Trade Opposes Indirect Boost In Freight Rate
Kansas City July 23 national trade associations and regional groups work to submit to rail freight associations a plan to resolve questions about May 21 proposed weight increases on vegetables with and without ice in packages. The proposal shows 137 increases four reductions and 30 no changes for vegetables with ice and 170 increases 60 reductions and 186 no changes for vegetables without ice. Texas and Pacific coast states face steep rises with beets and carrots in 9x13x22 crates, spinach in bushel baskets, and cabbage notably affected in Type 1 and 2 crates. Continued discussion to follow.
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Kansas City
Southwestern Freight Bureau
Pacific Coast
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Carolinas
Florida
San Luis valley vegetables move toward peak shipments
Alamosa Colorado July 23 The movement of vegetables from San Luis valley producing points, started in a small way two weeks ago, is now increasing and will be in full swing in two weeks. Lettuce peas and spinach have led shipments. Peas gain strength as harvests proceed, lettuce will surge soon, and cauliflower will move in volume later this month. Freezing weather in June damaged cauliflower and cabbage, reducing total shipments versus last year. Increased pea and lettuce acreage but not enough to offset losses. Based on current outlook, growers estimate this year's total.
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Alamosa
Colo
San Luis
The Produce Packer Weekly Trade News Summary
The Produce Packer highlights marketing and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and fur. A free sample copy is offered by mail to interested parties across the trade.
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Packer
Highlights of This Week in News
Highlights cover peach crop prospects strong with Gravensteins moving from California and East Tennessee peach deal opening. Apple convention in New York and Arkansas Elberta movement noted. Government buys watermelons. potato tours begin July 28. lettuce cantaloupe labor issues. freight rate concerns and perishable act cases reviewed.
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Louisiana
New York
Buffalo
East Tennessee
Salinas Lettuce Market Steady on Good Quality
Salinas California July 23 The Salinas lettuce market remains steady for the best stock with light wire inquiry and slow demand for other grades at 1 35 to 1 50 a crate f o b cash track. Shipments are heavy to fives and few sales of poorer stock. Demand moderate with sixes mostly 1 and occasional 90 cents. Average daily shipments last seven days to Wednesday 117 cars. season total 11 619 cars since March 1. Warm weather in Salinas Watsonville area caused soft ribby stock and lower quality cuts though range exists. July and August supplies ample if weather stays normal. August harvest appears normal and quality may improve next week with favorable weather.
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Salinas
Calif
With
Watsonville
California Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Georgia Peach Movements Down to 1000 Cars at Week Start
Macon and surrounding Georgia reports show peach shipments rising as the week begins, with experts predicting under 1000 cars remain to be picked and marketed. Elberta prices ranged near 2.40 a bushel for No 1 ships, and 1.40 for smaller lots. In New York, Niagara Frontier Terminal faced a truckers strike with over 200 pickets demanding a closed shop and a 25 dollar weekly minimum for a 44 hour week.
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Macon
Georgia
Elbertas
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Frontier Terminal
City Mounted
Arkansas Shipping Elbertas Trade Hits Peak This Week
Arkansas shipments of Elberta peaches from Nashville Arkansas show best quality in years with active demand and unusually large fruit. The Elberta crop is short in the region, keeping prices satisfactory for producers as the peak sales are anticipated next week.
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Arkansas
Elbertas
Nashville
Ark
St Louis Invites 1938 Apple Association Meet
Jim Bawden heads the St. Louis committee urging the International Apple Association to hold its 1938 convention here. The trade has urged a St Louis meeting for three years and cites August weather as favorable. The city notes progress in air conditioning to suit delegates as preparations continue.
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Jim Bawden
St. Louis
Chicago
Apple
Jim” Bawden
St. Louis Distributing Company
United States
International Apple Association
North Dakota Seed Potato Tour Opens in Grand Forks
The North Dakota seed potato tour starts July 28 in Grand Forks and runs to August 2. E M Gillig says the ninth yearly state wide field study tour expects large attendance from local residents and visitors from many states including Florida Alabama and Maine. Officials say delegates from agriculture departments and colleges will join farmers and dealers, with early morning gather at 9 in Grand Forks and first stop near Gilby before moving into Walsh county and Park River.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
E. M. Gillig
State Seed Commissioner’s Office
State Departments of Agriculture and Agricultural Colleges
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
California
Maine
Gillig
Kansas
Louisiana Sweet Potato Deal Opens This Week
Opelousas Louisiana July 23 The sweet potato season has opened with five loaded cars. four from Arnaudville and one from Leonville sold to Dezauche Son of Opelousas at net cash prices of 410 and four per cwt about thousand dollars per car. Some cars moved by truck to Texas markets with first sacked yams to Ben E Keith Dallas and first crated sweets to Kroger St Louis. Crop expected larger than last year with increasing movement and wider distribution.
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Opelousas
Arnaudville
Leonville
Dezauche & Son
Texas
Ben E. Keith Company
Dallas
Louisiana
Kroger Grocery Company
St. Louis
Preparing for Convention
New York July 23 plans are being made for delegates to the Vegetable Growers Association of America convention to be held in New York from December 16 to 18.
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New York
Vegetable Growers Association of America
Market outlook from Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington forecasts for mid to late summer note butter prices may have bottomed, chicken farm prices to fall, eggs rising to a December peak, apples up 65 percent from last year, peaches in August and September up about double, potatoes continuing a seasonal decline, and truck crop supplies remaining plentiful through summer.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Eges
Crispo & SONS, INC. OF NEW YORK CLOSE JOBBING BUSINESS
In New York on July 23 Lewey Crispo of Crispo & Sona Inc closed their jobbing store at 210 Franklin Street due to ill health from long hours. He will temporarily discontinue business after forty years in the Western vegetables trade. Crispo hopes to resume in a few weeks, expressing regret from friends and trade circles.
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New York
Lewey Crispo
Crispo & Sona, Inc
Franklin Street
Thinsweek
Packer
Grispo
Crispo
Valencia crop movement to end week stated by agency
California Arizona orange grapefruit agency distribution committee reports by week end 56 percent of Southern California Valencia crop will be moved with 9 864 cars left after tomorrow. Last year 18 307 cars remained.
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Los Angeles
California
Arizona
Orange Grapefruit Agency
The Packer Apple Crop Special 1937 advertising call
The Packer announces a special edition covering the 1937 apple crop with reports from shipping districts and extensive industry advertising. Cold storage, package manufacturers, distributors and service providers are urged to reserve ad space to reach nationwide potential customers.
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United States
Illinois Peach Crop Prospects Near Peak Harvest
Centralia Illinois reports peach harvest near peak quality for the state with a near record crop per tree though only about 1.8 million trees are bearing. Southern areas show spotty orchards due to winter freezes. Metropolis and Mounds Villa Ridge expect small movements around August 5 with about 150 and 50 cars respectively.
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Centralia
Ill
Metropolis
Mounds-Villa Ridge
Mounds-Villa Ridge-Allin-Pulaski
Apple Meeting Reservations Come In Fast
Chicago July 23. Attendance for the International Apple Association convention at the Hotel Sherman August 10 to 13 is expected to be large. The hotel committee reports reservations are flowing in and urges attendees to send in their bookings now to secure preferred accommodations. Perry Stern, publicity committee chairman, notes a strong apple crop outlook across the country. Continued on Page 11.
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Chicago
Hotel Sherman
The
Sherman
Perry Stern
Petition Refused Lower Import Tax on Apples and Pears
New York dispatch reports Paris has refused a French fruit importers syndicate request to remove the license tax on American apples and pears. The move would affect Franco American trade aims to widen markets, with 393 000 quintals in the pact yet license taxes cut volumes. If taxes persist, French distributors fear no orders from Pacific ports next month. Onion movement remains slow as receipts stay heavy but quality varies. Jersey yellows and Massachusetts yellows priced locally with whites and California yellows noted in varying rates.
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New York
Paris
French Department of Agriculture
United States
France
Washington
Edwards Fruit Co. Loses Orange Prorate Case
Francisco July 23 The United States Court of Appeals upheld Judge Yankwich in Los Angeles ruling the Federal Agricultural Adjustment Act valid against Hugh Edwards Colton Calif who was charged last year with failing to obtain a prorate board allotment The decision strengthens government control of interstate commerce as confirmed by a three judge circuit court panel yesterday
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Francisco
United States District Court of Appeals
Leon Yankwich
Los Angeles
Hugh Edwards
Edwards Fruit Company
Colton
Calif
Prorate I Board
Yankwich
Hass
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New York Jobbers Levy Charge On Package Unloads
New York on July 23 reports leading receiving firms levying a small per package charge on fruit and vegetable unloads to recover added labor costs after new wage and hour rules. The voluntary plan applies lc per package on baskets hampers and boxes half bushels and Climax baskets and 1c on crates of iceberg lettuce. Shops say shippers understand and cooperate to sustain service levels amid higher porter wages.
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New York
Igeberg
Treasury rules shed labor on lettuce and cantaloupe as agricultural
Phoenix July 23 United States Treasury Department reverses two earlier rulings by declaring that labor in lettuce or cantaloupe shipping sheds is agricultural when the firm owns or leases the land where the product is grown, exempting such labor from Social Security tax. applies to McLaren Produce Inc. of Yuma, with land ownership determining tax liability.
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Phoenix
Ariz
United States
Treasury Department
J. N. Furlong
L. N. McLaren Produce,Inc
Yuma
Western Growers Protective Association
Government Starts Buying Watermelons in Georgia Market
Atlanta July 23. Announcement by Lamar Murdaugh, director of the Georgia Public Welfare Department, says the federal government through the Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation will buy a moderate amount of southern watermelons to bolster the sagging market. Ten cars were purchased at about 35 dollars per car cash. The melons will be distributed to relief clients and state institutions.
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Atlanta
Lamar Murdaugh
Georgia Public Welfare Department
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Deal Under Way
Sebastopol California July 23 The nation's earliest boxed apple deal of the season is under way as Gravensteins move from Sebastopol Sonoma county. Shipments mid week reach 40 cars with a 260 car week forecast and 400 next week. Exports 150 cars, Pacific coast 110, rest to eastern markets. Price Thursday $1.25 per box. Quality fine and crop normal, larger sizes expected. Weather favorable since harvest began two weeks ago, with little aphid damage and minimal worm infestation. Private nine member committee chaired by R E Oehlmann set a weekly pro rate of 260 cars for current week. First interstate shipments began July 18. Proration under California Prorate Act. Committee to meet weekly to set next allotment. End of page note continues on Page 19.
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Sebastopol
Calif
Gravensteins
Sebastopol- Sonoma County
Pacific Coast
R. E. Oehlmann
Bureau reports commercial truck crop conditions
Washington July 23 The Bureau of Agricultural Economics issued a July 13 review of truck crops for shipment. Harvest in southern states is nearly over with remaining watermelons cucumbers tomatoes green Lima beans cantaloupes and green peppers moving mainly to northern markets. August will bring more supplies from northern states and city markets will rely on local gardens and central California crops.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics of
United States
Department of Agriculture
California
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
East Tennessee Peach Deal Opens This Week
East Tennessee peach movement starts late this week with Sale Creek Dayton district expected to ship 350 to 400 cars. Harriman district plans about 200 cars starting around July 30. Shipments will be federally and state inspected with Bruce Lasley directing the field office at Harriman hotel.
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Harriman
Tenn
East Tennessee
Sale Creek-Dayton
Bruce Lasley
Harriman Hotel
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Benjamin Goldstein
Israel Balish
Ben Balish
A.H. Ritter
Crystal Packing Company
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Robert McGuire
Cable Crease
Clark
Yakima Valley
Apple Assn
Apple Association
Grand Forks
Crispo & Sons, Inc
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Delaware Sts
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Jersey
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