Firm Feeling in the Chicago Potato Market
Chicago January 8 There is a firm market for potatoes with brisk buying after the holiday. Receipts are moderate and demand improves as traders attend the eighth annual meeting of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association. Wisconsin No 1 round mostly 4.15 to 4.35. extras 4.40 to 4.50. Minnesota No 1 round white 4.00 to 4.25. Tanhoe No 1 Russets 4.20 to 4.40.
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Chicago
American Fruit and Vegetable, Shippers' Association
Minnesota
Tanho
Red River Valley Growers Hold Potatoes Firm
Moorhead Minn Jan 8 There is not much activity in the carrot potato situation in the Red River Valley though dealers expect shipping to pick up in a week to ten days. Few out of town buyers remain in the valley for the holidays. Demand is good for all Red River potatoes with daily sales. dealers asking around 3.75 dollars per cwt sacked and loaded.
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Moorhead
Minn
Red “River Valley
Red River
Potatoes Market Update From Chicago Convention Report
Red River and Ohios cash prices around four dollars per cwt for Ohios. Market was firm late this week, farmers nearly impossible to buy from on current basis. At Chicago Convention S R Wilkoff of Tri-State Sales Agency attended and hustled in lobby of Sherman Hotel. Detroit Street Notes mention Clare Baras of George W Lardie & Son visiting Traverse City midweek.
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Red River
Ohios
Chicago
S. R. Wilkoff
Tri-State Sales
Pittsburgh
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
Sherman Hotel
Detroit
Clare Baras
George W. Lardie &Son
Traverse City
Car Rental Proposal Sparks Debate From Tidwell
W D Tidwell, ex Western Fruit Jobbers chief and Fort Tidwell Co head, voices concern over proposed refrigerator car charges in Docket 1439. He warns the plan would create a nationwide shift in tariffs, hurts producers and consumers, and urges united action by shippers, dealers, and state and national associations to defend fair rates.
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Era Fruit Jobber Association
Fort Tidwell Co
Chicago
Jan
W. D. Tidwell
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
Fort Tidwell Company
Carload Shippers and Distributors
Colorado
Idaho
Arizona
Washington
Inpressen
Edward S. Briggs
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Briggs
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dama
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Emera
North Carolina
Alabama
Southeast
Interstate Commerce’ Commission
Minnesota Daily Despondent On Cooperative Subject
Moorhead Minn Jan 8 The Moorhead Daily News editorial laments farmer co operative marketing associations with a critical call to a Minot meeting by North Dakota Wheat Growers Association. It argues membership stalled by individualism and limited perceived benefits despite strong leadership and hopes for reform.
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Moorhead
Minn
Farmers’ Co- Operative
North Dakota Wheat Growers’ Association
Local Chicago firm seeks cash for expansion
Old established firm in city of 69,000 population shows handsome profit in past years. Small amount cash needed. Reply Box 88-B care Chicago Packer 192 North Canal Chicago.
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Chicago
Harsh view on cooperative marketing in farming circles
An editorial laments the futility of large scale cooperative action in marketing as long as people ignore the golden rule in daily life. It argues farmers distrust federal backing, seeing it as ignorance or insult, and compares past cooperative efforts to salt in an open sore.
Giant father, boy passenger dodge fares on street car
A woman and a tall boy ride a street car. When asked for fares the woman argues the boy is underage. The conductor questions the boy’s height, then the mother explains the father is a giant, turning the exchange into a humorous misdirection.
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London
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Illinois
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Western Fruit Jobbers
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Packer
S. & H. Levy CO
Wisconsin
Red River Valley
Tidwell
E. S. Briggs
Dnidushers
Coyne Bros
Chicago, Ill
Wayne & Low
Manean CG
P. W. Coppersmith .& Ab
Peter W. Coppersmith
John. L. Coppersmith
Busuet
Thierwechter Brothers
Michigan
T. E
Berkowitz Commission
Champaign
Inilneia
Catelogue
Costa Nothing
Giorgi Brothers CO
Council Bluffs
Iowa
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