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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1916
Page
2
Reports from F E Baldwin Co indicate North Carolina cobblers will move into eastern markets as South Carolina crop finishes. First North Carolina cobbler cars shipped this week, driven by high prices. demand centers on eastern buyers.
Chicago June 9. A good vegetable trade despite poor weather with no oversupply. Homegrown asparagus and Florida celery showed firmness, green-topped celery and Golden Heart fetch solid prices. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers varied with quality. Illinois hot house stock and fancy Florida originals remained in demand, while New Orleans and Mississippi produce offered at mixed levels.
Chicago June 9 The Packer man met O K Hart of Hart Brothers walking to the store with a box of cigars and a big smile. Hart announced a seven and a half pound boy born this week calling him a dandy and a likely pride beater if he grows like the first son.
Chicago June 9 H M Stephens cantaloupe and melon shipper from Blevins Arkansas arranged with F E Nelllis Co to handle all Rocky Ford cantaloupes on the Chicago market. Stephens reputedly among the largest melon shippers in the southwest and operates over 400 acres for the crop. Patrick Egan of S J Nellis Co closed the carlot deal.
Receipts of cabbage were not very large this week in Chicago. Fancy solid stock sold at satisfactory prices with small Tennessee crates bringing up to 2 dollars. Mississippi cabbage offered with irregular quality, best quoted at 3.50 dollars per crate.
Receipts of hay were moderate with good inquiry for timothy and steady prices. Choice timothy sold at 20 21 dollars, No 1418 20, No 2 16 17, light clover mixed 17 18, heavy clover mixed 14 15. prairie hay on a lower basis yet shipment advised due to new prairie arriving next month. Barrels of apples held steady with best stock selling well. Ben Davis 2.75, Baldwins 3.25, Willow Twigs 4.50, Winesaps 5 5.50.
Boise Idaho June 9 frost hit tender crops but overall damage was limited. Cold weather and rains persisted statewide leaving crops backward. Potato acreage is large with many fields planted where beets were killed by freezing.
A garbled passage mentions Mr. Koning and a son involved in banking and sports. It references a season, a game, and the idea of someone taking it easy, with a casual look at a potential “big league” status and leisure time. The text is unclear but centers on sports talk and familial ties in Chicago.
A market summary from Chicago shows poor berry quality with many lots water soaked or sanded. Indiana stock ranged near 1.25, Michigan berries sold from 90 cents to 1.75 per 24 quarts, while Tennessee and Illinois arrivals topped at 4 50 for good cases and sour cherries priced 3 to 2 per case based on quality and pack.
Chicago report notes California honey dew melons received by C. H. Weaver & Co. in 12 crates totaling 96 dollars. Each crate with nine to 11 melons sold quickly to leading fancy fruit retailers. The firm, a major cantaloupe shipper from Imperial Valley, expects steady distribution and continued strong demand for its Shree Melon brand.
June 9 Chicago. Collings and Neill have opened a brokerage firm in Chicago selling carloads of fruits and vegetables. The partners are W E Collins, veteran on this market for over 20 years and former General Sales Agency representative at St Louis, and Mr Neill, connected with Mr Co at St Louis. The new firm has been well received, given Collins longtime popularity here. Previously Collins represented California Vegetable Union for 12 years.
Earl Brothers received the season’s first Carolina potatoes in Chicago on Wednesday. Shipped from South Carolina, the Cobblers arrived in basket barrels selling for about 4.50 per barrel and were quickly cleared. further shipments were expected later in the week.
John Westfall of Riverside California president of Interstate Fruit Distributors and sales manager for Turlock Merchants and Growers toured eastern markets and Northwest cities and will return to California around June 20. Jack Cowell of Somers Produce Company Wisconsin said a large cabbage onion and truck crop is expected. Grant Junction Fruit Growers Association Colorado reported good fruit prospects barring weather issues. Collis Company Iowa poultry equipment maker was in Chicago for health related vacation. Owosso Manufacturing Michigan crate business outlook looks bright.
Elgin June 9 reports creamery butter sales at 29 cents. Two lots totaling 110 tubs and a lot of 65 tubs were sold at 29 1/2 cents. Production in the Elgin district is rising and quality is improving though still uneven.
Hearing before Examiner Gerry of the Interstate Commerce Commission will be held in the old federal building at 10 o clock on June 15. Rates and charges on potatoes from Minnesota to Western Trunk Line territory will be discussed including heater car charges car rental and the rates themselves. The Northern Potato Growers Traffic Association leads the shippers with O W Tong their traffic expert guiding the case. The decision impacts potato interests in northern states and eastern and western producers and buyers seeking seed stock and winter table potatoes.
Wisconsin cheese market shows limited export demand with scattered inquiries and a touch of speculative buying, notably in the daisies segment, as traders weigh current prices and future prospects. The tone suggests cautious firmness despite weak export returns, with some buyers returning for short term orders.
About 2,000 Daisies sold at 14 and a half cents and 150 Twins at 13 percent. Plymouth Call Board listings show Twins 14 cents Daisies 14 percent and 9 Longhorns 14 11 and a half cents Young Americas 14 5 cents squares 14 28.
Fort Smith Arkansas June 9 The first car of Triumph potatoes loaded at Cedars Oklahoma in the Fort Smith district brought 1.10 per bushel. Only a few more cars will move this week from this territory but next week will see the beginning of a heavy movement. F R Meilke Minneapolis Minnesota June 9 F R Meilke manager Cedar Rapide office of the Leo B Mull Company spent several days this week with the trade in the Twin Cities making his headquarters with an office of the Lace In AH company. Mr Meilke reported that general trade conditions throughout Iowa were in excellent shape and that they anticipated a continued free movement of all seasonable goods.
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