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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
2
Chicago leaders faced a clash over a city ordinance banning peddlers from crying out in residential areas. On Tuesday riots began as thousands protested, with dealers pressing Mayor Harrison after reporting business losses. Passions rose as crowds gathered in knots and shouted in various languages.
On Water street tensions rose as peddlers formed detachments and attacked wagons. A driver killed one or two assailants after being attacked despite police protection. Mayor Harrison and advisers then compromised, allowing cries from nine to four in the afternoon. The measure aimed to curb disruption while preserving street commerce and sleep for daytime workers.
Advertisers seek peaches pears apples grapes plums cherries and other deciduous fruits from the Middle States and Pacific coast for sale in Chicago. They promise strong demand and high prices and invite sellers to connect for outright purchase or handling.
Trade in nearly all lines has been very good with liberal receipts and strong demand. California cantaloupes are off due to heavy arrivals while watermelons sell 5 to 6 per dozen. cabbage moves from Virginia at 4.50 per large crate. Wisconsin berries arrive as fancy berries fetch 1.75 to 2 per 16 quart case. blueberries at 2.50 per 16 quart. sour cherries show activity in ease.
The citrus market shows Valencias at about $4 per box with strong lemon demand likely to push prices higher if heat persists as lemons fetch $6 to $7. California peaches plums and apricots arrived sold at auction with good prices. Potatoes remain high with new stock scarce. Minnesota expects a strong new crop around July 10. Street notes: Gamble-Robinson adds an auto truck to city trade. Calander-Vanderhoof reports first Tom Watson melons shipped to the northwest.
A fragmented OCR list catalogs fruit concerns by city across the United States and beyond, naming firms in New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Pittsburgh Buffalo Cleveland Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Springfield Worcester Louisville Indianapolis Grand Rapids Minneapolis St Paul Peoria St Louis Evansville Kansas City Des Moines Burlington Omaha Lincoln Denver Seattle Portland Los Angeles and San Francisco among others, with numerous company names such as Phillips & Sons P S Scott Co York Whitney Fanning Connolly Fanning Brenntsen Geroe Evans Turner Bloomgarden Fugazzi Perkins Blodgett Shoptow Hinds Fuchs Winkemulde Stacey Pennington Lagomarcino Davidson Arnett Godly Teibharas King Met Albright Standard Brokensnd Seattle Postland Tactma Pacific Fruit Co. and more.
Berry trading in Chicago early this week was disrupted by a peddlers strike under the anti noise law. Prices for strawberries ranged 40c to 1.50 with mostly inferior stock. raspberries from Illinois, Indiana and Michigan sold 1.25 to 2.50 per case. black caps 1 to 1.50 per flat and 2 to 3 per 24-quart. Blueberries in Wisconsin fetched 3 per 16-quart. Georgia berries 3.75 to 4 and 4.30 for 32s. Peaceberries sold 1.25 to 1.40 with good demand for large green berries. Blackberries remained in demand at about 1.25 to 2. sour cherries 0.65 to 1 with improving quality as week progressed.
Minneapolis reports the butter market fairly active with prices for large lines at 20 21 4c and acceptance rising. Creamery extras quoted at 21 14c firsts 19c seconds 16c. egg market modestly firmer but no price change. Poultry down slightly yet strong, hens 8 to 110, ducks 8 to Ve, turkeys 12c, broilers 2.50 to 5 per dozen, and WW to 2.30.
A car of California cherries was auctioned at the Omaha freight yards in Minneapolis to dealers from Minneapolis and St Paul. The sale featured about 2400 boxes at prices from 1 to 2.25 dollars per box with Royal Anns and Black Tartarians also moved. Receipts total two cars weekly, and will rise as the season progresses with other deciduous fruits offered. Coyne Brothers seek melons and other fruits via southern shippers for a Regent house in Chicago.
The document lists assets including loans and discounts totaling 1,149,392.34 dollars, United States bonds 254,500.00, other securities 403,939.41, furniture 210,000.00, and cash 651,908.86. Liabilities show capital stock 250,000.00, surplus 50,000.00, undivided profits 40,389.71, circulation 248,350.0, reserve for taxes 800.00, and deposits 1,892,700.40.
Alton Illinois reports that light rain failed to help potato crops as drought devastates fields. Growers note vines look healthy but no tubers are forming, with expectations of no deliveries this season from nearby hills. In Indiana, Tudor Packing Co. plant in Marion burned, $20,000 loss, $8,000 insured, with several plants statewide.
Officers listed for a bank, Edwin L. Wagner president John W. Low vice president Ralph N. Ballou cashier and H B Ahrensfeld assistant cashier, advise that drafts on fruit or produce firms be made through the National Produce Bank of Chicago to ensure quickest service.
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