First Cars of Cantaloupes Reach Chicago
The first car of California cantaloupes of the season arrived in Chicago on Monday as a family car. It carried melons for firms including The S. A. Gerrard Company Otto L. Amoreno & Co. Shapiro Brothers Distributing American Fruit Growers LaMantia Brothers Arrigo Company Pets Calvert & Co. and Meyer Schuman Company. The second car arrived Thursday and was divided among The S. A. Gerrard Company The American Fruit Growers M. Lapidus & Sons and The Shafton Company.
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California
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American Fruit Growers Inc
M. Lapidus & Sons
Shafton Company
Firmer Onion Market Report From Chicago
Chicago this week showed a firmer onion market with minor demand gains across sections. Supplies met all needs as Texas 60 pound sacks and crates sold around 11.50, California 50 pound sacks about 1.25, and U S No 1 onions at 1.50 to 1.60 per unit.
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Chicago
Texas
California
U. S. No
Ed Briggs Critiques Railroad Ice Costs in Refrigeration Case
Chicago May 13 Ed Briggs manager of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association says shippers face a grave situation as railroads inflate ice costs. He cites ice prices at $4 per ton in eastern bunkers and $6.06 per ton shown at the San Francisco hearing, with some plants as low as $8 yet others up over 100 percent. He notes northern states with natural ice show $5 per ton costs, while tariffs of $4.50 yield $5.62 in claimed cost, and questions whether the rise is real or perceived as hearings resume.
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Chicago
Ed Briggs
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association
San Francisco
Briggs
Brigga
Car lines reputed to pay large returns on investment
A San Francisco observer on June 1 notes the other side of an interesting picture that the car lines are reputed to have consistently paid large returns on their actual cash investment.
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San Francisco
Final Arguments on Red River Valley Potato Case
Williams and Durant travel to Washington for the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on protests against increased potato rates from the Red River Valley to the Western Trunk Line Territory. Shippers argue rising costs would hurt Minnesota and North Dakota potato markets and could cost Clay county producers tens of thousands annually.
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Red River Valley
Western Trunk Line
Clay County
Moorhead
Minn
Fair vegetable trade in Chicago market report
Chicago May 13 fair volume on the local green vegetable market with cooler weather slowing movement. Ample supplies of asparagus beans carrots lettuce peppers cucumbers and corn, while cauliflower and spinach show weaker or steady pricing. Prices vary by crate or bushel across Illinois Florida Louisiana Texas California and Arkansas origins with multiple equal or near equal offerings.
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Chicago
Illinois
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
California
Ohio
Arizona
Mississippi
Arkansas
Missouri
Indiana
Tennessee
Nancy Halls
Kentucky
Receivership for Hotel Sherman Chicago
The Hotel Sherman in Chicago was placed in receivership this week without affecting the College Inn Food Products Company. Officials said the move is friendly and that current management will stay in charge. Ernest L. Byfield Frank Bering and Bertram M. Winston were named receivers by Federal Judge Wilkerson.
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Chicago
Sherman
College Inn Food Products Company
National Poultry, Butter & Eggs Association
Wilkerson
Ernest L. Byfield
Frank Bering
Bertram M. Winston
Chicago Street Notes Highlight Market Visitors and Obits
Chicago street notes recount visits from A J Tebbe, Beecher Mahaffey, and E S Briggs among other traders and companies. It notes corrections on William Rogers, the death of Patrick Burke, and assorted market movements plus loans for processing cherries from the Pacific coast.
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Dalles
Pacific Coast
United States
Charles L. McNary
Sam Friedman
Friedman
New York City
Brooklyn
Potato Market Dull in Minnesota as Acreage Up
Minnesota potato traders report moderate to dull demand with prices cut 5 to 10 cents per cwt to clear stocks before warmer weather. Red River Valley acreage is seen rising about 10 percent with Cobblers, Ohios and Triumphs leading plantings. onions up around 16 percent or more.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
F. Os B
Princeton
Cambridge
Red River Valley
Heavy Tomato Supplies Weigh on Chicago Market
Chicago May 13. Market reports heavy tomato supplies with abundant poor and ripe stock. Fancy green tomatoes scarce yet in demand from outside traders. Green stock steady to firm while ripe weak. Florida lugs quoted 1.60 to 2.75, Mexican lugs 1.75 to 3, repacks six-basket crates 4.50 to 5, and eight-pound hothouse baskets 1.50 to 1.75.
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Florida
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C.H. Weaver & CO
House of Weaver
Weaver
South Water Market
Harry C. Barnes
Michigan Ave
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Erwin Marcan
Milwauker
Wis
Hotel
College Inn Co
Peter W. Coppersmith
P. W. Coppersmith
John JL
Blue Book
Chicago Street Notes
A. J. Tebbe
A. J. Tebbe & Sons
Asherton
Tex
Beecher Mahaffey
Mahaffey Commission Company
Cincinnati
American Wholesale Grocers Association
E. S. Briggs
American Fruit & Vegetable Shippers Association
United States Chamber of Commerce
Palace Hotel
J. Trankina
J. Trankina & Co
Kewanee, Ill
Rose Rinella
Trankina
William Rogers
G. H. Cross Company
Ben Goldsamt
3. Goldsamt, Inc
Rogers
South Water
Patrick J. Burke
Santa Fe
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Mr. Burke
E. H. Spiegi
Salinas
Calif
Battistini Brothers
Larry Archer
West
Mr. Archer
Mexico
Oregon
Washington
S. I. Miller
Texas & Pacific Railway
Harold G. Frederick
Avalon Orange Growers Company
W. K. Austin
T. A. Austin &Co
Laredo, Tex
I. Gagliano
I. Gagliano& Schmidt-Johnson Company
John Biggio
Biggio, Inc
Russel H. Lutz
Russell H. Bate Company, Inc
Cleveland
Bam Cohodap
Cohodas Brothers & Co
Ishpeming, Mich
Robert L. Butner
The
Pacific Fruit and Produce Company
Seattle, Wash
John R. Baldwin
Baldwin- Pope Marketing Company
St. Louis
Thomas Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Minnesota
Hill-Luthy Co
Peoria, Illinois
MAXON
Laidley Commission
L.c.l
Bank
Packer
Mercantile
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