National League to discuss industrial progress council in Baltimore
The National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors convenes in Baltimore January 7 to 10 as Major George L. Berry leads the Council for Industrial Progress. The advisory board debates participation, with a January 6 kickoff meeting and a January 7 floor decision on industrial conference involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Council For Industrial Progress
George L. Berry
National League of
Baltimore
League
Major Berry
National League
National Legislative Committee
The
Carl I. Dingfelder
New York City
Dingfelder
Congress
Co-operation Urged for 1936 Claim Revision
Editor notes the fourth article in a series on Principles and Practices for Claim Settlement, issued by rail carriers in 1933. Julius F. Wieger of A. Levy & J. Zentner Co. calls for fresh fruit and vegetable industry cooperation to secure an equitable revision and notes broad trade demand for change. Continued on Page 23.
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Packer
Julian F. Wieger
A. Levy & J. Zentner Company
San Francisco
Julius F. Wieger
A. Levy
J. Zentner Company
Bright Prospects for Texas Vegetables
In Harlingen Texas on January 3 the movement of vegetables from south Texas has been light due to daily rains and muddy fields. Despite brisk national inquiry, shippers cannot fill orders. No crop damage reported and sellers praise high quality. a few sunny days could revive brisk movement.
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Harlingen
Tex
South Texas
The Produce Packer Weekly Sample Copy Offer
A note describes The Produce Packer as a separate weekly edition focused on marketing and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter sides wool fur and related goods A free sample copy is offered upon request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Michigan sales tax rebounds with record 1945 year totals
Michigan tax data show retail sales tax in 1935 reaching a new high as business improves. Estimated 1935 revenue tops 45 million with December sales yet to be reported, compared to 35 million prior year. Gross monthly sales rose from 187 million in July 1938 to over 400 million in December. The tax yields over 1 million weekly, with 30 to 40 percent of gross sales taxable. Manufacturers and wholesale purchases are largely exempt unless consumed by buyers. Early 1936 estimates put revenue at 42 million, but actual figures exceed budget projections.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
State Board of Taxation
Grosa
Death of Robert W. Nix Revives Trade's Cold Shadow
Robert W. Nix, vice president of John Nix & Co., a famed New York commission house in fresh fruit and vegetables, died at his Rockville Center home after illness. Born October 2, 1865, in Hempstead, he led a long career shaping the trade and was widely known in producing and shipping districts nationwide. The passing casts sorrow across his offices and stores, with friends lamenting the loss of a leading figure in the industry.
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John W. Nix & Co
New York
Robert W. Nix
John Nix& Co
Washington Street
Rockville Center
Long Island
Nix
Hempstead
John Nix
Texas Cabbage Growers Challenge Government Estimate
Harlingen Texas January 3 The Packer criticized government cabbage acreage estimates for south Texas prompting growers and shippers to urge a sharp downward revision. Surveying the coastal bend and lower valley, jobbers expect moving shipments to rise while a wider distribution supports mixed car demand. Weather and water impact vary by area with rain delaying some fields yet overall quality and tone hold firm for fair pricing.
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Harlingen
Tex
Packer
South Texas
Coastal Bend
Robstown
Corpus Christi
Linton
Texas
Ozark Fruit Growers Association Plans Jan Meeting
The Ozark Fruit Growers Association holds its annual meeting in Monett Missouri on January 7 and 8. President Dr Bel Beal and Secretary Charles Carmichael will preside as members discuss association affairs and fruit culture and marketing with several speakers scheduled.
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Monett
The
Ozark Fruit Growers Association
BE l L. Beal
Charles Carmichael
Fruit Jobbers Convention Poised for Large Attendance
Reservations pour into Kansas City for the 18th Western Fruit Jobbers Association convention to be held January 21 to 26 at the Muehlebach hotel. Idaho Traffic Association plans to bring apples and potatoes for distribution to delegates. Special trains and routes are arranged with the President's Special traveling Chicago to St Louis then to Kansas City, fare details listed. Continued on Page 12.
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Kansas City
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Kansas ‘City
Muehlebach
Kansas’ City
Idaho Traffic Association
Idaho
Tri-State
Asso‘ciation
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
American Fruit and ‘Vegetable Auction Association
Chicago
St. Louis
Wabash Railway
Missouri ,Pacific
California
Northwestern
Spe
Critics cry halt to government fruit inspections in period report
The Packer prints letters from two Chicago operators criticizing government inspection of onions and produce. Carl Piowaty recounts conflicting grading on a Colorado U S 1 onion car with smut and splits found only by his own sample. He says inspectors refused to peel to verify, citing jurisdiction limits.
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Kansas City
Packer
Chicago
L. Gillarde
L. Gillarde Company
Carl Piowaty
Piowaty Bros, Inc
U. S&s
U. 8
W. J. Piowaty
American Fruit and Produce Auction Assn Meeting in Kansas City
The American Fruit and Produce Auction Association, a coalition of major national auctions, will hold a meeting in Kansas City on January 22 during the Western Fruit Jobbers Convention. It will convene at the Muehlebach Hotel starting at 10 a.m., called by President Cutler Downes.
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American Fruit & Produce Auction Ass’n
Kansas City
Chicago
American Fruit and Produce Auction Association
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Muehlebach Hotel
Cutler Downes
Cleveland Dealers Accept Closed Shop Contract With Union
After a month of talks Cleveland dealers reached an agreement granting the union a closed shop. The January 2 effective contract preserves last year’s wage scale. A seven member committee led by Chris Haas and others will negotiate with Local 400, consisting of housemen and truck drivers. The trade pledged generous terms and hopes for industrial peace in the terminal this year.
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Cleveland
Chris Haas
A. L. Romp
al Gulling
J. Weltz
Tom Rint
Norman Yanover
Sam Sansone
Russel Swiler
Trade Treaty Discussion At Toronto Meeting Draws Attendees
The Canadian Fruit Association’s eleventh annual convention at the Royal York Hotel will feature talks by L. F. Burrows on the United States Canada trade agreement and F. G. Robb on exporting fresh fruits and vegetables. Dr. M. P. Rasmussen will discuss distribution trends, with other speakers from Toronto, Ottawa, New York, and Montreal addressing perishable goods trade and marketing.
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Toronto
Canada
Jay
United States
Dominion
Royal York Hotel
L. F. Burrows
Ottawa
Association
Burraqwa
F. G. Robb
United States Department of Agriculture
Burrows
Robb
North America
M. P. Rasmussen
Ithaca
N. Y
Rasmussen
George Stronach
George Lister
J. M. Fitzgerald
New York
Dave McNair
Vernon
B. C
G. Lister
J. Arthur McBride
Montreal
John Cran
Winnipeg
A. P. Slade
Vancouver
First Car Leaves Lower Valley by Steamship
Brownsville Texas January 3 The first car of vegetables ever to depart the lower Rio Grande by water was shipped Tuesday a car of cabbage by McDavitt and Lightner of Brownsville The firm’s founder McDavitt shipped vegetables by rail over thirty years ago The shipment carried the Texas Ranger brand and was loaded on the steamship Texas Ranger of the NewTex line Regular service will be maintained between the new valley port of Port Isabel and Atlantic coast markets.
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Lower Valley
Brownville
Tex
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
McDavitt & Lightner
McDavitt
Texas Ranger
NewTex Line
New Valley
Port Isabeliand
Atlantic Coast
Outlook for 1936 Michigan business optimism letter
A year end letter to The Packer reflects broad Michigan and national optimism for 1936. It stresses returning to normal conditions through individual effort, warns against government meddling, and predicts improved business activity and farm profits as crops are fair. The note cites Michigan as recovering faster than other states and expects more business in 1936.
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Packer
Michigan
Hlt Hardeer
Union
Sam
American Farm Economic Association Holds National Meeting
The twenty fifth annual American Farm Economic Association session opened at the Hotel Commodore in New York on December 27. Attended by American Statistical Association and other groups, the five day meeting featured addresses on national marketing topics by leaders including N L Allen of the National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange.
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New York
American Farm, Economic Association
Commodore
American Statistical Association
National Association of Marketing Teachers
The
American Marketing Society
N. L. Allen
National Fruit & Vegetable Exchange
Allen
Colorado Shippers Form Rocky Mountain Association
The final organization meeting of the Rocky Mountain Perishable Shippers Association is set for today in Denver. Elected delegates will choose officers and adopt by-laws as part of the move to unite fruit and vegetable shippers of Colorado Nebraska and Wyoming. Meetings in Rocky Ford Grand Junction and Monte Vista last December reported strong support and many membership applications signed.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain Perishable Shippers Association
Fruit and Vegetable Shippers of
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Rocky Ford
Grand Junction
Monte Visita
License of John Amicon & Brother Revoked in 1936
The license of John Amicon & Brother Inc of Columbus was revoked effective December 9 1936 for numerous failures to account for net proceeds from ten consignments of produce. The action followed complaints by H A Spilman of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics detailing fiduciary mismanagement across shipments from Washington North Carolina Florida Alabama Mississippi Georgia New York and New Jersey.
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Washington
D. C
Licen
John Amicon’ & Brother, Inc
Flint
Columbus
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
H. A. Spilman
John Amicon & Brother, Inc
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Respondent
North Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
New York
New Jersey
Chula Vista Celery Deal Opens This Week
Chula Vista California January opens a celery deal with about 1000 acres of crops in prime condition. Shipments start slowly with around ten cars daily. total season output about 2000 cars by February and into March. Golden Heart celery dominates while Pascal variety appears in limited quantities, packed in standard half crates and pre cooled for U. S. grades.
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Chula Vista
Calif
Jan
G. B. Jackson
Carfiel & Jackson
San Diego County
U. S
Shippers' Annual Meet Program Outlined for Jan 14 17
Chicago January 3 The complete business program for the 18th annual meeting of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association the 12th annual National Brokers' Division meeting and the 11th annual National Potato Division meeting to be held January 14 17 with Palmer House as headquarters was issued by Ed Briggs manager of the Potato Conference. The joint potato conference will open January 14 at 10 a.m. Perrin Miller and J F Jardine will preside. The agenda includes remarks by Miller and Jardine, talks on trucking potatoes and operation of the potato program, discussions on direct selling versus brokerage and the jute bag tax, plus elections for 1936 and regional chairmen. Continued on page 23.
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Chicago
American Fruit & Vegetable Shippers Association
National Brokers’ Division
National Potato Division
Palmer House
Ed Briggs
Association
Shippers’ Association
National Potato Association
Perrin
Miller
J. F. Jardine
Perrin Co
Clark Drury
B. Drummond Ayera
National Potato Advisory Committee
Accoma
A. E. Mercker
AAA
Washington, D. C
Ional Ypotato
Consumers Exempt From Penalty Under Potato Act
Kansas City dispatch notes inquiries to packers about whether retail potato buyers must ensure proper packaging and stamping under the Potato Act of 1935. News reports say some consumers fear penalties and avoid buying potatoes while authorities seek to clarify who is protected and under what conditions.
Imperial Valley Lettuce Market Report From El Centro Ca
Imperial Valley lettuce trade in El Centro shows slow demand with cash trades mostly 95 cents for four and five carton lots. Quality noted as fine to finer than usual with strong shipments expected next week as markets adjust and carlot totals for the week were forecast in the mid forties along with ongoing factory demand considerations.
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Elcentro
Calif
Perial Valley
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Robert W.nix
Annual Meeting of
Ozark Fruit Grs. Assn
Wagner
Government Inspection Service
United
Tere
N.L. Allen
Wan
Colorado Shippers In Organization Meeting
Rocky Mountain Perishable Shippers Assn
John Amicon & Brother
Ohio
the Shippers
American Fruit & Vegetable Shippers
Brokers’ Division
Potato Division
Imperial Valley
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