Nellis Heads the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
The sixth annual convention of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers opened in Chicago with 200 in attendance at the Drake in frigid weather. President Virden urged merger of trade groups to cut duplication and called for improved terminal facilities to ease congestion at major markets.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
South
National League of Commission Merchants
Fruit and Vegetable Fraternity
Charles B. Virden
Drake
Virden
Cabbage Prices Jump as Western Buyers Enter New York
Cabbage in Western New York surged up to ten dollars per ton in six days. Shippers quote twenty dollars per ton free on board loading stations, while yards fetch thirty five to forty six dollars per ton depending on quality. Western buyers entered the district to secure supplies, with state stock heading west to Kansas City. Wisconsin’s yellowish supply is reported to be running low.
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New York
New York State
Kansas City
Wisconsin
Delegates Register for Jacksonville Special Train
About 100 delegates registered at noon Thursday for the Jacksonville special leaving at 10 p m Friday over the Burlington. A registration booth at the Muehlebach Hotel was run by J A Rees passenger agent.
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Kanes City
Jacksonville
Burlington
Muehlebach Hotel
J. A. Rees
Pupora and Son Declared Bankrupt in Federal Court
Dayton Ohio January 11 V Purpora and Son operated by Lawrence Purpora and Salvador Purpora were adjudicated bankrupt in the Federal Court. They were ordered to file a schedule of assets and liabilities in an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding filed by Charles Frank and other creditors who claim about 16000 owed for goods hauled away before December 12. Local creditors are backed by Cincinnati trade interests seeking to recover their claims.
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Dayton, O
Jacksonville Prepares for National League Convention Visit
Jacksonville reports heavy hotel demand for the National League meeting January 15 to 18 with an estimated 2090 delegates. Florida fruit and vegetable operators plan extensive entertainment and tours for delegates, aiming to mix business with visits to growers and shippers. G. W. Judy of Porter Judy Fruit Company chairs the program committee with broad support for the Florida Cuban tour.
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National League of Commission Merchants
Jacksonville
Fla
National League
Florida Pointe
Florida
United States
A. F. Dechman
Estate Branch League
Distributera
Athere Aut
Miasineg
Weveewen
Dechman
G. W. Judy
Porter-Judy Fruit Company
Reduction in Estimate of California Lettuce Crop
California lettuce losses cut early season forecast from 10 000 carloads to about 6 500 in Imperial Valley due to warm weather cutworms and rains. Survey by County Horticultural Commissioner Harrigan O'Brien and Seibert estimates yield at 125 crates per acre rather than 200. December shipments reported at 97 cars versus 2 000 expected, with rail estimates showing a 1 400 car loss to growers.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Imperial Valley
B. A. Harrigan
M. B. O'Brien
L. C. Seibert
C. W. Runge
Southern Pacific Railway
Mi Range
Potato Grower campaign slams truth in Maine potato ties
A New York report traces a heated campaign by potato grower organizers, accusing critics of falsehoods. It cites a Maine Potato Growers Exchange telegram defending payouts and denying contract violations, amid claims of biased reporting by industry sheets.
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New York
New York State
St. Paul
Minnesota
North Dakota
Packer
Chicago Packer
Maine
Furtther
E. W. Morton
Maine Potato Growers’ Exchange
S. G. Rubinow
Minnesota Potato Growers’ Exchange
Chicago
East
Aroostook County
Caribou
Morton
Melon Distributors Convene February 29 to March 1 in Georgia
Melon Distributors Association sets annual convention for February 29 and March 1 at the Myon Hotel in Tifton Georgia. Secretary R H Pennington urges early hotel reservations and solicits member topics for discussion. A program will be mailed before February 1. Also notes a standard weights and measures bill introduced in Congress by Representative Vestall.
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Evansville
Ind
R. H. Pennington
The
Melon Distributors Association
Myon
Tifton
Riday
Whotel
Pennington
Washington, D. C
Vestall
Congress
Lexington Firm Seeks F M Downs Over Bad Check
A. QO Walker of W. T. Sistrunk & Co. seeks F M Downs after a $35 cold check signed Acklanahe Packing Co. was returned for nonpayment. Downs previously operated as Carroll & Downs in Blackshear Georgia and fled a past sentence in Adel for fraud.
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Lexington
F. M. Downs
A. QO Walker
W. T. Sistrunk .& Co
Ocala
Sistrunk
Downs
Carroll & Downs
Blackshear
Acklanahe Packing Company
Florida
Georgia
Adel
Kansas City Dent's Special Fruit Jobbe Event
A fragmentary report notes more than 100 visitors in Kansas City for an event titled Special Fruit Jobbe. Musicians led dancing under Tes Weinberger in honor of Ben, with references to a private car from New Orleans and a piano performance aboard a railway yard scene.
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Kansas City
Dent
Orleans
Kangas
Kansas
Bhecne
Tes Weinberger
Ben
Bident
Weinberger
Charles
Wallace and
Char
New Orleans
Wallace
Porter
Fort Worth Delegation Parade Morning Grins and Arrests
A colorful Wort Worth journey featured a cowboy with two gallon hats and quilted holsters who, after leaving the strain, was arrested for shooting up the town. Fort Worth officials posted bonds through Fire and Police Commissioner John Alderman. The group marched cars to the Texas Hotel after a noon luncheon that nearly became a banquet with merchants and civic leaders delivering remarks. The Pullman added at El Reno and the party pressed toward Kansas City with a jolly tone despite a few exceptions among the riders.
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Wort Worth
Durancé
John Alderman
Fort Worth
Ben’ EB
Keith
Benith
Jena
Kansas City
el Reno
Pullman
Caz! Piowaty
Carl Leigh
Homer Johnson
Co. L. .Moss
F. B. Oestermiller
Yaselli Goodsell Case Postponed to January Fourteenth
New York January 11 The case of Paul Yaselli attorney against E L Goodsell of the Fruit Auction Company opened in the Criminal Branch Monday. Judge postpones to January 14 after briefs. Goodsell settled with importers for 30000 and Yaselli sought 4500 in fees, later offered 2900, which he declined. Goodsell released on 2500 bail.
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New York
Paul Yaselli
E. L. Goodsell
Fruit Auction Company
Supreme Court
Joseph Joffe
Joffe
United States Shipping Board
Goodsell
Vaselli
Hyman & Lieberman
Philadelphia
J. G. Cuccio
Yaselli
Mr.Goodsell
Buffalo Seeks Next National League Convention
Buffalo boosts to secure the next National League convention. Civic groups and trade members push the effort as Buffalo delegates plan to travel to Jacksonville next week to win the meeting for the city.
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Jacksonville
Buffalo
The Produce Packer Free Sample Request
A notice describes The Produce Packer weekly paper focused on market and trade news for shippers and distributors of fruits vegetables eggs poultry butter hides wool furs. It offers free sample copies by request.
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Eges
Upos
Brokers Elect Officers For Another Year At Convention
Chicago voters in the convention's result show dues cut to 25 dollars yearly. The fifth annual Fruit and Vegetable Brokers Association meeting at the Drake Hotel featured addresses by President C D Wallace and other officers with reports on progress and plans for the coming year.
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Chicago
Fruit and Vegetable Brokers’ Association
Jay H. Twitchell
Drake Hotel
E. Hind
Indianapolis
Shane
R. H. Pennington
Pennington
New York Bunch Plans Train to Jacksonville Convention
New York prepares a special train to depart from Pennsylvania Station on Sunday afternoon January 15 for the Jacksonville convention. About 60 to 65 New Yorkers will ride, with Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Norfolk and Richmond stops en route.
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New York
Jacksonville
Pennsylvania Station
Harry A. Cadenas
Sqobel & Day
S. L. Gamble
F. W. Linders
S. Saitta
S. B. Fickett
Charles Case
Thomas G. Casey
Thomas PF. Cochran
The
American, Fruit Growers Inc
Benjamin Shear
Joseph Cohen
Joe Sicker
Carl Haynes
L. J. Lippmann
W. A. Diegel
Henry Deyo
A. H. Sterne
P. Leghine
E. J. Geiger
W. A. Hutcheson
J.W. Henderson
T. W. Cleveland
E. W. J. Hearty
R. G. Phillips
A. W.frost
Lowenthal
K. H. Day
Chaney
R. E. Cochran
J. P. Sauer
D. L Fulton
A. P. Smith
H. R. Preston
van Buskirk
W. O. Davis
H. G. Miles
Memphis Banquet Planned for Kansas City Delegates
A special train carrying delegates from the Kansas City convention of the Western Fruit Robbers arrives Saturday at 6 pm in Memphis. A local Chamber of Commerce delegation will escort them to a banquet at their home, with an informal program to ensure they enjoy their short visit before the train continues to Jacksonville via the Southern Railway, after being handed from Frisco.
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Memphis
Kansas City
Western Fruit Robbers
Jacksonville
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Railway
Frisco
Muscle Shoals
Chattanooga
More Apples Exported This Season From Rochester Area
The International Shippers Association weekly report shows 125,686 barrels and 59,106 boxes of apples exported in the week ending January 1, up from 76,043 barrels and 27,826 boxes a year earlier. Season totals reach 2,075,247 barrels and 2,863,280 boxes versus 1,141,690 barrels and 1,988,989 boxes at the same point last year.
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Rochester
International Shippers Association
Planting Cantaloupes In Imperial Valley
Brawley California January 11 cantaloupe planting has progressed the last week with many fields in plants covered and irrigation done. Growers are pushing the work rapidly aided by a covering machine now on the market. Weather has not been ideal for germination with warmer days and nights desired.
Louisiana Truck Crops Damaged by Freezing Weather
One of the severest cold spells on record caused extensive damage to green vegetables across the region. Reports indicate 50 to 60 percent loss of old cabbage and widespread injury, with replanting needed and limited near term supply. Citrus damage in Louisiana is smaller and scattered, while Florida reports minimal impact aside from a few early strawberries and crops in certain counties.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Jacksonville
Pla
Florida
Alachua
North
Marion
Bradford
Incomes Over Five Thousand Tax Returns Outlined
Treasury Department statement explains that tax returns on five thousand dollars or more must report gross incomes for all professions and businesses. Farmers must include profits from farm product sales and exchanges, rental income, and crop share arrangements, with fair market value of groceries or merchandise included.
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New York
Treasury Department
Western Fruit Jobbers Convene in Kansas City
The twentieth annual convention of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association of America closed in Kansas City with around 800 registrants. Officials and officers from Des Moines New Orleans Denver and others attended as sessions covered economics legislation and transportation issues amid strong hospitality and civic remarks. President Ben W. Keith delivered a detailed report praising the association and Secretary Garfitt as the meeting recognized its success.
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Jona
New Orléans
Spcona
Irea Greén
Denver
Ind
Burns
Crosse
Wis
William
Garfitt
Cage
Charles Goodin Cale
George
H. Ton
E. L
Grand Island
Neb
Joseph Chalon
New Orleans
W. .S Kirke
Kansas City
Ben B. Keith
Port Worth
Fruit Jobbers Association of America
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Brokers Association
Chicago
Muehlebach
Avil
Cromwell
Focal
J*ort ‘Worth
Missouri
America
Keith
Ben Wl. Keith
Prison Sentences for E. O. Oetgen and Paul Seymour
In Atlanta on January 11, E Oetgen and Paul Seymour pleaded guilty to defrauding shippers and received one year and a day in federal prison. The pair, long linked to numerous fake concerns in Atlanta and Savannah, have a history of swindling investigations by post office inspectors. The trade turbulence from these two crooks is not expected to trouble Atlanta for at least two years.
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Atlanta
Wwagar O. Oetgen
Paul Seymour
Packer
Oergen
Oetgen
Edgar O. Qetgen
Moore & Oergen Company
Dixie Produce Company
Savannah
Sweeney Brothers
John H. Mussell & Co
R. L. [Woods Company
Georgius
Post Office
Charlotte
Cairo
Seymour
He Packer
Jibel
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FE. Nellis
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
Chicago Dealer
Edward
Briggs
F. E. Nellis
John Denney
Joe Steinharat
E.S. Briggs
Ray Hanley
E. P. Miller
C. R. Waters
A. A. Chaney
William Newsome
Walter Farley
C. BE. Virden
Wm. Newsome
Jos. di Giorgio
Thomas O'Neill
J. S. Crutchfield
Jos. Steinhardt
J. Winter Davis
J. B. Cancelmo
Ralph
Clayberger
Kenneth Day
Cecil Cummings
Southeastern
J. C. Chase
G. A. Beatt
J. L. Budreau
Dutton
I J. Ravine
Southwestern
C. J. Jarratt
Dewight Campbell
Midwestern
E. Nellis
John, Denney
R. Walter Farley
A. Gerrard
Charles E. Virden
J. L. Nagle
J. H. Charters
A. M. Pratt
W. Seig
W. H. Garvin
J. W. Bourk
Northwestern
R. Cummbings
B. A. Perham
A. R. Currie
Fred Eberly
J. ‘W. Wade
V. Pupora & Son
California
Sapiro
Melon
Yaselli-Goodsell
C. D.wallace
Oklahoma City
E. Nel Royer
New York Bunch
O.b.west
Des Moines
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
Association
E. O. Oetgen
Crooks
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