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Newspaper

Chicago Packer

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1908

Page

2

Green Vegetable Trade Opens Season in St Louis

In St Louis the early vegetable season opens with two cars of Florida lettuce and multiple smaller lots. Lettuce is mostly undamaged, selling for 1.50 to 1.65 per crate, with green peas, string beans, eggplant, and tomatoes showing varied demand and prices. Erb & Co expand with two stores in Kansas City to aid shippers. various notices from Kansas City discuss butter, eggs, and poultry demand. Council Bluffs Grape Growers elect officers for the coming year.

St. Louis Express Florida Kansas City A. W. Bear Com. Co Kansas City Territory

Market Update: Onions, Potatoes, and Vegetables Steady

In Minneapolis on January 24 market notes show onions scarce with No 1 dry stock likely to tighten in two months. Prices firm for potatoes with strong seed orders from the South and ready for immediate shipment. Cabbage remains firm as stock ships from Wisconsin. Butter, eggs, and poultry firm or declining. fresh eggs drop daily, butter gains persist, and overall meat prices ease due to warmer weather.

Minneapolis Naverthelena Wisconsin

Potatoes Still Flood Local Market Amid Snow Risk in Traverse City

In Traverse City Michigan growers report two thirds of the local potato crop still in storage with about 60000 bushels held at 50 cents due to a slowing market. Cadillac leads Michigan with 50 cent prices while warehouses retreat to rental use. Affected parties include George W. Lardie Henry Blackman and Charles Baird of Cadillac. F J Vernier sues for 50000 in Saginaw circuit court over a Pere Marquette wreck death.

Traverse City Mich Gal Raveras City George’ W. Lardie Henr Blackman Cadillac Michigan Charles Baird Baird Produce! Co Greenville F. J. Vernier J. B. Vernier Elk Rapide Produce Pere Marquette Saginaw

Old Exsen Street Note Promotes Wisconsin Cabbage Trade

M D Lightfoot of D N Lightfoot Son visits Chicago on business as B D Anguish ships poultry and eggs. M Rasmussen of Somers Wisconsin noted for sawing wood and prompt shipments, praises warehouse cabbage and onions. Anguish offers fine Wisconsin cabbage and Red and Yellow Globe onions at right prices. Wire for a price and trade.

Opyeago M. D. Lightfoot D. N. Lightfoot & Son Humanpsville Chicago B. D. Anguish Ogden Building Wisconsin

Fruit Center attracts buyers for cantaloupes and oranges

The Dalles Oregon notes growing interest in fruit shipping hub status as growers expand orchards and seek buyers for 15 to 20 car lots of Ordway pink meat cantaloupes. East of Arizona oranges reports 110 cars shipped with price dissatisfaction on New York market. Kalamazoo business changes merge Mittenthal Bros. into Levey Lewis with Kalamazoo branch, Barkley Egg Cartons firm relocates to Chicago, and Colfax Washington sees The Packer referenced in storage and forwarding business. Also seed firm Kirkeby & Lundestrup promotes gardeners seed while National Industrial Traffic League seeks railroad interest on unsettled claims. Horseradish supplier Byron Willcats advertises carload salable product.

Arizona Oranges Phoenix Ariz New York Michigan Kalamazoo Mich Levey & Lewis Mittenthal Bros Battle Creek Levey Chicago Lewis Mittenthel Bros Packer Colfax, Wash Colfax Wash Union Storage & Transfer Co Washington Street Spokane Millard Johnson C. H. Moore

Trade at St Paul Delivers Mixed Market Insights

In St Paul favorable shipping weather supports brisk apple and potato markets while fruit demand remains solid. Cranberries are scarce and prices rise, and wax beans celery and eggplant see upticks from light supplies. Schlosser Bros. expand capital to 250000 with three brothers owning and running Bremen Plymouth and South Chicago operations.

St. Paul Dan Schlosser Bros Chicago Indianapolis Ind Henry Jacob Augustus Bremen Austness the Avenue Schlosser Samuel and Raymond Plymouth

North Pole to Kansas City Apples and Potatoes Trade

Wenatchee region reports about 50 cars of apples held by Wenatchee Produce Central Produce Wenatchee Fruit Growers and Wenatchee Canning. Advertisements offer Tennessee Red Triumphs seed potatoes and Minnesota potatoes for sale. Notes on peach crop prospects in Harrison County Texas and shortages due to mild weather. Local growers discuss cabbage onions and Irish potatoes acreage near Scottsville and Goliad. Various fruit and vegetable trade items and inquiries from Kansas City shippers listed.

Wenatchee, Wash Wenatchee Produce Co Central Produce Co Wenatchee Fruit Growers’. Agen Wenatchee Canning Co Minnesota Rabin Minn Red River Harry Ohips Harrison County Marshall Tex Texas Harrison Scottsville Scotteville Verhalen Standard Orchard Co J. J. Gehlen

Timely Message to Apple Man and Fralt Jodhers

Chicago January 25 Crutchfield Woolfolk Gibson Inc advertises as fruit and produce shippers with limited stock of apples and no barrels. They claim to handle Cuban tomatoes Florida oranges grapefruit and other southern fruits plus California naval oranges and lemons. Dealers and shippers are advised to contact them to buy sell consign or turn fruit into money.

Chicago Crutchfield, Woolfolk & Gibson, Inc Claxig Vorywmipong Wip Spore Florida California Nevel

New Markets for Cal. Products Explore Tariffs

Chicago January 25 California roads officials plan new fruit tariffs to open markets in Minnesota the Dakotas and western Canada for orchard products. The program, tested with canned goods, aims to widen the tariff schedule to cover a broader range of articles and align with Transcontinental tariff dates.

Chicago California Minnesota Dakotas Canada

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