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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1939
Page
1
Norfolk announces the 47th annual National League convention in Virginia Beach at the Cavalier Hotel January 10 13 1939. W R Britton urges early attendance, noting sessions tours and entertainment planned for members and guests.
Imperial Valley shipments rise after holidays with 63 to 68 car daily as packing houses open for the winter deal. Through Tuesday 244 cars shipped, U.S. No. 1 quality largely standard, with fives dominant and fours and sixes in smaller shares. Prices ranged $1.25 to $1.35 for fours and fives, with some $1.40 and higher for select cars, while sixes moved $1.10 to $1.25.
Aside from The Packer edition, the newspaper prints The Produce Packer a weekly issue with marketing and trade news for shippers and distributors of fruit vegetables seeds poultry butter hides wool fur and more. A free sample copy is mailed upon request.
A dense, multi-page roundup listing national convention chatter potato pay parity trade notes and transport labor stories from Los Angeles Maine and Boston. It covers rail storage legal cases shipper pleas price movements and regional agricultural outlooks with numerous named places and companies.
California shippers welcome the Interstate Commerce Commission postponement of higher shipping weights set to begin January 1. The action, sparked by the Western Growers Protective Association and allied groups, would have raised annual transport costs by about 6.9 million dollars. Hearings are expected in Los Angeles as the association presents evidence that the vegetable and melon industry cannot absorb additional costs.
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended last week for investigation tariffs filed by railroads proposing to increase estimated weights on shipments of vegetables and deciduous fruits. Protests against allowing the increases to become effective on January 1 were received from many states, led by Florida, California, the Rio Grande valley of Texas, Utah, Idaho, Minnesota and the Dakotas.
National conference in Washington recommends keeping potato acreage payment rates for 1939 at 3.6 cents per bushel for late producers and 5.4 cents for early producers, with county level adjustments as needed and state yield data updated urgently for accuracy.
Harlingen Texas January 6 Texas citrus shippers especially cash buyers proceed cautiously awaiting developments in volume and price proration J E McDonald Texas State Commissioner of Agriculture announced a minimum price plan for intrastate shipments to take effect next Monday Uncertainty centers on the minimum price and the control system If legal the plan could create a dual price system with Texas markets paying growers 8 10 per ton while fruit sent to other states brings much less Conservative shippers await full announcement on plans prices and enforcement to operate within the law.
New York reports Maine railroads led by Bangor & Aroostook Boston & Maine and Maine Central joined Canadian Pacific in filing with the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to reduce current potato freight rates. Observers say rising truck shipments from Aroostook County to ocean ports and interior markets threaten rail tonnage, prompting the petition to counter trucking competition.
Read Mr. Fitch's report of discussions at Richmond Virginia last week on bacterial rot in potatoes. Experts weigh whether this disease could rival the potato blight that depopulated Ireland a century ago or if it will fade away. See editorial page.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed by United Produce Company of Louisville with liabilities of 20 167 and assets 2 192.84. Credit authorities doubt a dividend to general creditors after preferred claims and costs. The first meeting of creditors is set for January 9 at the office of referee Hite Huffatter in the Federal Building Louisville.
Los Angeles expects a record crowd for the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association four day convention January 24 to 27. Mayor Fletcher Bowron welcomes national distributors and customers, with Norman Evans noting ample hotel space for heavy registration and an active program including tours, Santa Anita races, Hollywood broadcasts, and a deluxe Ambassador Cocoanut Grove banquet.
Baltimore January 6 steam up in the boilers of the convention steamer for the Old Bay Line. More than 150 National League delegates and visitors from Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore and other cities will sail Monday January 9 at 6 30 PM. The Baltimore branch invites all league members to travel together by steamer down the Chesapeake Bay to Norfolk where buses will take them to the Cavalier hotel Virginia Beach convention headquarters. The trip promises entertainment including a band a master of ceremonies dancing bridge and games with souvenirs for each lady.
Cleveland creditors report Abe Goldberg Inc of Youngstown owes a large sum to Cleveland traders and shippers after heavy local market purchases totaling about 15000 during the week of December 19. Checks have been delinquent since mid December, signaling reduced working capital. The firm has recently resumed cash purchases in Cleveland.
Martin Johnson of Smith-Cordes Co. Chicago notes Bruce McDaniel head of Mutual Orange Distributors gave a Chicago broadcast on December 19. McDaniel argues for a better, lower cost distribution system to boost grower income while warning overhead savings may not fully erase all costs.
Boston faces a labor stoppage as Local 26 Truckmen's Union initiates a 6 am strike affecting about 5,200 workers. Meetings with employers at the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration failed to secure a settlement. Employers offered a two year contract with a $1 weekly raise, rejected by the union. Tele grams to Governor Saltonstall sought resolution. Some firms reportedly signed the agreement, but details were unclear. A Friday 10:30 am meeting aimed to end the deadlock.
A Michigan outlook argues that 1939 should bring better times across the state. It credits improved public sentiment, tempered labor demands, and a recovering national economy with renewed confidence. Four million residents share the expectation of better times ahead.
The Supreme Court sustained an Interstate Commerce Commission order prohibiting seven railroads from leasing commercial warehousing space to interstate shippers in the Port of New York district at below cost. The decision ends years of litigation and supports claims that railroads used warehousing to subsidize transport, harming independent storage operators.
Chicago plans transportation for the 48th annual American Warehousemen's Association meeting in Dallas February 15 to 18. A post-convention trip to Mexico City is outlined with rail fare notes and the need to begin itinerary planning. Western railroads may offer reduced round trips though special convention fares are unlikely this year.
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