Supreme Court Upholds Illinois Commission Merchants Act
United States Supreme Court this week upheld the constitutionality of the Illinois Commission Merchants Act of 1919 in a case brought by the people for shippers against the G H Cross Company of Chicago and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company. The ruling calls the act a police regulation restricting a local business within the state.
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Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Illinois Commission Merchants
G. H. Cross Company
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company
Supreme Court
Michigan potato supplies shrink. prices surge nationwide
Grand Rapids Michigan May 1 report shows initial estimates of around 1000 cars of potatoes in the state were high. Now fewer than 600 cars remain for shipment with northern Michigan holding most of the stock. Prices have roughly doubled in a week as market outlook remains bullish. The US Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics closed its Grand Rapids bureau and moved analyst R. E. Keller to Mobile, Alabama.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
R. E. Keller
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Piowaty Brothers Open Office in Weslaco Tex
Weslaco May 1 Piowaty Brothers Inc of Chicago establish a local office in Weslaco under William J Piowaty and W J Mackay. Piowaty will remain on site during the shipping season and anticipates substantial tonnage of tomatoes onions and cabbage to ship with wires directed to Plenaty Brothers in Weslaco or their Chicago office.
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Weslaco
Tex
Albert Miller & Co 40 Years Old On First Day Of May
Chicago honors a 40 year milestone for Albert Miller & Co dated May 1 1896 when the firm began as a potato trader from 2 South Clark Street. The piece traces founders partners and expansions to Minnesota Wisconsin Kansas City and Idaho with offices in Grand Rapids Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Minneapolis.
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Albert Miller & CO
Chicago
Albert Miller
South Clark Street
Loomis
Clark and
South Water Strecta
Walker
Plainfield
Wis
EB. Percy Miller
E. Percy Miller
Fred H. Hallock
Frank T. Miller
Albion
N. Y
Grand Rapids
Mich
H. Elmer Moseley Company
Miller- Michigan Potato Company
Michigan
Michigan Corporation
Charles ¥. Miller
John R. Bouchier
Minneapolis
Northwest
Perrin C. Miller
A. M. Penney Company
Waupavea
Wisconsin
Waupaca
John F. Jardine
Kansas City
Burley
Idaho
Ogden Building
Lake Streets
Firm Marks 40 Years with Longtime Employee’s Faithful Service
The article notes changes in leadership after the 1934 death of Q Percy Miller with F H Halleck becoming president Perrin C Miller executive vice president and treasurer and John F Jardine remaining vice president John R Bouchter added as vice president and Miss Anna H Moore secretary Moore has served the firm continuously since its founding in 1896 marking a remarkable forty year tenure. The firm emphasizes training young men for future responsibilities and hints at expansion after a successful season.
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Perrin C. Miller
Q. Percy Miller
F. H. Halleck
John F. Jardine
John R. Bouchter
Anna H. Moore
Velr
Truckers in Interstate Produce Trade Face License Rule
Washington May 1 truckers who buy or sell fresh fruits and vegetables in interstate commerce in one ton lots or more must be licensed under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. Truckers who only haul for hire are not affected.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Federal District Courts
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Toledo Hothouse Growers Report Strong Early Tomato and Cucumber Crops
Toledo Ohio May 1. Toledo hot house growers report good crops of hothouse tomatoes and cucumbers. Pickings of cucumbers running heavy at about 3 000 dozen per day and expected to rise to 5 000 dozen daily in two weeks. Tomatos just starting with 250 baskets daily and rising to 700 800 baskets next week. Leo Merkle, manager of the Toledo Hothouse Co operative Association, says about 85 acres under glass 45 for tomatoes 40 for cucumbers. The group operates its own packing plant for tomatoes and all supplies are hauled there.
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Toledo
Toledo Hothouse
Leo Merkle
Toledo Hothouse Co-operative Association
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F.E. Baldwin, Inc
S. Friedman & Sons
Zippers
P. W. Coppersmith
Naine Manner
Commission
S. C
Gordon Tyrrell CO
Souths Water Market & Racios
H. Rubenstein & Co., Inc
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Illinois Commission Merchant Act
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Iceberg
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California
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Bonth Water Market
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W Reporter Company
Halsted Exchange
the Packer
Applebaum
Missner Co., Inc
Louisiana
W. J. Engel CO
Ween
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Merkle
Cohen & Gordon
J. Lerner
N. Lerner
Corpus Christi
W. Lerner
Baldwin County
WM. R. Hedberg CO
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