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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1925
Page
1
Laredo awaiting Bermuda onions harvest with rain aiding growth and $2.75 per crate early shipments. Webb county acreage near last year but upper counties cut by half, total output seen around 8 500 carloads. Production timing should spread marketing from all districts to avoid gluts.
Attorneys Griffith and Wager won two cases against American Railway Express Company over strawberries shipped from Beebe Arkansas in 1923. One car iced late and skipped first icing station leading to berry spoilage, arriving Worcester Massachusetts in bad condition. Jury awarded $1,000 to Anthony and Jones Company, about $1,700 sought.
March 27 report notes arrival of Florida spuds from Hastings and nearby districts including Wabasso and Vero. Prices opened at 12 13 for No 1 and 7 8 for No 2, then fell about 60 cents Tuesday, another 50 to 60 cent drop Wednesday, and a continued fractional decline Thursday.
A Washington dispatch reports that after April 15 parcel post packages may be sent by first class mail for 26c extra postage The Post Office Department notes the change is especially suitable for shipments of baby chicks flowers fruits and vegetables and other produce from New York on this new service March 27.
New York March 27 The asparagus market fell over the week with weak demand. California grass shipments 8 to 10 cars daily from Monday to Thursday, price ranges for large stock at $9.10 to medium $8-9 and small $6-7. Georgia and South Carolina grass sold $2 to $4.50, with few extras up to $7-8. overall best offerings averaged $4.65-5.50 per box.
Washington March 27 Pot ato growers plan to reduce national potato acreage by 4 percent from 1924 the lowest since 1908 mostly in the Atlantic states while Mississippi Valley gains offset declines in other regions. Sweet potatoes rise about 29 percent with New Jersey Delaware Maryland and Virginia showing notable increases and a total countrywide acreage near 1 215 000 acres.
In Orleans County Court Judge Baker discharged Lewis E. Sands of Albion after nearly 20 hours of deliberation and nine ballots. The defense notes six indictments remain plus a federal case, with state prosecution ongoing. Creditors of Elbert Allen Johnson convene in Stockton for the first bankruptcy creditors meeting.
In Seattle March 27 a consent decree signed by Judge Jeremiah Neterer ordered the Seattle Produce Association to dissolve and forever discontinue. The 45 members are barred from fixing prices excluding competition or blacklisting, and from pooling carload shipments. The government won all points in its equity complaint under the Sherman act, filed last summer after a Justice Department investigation. The decree allows a credit bureau for members to assess financial standings of business partners, with no immunity from prior acts. Continued on Page 4.
Traverse City Michigan March 27 Sweet cherry growers fear the rise in parcel post and special delivery rates. The mail order business fuels tourist and resort sales with orders for five to seven boxes of fruit. Tourists rarely balk at prices for cherries packed in three to five pound boxes but resist transport charges, says A J Rogers Beulah former president of the Michigan State Horticultural Society. Special delivery stamps rise to 25 cents this year from 10 cents.
Kansas City reports that the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad will no longer accept iced vegetables in barrels from Kansas City shipments. The Frisco plans to remove local refrigerator car service and push shipments in waterproof merchandise cars. H B Glassman, manager of the Produce Traffic Association, will protest the move locally.
In New York on March 27 the onion market rose with firmer prices and lighter offerings. Fancy onions grew scarce while yellow stock sold at 3.15 per 100 pounds, reds at 2.90, whites at 5.6, and Spanish onions traded at 5.50 per case to 2.25 per crate across various container sizes.
Final meeting of creditors for George B Higgins & Co bankrupt called for April 3 by referee Alexander Mc Cune at room 826 Metropolitan Life Building. Report shows trustee received 3165.92 and 1504.91 has been paid out to date.
March 27 New plan to inspect and handle Sicily lemons at New York ports will take effect May 14. A committee and the New York Produce Exchange have established an auction sample selection and inspection department to oversee lemons from steamship entry to auction sale. The plan aims to extend the service to other products and requires receivers to sign the agreement to use the service.
E H Kingman head of the E H Kingman Company of Boston died in Lakeland Florida after a paralytic stroke. He had been in Florida for the winter as in previous years and his death follows a recent heart attack two months earlier. He was prominent in trade circles for many years and his son Stanley was at his bedside.
Lawyers for the Andrews Brothers Company claim Victor Berlin owes them about 66000 dollars for joint business from 1921 to 1924. They describe a long dispute over mutual accounts and note prior court actions including a custody order for books later settled amicably. The final accounting is expected to show money due from Berlin to Andrews.
Ten counts of embezzlement against R Krasnow J Krasnow James Krasnow and B B Krasnow of a Pittsburgh based fruit shipping concern were dismissed by Police Judge James Crichton on motion by Assistant District Attorney Claude Hogan. The decision cited asset total of 750000 and lack of criminal intent. Hogan noted possible civil action but no criminal charges. Defense was by T Wwelaent.
In Chicago the lettuce market remained steady for most of the week despite liberal receipts. By week’s end buyers reported a slightly weaker tone. Imperial Valley tours pegged gold around 4 dollars with some fancy lots at that price. fives sold between 2.50 and 4 dollars depending on quality and condition.
The Western Fruit Jobbers Association debated unifying five fruit and vegetable trade groups into a single organization to cut duplication and costs. A projected 3,000 members could yield 250000 dollars yearly in dues, fund expanded offices and departments, and reduce conventions across the year. Next convention dates were set for January 12 to 15, 1920 in New Orleans with other topics discussed in Chicago on March 27.
The twenty second annual convention of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association will meet at the Roosevelt Hotel from January 12 through 15, 1926. Key topics include refrigerator car temperatures, cooperative advertising, agricultural legislation, cooperative marketing, Coolidge recommendations, trading rules by the Department of Agriculture, voluntary trade member registration, arbitration, and the Smith-Bloch freight rate inquiry.
Florida 1925 potato crop grown on about 22 000 acres, down from 28 500 last year. Planting covers nearly all areas with 3 000 acres in South Florida and about 1 000 west of Tallahassee. Middle and Northern regions account for the rest. Early-season care and favorable weather aided progress. Continued on Page 6.
Hammond La March 27 The strawberry crops across the Louisiana belt progress well and with favorable weather are expected to rise in movement. Fruit quality is good and uniform in size. Demand is opening with prices firm. Through last Saturday 63 cars had been shipped. Active deals and wide distribution are anticipated with markets from Pittsburgh to Boston supplied in a moderate way by Louisiana strawberry belt offerings.
Kansas City March 27 The Parvin Scharer Company Inc formed with W R Parvin and Dred J Scharer as founders and 10000 capital to operate a brokerage in fruits and vegetables. The firm occupies the former W R Parvin Company quarters in the Produce Exchange Bank building. Parvin, former head of the W R Parvin Company, filed for bankruptcy this month with a large creditor list.
The United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics in New York denied rumors that Great Britain would embargo American apples. The denial came directly from the Department of Agriculture via the American Embassy in London.
The first meeting of the creditors of the Harlow G. Fredrick Company will be held in Omaha on April 1 in the office of referee in bankruptcy B. Hi. Dunham. The event marks the commencement of the bankruptcy process.
Officers of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association National League of Commission Merchants and the International Apple Shippers Association met at the Drake Hotel March 19 20 21 to discuss the Interstate Commerce Commission rate investigation under docket 17000 results include plans for a middle July Chicago advertising congress to promote fresh fruits and vegetables and re election of officers with J W J Hearty as chair and R S French as secretary treasurer.
In Cincinnati on March 27 a firmer grapefruit market emerged with higher inquiry and demand. Florida grapefruit quotations rose about 26 cents per box as carloads move through Ohio River gateways. Prices ranged about 2.50 to 2.75 per box, while oranges stayed firm with Ohio River car trade around 6.25 to 6.59 per box and small size discounts observed.
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