Joint Council Opposes Rail Rate Advance Hearings Conclude
Hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Ex Parte 128 on the 16 percent rail rate case wrapped up January 24 1937 in Washington D C The Joint Council of the International Apple Association and Wholesale Fresh Vegetable Distributors presented evidence While American Fruit Growers Inc president J B Crutchfield testified urging relief from perceived lower farm earnings during rail congestion The council cited a National Association of Purchasing Agents bulletin showing wholesale price declines for fruit and vegetables since October 27 1937 amid lingering market tensions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
Joint Council
International Apple Association
Newses
Crut
The
National Association of Purchasing Agents
Lavela
Potatoes Restricted Under Federal Order In Midwest
Acting on a regional recommendation Secretary Wallace filed an order outlawing No 2 grade potatoes from interstate commerce in Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and North Dakota The move aligns these states with Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska where No 2 potatoes have been barred since December The aim is to relieve congested markets lower costs and stabilize grower prices and supplies according to committee chairman Fred Hibst Cadillac Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadillac
Mich
I -Central Potato Regional Control Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Fred P. Hibat
Michigan Potato Growers “Exchange
U. 8
Michigan
Wiiseowatn
Minnesota
North Dakota
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Produce Packer marketing news brief sample copy
The Produce Packer offers a weekly trade newspaper for shippers and distributors of fruit vegetables poultry butter hides wool fur and more. A free sample copy is mailed upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aalde
Packer
Produce Packer
Jett Council Opposes Rail Advance In Highlights
Amid week’s highlights, Jett Council blocks rail expansion while talks on discounts, potato and fruit marketing plans unfold. Florida citrus and vegetable movements show fluctuations as weather influences shipments. temporary trustees named, public hearings held, and marketing proposals discussed.
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Jett’ Council
Proration of Grapefruit to Begin Monday in Texas
Proration of lower Rio Grande valley grapefruit shipments will start next Monday if Secretary Wallace accepts the control committees’ recommendation. Initial weekly prorate set at 450 cars for interstate shipments. intrastate shipments remain unrestricted unless crossing state lines. Some opposition persists among independent shippers and a publicity drive is planned with Charles Rogers as committee chairman.
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Weplace
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Growers Industry Committee
Shippers Marketing Committee
Arthur C. Beckwith
Charles Rogers
Planting Potatoes in South Alabama Now
Loxley Alabama January 28 Bliss Triumph seed potatoes arrive daily for Baldwin county south area planting Mostly certified seed will be used Acreage will drop about 10 to 15 percent from last season First plantings this week possibly 200 acres Planting generally begins February 1 Soil conditions are ideal for planting.
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Loxley
Ala
Bliss Triumph
Baldwin County
South
Alabama
South Florida Potato Crop Ready to Start
South Dade county’s early Red Bliss potato deal is under way with a light movement noted late last week. Signals point to a strong year for growers and shippers, with about 7,600 acres planted up from 6,300. Yields may run around 200 bushels per acre if weather cooperates, though disease or adverse conditions could retar t development. last year’s movement reached about 2,600 cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
South Dade County
Washington Apple Growers Approve Organization Plan
In Wenatchee on January 28 a plan for an industrial style organization to control apple marketing was approved by 75 representatives from 2,000 north central Washington fruit growers. The plan aims include production financing residue regulation revision and orchard sanitation. Officers elected include C. M. Zediker chairing the Apple Advertising Commission and R. H. Sargent as secretary with an executive committee and seven directors named from Wenatchee Cashmere Monitor Pateros Chelan East Wenatchee Okanogan Leavenworth Mans on and other districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee, Wast
Washington
Cooperative Organization of
British Columbia
C. M. Zediker
Cashmere
Washington State
Apple Advertising Commission
R. H. Sargent
Wenatchee
Mr. Zediker
L. J. Richardson
Monitor
John Larrabee
Pateros
K. J. Hendershott
Chelan
J. R. Parkhill
East Wenatchee
Claus Barnholz
Okanogan
Ross Heminger
Roy Cain
Ivan Compton
Paul Atwood
R. H. Parsons
Leavenworth
Arthur Peterson
Manson
Temporary Trustee Named for Sgobel & Day After Bankruptcy Petition Filed
Sacramento, Jan 28 A temporary trustee, C E B Cunningham, was appointed by Judge Harold Louderback after Sgobel Day Sacramento fruit and vegetable shipper filed for bankruptcy listing liabilities of 187 635 and assets of 297 752 Cunningham, a Sacramento resident and former purchasing agent for the firm, will prepare a balance sheet audit of assets and liabilities. Reorganization plans hinge on the audit with liquidation of assets under a new entity to be known as the F M Small Company discussed by directors. Creditor meeting set for February 1 with claims totaling 43 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
C. EB. Cunningham
Harold Louderback
San Francisco
Sgobel & Day
Sacramento Fruit and Vegetable Shipping
Cunningham
F. M. Small Company
Small
Ted Landsborough
Crutchfield Joins New Economic Policy Committee
Pittsburgh Jan 28 J S Crutchfield president of American Fruit Growers Inc named as a member of the Economic Policy Committee formed in Des Moines to align public opinion with Secretary Hulls foreign trade policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
J. S. Crutchfield
The
American Fruit Growers Inc
Des Moines
Hull
Beaver Produce Company Declared Bankrupt in Akron
Akron Ohio January 28 The Beaver Produce Company of Akron was declared bankrupt last week. Joe Berkowitz purchased interests of Billman and Roetzel in Wiener Billman Roetzel and renamed the firm Beaver Produce Company. Creditors filed an involuntary petition, it was allowed, and assets were sold at auction for 2586 leaving about 1600 for creditors. Total assets estimated between 12000 and 17000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, O
Beaver Produce Company
Wiener-Billman-Roetzel Company
Joe, Berkowitz
Billman
Roetzel
Beaver ‘Produce Company
Peters, Inc. ready to move 1938 Red Bliss crop
F C Peters Inc of Goulds Florida a leading Red Bliss potato grower and shipper reports the 1938 crop is ready for movement packed in wooden bushel crates under the Tropical brand. Peters says the crop looks fine and will offer heavy tonnage with brokers on major markets advertising the Tropical brand through The Packer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inc
Flor
Dea
No Fresh Vegetables on Restaurant Menu in Los Angeles
A California shipper visited New York and noted a Los Angeles restaurant opposite the Wholesale Terminal had no fresh vegetables on its menu. They offered only canned or frozen produce despite the market’s abundance and low prices. The incident raises questions about supply, competition, and consumer access to fresh produce in major markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
New York
Terminal Club
New Yorker
Biainess
United States
No Settlement to Strike on Porto Rican Waterfront
New York reports no settlement reached in the month-old Porto Rican longshoremen strike by Friday. Violence occurred as vegetable growers tried to load cucumbers at San Juan, prompting warning from union official Frederick Myers. The Borinquen halted loading, then sailed on schedule without the cargo, highlighting ongoing disruption to island fruit and vegetable shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Porto Rico
San Juan
Thomas Evans
Frederick Myers
Apple Growers Seek Government Crop Estimates Change
Martinsburg West Virginia January 28 Directors of Appalachian Apples Inc an association of apple growers in West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania formed to promote apple use have urged the government to re establish commercial crop estimates with deductions for by products and non commercial fruit They also ask that future price predictions by the government be discontinued The board includes C E B Bryan G S L Carpenter Lloyd Balderston Sheldon W Funk H M Weigel E D Nininger H Clay DeGrange Henry W Miller Jr Cecil W Wood Yows Purcell McCue president (Continued on Page 9)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Appalachian Apples, Inc
West Virginia
Board of Directors
C. EB
Bryan
Havre de Grace
G. 5S. L. Carpenter
Hagerstown
Lloyd Balderston
Colora Md
Sheldon W
Funk
Boyertown
H. M. Weigel
Aspers
E. D. Nininger
Roanoke Vai
H. Clay
C. Purcell McCue
Lake section vegetable shipments rise in latest week
Lake section data show an about 40 car increase from the prior week, totaling roughly 2 000 cars for the season. Week’s breakdown includes 76 cars of peas, four of beans, four radishes, 19 potatoes, 10 cabbage, 17 celery, and 10 mixed vegetables. Prices fell midweek from 1 75 1 85 to 1 40 1 60 for beans. potatoes 1 25 1 50. peas 1 00 1 10 per hamper. Quality is good and beans may improve with favorable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pahokee
Why Commercial Apple Estimate Was Discontinued
Washington Jan 28 The Bureau of Agricultural Economics explains that commercial apple production estimates were dropped after 1937. Protests cite missing breakdowns for fruit sold for fresh consumption, though overall apple crop estimates remain published. Page 9 continues the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Lower Rio Grande Valley Crops Escape Heavy Freeze Damage
The lower Rio Grande valley escaped serious damage to vegetables from frost by a narrow margin on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Early crops were delayed by rain. peppers and squash suffered, but beans tomatoes potatoes and cabbage largely survived. Citrus and coastal areas reported minimal to no damage. English peas in Robstown Corpus Christi and Laredo regions were damaged. Apple exports for week ending Jan 22 totaled 100 073 barrels and 425 399 boxes with year to date 3 888 688 barrels and 5 572 292 boxes.
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Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande
Packer
Laredo- Winter Garden
Robstown
Corpus Christi
Linton
Apple
New York
United States
Canada
International Apple Association
Louisiana shallot crop falls to a third of last season
Thibodeaux Louisiana January 28 Jac Bok enfohr a noted grower and shipper says the shallot crop in Louisiana is not much over one third of last season and he believes the government estimate of the crop is too large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thibodeaux
Jac Bokenfohr
Louisiana
State of Maine potato advertising stimulates sales
Figures from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics compare Maine potato carlot shipments October 1 to December 31, 1937 with 1936. Despite 1 008 fewer Maine shipments up to January 1, total US shipments since January 1 rise past last season. Maine’s state trademark campaign, publicized in newspapers and radio, shows strong consumer response in major eastern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Presque
Isle
State of Maine
Maine
Idaho
Pennsylvania
New York
Florida
Michigan
Mississippi
Virginia
Normal Vegetable Crops Expected in Crystal Springs Area
Crystal Springs Miss Jan 28 The cabbage outlook shows similar acreage to last year with 40 to 50 percent planted after frost losses. Weather has improved plants and February is expected to bring more rains and colder spells while tomato seed has germinated in hot beds and pea and bean planting plans proceed for March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Springs
Miss
Florida Farmers Brace for Cold Week Impacts
Jacksonville Fla Jan 28 Severe cold settled over Florida reaching the lake region and threatened fruit and vegetable crops New crops are being planted celery trees blooming and potential damage could delay maturity and affect quality Some sections report up to ten percent quality loss in beans while shipping delays for strawberries celery and tomatoes are possible Temperatures are expected to rise slowly but cool weather may persist for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Lake
FTC Bans Discounts to A and P in Price Discrimination Case
The Federal Trade Commission ruled the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company violated the Robinson Patman act by accepting brokerage-like discounts. A and P operates 14,800 stores in 38 states and Washington, with supporters arguing discounts honored services to shippers and manufacturers. The case spanned lengthy testimony and arguments about price levels and competition, and is expected to be appealed possibly reaching the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Robinson-Patman
District of Columbia
Congress
Court challenge to South Carolina truck license taxes
In Chester S C on January 28 a petition filed in the South Carolina Supreme Court seeks to block criminal prosecutions for nonpayment of city license taxes by truck drivers for Southern Fruit Company and others. The case, to be heard February 14, involves interstate commerce issues and aims to validate or strike down municipal license ordinances. The Municipal Association of South Carolina backs the ordinances, with legal representation for both sides disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
S. C
South Carolina Supreme Court
Southern Fruit Company, Co. D. Kenney & Co
Biggera Brothers, Inc
J. W. Zimmerman & Co
Charles Moody & Co., Inc
Charlotte
P. P. Leventis & Co
Gastonia
N. C
South Carolina
John G. Stabler
F. B. Porter
Lancaster
8. C
H. A. Montgomery
Southern Fruit Company
Supreme Court of
United States
Municipal Association of
R. W. Wade
Clinton
Hearing on Truck Rates Granted in Lansing
The Michigan Public Utilities Commission granted shippers a hearing for February 8 on their bid to set aside motor freight rate increases that took effect August 16. Shippers filed the petition through the Intrastate Motor Traffic Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan Public Utilities Commission
Intrastate Motor Traffic Bureau
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Te of
Atim
Alaton Potato Wales
Bouth
Retina
Jorth - Central
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Setatos
Sqobel
Day
Porto Ri
Waterfront
Odd Committee
Plaitine
Arupt
Crutchfield
Labaria Dotatoes
Rapetrust Prorate’ Atarte
Chicago Exchange
Ecord
Mike “Blave
Jose
Lower
Lica, Belvedere, & Co
A. A. Castellini
Euty of
Texas
South Alabama
South Florida
Apple Growers
Organization For Marketing of Apples
New Economic Policy Committee
Akron, C
Firm See
F. C. Peters, Inc
Big Goulds
Fis
Los Angeles Terminal
ASK Commercial Govt
Cee ‘Hidailek
Bureau
Food Chain
Supreme Court
North Carolina
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