Audit Shows Narrow Margin for Berk Granger Firm
Beaton Harbor Mich March 16 Berk Granger, fruit and vegetable re distributer, issued an audit of 1922 results showing total sales 1 281240.01 with 1 814 cars handled average car price 678 74 and gross margin 8 3 percent on fruits 9 3 percent on grapes net profit per car 14 39 dollars and net profit on gross sales 2 12 percent The firm outlines a plan to refund growers over 5 percent net profit if possible and considers adjusting terms for 1923 and beyond.
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Berk & Granger
Ste
Oka
Ibeen
Oldham Produce Co of Kansas City Closes Doors
Kansas City March 16 The Oldham Produce Company run by George W Oldham a fruit and vegetable dealer with a market stake closed its doors Thursday of next week due to illness He has been ill with influenza and complications The remaining stock was sold and street estimates of debts range from 1500 to 2000 dollars with exact figures not yet available
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Kansas City
Oldham Produce Company
Eorge
W. Oldham
New City
Tts
Oldham
Indiana Measure Killed by Governor McCray Veto
Governor McCray vetoed the Indiana Co operative Marketing Bill after it passed the Legislature. The measure faced strong farming opposition and was criticized as vicious, with many expressions of approbation for the veto.
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Indiana
McCray
Indianapolis
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Colorado Legislature Sees Introduction of Marketing Bill
A cooperative marketing bill is before the Colorado Legislature, echoing a vetoed Indiana measure. Farmers opposed it upon learning the scope, with reports from Indiana detailing the objections. In New York, several men will attend the Peach Blossom Festival in Fort Valley, Ga including Leslie Gamble and Robert W. Nix.
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New York
Fort Valley
Leslie Gamble
Robert W. Nix
W. A. Stewart
Wietcher Cochran
Fort Valley Peach Blossom Festival Readied
Preparations are nearly complete for Fort Valley Georgia's peach blossom festival set for March 22. National interest runs high with wholesale fruit dealers and visitors from across the United States expected to attend. An automobile tour through local orchards, a barbecue, music, and a pageant will cap the event attracting growers shippers and dealers from Atlantic Seaboard states and beyond.
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Fort Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Chicago
Milwaukee rebels against city retail marketing bill
Several hundred commission men and dealers held a joint meeting at Huncker's Hall to oppose Mayor Hoan's proposed municipal marketing bill. They argued the city should not enter selling fruits vegetables and other commodities, condemning it as an unfair taxpayer risk and a bad precedent seen in Oshkosh losses and hidden overhead costs.
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Milwaukee
Huncker’s
Tenth and
Sherman Streets
Daniel Hoan
Gaid
Ban Gettleman
Jacob” Herman
Oshkosh
Wis
Herman
Hoan
Conrad
E. F. Pahl
Upper Third Street Advancement Association
Interesting Meeting of Chicago Shippers Association
The Chicago Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association held its regular monthly dinner at the Chicago Produce Club with lively talks from Bert Jones Major C H Caswell C A Kerr and a bank band official. After the business session members enjoyed late card games into the morning hours.
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Chicago
Chicago Fruit & ‘Vegetable “Shippers’ Association
Chicago Produce Club
Bert Jones
C. H. Caswell
Rock Island Lines
C.A. Kerr
C. A. Kerr & Co
Mr. Clark
Clark
Europe
Chicago Fruit & Vegetable Shippers’ Association
No Refrigerator Cars For Florida Tomatoes Hinders Crop
Miami March 16 The refrigerator car shortage is acute. All tomatoes this week are loaded in ventilators at the shipping point. Cars for Southern markets go through to destination while contents of cars for the North are transferred to refrigerators at diverting points in the South. The situation is unprecedented and disrupts proper distribution of the crop.
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Miami
Fla
Celery shipments steady as berry movement remains heavy
Shipments of celery from the celery section in Jacksonville Florida report a steady market with little price change. Golden self blanching celery brings about 1.60 to 1.65 per unit while French strain notes appear. Strawberry movement remains heavy with around twenty five cars daily plus express shipments.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Continued Strength in Potato Market in Eastern Districts
The potato market shows continued strength in shipping and central markets with higher prices vs last week and tight supply. Maine shippers pay growers up to 2 per 165 pound barrel and up to 2 per cwt. Harlem and Bushwick dealings absorb most offerings with no fixed price. New York state bags sell around 2.45 to 2.60 per 150 pounds, while road conditions limit country receipts and Western potatoes begin to enter the mix.
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New York
Maine
Aroostook County
Houston
Green Mountains
Harlem River
Long Island
Harlem
Bushwick Station
Brooklyn
New York State
Jersey Spointa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fancy Onions Firm Price Tendency Upward
The onion market in New York shows firmness with Middle Western yellows selling up to 3.50 per 100 pound bag. Fancy stock reached 3.32.25, and Western New York yellows mirror those levels. Reds and other varieties ranged from 1.50 to 3.60 per crate, with substantial foreign imports arriving and overall week-end strength lifting prices to about 4 per bag for fancy Middle Western yellows.
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New York
Orange County
California
Holland
Rotterdam
Valencia
Haj Vana
Cabbage Market Steady as Old Supply Dwindles
Chicago March 16 market reports steady cabbage prices with old stock nearly exhausted in Wisconsin and New York state. Texas stock in barrels around 4.50, Alabama crates about 5, Louisiana 4.50 to 5, and California crates 3.60 to 3.60 with roughly 60 cars on track at week end.
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Chicago
Texas
Alabama
California
Wisconsin
New York State
Louisiana
Apple Exports Report From Rochester Area
Apple exports for last week reached 21 177 barrels and 142 571 boxes as reported by the International Apple Shippers Association in Rochester North Carolina on March 16. Compared with the previous year exports fell to 23 272 barrels and 46 611 boxes. Total season exports stand at 1 580 744 barrels and 2 990 026 boxes, up from 1 202 20 barrels and 2 367 227 boxes at the same date last year.
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Apple Exports
Rochester
N. C
Apple
International
Apple Shippers’ Association
Outlook Good For Louisiana Berries Crop
Hammond La March 16 The Louisiana strawberry crop develops in splendid condition with favorable weather. plants in full bloom and heavily set with fruit. Large yields indicate output will rise daily. shippers move output to markets by carload with prices around 3.15 to 3.25 per crate. steady supplies expected to open regular movement by March 26.
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Hammond
Louisiana
Yielf
Troy
Revision of Commodity Rates in the Southwest
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a general revision of freight rate schedules through the Southwest and lower Mississippi Valley with June 30 effectiveness. It aims to eliminate unjust discrepancies from nonuniform rates, requiring lower Memphis to Arkansas and Southern Missouri paths, and adjusted schedules from Natchitoches and Arkansas to territories. The decision keys to proportionate class-rate levels, with some dissent by Commissioners Campbell and McChord.
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Washington, D.C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Tenn
Monroe
Shreveport
Natchez
Miss
Arkansas
Missouri
Natchher
Campbell
McChord
Chifely
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas City
Cairo
Thebes
Illinois
Mississippi River
Co operative Marketing Act Debated in Illinois Legislature
Illinois lawmakers consider the Co operative Marketing Act to authorize non profit or capital stock free cooperatives for orderly marketing of agricultural products. The bill mirrors a recently passed Indiana measure but borrows only minor points and outlines membership rights remedies and association powers.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
McKay
Considerable Foreign Cabbage in New York
Foreign cabbage now supplies almost all New York demand with little domestic shipments in two weeks. Prices range from 50 to 60 dollars per ton in yards and loading stations. Florida cabbage is strong at 3 to 3.75 dollars per basket, Louisiana cabbage around 5 dollars per crate, and imported white cabbage 2.50 to 3.75 per basket or crate, red 2.25 to 2.50.
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New York
Florida
Louisiana
The Produce Packer Advertises Trade News
A brief notice explains a separate weekly paper, The Produce Packer, for shippers and distributors of fruits vegetables and other commodities. It invites readers to request a copy by mail and highlights market news for traders and wholesalers.
Stronger Market on Oranges in New York Late Week
New York market notes a lift in orange trading with improved demand despite unsettled weather. California and Florida shipments showed mixed pricing shifts across the week, with fancy grades firming and common lots slipping, while Porto Rican and Steily lemons displayed varied movements as buyers adjusted to available cargoes and seasonal color and quality.
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New York
Potato Planting Underway in Kaw Valley Region
Potato planting began March 1 in Kaw Valley and ran through March 10. Rain and snow halted further work. Ground was dry and loose. L. G. Frisbie planted 800 acres and others were about half finished before the rain. Early reports indicate the usual acreage will be planted, with more Irish Cobblers than usual.
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Kaw Valley
Banner Springs
Kan
L. G. Frisbie
El Pomar Fruit Company Seeks Extension of Creditors
El Pomar Fruit Company Inc a Watsonville distributor of apples and other produce says it cannot meet current obligations and asks creditors for an extension to May 1924 as debts are expected to be paid in full. S V Christenson manager notes liquidation now would yield little. Proposals aim to keep the business going with three creditor directors Lopes Martiny Dutton handling bank, box distributor, oil firm roles.
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Watsonville
Calif
el Pomarruit Company, Inc
S. V. Christierson
Oni
Prefpal
Its
Lopes
Pajaro “V National Bank
George F. Martiny_ la
California Pine “Box Distributors
D. ¥. Dutton
Tocal
Standard Oil Company of California
Markets Firmer for Vegetables on Lower Coast Trade
Vegtable shipments remained active with improving demand across most markets. Escarol endive and anise sold firm with prices up. parsley shallots beets and carrots showed firmer values though supplies varied. Mixed starlets and shipments moved forward freely in fairly liberal volumes despite some market variability.
Carlot Potato Market in Chicago Reflects Storm Effects
Chicago March 16. The carlot potato market shows storm effects on transportation and loading in North Central producing districts. Receipts Tuesday and Wednesday were lighter while activity rose from Monday, with prices 5 to 10 cents higher. Wisconsin sacked No 1 whites 90 cents to $1.05 per cwt, Minnesota sacked Red River chips $1.30 to $1.40, and Russets $1.30 to $1.50. Seed potato demand has surged amid active incoming cars for mixed and immediate shipment, drawing down available carrot operators’ stock this week.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red River
Taub of New York Discharged in Bankruptcy
Louis Taub of New York was discharged from debts by the United States District Court on March 16. Once a leading operator in Far Western fruits, Taub faced a bankruptcy petition filed months earlier seeking over 300000 in debts. No creditors opposed the discharge and no action was taken for investigation. Taub now works with Consolidated Fruit Brokers, selling fruit each morning.
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New ‘York
Lewis “Taub
United States
District. Court
Taub
New York
Waa
Mit
California Head Hettuce Movement's Easy Chicago Sale
The report notes lettuce movement in California and Chicago with the Central Valley iceberg lots selling well. Four dozen crates topped by larger crates brought $3 per crate, with fancy lots at $32.25 per crate four and a half dozen. Smaller sizes sold around $2.50 to $2.70, with others down to $2 to $2.25 per crate.
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Ot Califo
Valley
Tropical Fruit Corporation Formed in New York
Salvatore Di Giorgio announced the Tropical Fruit Corporation will grow and import bananas coconuts and other fruits. Headquarters are at 61 Broadway New York with Mrs Di Giorgio serving as president and general manager.
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New -York
Salvatore di Giorgio
Tropical Fruit Corporation
Broadway and
Wills
di Giorgio
Cor Oporation
Bermuda onion crop in Southwest Texas suffers heavy damage
Severe freezing and prolonged rains in February followed by persistent moisture have damaged the Bermuda onion crop in Southwest Texas. Many bulbs were unable to mature, some onions decayed or lost, and overall losses are described as the greatest in years. Production movements shift with forecasts of harvest now unlikely before April 10. Thrip and pink root appear in several fields as growers reassess prospects.
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Webb
Trict
Bermuda
Onion Brewery
Etta
Season long shipments of staple crops reported
Washington March 16 government reports show the 1922 potato crop including the early portion shipped 196 508 carloads to March 10, above 191 286 a year earlier. Cabbage and barrel apples also cited with year to date totals and comparisons. Florida Toronto Movement Miami reports East Coast tomato belt harvests, movement 42 87 73 76 cars first four days this week, prices $2.25 to $2.75, many stocks remain unsold.
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Washington, D. C
Cannes
Apple
Florida
Toronto
Miami
Pla
John B Valente Files Bankruptcy Papers In Boston
John B Valente and John Byte Valente & Co. of Newton filed bankruptcy papers in Boston. Liabilities amount to 10 898, assets 87. Largest creditor listed is Leon Brothers Buffalo with 560, Robt A V Adamson 195 unsecured.
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John'b
Valente
Boston
John’ B. Valente
Wweek
John
John’ Lente & Co
Newton
Liabilitie
Leon Brothers
Buffalo
A. V
Onion set and seed potatoes demand rises in Louisville
Demand for onion sets and seeds plus seed potatoes is rising in Louisville and the South. Prices are strong with reds and yellows at 2.25 per bushel and whites at 2.50. Strong buying momentum noted March 15 in local markets.
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Louiaville
South
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Merk &. Granger
Benton Harbor, Mich
Certified Public Accountants
Oldham ‘Produce Co
Oldham, Produce Company
Reade
Chicago Shippers’ Assn
York State
Order of Interstate Commerce Commission
Tennessee
Mississippi
Ilinois
York
Best
Choice
Port UN
New Orleans
el Pomar Fruit Company
Louis
Hettuce
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