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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1911
Page
2
Frosted potato supplies cause minor trouble but overall market remains strong with prices for Wisconsin and Michigan Burbanks and Kings around 75 to 83 cents. Daily arrivals run about 100 cars as consignors divert shipments to burn off frost damage and railcar shortages persist for carlot operators and dealers alike.
H P Harding of the Harding Shaw Co travels to Florida to oversee grapefruit shipments for an extended period. S B Collins of Burrel Collins Brokerage Co Kansas City moves toward Wisconsin and Minnesota in search of potatoes. Louis Richter of Oxley Richter announces the arrival of an 11 pound boy while praising the egg deal. National Produce Bank officials deny plans to relocate from Clark and Lake to LaSalle Street as claimed by a daily paper. Owen Hill, back from western New York, reports all packing of a large apple block for Mark Owen Co is complete and holdings in York state storages are ready.
Stratford Ja announces a new co operative creamery with 6000 capital to be built locally. Clark Lake Michigan creamery rented to Emil Anderson of Lansing. Racine county creameries produced 11,250,972 pounds of butter cheese and condensed milk last year. Black River Falls Wisconsin flood destroys Farmers Creamery plant and will be rebuilt.
Cranberries show fairly active demand this week in Chicago with prices steady near $8 to $8.50 per hundredweight in large lots. Market is controlled by a few operators limiting new supply, and prospects point to a robust Thanksgiving trade though high prices may curb some demand.
The Michigan Elevator News launches in Detroit as the official organ of the Michigan Bean Jobbers Association, reporting conditions in Michigan beans and hay. Dealers are urged to follow the publication for local condition reports and market insights.
After a long delay the government case against the Chicago Mutter & Board is scheduled for further hearing before Chancellor Morrison in Chicago. The session plans to review quotations for the period under government scrutiny and possibly examine additional members named in the suit, leaving the case direction undecided.
Indiana's first apple show lasting a week at Tomlinson hall in Indianapolis is deemed a success and will be an annual event. Prizes totaled 3000 dollars. Exhibits were all Indiana grown with about eighty varieties, many from experimental orchards not yet marketable in the state.
Market reports from Chica detail weekly vegetable trade with strong gains for shallots and parsley as cold weather spurs demand. Eastern stocks weaken due to poor quality while Louisiana and southern produce fetch higher prices. celery and lettuce show mixed results amid light receipts and improving futures.
Roundhouses report a weather induced cabbage surplus with stock cars of pods delayed and prices dipping. Dealers seek higher bids as buyers hold off. refrigeration car shortages persist while onion arrivals from California boost trade and profits rise on stored stock.
Chicago reports show no major shifts in fruit markets except a 25 cent cut on grapefruits. Oranges remain firm with active demand, California receipts light at 4.50 to 4.90, Florida $2.60 per slice, Louisiana $2.50 but slower sales. Lemons steady 4.00 to 4.25. grapefruit at 4.50 with good demand, but dealers urge further price reductions to move stock.
Apples were in good shape with light arrivals and strong demand for red fruit. No. 1 red eating apples sold as high as 2.75, extra fancy stock higher. good orchard run $2 to 3.25, No. 2 $1.50 to 1.75. Greens improved at 2.50 to 2.75, fancy up to 3. Cold weather cut bulk trade, Ben Davis 0.9 to 1 dollar per bushel, inferior 0.0 to 0.0. Dealers expect a healthier market next week.
The Leonard Seed Co of Chicago won a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision over a canning company. The suit sought payment for 1000 bushels of seed peas, denied on grounds they were not the described variety. The contract had a no guarantee clause as to variety or quality, and judgment was awarded to Leonard Seed Co.
Indianapolis reports a modest rise in poultry and egg prices as Thanksgiving season nears. Turkeys advance 2 cents a pound with young hens and toms at 17 cents and old birds at 16 cents. Eggs climb 2 cents to 20 cents a dozen as farmers curb supply for holidays.
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