percent over last year as seed moves from Nebraska Wyoming and the Red River valley next week. Planting begins January 20 with fields prepared. South Alabama shipping to start in the first week of May.
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Ashley
Als
Alabama Td
Nebraska
Wyoming
Red River Valley
Incregee
South Alabama
Sduth
Alabama
Final Word From Aubrey You Are Atlanta Bound
Aubrey Milam writes from Cas January 1 praising the Atlanta convention push. He notes excitement around the National League gathering, hotel and city preparations, new local officials, and renewed interest in Atlanta as visitors prepare to arrive, with continued coverage on page 18.
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Aubrey Milam
Cas
Atlanta
National League
Maine Anid
Vermont
Chris Kringle
Busin
Teague
Washington
Han Déne
New Hampshire
Biltmore
Pmco
Iuinta
South
Less Than 300 Cars of Lettuce Remain in Salt River Valley
Phoenix reports fewer than 300 lettuce cars left to load from Salt River valley fall deal fields as rains threaten shipments. Yuma harvests 40 to 55 cars daily next week while mid winter supplies shrink. Imperial Valley rains could lift prices briefly. total state loadings to date 3,788 cars versus 2,808 last year. A. E. Prugh plans to move Federal Market News headquarters from Phoenix to Brawley around January 6.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River Valley
Imperial Valley
A. E. Prugh
Federal Market News
Brawley
Plant City Strawberry Shipments to Increase
Plant City Florida reports strawberry production was trimmed by cold weather and a late cold snap but is expected to rebound with warmer conditions. Early week movement reached about 60 000 pints, and shipments are anticipated to rise to much larger levels. daily reports will be issued by the Federal State News Service led by R Maynard Peterson.
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Plant City
Fla
Federal
R. Maynard Peterson
Editor predicts bright 1937 for Michigan business
Grand Rapids December 23 1936 Agricultural and Financial Editor D L Runnells of The Grand Rapids Press writes that after a year of drought freeze and Supreme Court decisions 1936 yielded a booming economy. He forecasts 1937 will be even stronger with factories full time jobs rising wages and improving consumer demand. He expects normal crops and more Packer advertising as conditions normalize and urges readers to enjoy a prosperous new year.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
the Packer
Michigan
Supreme Court
AAA
Nature
Ladies Invited to Western Fruit Jobbers Convention Trip
Kansas City dispatch reports Guy Robertson, Kansas City's master correspondent, writes to the ladies of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association promising the best convention yet. He notes many reservations and a plan to couple one special car with the Missouri Pacific train leaving January 16, inviting wives to accompany their husbands for networking and relief from headaches.
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Kansas City
Guy Robert‘son
Kirk Mitchell
Detroit
Ladies the Association
RS “Mitchell
Edward
Western’ Fruit Jobbers Association
Missouri Pacific
Indies
Northeast seed potato crop certified at higher levels
Certification officials in the northeast report 83,996 acres of seed potatoes passed final inspection this season, up from last year and two years ago. Gains occurred in New York, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, while Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Prince Edward Island saw declines. Total production is estimated at 10,327,501 bushels, with strong yields in Cobblers, Green Mountains, Spaulding Roses, Smiloth Russets, and others, except Russet Russets which fell. Maine reports good tuber size and quality, New York worst drought but no blight impact, New Brunswick a backward spring.
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Boston
New York
New ‘Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Prince Edward Island
Green Mountains
New York State
New Brunswick
Carroll Miller Named Head of I. C. C. for 1937
Washington January 1 The Interstate Commerce Commission announced the election of Carroll Miller as chairman to succeed Charles Mahaffie. The chairmanship is a one year post chosen by the Commissioners under a 1911 policy. Miller, one of the Commission’s younger members, was appointed by President Roosevelt in 1933 after a career as an engineer.
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Washington, D. C
Carroll “Miller
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles D. Mahaffie
Commission
Miller
Roosevelt
Heavy Florida Bean Movement in Glades Markets
In Pahokee Florida shipments of beans from the Glades remain heavy with prices near one dollar per hamper. Prices rose briefly last week on frost fears but fell back once no damage occurred to the crops.
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Pahokee
Fla
Glades
First Car of Strawberries From Plant City
Plant City Florida January 1 The first solid car of strawberries for the season moved from Plant City early this week.
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Plant City
Fla
Chestnut Auction Sells 875 Packages in New York Sale
New York Chestnut Market reports 875 packages sold at auction on Tuesday in New York. Prices ranged from 4 1/2 to 6 cents per pound.
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New York
Engleman Citrus Grower Dies in Texas Estate Losses Noted
John E. Engleman Jr. 51, head of Engleman Gardens Association, a leading Texas citrus grower and shipper, died at his home east of Edinburg on Christmas Day after a brief illness. He transformed the Engleman Gardens tract from brush to a famed citrus grove. Survived by his widow and brother C. R. Engleman of Minneapolis. Also mentions Chicago market highs for potatoes on futures board.
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Edinburg
Tex
John’ c. Engleman, Jr
Engleman Gardens Association
Texas
Here
Engleman
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Engleman Gardens
C. R. Engleman
Minneapolis, Minn
G-MEN to Speak at Shippers Association Meet
The 19th annual American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association session January 14 to 16 in Chicago will feature three federal regulators the Department of Justice Federal Trade Commission and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Bruce McDaniel says the lineup aims to align industry self regulation with official interpretations of statutes and reduce outside interference while addressing perishable industry problems. Ed Briggs notes new ideas to ease headaches will be presented and social activities planned, including a buffet supper and theatre outings.
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Chicago
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association
Bruce McDaniel
Department of ‘Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Agricultural “Adjustment Administration
Shippers’ Association
McDaniel
Ed Briggs
Association
Mr. Briggs
Free Service Department Helps Growers and Shippers
The Packer offers a free service department for subscribers to consult without obligation. Tell us your crops, quantities, shipping methods, market outlets, and transportation problems. Our national network of representatives covers all producing territories to advise on marketing, consignment, FOB or delivered sale, and brokered options. Address The Packer Free Service Department, Second and Delaware Sts, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Packer
United States
Free Service Department
Second and
Delaware Sts
Kansas City
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