Randolph Market Invests Big in Citrus Trade Shift
Randolph Co- with Los Angeles and Mt. ment plan a $600,000 capital venture to form a new packing company. The firm, headed by Randolph and former president George Crandall, aims to continue the old business of shipping citrus from California and the Northwest. It will control about 20 percent of houses in the western sector, signaling a strong future as the Quaker Oats smiling prospect hints at growth despite unsettled details about the Sacrament valleys.
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Randolph
California
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W ‘O. Randolph
George Crandall
Sherman
Pnayer
W. C. Trandolph
Rise in Strawberries Acreage Signals Record 1916 Harvest
Reports from major strawberry districts nationwide indicate a sharp rise in acreage with a potential record harvest for 1916. States like Louisiana Alabama Texas and California show large increases or strong shipments, while Tennessee and Missouri districts project substantial carloads, with California districts Fresno Watsonville and Sacramento forecast to ship 1 300 to 2 000 cars and Chadbourn North Carolina 600 to 800 cars.
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Watsonville
Fresno
Chadbourn
North Carolina
Kansas City
United States
Tennessee
Los Angeles
Pajaro Valley
West Tennessee Berries Output Seen at Record Levels
Jackson Tenn March 10 output from western Tennessee strawberry shipping points will be the greatest ever. Acreage across 40 or more sections has risen nearly 50 percent with new points and larger fields. The standard 24 full quart crates will dominate while larecar is reduced. Movement starts late April to early May with refrigeration and local express service expanding to reach markets nationwide. Carlot shippers and association managers link buyers coast to coast, boosting consignments and commissions while speculative operators eye the market. Continued on Page 6.
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Seaboard
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Eddie Goodsell 15 Out Tearing Up the West
Hood River Oregon March 10 Goodsell a representative of the Fruit Auction Company of New York spoke to growers opposing efforts to market their own fruit. He urged a law preventing growers from selling their own produce and proposed a single branded shipment system. He favored chartering a ship to England to cut freight costs and promised catalogues with full car details.
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I. Goodsell
Fruit Auction Company of
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Truman Butler
Northwestern Fruit Growers’ Council
Butler
Goodsell
Wilmer Sieg
Apple Growere’ Association
Office of Markets
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Siuley
Mr. Goodsell
Idaho
Washington
England
Johnson
California
ED Podsell
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Northwestern
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Dillon
Commissioner Dillon
Pennington Creditors to Receive Half Dollar
Evansville report notes Pennington Produce creditors to get 50 percent of debts via 30 percent soon and 20 percent later, after costs and administration. Receiver says bankruptcy spared larger loss. California vegetable shipments total 2637 cars for the season with daily figures listed for March.
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Evansville
Ind
California
Los Angeles
El Paso Trader Truschell Rumored To Defraud Shippers
Federal authorities seek George O. Truschell over alleged mail fraud involving two carloads of produce during a brief El Paso stay. The Packer warned of irregularities before his arrival as he previously faced embezzlement charges and defrauded growers in Arkansas and Texas. He has a history of running exchanges and shippers’ schemes across multiple states.
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Traifi Santa
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Exchange
Truschell
California
Los Angeles
Rio Grande and Coast Association
Dallas
Colorado
Unit
McDuffie & Lowery
Alma
Ark
Houston
Pacific Coast
Frosty Florida frost hits Arcadia and Manatee crops
Frost swept Florida sections including Arcadia and Parrish on the Charlotte Harbor division of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. Temperatures fell to 32 degrees catching truckers off guard. Vegetation suffered little new growth after the prior frost but tender vegetables and some new citrus growth were damaged in unfolded areas.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Arcadia
Charlotte Harbor
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Parrish
Manatee
Spud Buyer Michael Wallace Under Arrest in Embezzlement Case
Michael P. Wallace of Clinton Michigan, a spud buyer for Tred Nagel & Son in Detroit, is charged with embezzling 3498.32 while under contract to buy potatoes in the Northwest and ship them to the Detroit firm. Bail is set at 5000 dollars as the case moves forward.
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Detroit
Mich
Tred Nagel & Son
Michael P. Wallace
Clinton
Wallace
Northwest
Bankruptcy filing for Herd A Emerson in Brooklyn court
New York state deputy commissioner H A Emerson filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Brooklyn Federal Court after long pursuit by Monarch Refrigerating Company and other creditors. He lists 367 creditors totaling 433731.67 with assets 3030, including 3000 insurance and 50 in household goods. He earns 2009 yearly and remains suspended from the Mercantile Exchange.
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Department of Foods and Markets
New York State
H. A. Emerson
Federal Court of
Brooklyn
Emerson Marlow Company of
Chicago
Monarch Refrigerating Company of
Emerson
New York Mercantile Exchange
Monarch
Droste & Snyder
Independent Beet Company
Philadelphia
BE. L. McAdam
Wabash Railroad Company
Union Trust Company
Cabbage Prices Hold at Chicago as Demand Grows
Chicago March 10 cabbage markets show a maintained advance from late last week with limited stocks and growing outside inquiries. Shippers face equipment shortages hindering movement while sales occur around 20 per ton f. o. b. Wisconsin points and some higher bids, Michigan and Wisconsin cabbages show good demand for this season, Eastern stock quoted at 16 17 per ton on a f. o. b. basis.
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Wade
Wisconsin
Michigan
Rectory
St. Louis
Burbanks
Russel Burbank
Kings
Rose
Ohio
Tolabo
Rural
Colorado Rural
Chicago Citrus Prices Show an Improvement
Chicago on March 10 reports improved Navel Oranges with active demand and better size. carlots at 2.25 to 2.65 per box. Morida and Floridas steady with better Florida grapefruit. receipts lighter but fruit in good condition. Carrots 2.50 per box. California lemons soft with price range 2.25 to 3 per box.
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Chicago
California
Chicago Onion Market Shows Improved Tone
Chicago March 16 growers report a brighter onion market with more active movement. Best central states stock remains quotable at 2 per 100 pounds, fob shipping points, while inferior stock clears at lower prices. Dealers see improving outlook and expect the market to wind up in good shape as supplies tighten.
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Chicago
Central States
Apple Exports Rise in New York Week Totals
Apple exports through last Saturday reached 223 958 barrels, up from 97 924 barrels in the same week a year earlier. Season totals so far amount to 1 196 838 barrels, compared with 2 431 902 barrels last year. Boxes are counted as three to the barrel.
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New York
Marcnia
Vast, scattered market notes across many states and fruits
Readable fragments describe strawberry acreage, apple and orange markets, California and Illinois shipments, Chicago and New York markets, railroad and distribution issues, and various farm incorporations and associations. Numerous locations include Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Alabama, Oregon, and California with multiple market notes and conventions.
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Boston
New York
Hannah Fox
Florida
St. Louis
St. Louis Street
Missouri Egg Dealers Convene with Light Trading and Prices Around 18-20c
At Kansas City convention of the Missouri Carlot Shippers Association, trading of April eggs was light with bids widely separated. prices geared to about 18c Kansas City 19c Chicago and 20c seaboard for April receipts. Spot sales ranged 19-20c seaboard. March anticipated heavy Western production may lower March prices. Officers elected include Voelker of St Louis as president and Hurst of Kansas City as president for the next year. next meeting set for St Louis.
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Middle West
Missouri Car Lot Egg Dealers’ Association
Packer
Seaboard
Chicago
West
W. D. Voelker
St. Louises
Ralph Hurst
Charles Schei Louis
R. , _ Combs
Kamsax City
R. H. Switzler
St. Louis
A. W. Bear
Wos
Toner
Cubs
A. B. Cole
California
S BE. Murray
Sedalia
Missouri Carlot Shippers’ Association
Baltimore
Jo. W. G. Fast
D. D
Henry L. Tost
Fostate
Apple Holdings in 411 Storages Report March 1
Washington and New York reports show 2,529,238 barrels in 411 storage houses and 1,767,914 boxes of apples as of March 1. February storage fell by about 928,761 barrels and 83,994 boxes from 407 storages. Analysts note February’s apple reductions, barrel and box totals, and year over year comparisons.
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Washington, D. C
Office of Markets
Apple Holdings
New York
Pittsburgh Dealers Lose Auction Suits
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that the Pennsylvania Railroad policy of granting a single auction concession for fruit consignments in Pittsburgh yards was not improper. The decision found no undue preference, but required future rules to be published. Receivers of fruit had claimed discrimination, and two auctions are planned in Pittsburgh.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Andrew Brothers Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
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