Railroads urged to stop opening perishable car seals
Special meeting set for July 11 to press railroads in the Middle West and South to discontinue opening seals on cars carrying perishable goods enroute or on arrival. Inspectors have sometimes entered yards without receiver representatives, causing content deterioration and higher claims due to rising temperatures. A prior conference failed as railroad heads could not act. leaders from many railroads’ claim departments are expected to attend.
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Varios
Convi
Fikae
Middle West
South
California grape deal schemes raise alarm in trade
Dope sheet shows price setting shifts toward wine grapes with higher risks of short selling and scams. Buyers face flashy circulars and unbacked advances as operators push deals. The Packer urges caution and checks with mercantile agencies before signing.
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Deal
Los Angeles
California
Browers
San Quentino
R. E. Chapman
Packer
Heat brings cantaloupe shipments to peak in Imperial Valley
In Brawley California during a week of extreme heat cantaloupe shipments rose to 420 cars on Tuesday. Daily totals from June 15 to June 20 climbed from 214 to 420 cars as heat steadied. Billings and diversion reports show arrivals planned across multiple markets including Kansas City St Louis Chicago Detroit Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York and Boston with varying daily car counts from June 24 to 28.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
Bostion
Testimony Under Way in Reporter versus Fruit-Produce Case
Chicago June 23 Contrary to expectations the taking of testimony in the Produce Reporter Fruit-Produce Agency case had not been completed. Judge Page assigned Master Morrison to hear the testimony and Frank W Keillor secretary of the defendant organization. The plaintiff’s petition raises no new charges beyond alleged failure to obey court decrees and contention that the March 1920 Guide Book Junior Edition carried prohibited names and information. Defendants deny these charges and counter with unfair practices. Once testimony ends the case returns to Judge Page with a decree expected within days.
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Chicago
Fruit-Produce
Page
United States District Court
Td Master of Chancery
Master of Chancery Morrison
Potatoes firm in Chicago market aided by rains
Chicago June 23 The potato market firmed early in the week due to rains in Eastern districts that cut shipments. Demand remained steady as old potato shipments declined in the last two weeks and nearby states moved slowly. Virginia No 1 Irish Cobblers brought 5.76 per barrel. North Carolina No 1 Cobblers 5. Alabama Louisiana Arkansas No 1 Triumphs 2.75. Alabama No 1 Rose 2.50. Arkansas No 1 Cobblers 2.75. Old round white potatoes from Michigan and Wisconsin sold 1.85 to 2.10 per cwt for No 1 sacked stock.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Rose
Spanish Onions Arrive as Ships Set July Deliveries
The first big shipment of Spanish onions is due around July 1 in New York. A steamship named Syra carries 83,675 packages arriving June 29, and the Roma holds 8,000 packages arriving July 2, totaling 91,675 packages.
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New York
Syra
Roma
Cantaloupe Market Breaks in New York
New York on June 23 reports the cantaloupe market breaking after Monday’s higher receipts. Early morning prices ranged from four to six dollars, with larger arrivals and sales on the docks. Rain affected demand and profitability as traders assessed future purchases.
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New York
Cantaloupe Market Shifts as California Melons Rise in Prices
Receivers hail a bright season as California cantaloupes show strong sweetness and good cuts, while Georgia and Florida crops collapse under heavy rains. By Tuesday and Wednesday, Southern melons slump with rot and low demand, standards around 60 cents to $1.25, pink and white flats widely varying, Californias steadying at $3.50 to $3.25, with ripe melons cheaper per crate.
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California
Georgia
Florida
Cantaloupes
Advance in Onions in Chicago Prices Rise and Hold
Onions show modest weekly gains in Chicago with prices firm at the higher level. California yellow Bermudas bring 2.36 per crate, Crystal White Wax 2.50, Louisiana Creoles in 100 pound sacks 3.75 to 4, Georgia yellow Bermudas 1.75 to 1.85, Texas yellow Bermudas 1.76 to 2, Stockton district yellows 3.50 per 100 pound sack and itha red 2.25 to 2.50.
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Chicago
California
Texas
Stockton
Itha
New National Growers Marketing Organization Formed
A nationwide marketing group for fruit growers emerges as Federated Fruit Growers Inc. forms from the North American Fruit Exchange after January 1, 1923. Arthur R. Rule to run the combined body, with plans extending from New York to Virginia and California, staffing shifts, and unit formations across major growing regions.
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Arthur Rule
Federated Frat Growers, Inc
American Farm Bureau Federation
North American Fruit Exchange
New York State
Jersey
Virginias
New York
Chicago
Federated Fruit Growers, Inc
Marketing Association
Arthur R. Rule
Fruit Growers Marketing Committee
Mr. Rule
Packer
Rule
Inc
Mion
Stewart
Florida. Citrus Exchange
Edwards
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Federated Fruit Growers
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Florida
Georgia
Ohio
Michigan
Ilinois
California
Northwest
J. R
J. §. Edwards
C. B. Stewart
Florida Citrus Exchange
N. R. Peet
New York State Cooperative Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association
Cantaloupe Market in Chicago Steady as Shipments Rise
Chicago traders report a firm cantaloupe market with limited local supplies. Imperial Valley shipments reached a weekly high of 426 cars Tuesday, total 519 cars that day, plus 91 from Georgia and small lots from Florida and South Carolina. Next week expected to ease demand with heavy outgoing shipments. prices ranged from 3.75 for California standards to 3 for ponies and 1.65 for flats, with Georgia flats at 7 cents.
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Chicago
Outaide
Inicago
Éarlota
Caite Loupes
Imperial Valley
Thea
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
California
Shippers Seek T. S. Waters of Tampa Fraud Probe
June 23 Tampa shippers report the Waters Fruit and Produce Company once at 502 Cass Street offered poultry eggs and fruits in a receipting fashion during summer and tourism seasons. They seek a man named T. L. Waters now missing. A Vaughn Fruit and Produce Company operates at the same address, with Vaughn having earlier run a transfer business in the same building.
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Tampa
Fla
Waters Fruit & Produce Company
Cass Street
T. L. Waters
Vaughn Fruit and Produce Company
Vaughn
Waters
Waters Fruit and Produce Company
Produce Packer free sample offer printed
The Produce Packer edition provides market and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool furs and related items. A free sample copy is offered upon request by the publication.
Kaw Valley potato crop needs rain amid dry June
Kansas City June 23 A good rain is needed for Kaw Valley potatoes as June drought curtails yield. Early plantings faced delays from heavy rains then dry weather, with estimates of 75 to 125 bushels per acre, possible to rise with rain. Movement expected July 1 to 4. East of Kansas City Orrick area shows similar conditions. Several Kansas City firms act as carload shippers in the potential deal.
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Kansas City
Kan Valley
Kaw Valley
Union Pacific Railroad
Muncie
St. Marys
Kaw
Santa Fe
Kansas River
C. C. Gignoux
Union Pacific
Earlien
C. C. Clemons Produce Company
Michael Swanson - Brady Produce Company
Barrett Collins Brokerage Company
C. H. Gonder, Evans & Peppers
Cochrane Brokerage Company
Carret Shippers
B. L. Butler
St. Louis
Mansas City
Orrick
Packer Weekly
Packer
Bonner Springs
Kan
Wilder Kan
Bonner
Springs
Bonner’ Springs
Wilder
Kannespeaiion
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Iseller
Buyer
Colorado
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
Shenandoah and
Cumberland Valleys
James Nichols
W. B. Armstrong
Washington
C. E. Durst
East
Committee of 21
New Jersey
Packerman
Burlington County Supply and Produce Company of
Mount Holly
Alexis L. Clark
Bureau of Markets
Trenton
Clark
T. S. Waters of
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