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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1923
Page
2
Frank A L Bloom of Detroit passed through Chicago on his way home from vacation with relatives in Missouri. Former Farm Bureau Produce Exchange manager, he resigned to pursue his own business. Details of future work to be announced soon.
Minnesota's state potato tour opens August 1 starting in Red Lake Falls and travels through Northwestern Minnesota before ending in St. Louis County and Duluth on August 9 and 10. Growers dealers pathologists entomologists horticulturists and other specialists will drive the itinerary. The Warroad August 4 stop follows the Rainy River to International Falls where Cobblers potatoes are grown.
Grand Rapids July 27 Michigan peach arrivals begin with Mayflowers at 3 4 a bushel, competing with Georgia Elbertas at 4 50 a bushel and Hiley Belles at 3. Prices ease as a large early crop weighs on a market already oversupplied. Raspberry, blackberry and blueberry markets vary, with currants dragging and sour cherries modestly stronger. Astrachans from Berrien county bring 75 cents a jumbo basket.
The Michigan Elevator Exchange adopted a resolution opposing the mixing of inferior foreign beans with Michigan grown white navy beans. They plan to press Congress and promote a branded Michigan bean campaign. The group handled 1,000 cars last year and has about 100 local affiliated elevators. New officers include President Waldo Phillips and Vice President L C Lamowski.
Ex senator C B Bills of Sacramento now vice president of United Bank and Trust Company of California visited Chicago this week. He attended a Rotary International committee meeting and met friends on South Water street. He plans to attend the Western Fruit Jobbers convention in Kansas City next January to renew trade ties.
Chicago market notes a steady supply of green vegetables from nearby and distant regions. Lettuce stayed strong with high demand and firm prices. Illinois lima beans new to market sold around 90 cents per case, while eggplants and peas showed moderate demand and variable quality. Cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet corn, and other produce moved with mixed activity amid bulk arrivals and discounts for inferior stock.
Reports from Chicago dated July 27 warn that upper Michigan blueberry patches face ruin without soon rain. Prospects were bright, but five weeks without moisture threatens a poor crop if showers do not come quickly.
E H Speigl sales manager for Garcia and Maggini Co San Francisco shippers of California products departed Chicago Monday for Eastern markets after a stay in town where he established headquarters with Wagner Bills Company handling his account in this territory.
The report lists box prices at 5 cents per unit and 1.75 per box, with California fancy stock at 6.50 per crate, Michigan crates at 15 cents to 1. Kalamazoo stock priced at 2 per six bunches and 1.25 for Kalamazoo crates. Homegrown peppers selling 0.75 to 0.85 per box, St. Louis bushels 1.50 to 1.75, Louisiana and Mississippi hampers 1.00 to 1.75, radish demand fair and receipts light. Homegrown stocks at 2.3 per 100 bunches.
In Grand Rapids Michigan on July 27 heavier receipts of Michigan new potatoes and more outdoor tomatoes softened markets for both. Potatoes No 1 sell 1.75 to 2.25 a bushel, Southern tubers 6.50 to 6.75 a barrel. Outdoor tomatoes 1 to 1.10 per seven pound basket. jumbo 2 to 2.50 per basket. Hothouse tomatoes fell to 1.25 to 1.40 per seven pound basket. Wax beans and green peas prices rise due to drought, corn prices easing as supply grows. No. 2 corn 20 to 34 cents a dozen cars, No. 1 irrigation corn 35 to 50 cents a dozen. Cauliflower No 1 flats 1.25 to 1.50 each.
The Hampers department in Chicago's Leigh Banana Case Company releases a new booklet on the Leigh Way hamper. It details construction, shipper success with fruits and vegetables, packing methods for apples, and an inverted stacking approach for storage or car loading. Copies available by writing to 2230.5 Union Avenue, Chicago.
Fargo North Dakota July 27 A meeting of 100 farmers from the Red River Valley at Halstad Minnesota failed to perfect an organization under the Minnesota Potato Exchange. State organizer G Rubinow said the aim is to sign up at least half of the commercial acreage and noted 700 individual members already signed. The Red River Valley covers about 140 000 acres and is a prime potato region the Exchange wishes to organize quickly. If Minnesota succeeds the plan would extend pooling to North and South Dakota in 1924.
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