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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1935
Page
3
In Grand Rapids Michigan on January 11 prices for vegetables were mostly unchanged after inventories. Russet Rural potatoes sold 59 to 62 cents per 100 pound sack while yellow globe onions stayed around 86 to 90 cents per 60 pound sack. Shipments came mainly from storage points as country hauling remained light and growers held for higher prices.
Fruit and vegetable prices held steady with supplies near demand. Root vegetables like beets and carrots steady around 50 60 cents per bushel, cabbage 40 50 cents, hothouse lettuce about 8 8 1/2 cents per pound, radishes 25 40 cents per dozen bunches, and eight pound baskets of hothouse tomatoes $1.25 to $1.36. Northern Spy apples higher at $2 to $2.25 per bushel. Growers withdrew supplies as demand developed and quantities remained firm.
Albert Miller & Co. will gather branch managers and district supervisors in Chicago late this week. Attendees include J. F. Jardine and Bouchler, plus C. H. Miller, W. C. Kruger, J. A. Wesatmas, C. O. Anderson, Guy Mumbrae, Ralph Rowe, J. Q. Junteson, Ed A. Erickson, and D. R. Rusgell. The firm reports year‑to‑date growth and expects strong spring activity despite tighter margins in merchandising.
In Chicago the vegetable market showed a quiet inquiry with offerings moderately plentiful and a fairly steady tone. Prices varied by region and item with California and Texas crates, Ohio and Illinois baskets, and Michigan and Louisiana produce all reflecting ample supplies and slow movement, while carrots, lettuce, peppers, spinach, and turnips posted mixed activity and steady to weak demand.
Chicago Jan 11 The Fred E Bruns Company marked its first anniversary on Tuesday in a year of varying conditions for the produce trade. Fred Bruns comments on a pickup in late 1934 and notes the firm sold to 250 jobbers in 58 markets across the United States and served about 70 shippers, mainly in California and western growing regions. The company focuses on Iceberg lettuce carrots cauliflower peas tomatoes and other western vegetables as well as seasonal melons.
William A. Merkel of Merkel Brothers Company departed Monday for a six week western tour. He will meet California representatives Horace Merkel and Louis Terven, visit trade firms, and attend the Western Fruit Jobbers Association convention in San Francisco. He plans calls in Washington state including Wenatchee with L. T. McCullough before returning east.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. G. E. Tarrant wife of G. E. Tarrant of Chicago Cold Storage Warehouse Company at their La Grange home. She died December 29 after a long illness. The Chicago offices closed on the funeral afternoon. Spouse spent life in the produce trade.
St Paul Minnesota January 11 Agricultural topics from dairying to federal farm act will fill the 85th annual farmers and homemakers week at the University farm starting Monday January 14 and running through the week. About 4000 Minnesota farmers are expected to attend a program mixing education with entertainment including 4-H youth conferences and meetings by 20 livestock and crop improvement associations.
Gus Kury of the C H Robinson Company was in Chicago late last week. A brief London quip from The Bystander provides a colorful aside about treatment and envy.
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