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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1917
Page
1
A major cantaloupe deal in California is set to start this week with favorable terms. Officials say activity will be in full swing as taxed limits apply and market conditions stabilize.
County inspectors report a swelling cantaloupe flow as shipments from Imperial Valley surge. Early consignments to New York Chicago and Philadelphia test routes and brands. Farmers face packing uniformity and aphid control challenges while advertisers push trusted brands to drum up a mammoth July harvest.
The Bureau of Crop Estimates at the Department of Agriculture releases a preliminary public estimate of the commercial acreage planted with cantaloupes in Washington D C June. The article notes further details continued on page 10, highlighting early figures from the farming statistics report.
A. H. Brown, ex Stewart Fruit Company official, appointed joint fruit inspector at New York docks to settle damage claims on California fruit on the spot. Plan aims to cut delays in claims processing by issuing immediate certificates for damaged stock, starting with cantaloupes and Northwestern boxed apples to follow.
A discussion predicts a future food control law criminalizing hoarding for price gain. It may exempt farmers, leaving commissions to judge holding undue stock. The piece cautions wide impact on dealers, forecasts shifts toward auction or commission marketing, and cites a California vegetable shipment update through June.
On account of higher paper and material costs the publisher raises The Packer subscription to 2 per year in the United States Mexico and Cuba 3 in Canada and 34 in all other foreign countries.
New York reports frozen poultry stocks remain high with no demand from Uncle Sam for poultry. Government estimates suggest far larger stock than reality, with limited exports and weak consumer demand. Prices fall across frozen meat, turkeys, and broilers, while live poultry markets stay firm but sluggish with rising delays in transit.
New York reports show butter and eggs in U S warehouses higher on June 1 than a year prior. Butter holdings total 6,054,000 pounds nationwide up 1,779,000 from 1916. eggs total 3,017,000 cases, up 105,000, with New York Jersey City and Brooklyn holding 855,000 cases. Freezer stocks in New York vicinity reach 17,462 packages, up about 210,000 from 1916.
A New York editor urges a registration day to draft volunteers to "make the newspapers quit misquoting Pat Foy." The text recounts repeated misquotations of Poy, a price current expert, and calls for action to curb misrepresentation in coverage of his food and market reports.
New York June 8 Frankel and Spector a Harlem fruit and vegetable firm has closed and Frankel allegedly disappeared with company funds. Spector claims forged checks and misused funds. several checks returned with no funds. Frankel and his family fled last week amid a prior venture with Frankel Brathree ending badly. Illinois cyclone victims seek aid after 2 500 homeless and over 1 million in losses prompting a merchants group led relief drive with initial $100 donation.
New York potato prices opened weak on Monday as 120 cars from the South and North Carolina entered the market. No. 1 stock reached $1 per barrel for the finest and $10 to $11.50 for Carolina spuds. Florida shipped quality similar to Hastings. By Tuesday prices fell to about $10 for top Florida, with No. 2 grades dropping. Wednesday receipts were 100 cars and top grades eased to $10 to $10.50. Thursday saw 93 rail cars and 1000 boat barrels, Virginia arrivals at $9.50 to $10.50 and Florida supplies dwindling as the week closed.
June in Washington protesters clash with supporters over a proposed ten percent tariff on banana imports. They argue bananas are a staple for the poor, while American fruit growers back the tariff for competitive reasons. Officials warn sea traffic limits could end banana shipments, boosting demand and prices for homegrown fruits like oranges and apples.
John Baldwin a fruit and vegetable salesman long with Wessells and Co owes creditors between 700 and 3800 dollars. He charged goods to the firm while not a buyer and has disappeared from the trade after collecting payments, leaving debts unpaid and his status unclear.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed Wednesday against Sarah R. Chulawsky proprietor of the Summer Live Poultry Market at 257 Nery Street Brooklyn with creditors Louis Jd. Schaub $392.67 George G. Brown $271.72 Fleck Hillman $207.02 Samuel Werner $170.72 Also a petition was filed Wednesday against the Ideal Market Company 606 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn by Armour & Co. $308.84 M E Ap Rei Company $523 Comer d Pollack
June 8 Chicago dispatch reports a federal grand jury returning indictments against local butter and egg firms and individuals for price manipulation and conspiracy to fix prices. Indicted operators include S. E. Davis O. D. Gilman C. D. Bowman D. B. Kilbourne and others with firms named. defendants plan defense and seek an early trial.
The Butter Egg and Poultry Board in Kansas City disbanded on Saturday. About 50 dealers in butter eggs and poultry were members. no quotations were made. Resolutions cited high food costs and consumer unrest as grounds for the action. The group met daily to buy and sell mainly eggs and poultry with some butter packing stock offered.
Washington dispatch reports Democrats and Republicans negotiating to remove price fixing from the food control bill. Hoover and Senators Pomerene and Curtis discuss concessions to ease passage, aiming to replace price fixing with producer price support clauses. Poindexter measure would punish storage to manipulate prices. passage of Lever bill remains uncertain as Wilson urges haste. Visitors in New York include W H Stevens, Tebbets, Edmon, and Middough among others.
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