Wallace remarks cited as unfair to middlemen in spread critique
Washington May 3 A protest against officials blaming middlemen grows after Henry Wallace secretary of agriculture spoke on radio about amendments to the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Critics say the speech omitted major factors in the price spread and would cast wholesale distributors in a wrong light. They note transportation charges can account for about 64 percent of farm value and 33 percent of destination value based on 1930 prices, urging fuller explanation.
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Washington, D. C
Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
National League of Wholesale
Wallace
Herr
National League
Georgia Peach Crop Is Developing Well in Georgia
Georgia farmers report favorable growing conditions for the peach crop with first shipments likely this month. A statewide survey shows 1,440 commercial orchards and 7,695,000 trees, 1,070,000 bearing trees fewer than last year, and 345,000 trees in 167 abandoned orchards. Varieties include Elberta, Hale, Early Rose, Uneedas, Georgia Belle, Carman, Red Bird, J H Hales, and Mayflower with ages largely 10 to 14 years plus significant younger stock.
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Fecon
Georgia
Curculia
Elbertas
J. H. Hales
J Hamburger Co Seeks Credit Extension in New York
New York May 3 Creditor firms in the fruit and produce trade were asked this week for a five months credit extension by the J Hamburger Company Inc 227 West street The firm owes about 6000 to merchandise creditors 20 to 30 of them on the local market The major portion of assets is real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Hamburger Company, Inc
West Street
West Tennessee Berry Festival Set For May Events
Humboldt Tenn May 3 The second annual West Tennessee Strawberry Festival will be held Tuesday and Thursday May 14 and 16. Elaborate plans are under way and organizers predict one of the state’s most outstanding agricultural shows and pageants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt, Tenn
Welaborate
The Produce Packer free sample offer for traders
The Produce Packer prints a separate weekly edition with market news of interest to shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool fat and more. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Eges
Remarks on Tax Burden and Railroads
A provincial critique cites the Bureau of Railway Economics figures that Class I railroads paid 239,498,394 in taxes in 1934, about 7 percent of operating revenue. The piece argues taxes are passed to consumers via transport charges, condemns government costs, and calls for lower freight rates and broader reform across all taxed businesses.
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Bureau of Railway Economics
Washington, D. C
Atock
Lee County Packing Plant Burns Down in Fort Myers
Fire early Monday destroyed Lee County Packing Co plant in Fort Myers, Fla. Damages estimated at 250000 dollars. Short circuit suspected. Fruit shipments and supplies burned. canning plant in rear saved. The plant, among southwest Florida's largest, had 1,000,000 square feet and new machinery recently installed.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Lee County Packing Company
Lee County Packing Plant
Florida
Cabbage Crop Looks Good In West Tennessee
Humboldt Tenn May 8 cabbage in West Tennessee expected to start around May 18 to 20. Weather favorable and plants look fine and growing well. Movement will probably total some 500 cars.
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Humboldt
Tenn
West Tennessee
Totel
Supreme Court Hears NRA Test Case Led by Richberg
The Supreme Court takes up the Schechter Poultry case challenging the National Recovery Act. Donald R. Richberg and Stanley Reed lead the NRA defense as the government contests wage and hour charges. A verdict is expected before the court’s summer recess, with the NRA set to expire June 16 unless extended.
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Washington, D. C
National Recovery Act
Schechter Poultry Corporation of
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Donald R. Richberg
Stanley Reed
NRA
Packer
Schechter Brothers
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Learned
Congress
Schechters
Government
Supreme
License Revocation of Motor City Produce Co Detroit
Washington May 3 The Department of Agriculture revoked the license of Motor City Produce Co Detroit Mich under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act after evidence showed the firm employed Joseph Becker and George H Yeo who were tied to the Joseph Becker Marketing Company whose license was revoked for repeated violations The act allows license revocation for employing officers from a revoked firm The department warned officers face penalties and that new licenses are mandatory in such cases
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Motor City Produce Company
Detroit
Mich
Joseph Becker
George H. Yeo
John Schiappacaase
George Yeo
Lcense
George W. Yeo
Chicago Potato Market Mixed receipts and prices May 3
Chicago reports liberal potato receipts this week with an only fairly active call and a weaker market for old stock while new stock held steady. Old Wisconsin and Michigan whites sold around $1.80 per 100 pounds and Idaho Russets No 1 ranged $1.40 to $1.50, Louisiana Triumphs $2.65 to $2.90 per 100 pounds, and Alabama 50 pound bags around $3.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Idaho
California Navel Crop Is Practically Exhausted
California Navels are nearly cleaned up with 150 cars left for next week and Valencias gaining volume. Allotments for the week ahead show 1,250 cars of Valencias, about 1,050 interstate, 140 desert valley Arizona grapefruit, and 30 central California grapefruit. Valencias progressing, with some fine fruit expected to move.
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Los Angeles
California
Desert Valley
Arizona
Central California
District Court Upholds Ruling Under Pac Act
United States District Judge William H. Holly denied Abe Rafelson Co Inc a preliminary injunction to overturn an automatic suspension of its license under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The suit arose after a $584.14 reparations award to R. J. Montgomery went unpaid, triggering the suspension.
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Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
Abe Rafelson Company, Inc
United States District
William H. Holly
Illinois Northern District Court
Eastern Division
Rafelson
Department
R. J. Montgomery
Repara
Baldwin County Potato Deal Now In Full Swing
Loxley Alabama May 3 Baldwin county Triumph potato deal is in full swing with dry weather. Total shipments expected to reach about 800 cars by weekend. Stock generally well matured and satisfying markets with improvement expected. Heavy shipments planned for next week and the following week. Strong demand and optimistic operators. Cucumber deal ready to open with first car tomorrow. Fairly good carrot movement next week and starting Monday deals. Green corn fields are the best in the county and advancing rapidly. Shipments likely ten days early, first due around May 25.
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Baldwin County
Loxley
Ala
Baldwin County Triumph
Bronx Market Celebration Ends With Dinner Dance
New York May 3 The celebration marking Bronx Terminal Market joining Manhattan as a food distributing center ended with a formal dinner dance at the Plaza hotel A large trade member turnout with families filled the main banquet hall overflow seating was used An absence of lengthy speakers followed a dinner matching epical standards guests danced to a leading Broadway orchestra and enjoyed specialty acts, closing a day noted in Bronx history.
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New York
Bronx Terminal Market
Manhattan
the Plaza
Broadway
The
Bronx
Louisiana Berry Deal to Continue Two Weeks
Hammond Louisiana May 3 The Louisiana strawberry deal continues with reduced shipments and fairly well sustained position. Quality is good with large fruit and attractive prices are moderate. The deal is expected to continue about two weeks or more. Daily averages are estimated from 20 to 35 cars, with a remote possibility of 60 on some days.
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Hammond
In the Sweat of Thy Face Biblical Verse Quoted
A historical pamphlet or page cites Genesis 3 19 with the Lord God declaring Adam will eat bread only in toil and return to dust. The passage emphasizes mortal labor and mortality from dust to dust as a fate of humanity.
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Adam
First Cantalope Cars Move From Imperial Valley This Week
Imperial valley cantaloupes begin season with first carloads from El Centro and Mount Signal district. Charles Freedman ships cantaloupes to New York. Golden Valley Produce Co. uses pool and express cars carrying multiple shippers. Cold weather, winds reduce harvest though north end plans pool car from Brawley next week as south end increases picking.
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el Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Brawley
Truck Drivers Strike Hits Newark Merchants
May 3 Newark reports a serious tieup as nearly 500 drivers and helpers walk out under the Produce Handlers Union Local 19,304 after a warning strike. Negotiations over weekly wages of 40 dollars for drivers and 30 dollars for helpers were under advisement. Some dealers attempted deliveries to Hunter street yards of the Pennsylvania system, resulting in the arrest of a man accused of carrying weapons hired by a dealer to protect his truck.
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Newark
N. J
Hunter Street
Pennsylvania
Mrs Julia Baldwin of St Louis dies from injuries
Mrs Julia Baldwin widow of Patrick Baldwin and mother of John R Baldwin head of Baldwin Pope Marketing and ex president of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association died in a St Louis hospital after a fall at home and ten days of treatment. She was 76 or 77 and survived by three sons William Emmett and John and a daughter Nan. Funeral services were held at St Luke's Church and interment was in Calvary cemetery beside her husband.
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St. Louis
Julia Baldwin
Patrick Baldwin
John R. Baldwin
Baldwin-Pope Marketing Company
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Texas
Calvary Cemetery
Packer Apologizes for Incorrect Norfolk Suit Report
The Packer retracts a previous April 20 story about litigation in federal court in Norfolk between the Straight Side Basket Company and the Farmers Manufacturing Company. It clarifies the suit was by St Joseph Iron Works, an affiliate of Straight Side Basket, and that no official court decision or decree had been filed at the time. The paper apologizes for the incomplete report and advises readers to disregard the prior item until a fuller account is published.
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Kansas City
Packer
Norfolk
Straight Side Basket Company
Farmers Manufacturing Company
St. Joseph Iron Works
Paducah Berry Deal to Start Next Week
Paducah Kentucky May 3 The first car of strawberries in the 1936 deal here will move in about a week. Everything is ready and prospects are good The Peak is expected about two weeks after opening About 680 cars are anticipated with favorable weather Good harvest conditions Aromas are grown exclusively and packed in 24 quart crates.
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Paducah
Iowa Passes Seed Potato Law Regulating Blue Tags
Des Moines May 3 The Iowa legislature approved a bill making it illegal to sell seed potatoes with blue tags or claims of freedom from internal disease unless certified by state authority. Violations incur fines 10 to 100 dollars, confiscation of the branded seed, and 50 cents per cwt civil damages to the buyer. Enforcement rests with the state Secretary of Agriculture.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Vegetable Growers’ Association
Elthon and Corwin
Kringlaak and Hansen
State Secretary of Agriculture
Cabbage movement under way in Crystal Springs district
Crystal Springs and Hazlehurst see robust cabbage activity with an estimated 1,600 cars and about 2,250 acres in play. Varieties include L. A. crate, pony and half L. A. crates, with light shipments starting and peak movement not before May 10. Beans, peas, and tomato crops also show strong prospects and good quality.
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Crystal Springs
Miss
Hazlehurst
L. A
Investigation of Trucking Costs in New York Market
Washington May 3. Attorney General offices announce an upcoming probe into the current method of assessing trucking costs for fruits and vegetables in the New York market. The inquiry follows 1933 indictments in the Southern District of New York arising from western shippers complaints about high freight charges from piers to the wholesale district. Three leading New York dealers were named in those cases due to trade association positions. The wartime pier trucking system is cited as producing a marked improvement over earlier, unrestricted truck usage.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Federal Court
Trade Association. Co
Tennessee Berries Moving Well in West Tennessee
Humboldt Tennessee May 3 report on the west Tennessee strawberry deal showing steady movement. Quality is good and demand from outside buyers remains strong as the market progresses.
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Tennessee
Humboldt, Tenn
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Géorge ‘H, Yeo
Abe Rafelzon Company
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Bronx Market
Louisiana
Charles Freedman
N. Y
Valley
Cleveland
APPLE
International Apple Association
Donald B. Pocock
Statler
Kirk F
Mitchell
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Ray
Ohio
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Heck
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