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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1911
Page
1
Chicago egg market sees a mix of good and poor stock with heat prompting a shift in grading. Prices rose half a cent for all candied stock while receipts rose. bids varied and storage packed lots appeared with bid ranges from 14 to 15 4 cents.
New Orleans June 30 A United Fruit Co control case over Bluefields Steamship Co stock transfers ends with a United States court decree. The judge declares the transfers not a bonafide sale and enjoins voting over 750 shares, affirming independent stockholders gains and setting aside earlier arrangements.
The poultry trust trial drags through week with witness confusion over contract terms and readings. Kansas City market notes show steady prices for packing stock and varied bid activity across listed days, with receipts and shipments affecting prices.
Packer weekly page notes Banana trust bump and poultry trust trials with Msutter and egg shipments in Kansas City. Markets in New York Chicago and other hubs cover eggs butter and related commodities. Mentions Joynes army, pink sheet editor, and Chicago board discussions amid regional price activity across Nebraska Ohio Missouri and beyond.
Trade news reports a trademark suit and new Florida law provisions impacting dealers. Mentions Le Cato sanitarium and Office International apple shippers prizes. Notes about cold storage hearing and Mercantile exchange observers. Sage in Kansas City and New York residents referenced.
California orange movement and Winters California fruit shipping shift. Pears moving while Wenatchee notes reference honey crop. Pioneer Stewart and Producer's Co enter new towns as contract sales stay light. Washington notes inspect fruit sections. Bad eggs destroyed at Sherman Texas. Kansas City headlines and Boston vegetables feature in market notes. Railroad investigations urged by melon growers. New York market glut in cantaloupe and irrigation discussions among farmers.
Agricultural notes cover New York fruit outlook and France as an apricot market. Mention a new banana company to enter European fields. Also reference Morriz Solomon held for grand jury and standard freight rate affairs. Reports touch Bermuda celery shipments and Pittsburg market conditions.
Philadelphia market reports vegetables and other commodities as street notes. Boston market news covers a bill to aid farmers while receivers face penalties for short barrels. Pittsburg fruit cases feature Pee Williams in critical condition and Quincy market cold storage firm noted.
The report lists several lots of country candied and Minnesota firsts offered for delivery with bids ranging from 1445070 for a car of firsts to no bids on some items. July 1 delivery had one bid and other deliveries showed no bids. Receipts Friday totaled 4,867 and the market was unchanged. Beginning Saturday there will be no meetings of the butter and egg board on Saturdays during July and August.
New York reports show egg receipts for the season running about 560,000 cases ahead of last year through March 1. Storage houses are filled with roughly 1.1 million cases, prices rising on scarce fine eggs as hot weather lowers quality. bulk stock sells 14 to 15 4 cents and buyers pay around 18 cents for good eggs.
Market quotations expand across pages with Shippers egg reports from Kansas and other states. St Louis market notes cover fruit and produce exchange resolutions and trade. Missouri fruit condition and horticultural society updates list officers and local crops with payoffs and creameries.
Chicago poultry market shows firm conditions with fowls and old cocks rising earlier in the week, then easing. Butter receipts remain heavy with steady to firm prices. creamery extras quoted around 22 and packing stock near 16 cents, daily receipts around 11,000 to 15,600 tubs. The piece notes visiting traders and ongoing market dynamics for producers and shippers.
Preparations are under way for the International Apple Shippers Assn convention in Detroit from August 9 to 11. Key topics include Cold Storage and Its Restrictions, Storage-in-Transit, Standardization or Grading and Package Legislation, Apple Auctions, and related issues. An apple exhibit will be a highlight with a banquet Thursday. G Phillips, secretary, Rochester, N Y, provides full details on request.
Cantiloupe shipments grow from Mesa Arizona and California regions. 1,945 cars reported moving from Jimperial Valley with shipments planned through August. Additional consignments from Turlock Livingston Merced and Stanislaus counties set to begin July 15.
Watermelon market in New York started the week weak with prices from 250 to 550 dollars per car. By Wednesday receipts rose and top offerings fell to around 100 dollars, with Thursday bids around 174. Friday 150 cars remained in Jersey City yards as stockpiles grew at steambeat piers.
Boston auctioneers H Harris & Co sold 24- retailed imported lemons today as total proceeds reached 840 to 835.70 with half boxes priced at 2 dollars. Maker lemons brought 24 to 5 dollars. Some Sorrento oranges sold at 1.75 each.
A Chicago meeting on June 30 led by T. F. Gallesher passed a motion to adjourn until the Fourth of July. The group, described as feeling the spring fever, approved a brief holiday to observe the upcoming break.
Chairman H. L. Thompson backed the inspector amid an altercation. Sacca agreed to open new samples, so his line was not reported.
Wire reports from Alliance Scotts Bluff Minatare Merrill Gordon and others in western Nebraska indicate 10 to 75 percent higher or similar acreage to last year. Stand conditions good, moisture ample, shipping expected from August 15 to October 15. Prospects for a bumper crop improve with continued favorable growing season and irrigation water available.
Chicago reporters note a sagging potato market early in the week due to ample supplies with Virginia barrels at 4.50 to 4.75 and old potatoes 65 to 75 cents. By midweek sentiment shifted to a rally with a firmer tone and Thursday old stock sold from 1.00 to 1.15. Receipts remained light as Virginia barrels moved 4.00 to 4.75 and new spuds stayed easy at prior levels.
Sour cherry prices rose this week in Chicago markets with quality browning cited. Indiana white sweet cherries sold around 1.72 dollars and Michigan fruit ranged around 1 to 1.50, while market baskets moved well and currants and portents appeared in modest numbers at 1 to 2 dollars for a quart and 2.25 to 19.50 for thirty-four quarts.
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