Farm Board Attack on Grain Distributors Sparks Controversy
Washington May 27 The Federal Farm Board releases a statement accusing grain traders of profiteering and portrays its own stabilization efforts as aimed at keeping prices above world market levels. The document condemns private profiteering while noting the Grain Stabilization Corporation holds large inventories and contemplates liquidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Helm
Peter B. Carey
Chicago Board of Trade
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Board of Trade
Atocka
Grain ‘Stabilization Corporation
NOC GRADE APPLES TO BE PACKED IN WASH THIS YEAR
Wenatchee Washington May 27 An agitation spanning a decade ends with banning the C grade and all apples smaller than 198 to the box from shipment for the coming season. A state petition by shipping firms growers and marketing agencies seeks to end C grade. The petition represents more than half the state's industry. Continued on Page 20
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Wenatchee
Wash
Northwest Co
State Horticultural Department
Washington
Milam elected city councilman in Atlanta without opposition
Aubrey Milam, a leading local produce businessman, won the Atlanta City Council seat with no opposition. He is famed for humor and sound business theories, and locals anticipate his conduct in office will reflect well on the industry and city.
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Atlanta
Aubrey Milam
Milam
The Produce Packer description and offer
The Produce Packer issue details a separate weekly newspaper focused on marketing and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and fur. It invites requests for a free sample copy by mail.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Tomato deals and fruit crops tied to regional reports
News briefs summarize optimistic tomato trade on Florida’s lower east coast and Mississippi crop prospects, with Georgia watermelons aided by rains and Washington set to skip C grade box apples this year, indicating shifting packing plans and movement timelines.
Tomato Crops Outlook in West Tennessee Rising
West Tennessee farmers expect a strong tomato crop for the coming season with acreage up 15 to 25 percent and shipments possibly reaching or exceeding 2,700 cars. Favorable conditions and widespread hotbeds support field plantings begun in late April, though some rain delays and hail spots slightly hinder progress.
John F. Barker Company Placed in Receivership
The John F. Barker Company, Arizona's oldest produce firms, was placed in receivership by Maricopa county court in Phoenix. The action, a friendly affair, aims to resolve financial difficulties tied to a storeroom project and delinquent taxes while branches in Prescott and Tucson showed profits. The firm has ties to Barker Miller Distributing and was linked to Okiihira Produce Company in Los Angeles through T. G. Endo.
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Phoenix
Ariz
John F. Barker Company
Arizona
Maricopa County
T. G. Endo
Okiihira Produce Company
Los Angeles
Prescott
Tucson
Barker Company
John F. Barker
Barker Miller Distributing Company
Lettuce and
Cantaloupe Shippers
Barker
Review Denied for Packers on Rehearing
Washington May 27 The Supreme Court refused a rehearing sought by Armour & Co and Swift & Co challenging a ruling that denied them the right to engage in wholesale grocery business. The court entered a formal order denying the petition without an opinion, reaffirming the prior modification of the 1920 consent decree. The packers argued the record did not prove violations. the court did not find any admission of offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Supreme Court of the United States
Ita
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the District, of Columbia
Packers
Agreement Reached On South Water Market Unit Payments
In Chicago on May 2 a tentative accord was reported among the South Water Market unit holders committee and bondholders and equity owners regarding revised payments for units. The committee, including Irrgang Clore Mills Kilbourne Russo Lapidus Godding Erwin, has met with bankers to plan adjustments. Overbuilding left many vacant 14th Place units, creating rental pressure as owners struggled to keep up payments and renters paid far less, threatening unit values and forfeitures. (Continued on Page 18)
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Chicago
Charles W. Irrgang
Wallace B. Clore
E.edwin Mills
L. B. Kilbourne
Joseph Russo
Nathan Lapidus
Hull Brothers Declared Bankrupt in Waymart PA
Hull Brothers a growers and shippers of celery and apples in Waymart Pa were adjudicated bankrupts in bankruptcy court last Thursday. The firm established in 1900 is owned by Theodore B Hull and Andrew Uadnick. No details on liabilities or assets released. First creditor meeting set for Monday June 6 at 10 am at 803 Main Street Homesdale Pa.
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Waymart
Hull Brothers
Theodore B. Hull
Andrew Uadinick
Main Street
Homesdale
Utah Idaho Potato Rate Hearing Postponed
Salt Lake City May 27 The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended until December 15 the proposed increases in carload rates on Potatoes from Utah Idaho and the Intermountain territory to Kentucky via Denver and Rio Grande Western and Union Pacific. Milton H Love of the Traffic Association of Utah said an application for a rate decrease was filed earlier and likely to be heard at Boise Idaho within a few months. Reductions of about 10 to 15 percent were requested and the delay may favor hearing the decrease first.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Interstate Commerce Commission
Idaho
Intermountain Territory
Kentucky
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Union Pacific
Milton H. Love
Traffic Association of Utah
Packer
Boise
California Cantaloupe Movement Sags in Imperial Valley
Early melons show tight yield under 100 crates per acre. Through May, Imperial Valley shipments trail last year with 1 782 cars for season to Thursday versus 8 962 in 1981. Daily movement for the week hovered around 140 170 cars as growers report light demand and slow market activity.
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el Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Ladies to Inspect Big New York Hotels At Convention
Murray Macdonald, head of the publicity committee for the International Apple Association convention at Waldorf Astoria August 9, announces a novelty event for women. One morning will be devoted to hotel inspections led by Mrs Joseph M Schwalb and her daughter, touring kitchens, pantries and storerooms to see food prep and service, with open questions to managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Murray Macdonald
International Apple Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Joseph M. Schwalb
Hearing on Alleged Rate Discrimination in Citrus Shipments
A May 27 hearing before ICC Examiner Johnson on Docket 24924 examined Carpenter-Hiatt Company et al versus Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railroad over alleged rate discrimination. The case concerns shipments of citrus and deciduous fruits in basket containers versus boxes and crates between California Nevada Oregon Washington and all eastward destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Examiner Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carpenter-Hiatt Company Et al
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Onion Market Slows as Prices Drop in Chicago Trade
Onion supplies remain liberal in Chicago on May 27 with buyers quiet. Texas 60-pound sacks bring 75 to 1.10 dollars and California 60-pound crates 41 to 1.20 dollars as movement stays fair and prices ease.
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Chicago
Texas
California
East Texas Tomatoes Start Slow With Scattered Cars
East Texas sees limited tomato shipments this week with anticipation of June movement, hampered by March freeze. Growers expect a July run, with Yoakum district near 250 cars versus 578 last year. Early shipments from surviving plants report good quality fruit and prices around 3.6 cents per pound.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Texas
Cotton Belt Railway
Stane
Southern Pacific
East Texas
John Morris, Jr
Alto
Goodrich
Newton & Wallace
Livingston
Vicinity
Yoakum
South Texas
Planta
Kansas City Weighs Truck Peddling License Ordinance
Kansas City moves to license wholesale truck peddlers handling fruits vegetables butter eggs or poultry under a proposed ordinance. The license costs 200 dollars per truck yearly and a 500 dollar bond is required. A hearing is set for Friday at 2 30 in city hall as dealers rally support with little opposition expected.
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Kansas City
New York Chain Restaurant Banksru
New York firms Casino Restaurant Coffee Shops Maiden Lane Grand Central Coffee Shops Midtown Coffee Shops and Marionettes Coffee Shops, all headquartered at 129 Maiden Lane, were placed in bankruptcy this week by Waterman, Williams, and Ehlenberger. Creditors claim amounts due range from 94 to 800 dollars, plus additional dues to butter egg and fruit trades. Alice Foote MacDougall’s shops show liabilities around 300,000 dollars against 500,000 dollars in assets, with business previously near one million dollars annually. Receivers Irving Trust Company and Allan MacDougall were named.
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New York
Casino Restaurant, Inc
Coffee Shops, Inc
Maiden Lane Grand Central
Midtown Coffee Shops, Inc
Marionettes Coffee Shops, Inc
Maiden Lane
Waterman & Co
R. C. Williams & Co., Inc
George Ehlenberger & Co., Inc
Irving Trust Company
Allan MacDougall
Trucker Overload Hits Dallas Market with Low Prices
Dallas May 27 A caravan of over 100 itinerant truckers on Preston street offered produce at less than half express charges. Missouri-sourced goods appeared, with cucumbers 25 cents per bushel, blackeyed peas 50 cents, squash 2 cents. Express rates were 68 to 78 cents per bushel, driving market rejects and a drastic price drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Preston Street
Missouri
McNary Bill Fast-Tracked By Senate Panel
Special to The Packer reports the McNary export debentures plan and cost of production measure moved through the Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee with a unanimous report favoring action. The bill would empower the Farm Board to use an equalization fee or export debentures to handle surplus and set a price floor, making sales below unlawful. The piece criticizes ex parte handling and notes Brookhart’s push for more treasury funds.
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Farm Board
Packer
Washington, D. C
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
United States Senate
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Charles L. McNary
Senate
Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
McNary
Federal Farm Board
Congress
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Creditors of Robert McCluskey Get Nothing
Tyler Texas May 27 Robert and Mrs Jennie McCluskey once of Los Angeles as R J McCluskey have filed for bankruptcy in the eastern district of Texas. The case closed with no assets and unsecured liabilities of 13200. Creditors receive nothing while past disputes involving McCluskey and partners in Colorado are noted.
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San Luis Valley
Colorado
McCluskey & Morris
Robert McCluskey
Morris
J. W. Morris
McCluskey
William Starrett
Alamosa
Starrett
Starrett & Co
Trial set in Georgia peach false returns case
Detroit May 27 The trial of three men charged under the Produce Agency Act with making false returns to Georgia growers was set for May 31 in Federal Court by Asst. U. S. Attorney Louis M. Hopping. Lovell H. Turnbull C B H Steiger and F Reuben Gulbord allegedly accepted carloads of peaches sold at a higher price and reported the sale at a lower figure in July 1929 involving five shipments from Zebulon Georgia.
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Detroit
Mich
Produce Agency Act
Georgia
Louis M. Hopping
United States
Lovell H. Turnbull
C. BH. Steiger
F. Reuben Gulbord
Hopping
Zebulon
Mississippi tomato crop seen ready by May thirty
Hazlehurst and Crystal Springs area in Mississippi expect a strong tomato movement starting around May 30 with 2,600 to 3,000 cars anticipated and some estimates up to 3,500. The crop, grown mainly in Copiah County, should fetch good markets in June, helping recover last year’s low prices amid even yields across the district. Continuous federal inspection will apply. acreage forecast at 10,200 for Mississippi. Continued on Page 20.
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Crystal Springs
Migs
Mississippi
Hazlehurst
Mien
Copiah County
Utica
Georgetown
Wesson
Brookhaven
Hopewell
Gatesville
Fayette
Stanton
Cannonaburg
Division of Crop and Livestock Forecasts
United States Department of Agriculture
Peema
Crop Production Loans To Over Half Million Growers
The Department of Agriculture reports over 600000 loans issued to U S farmers from March 16 to May 1. Loans are mortgage secured and many earlier loans remain unpaid. Regional offices will compile borrower lists by county and share with dealers upon request.
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Washington, D.C
Department of Agriculture
United States
H. 8. Clarke
Hollwedel Brothers Bankrupt in Hamlin NY
Hollwedel Brothers Inc fruit and vegetable shippers of Hamlin filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Rochester on May 27. Liabilities reach 56 631.07 with assets 27 461.12. Secured claims total 22 669.75.
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Rochester
N. Y
Hollwedel Brothers, Inc. Fruit and Vegetable Shippers of
Hamlin
Peddlers License Tightens Rules in Little Rock
Little Rock city council approved an ordinance requiring a sixty dollar license for foreign and peddling trucks and dealers handling fruits and produce in the market. The measure reflects stricter control on street commerce in May.
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Little Rock
Ark
Cut Worms Ravage Crops in Kentucky Fields
Frankfort Kentucky May 27 Reports say cut worms caused considerable damage over a wide area early this week. Cabbages peas and onions are being destroyed in wholesale despite pest control efforts.
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Frankfort
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Stabilization Corporation
Miami
Fla
Florida Lower East Coast
Macon
West
Tennessee
Yakima, Wash
John M. Henderson
Raleigh
N. C
Federal State Service
Kansas
Joe Cook
Albany, Ga
Memphis
Tenn
Gibson County
Spota
Baldwin
Alabama
Joseph
AL Schwalb
Independent Fruit Auction Corporation
H. A. Rabe
Martineburg
W. Ve
Shenandoah-Cumberland-Potomac
John F. Barker Co
South Water Market
Hollwedel Bros
Hamlin, N. Y
Little Rock, Ark
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