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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1932
Page
1
Fred Brennisen of Buffalo urges federal support for trade consolidation in the fruit and vegetable industry. He praises press coverage, warns of political risk, and endorses selective organization while calling for separate divisions for commission merchants, receivers, packers and shippers as discussed by The Packer and Carl Haynes of the National League.
Chicago market reports onions holding steady with varied prices by grade and size. Demand moderate for top quality stock. Western and California whites lead pricing, with Midwest yellows and Wisconsin reds showing wider spreads and notable weight classes.
Winchester March 4 Prospects for large Virginia apple shipments from Hampton Roads look dim due to anticipated heavy French duties. Inman Payne of Cosmopolitan Shipping Co told the House merchant marine committee that despite duties, the Baltimore Mail Line loaded 10,000 baskets for France via Havre the same day. He said speed is not essential and American La France can manage exports, while Valley of Virginia growers note slow calls at Hampton Roads push origin to New York. refrigeration helps but spoilage risk remains.
Texas growers and dealers unite against proposed freight rate hikes in Consolidated Southwestern and Clip Top cases. At Weslaco meeting, speakers warn of more than 1 million dollars yearly impact, with carriers passing costs to producers and affecting valley buyers and markets. Upcoming meetings planned in Pharr Raymondville San Benito to mobilize opposition.
North Carolina potato shippers contend government acreage estimates are too high as planting advances. Local reports show actual planting at about 60 percent of last year across eastern counties, with several firms citing reduced acreage and shifted packaging demands to 100 pound bags. Climatic mildness and early planting push the crop forward.
Ed Briggs of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association files with the Interstate Commerce Commission a strong protest against Examiner Rogers and Bartel's proposed change to deprive shippers of the right to specify routing. The measure aims to curb reciprocity in purchasing and routing, seen as a danger to the perishable industry and rail traffic flow across multiple cities.
Wenatchee March 4 Northwestern Fruit Exchange will continue as exclusive sales agent for the Skookum Packers Association for 1932. Myron S Foster, Exchange president, notes the output has been marketed since 1916. Skookum Packers officers are Harry Kerr president C A Leedy vice president and Harry L Miller Wenatchee manager. The 1931 season was tough but the trustees commended sales handling and renewed the contract unanimously.
Chicago March 4. A special committee formed at the Western Fruit Jobbers Association convention in New Orleans met in Kansas City and proposed a five member panel to confer with other trade groups to seek consolidation. The committee is chaired by R W Gees of Kansas City with George Marsh Chicago C R Godding San Francisco A P Jacobs and E J Gravier Hutchinson Kan. The National League of Commission Merchants and the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association were notified, and meetings are planned in Chicago on March 18.
A Packer dispatch notes the 18 percent Florida citrus freight rate cut on Atlantic Coast and Seaboard lines would take effect February 25, not March 2, with supplements cancelling earlier notices. The update reached Packer offices too late for last week’s publication.
The American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association plans testimony in Kansas City as it campaigns against proposed railroad rate increases. Manager Ed Briggs testified at a 1981 Chicago Union Station hearing urging retention of current classifications for potatoes cabbage melons onions beets carrots and other produce. The commission later published higher rates despite industry opposition and petitions for suspension were filed by the shippers and others.
In Hastings Florida on March 4 rains ending a dry spell eased anxiety for potato growers. Quality remains good though yields per acre drop to about 40 barrels from a normal 50. Acreage sown this season totals 14,600 compared with 18,800 last year. Sacks gain favor over barrels due to chain store orders.
Jack Hammes of Los Angeles was sentenced February 26 to 180 days in county jail on two charges of defrauding about 20 merchants. He posed as a buyer for a chain store, bought goods worth 5600 on the street, and then declared bankruptcy. He pleaded guilty before the Associated Produce Dealers and Brokers Association and said he hoped to deter others from croocked schemes in the produce trade.
The Produce Packer is a separate weekly newspaper printed alongside The Packer. It covers marketing and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and fur. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
Birmingham enforces strict truck peddler licensing to curb unregistered trade. Cases show growers misrepresenting supplies, fines up to 200 dollars, jail time or work sentences, and warnings against itinerant vendors. The crackdown targets outside dealers while exempting actual growers.
President Hoover sent a message to Congress urging changes in bankruptcy law to curb fraud and abuse. The Justice Department report cites cases rising from 15,000 in 1930 to 60,000 in 1931 with assets swelling to over 1.0 billion, calling courts a dumping ground for wreckage and debtors seeking cancellation of debts.
United States Department of Agriculture announces hearings under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. Examiner H. P. Dechant will preside in San Francisco. Hearings listed for March 15 La Mantia Brothers Arigo Company Inc vs Beard Co March 16 Interstate Fruit Distributors vs Eskew Son March 17 Twin City Celery Company vs Naruto Company in the Federal Building Los Angeles at 10 am.
Proposed consolidation of big associations regarded as vital with broad impact. Brokers and apple shippers invited as leaders from industry are named to consider the question.
Idaho Falls reports a drive to organize Idaho potato growers into a cooperative association with Federal Farm Board help. The draft contract allows heavy control by the association over supplies and finances, including deducting fees from first sales and power to borrow and pledge potatoes and related papers. A breach triggers a 20 percent market value penalty. Kansas City notes rapid consolidation talks among trade groups with meetings set in Chicago March 12 and 18 to plan a centralized industry body balancing local interests and mutual gains.
Baltimore March 4 An order in the local court appoints receivers under a $1000 bond for the assets of Othar L Gladding and Harry B Litchfield trading as O L Gladding Co who operated in the produce business at the Pennsylvania Produce Terminal The move follows a bill by Foy Brokerage Company claiming a $3622 10 debt and alleging insolvency of the firm
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