Twenty Second Annual Meet Convened in Jacksonville
The Twenty second annual league convention held in Jacksonville elected Chicago as press emcee for evening events and Detroit as next convention city. Proceedings favored retaining the current league name, took a neutral stance on freight rate hikes, urged simpler entertainments in host cities, and pushed for business office efficiency. The committee deferred higher commission charges and planned a report next year. Wilmer Sieg was named an honorary member.
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Soaks
Chicago
Detroit
Wilmer Sieg
Sobenet
Jacksonville
National League of Commission Merchants
Florida
National
League
A. A
Indianapolis
John I
Dent
National League of Commission Merchants Holds 22nd Convention
Jacksonville hosts a grand 22nd annual National League of Commission Merchants convention with hundreds of delegates and visitors. A. A. Hisa is nominated for president. John I. of Chicago is expected to win the post as the event advances. The gathering features trains bringing attendees and polished arrangements underscoring a progressive atmosphere.
League Buries It in Florida Debate on Commissions
In Sana Jadgonville Florida on January 16 the National League of Commission Merchants discussed a proposed seven member committee to study higher sales commissions. The plan aims for local control with attention to geography while avoiding anti trust issues. Trade voices varied but many see commissions as a local matter for dealers and league members, not a league mandate.
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Sana
Jadgonville
Fla
Action
National League of Commission
Prement
Bual 3 Ean Ying
Ome
Care Jet
Jacksonville
Uts
Eastern Shore of Virginia Produce Exchange Year In Review
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Produce Exchange last year reported total business of 3 643 402 83 dollars up by 1 099 169 99 from the prior year. Produce handled included 1 668 984 barrels of Irish potatoes and 961 463 barrels of sweet potatoes with 2 824 639 packages of berries cabbage onions and miscellaneous products. Members benefited from 60 337 60 dollars in seed potatoes 67 768 76 for printed covers 11 501 73 for berry crates and 259 168 fertilizer and potato bags sold for members.
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Stockhi
Virginia
Duce Exchange
Bligh & Co. Tries Globe Fruit Co. Deal After 8 B
Sid Tries to do business with Globe Fruit Co. Ltd. after being stuck as 8 B by Bligh and Co. The terse note hints at a colonial era trade dispute or docking arrangement. Names indicate business entities and a possible misclassification of a partner.
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8. B, Bligh & Co
Sid
Globe Fruit Co., Ltd
Western New York Apples Shake Trade Net of Frauds
In New Jersey the 8 B Sligh & Co fruit house faces a dispute with William Culber over an overdue payment for a car of oranges. Allegations allege Sligh used Globe Fruit Co Ltd Lakeland Florida as a front, with copied letterheads and mis shipped boxes, while Sligh longevity in the trade is questioned. Apple market in Rochester hues up with firmer prices and higher demand as Baldwins Greenings and Kings move to New York warehouses.
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Newark
N. J
8. B. Sligh,& Co
Lakeland
Leeaburg
Fls
Packer
William Culber
Commerce Street
Culber
Sligh
Hull
Globe Fruit Co., Ltd
B. Sligh & Co
Leesburg
Fla
Sid B. Sligh
8. B. Sligh & Co
Florida
Somc
C. H. Weaver & Co
Chicago
Amicon Fruit Co
First National Bank
Bligh
Richmond
Fetter
Globe Fruit Co. Ltd
S, B. Sligh
8. B. Co
Sid B. Bligh
Lady Lake
Georgia
Sid B
Milton J. Stigh
A. Hammer
Silgh
Globe Fruit Co., Limited
Senna
New York
Weple
Tional and Unlimited Bank
U. S
Canada
Cooney
Fragmentary Norfolk item on produce prices and quantities
A fragmented Norfolk note shows prices and counts for spinach kale and other produce. The legibility is poor, with figures like 31,862 and 50 cm per two winter mentions, but the full details remain unclear.
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Norfolk
Cincinnati Poultry Firm. Two Names in Produce Case
Reports from Cincinnati and Kansas City detail alleged improper dealings with Cincinnati Produce Co. Owner Ed Benham, manager, is accused of failing to pay shippers while Mendel-Grote & Co. faces complaints about business with the same firm. A wire from Mendel-Grote & Co. asks for clarification on dual names and operations. No reply received as presses advance.
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Cincionati
Ji Haus
Renceburg
Ind
Time 3; & Co
Haus
Benham
Cincinnati Produce Co
Ed Benham
Ausceid
Mendel
Kansas City
Mendel-Grote & Co
Cincinnati
Packer Today
East Front
Ohio
Ed. Benham
Packer
Apple Deal Well In Hand In 1914 Apple Market
Reports from all sections show apple holders holding steady with no urge to sacrifice values. Buyers and farmers expect a steady to firm market as Florida and California oranges enter, with spring berries nearby. Total holdings and barrels show a cautious but bullish outlook, with shipping strong from New York producers and moderate stocks in consuming states ready for a normal movement.
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Kansas City
Florida
California
Nccent
Inelgaln
Sndvparrde
United ‘States
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oregon
Washington
California celery movement 1600 cars by January mid season
California celery shipments rise with favorable weather. From October 20 to January 13 the state moved about 1600 cars, with 3000 more expected through January to March. Northern California saw no frost, extending the season. Multiple shippers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento, including Duncan Campbell Co and John Nix & Co, drive ongoing shipments amid mixed vegetable totals.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Sacramento
Duncan Campbell Co
San Francisco
John Nix & Co
New York
Sacramento River
Jersey Island
T. H. W. Liddecoat
Pinkham McKevitingels Com. Co
Laguna Produce Co
W. E. McCaslin
Southern Pacific
Salt Lake
Santa Fe
Southern California
Duncan Campbell
T. H
McKellar's Bill Hearing Set as Month Ends
Washington reports the McKellar cold storage bill will be heard by the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce sub committee at month’s end. Department of Agriculture testimony will be taken with Frank A. Horne representing Merchants Refrigerating Co and others from the New York Mercantile Exchange and National League of Commission Merchants among those appearing. Blackburn travels to Jacksonville for commission merchants meeting and firm connections.
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New York
Washington
McKellar
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Frank A. Horne
Merchanted Refrigerating Co
Charles F
Florida Vegetables in New York Show Ample Supply
Florida produce in New York week of Jan 16 remained ample with steady to higher prices for top quality stock. Wax and green beans mostly $1.50 to $4 per basket, lettuce scarce and pricey, peppers around $3.25 top on large boxes, peas scarce with fancy large up to $7 per basket, romaine poor due to rains, eggplants light and weak at $3 to $3.50 per box.
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New York
Florida
Romaine
Used Land in Chicken Feed Trial Scheduled
The New York case against Frank Horton, agent for A. W. Bear of Kansas City, for cruelty to animals over feeding poultry sand and gravel before sale, will go to trial next Monday. Horton is free on $500 bail. Max Sussex of M. B. Wolowitz faces a similar charge. Last week William Bowman, from Falls City Nebraska, was fined $105.60 for feeding live poultry with stone and gravel to increase weight.
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Frank Horton
New York
A. W. Bear
Kansas City
Horton
Max Sussex
M. B. Wolowitz
Wmn. Bowman
Falls City
Neb
Storage Eggs as Fresh Storaged Goods Case
James Van Dyke Corporation of New York was fined 500 for selling cold storage eggs as fresh stock. Prosecutors said a new cold storage law was invoked as inspectors marked the eggs while in storage and later sold them at the Harlem store. The judge noted harsher penalties for corporations than individuals under the law.
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James van Dyke Corporation
New York
James van Dyke
van Dyke
Harlem
Shippers Oppose Speeding Commission on Vegetables
Norfolk Virginia January 16 1914 large Virginia shipper Southern Produce Co resists New York proposed 7 percent commission for handling vegetables arguing growers suffered losses and urging deferral of any rate increase until after the shipping season August 1914 while large exchanges favor a mutual discussion with commission merchants to reach a compromise.
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Norfolk
New York
Packer
Virginia
Southern Produce Co
New Yorksmen
Ggles
Commission
Comminseion
Fruit Jobbers' Program for Kansas City Conven tion
Secretary Tidwell of the Western Fruit Jobbers Assn issues the Kansas City convention program with committee reports on legislation transportation and weights and measures. Opening at Hotel Baltimore February 4 features welcome by Mayor Henry Jost and remarks by President Samuel Dux with a full slate of reports from Credentials Directors Treasurer Secretary Arbitration Legislative Membership Advisory Traffic Publicity and more.
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Kansas City
W. D. Tidwell
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Assn
Baltiore
Robert W. Gees
Samuel Dux
George Hamilton Combs
Independence Boulevard
Hulett Sues Pink Sheet Editor in Libel Suit
Jacksonville libel case seeks 25000 from H L Preston editor of the Pink Sheet after a Willson Produce Co. matter story. Hulett, Florida representative of The Packer, filed in Duval County circuit court alleging libelous statements by Preston alleging rake-offs and misrepresentations involving Willson Produce Co. and local brokers.
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Jacksonville
Fla
H. L. Preston
Pink Sheet
Charles B., Hulett
Florida
Packer
Hulett
Gornto & Stephens
Circuit Court
Duval County
Preston
Willson Produce Co
Willson
New York
Gibaon
Fisleth
Too Cold for Apples in New York Market
Cold weather crippled the apple trade causing stock movement delays for days. Prices fluctuated with Baldwins, Greening, Spitzenbergs. some lots at 4.50 to 5.25. Transport was halted as no cars were unloaded on Tuesday. By week’s end buyers restored some demand while shippers waited to move frost-free fruit.
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Rochester
Baldwins
New York
BAO
Greentugs Sha TS
Spitzenbergs
Kings Aid
Damron To Face Jury In Indianapolis Swindle Case
Evansville Indiana January 16 J E Damron indicted by the U S grand jury last June is set for trial in federal court at Indianapolis next week on charges of swindling shippers. Crain Co of Cincinnati and Michigan and Tennessee shippers claim losses exceed 4000 dollars across three carloads of strawberries alleged to have been diverted or billed improperly. Damron out on bond remains in Evansville as witnesses prepare to testify.
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Evansville
Ind
J. E. Damron
United States Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Apple Shippers
Michigan
Indiana
Crain & Co
Strawberry Shippers
Chattanooga
Tenn
Damron
Crain
Tennessee
Loulaville
Post Office
Garrigus
Damton
United States
Wharton
Grand
Indianapolia
Damion
Wm. P. Miedreich
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jacob Dyk
Vinkemulder Co
Euret
Sre
Darmaron
V ‘1
Ais Week
Denron
Exaneville
Devaren
Winkemulder
Winkenmulder
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Ant League
John
Scales, Ohi
A. A. Hisa
Shreve
F. L. Turney
New
W. Long- Darmon
Abe W.W
B. Ayers
Aterepola
W. E. Zones
Baltimore
Hasteny Shore
Sligh Deal
Mancatohes
Newark, N. J
Gontian
Calif
McCkellar
Blackburn
Memphis
Clit
Commission Merchants
Fla. Products In
Vorfolk Shippers
NEW York Commission
Samuel E. Lux
Victor Jac. Stich
New Orleans
W. M. Roynee
Provo
Utah
Wm. D. Tidell
Denver
I G. Straight
Omaha
I. Wagner
Chicago, St
J. B.owles
Seattle
Wash
F. W W. Brockman
St. Louis
W. MM. Roylance
E. L. Higinbotham
Amarillo
Tex
Virden
Hulett Sues
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