Western Fruit Jobbers Plan Denver Convention Agenda
A meeting of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association executive committee will set the Denver January convention dates and discuss the Lafean bill on apple grading and packing. Northwest shippers oppose the bill’s bushel box standard, while the Denver event aims to foster open debate amid strong member interest and improved transport issues.
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Kansas City
Western Fruit Robbers
Aren
Denver
Chicago
R. W.igang
Congress
Weat
Northwest
Colorado
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Assn
Potato Crop Prospects and Irrigation Growth in Ault Region
New land is being brought into cultivation as irrigation systems expand in the Ault area. Potatoes face a short crop this year with yields mostly under 60 percent of normal. some fields report 140 sacks per acre, but most are below 100. Quality remains high, prices are low, and growers expect futures to rise, prompting storage for later sale.
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Ial
Delta Shippers Organize For Car Shortage Relief
Delta Colorado October 1 shippers have formed the United Shippers Union to press for car allocations for apples. W H Garvin serves as president and Clarence Nelson as secretary. The group will file daily car needs with railroads and threaten court action if supplies are not provided. Delta anticipates a demand for around 40 to 60 cars per day in October.
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Apple Shippers
Delta
Col
United Shippers
Alan
W. H. Garvin
Clarence Nelson
Tober
Packer Week Apples and Markets Across Regions
In this packed issue the Packer surveys weekly fruit and vegetable markets from Chicago to New Orleans and West Coast shipments. Apple and grape quotations, orange and celery notes, potato and onion movements, and regional crop previews are reported with dealer statements and price trends across multiple states and cities.
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California
Chicago
Michigan Crop
Nashville
Memphis
New Orleans
Mobile
Rma
Cincinnati
Hartville
Indiana
Fresh eggs hold steady as buyers hesitate in Chicago market
Chicago traders report no change in the storage egg situation week over week. Fresh receipts are liberal but selling pressure remains mild, with prices and bids showing only slight shifts. some lots offered at 23 to 25 cents with little bid activity and a general tendency toward higher asking prices but sparse trading.
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Chicago
Poultry market slows in Chicago amid heavy arrivals
Chicago October 22 heavy poultry arrivals slow sales this week as dressers and cold storage buyers outbid retailers. Old and young turkeys steady while old hens and springs show moderate demand. White feathered ducks in fair demand. five geese arrivals ample to meet inquiries. balance weak. Live spring roosters declined with heavy live imports. Creamery products mixed with little butter, bids sparse. market unchanged for the week.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Broflere
Local Murky Note on E Humphrey and Plymouth Fight
Fragmentary OCR describes E Humphrey of South Bend with ties to East Tutt Street Plymouth and Rochester Indiana. It mentions a fight, associates, and disputes over prices and poultry trade with unclear context and incomplete names. The piece reads as internal notes or correspondence rather than a coherent report.
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E. Humphrey
South Bend
Ton Seema
Indy Phrey
Tutt Street
Plymouth
Ind
Rochester
Humphrey
Humphrey Wa McConkey
Ashtabula Meeting Opens Growers Association Keen to Grow
The Greshnowns Vegetable Growers Market Gardeners of America held its second opening session in Ashtabula on October 21 with about seventy five delegates. President Dusbar Dunbar spoke of a bright future under proper governance and a central sales agency to standardize grades and packages. Delegates heard on pre cooling facilities, cold storage, and plans for national organization while nominations named Ward, Da Kleine, Ruetenik, and Severance for top posts.
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Ashtabula
Agsa
America
BE. A. i
Dunbar
H. D. Cook
Richard Hillinger
Belmont
Mass
Recital Hall
Cleveland
Committee On Publicie
Nols Central
E City Paasen
Tce
Ne’ Rich
Superman
Chicago
C. W. Ward
New Carlisle
Franklin da Kleine
Grand Rapids
Mich
M. L. Ruetenik
Sam W. Severance
Louisville
Packing Stock Prices Climb in Kansas City Trading
Bids for packing stock butter strengthen this week with 23 percent change for small lots and private sales at higher rates. Creamery stock remains firm with recent advances and steady local demand. Storage stocks are drawn down to meet demand as a 1,400 pound lot of packing stock sold and creamery extras offered at higher bids.
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Kansas City
Wey
Eggs Market Holds Firm Tone Despite Lighter Receipts
Kansas City reports lighter egg receipts yet a firmer market this week with current call receipts selling from 6.76 to 6.90 per dozen in small lots. Quotations advanced midweek with extras at 25 4¢, firsts 24¢, current receipts 22¢, seconds 18¢. April refrigerator extras offered around 22¢ with bids at 22 1/2¢, Missouri firsts in shipping cases ranged 23 to 24 1/4¢ with bids 23 to 23 1/2¢. Minnesota in shipping cases offered at 5¢ and up. Carlots commonly asking 29¢.
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Kansas City
Xtras
Missouri
Capella
Waite
Heavy Potato Supply Weighs on Prices in Washington
In Beattle Washington Oct 21 the potato crop is abundant causing prices to fall. Producers seek new markets in the Midwest especially Kansas and Nebraska. Strong receipts push fancy potatoes as low as 15 a ton wholesale, with rare highs near 18 for select Valley stock.
Light Investigation Report At 231 Butter Street
An unclear note outlines a light inquiry at 231 Butter Street involving F. C. & Co and yer Bros of the firm. The fragment hints at an ongoing business entanglement or inquiry without full details or clear outcomes.
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Ficll & Co
Yer Bros
New Mexico dealers missing prompt payments shock shippers
In New Mexico Brethan Bros Commission Co vanished after arriving from Amarillo. Shippers who sent eggs report inability to collect payments. Firm members whereabouts unknown. Poultry market steady with demand for hens springs ducks and turkeys improving. In Missouri William of St. Louis named receiver for Cedar Gap Fruit & Farm Co a Wright county firm capital 70000, per Judge Sinker ruling following stockholder request.
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Taliban
N. M
Brethan Bros. Commission Co
Amarillo
Tex
Missouri Orchard Company
Springfield
Oppose Rate Advances At Cincinnati Shipping Conference
Delegates from Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri New York and Virginia gathered in Cincinnati on October 22 to form a campaign against freight rate increases. E F Williamson secretary of the Shippers and Receivers Assn analyzed the McCain pamphlet and urged decisive steps to finance and organize opposition up to the Supreme Court level if needed.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
New York
Virginia
McCain
E. ©. Williamson
Shippers‘ A. Receivers’ Assn
Supreme Court of the United States
A. Coggins Visits After City Over-Training Win
Kansas City reports A Coggins of M O Coggins Co Pittsburg Pa won in city over-training last week and made The Packer a brief visit. He travels home after a business trip to Arizona and New Mexico. Coggins says season business closed satisfactorily and expects the firm to grow in fruit and vegetable deals next year. He plans a lengthy tour of the apple producing region in the next sixty days.
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Kansas City
A. Coggins
M. O. Coggins Co
Pittsburg
Packer
Arizona
New Mexico
Coggins
Turkey Shipments Across Kentucky Report Varies by County
Ledhburg notes 60 pounds weekly of chickens and 4 cases of eggs with scarce turkey shipments. Endeville forecasts about 200 pounds of turkeys this year due to a poor early season. expects 100 pounds of chickens weekly through winter and 3 cases of eggs. Cruterified projects around 6,000 pounds to ship this fall and winter as hatchings were early and conditions favorable. stock is fat and quality good both live and dressed.
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Ledhburg
Endeville
Apple Market Steady with Ample Stock in Kansas City
Kansas City reports a steady apple market with ample supply across grades and active demand from fruit stands for Western box stock. Carrot trade quiet. storage season nearly over and local storages well filled. Prices vary by variety from 1.50 to 3.86 per barrel or box, with bulk apples 8c to 1.50 per cwt. Potato market in Guelago weaker with mixed receipts and prices drifting 1 to 2c lower.
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Kansas City
Towa
Davis
Heavy Cabbage Surplus Reported in Wisconsin Warehouses
Wisconsin cabbage warehouses are filled with a record movement of stock. Major facilities like Gunther and Curtin at Berryville report full inventories as shipments exceed previous records by 40 to 60 percent for this season. Prices remain low, boosting consumption while warehouse capacity hints at double storage potential. buyers like Rasmussen and Pennington note January deliveries at ten dollars per ton.
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Wiecomsim
Racine
Wisconsin
Gunther
Curtin
Berryville
Renson
R. H. Pennington
Green Bay
M. A. Rasmussen
Somers Station
R. Pennington
Fall Potatoes at Louisville Report Grain Late Harvest
Continued rains delay the second potato crop in Louisville and raise anxiety about possible frost damage. Early digs show good size and quality with fewer culls, selling for 1.75 to 2 per barrel, about 26 1/4 to 40 cents more than northern stock. Trade favors second crop potatoes and pays 25 to 40 cents more per barrel. Sweet potatoes yield excellent, shipping of Louisville sweets active. A mineral supply of seasonable fruits and vegetables supports improving business. California lemons arrive after two weeks with prices around 1.90 per car, 70 cents per box for 30s, 6.25 for 60s, 5.50 for 40s.
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Colorado
Grand Junction
Col
Grand Valley
Armour Car Line Co
Chicago
Kansas City
Fruita
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Midland
West
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
Kaw River Valley
Idaho
Louisville
California
New York
Butter convention draws butter makers to Milwaukee gathering
The National Creamery Butter makers Association holds its annual meeting in Milwaukee with lectures on buttermaking and oleo regulation. Prominent exhibitors, commission merchants, and a strong technical program highlight the event amid rising prices and interest in the National Dairy Show.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Assa
Lué
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
New Indianapolis Firm Adams Co Promotes Cash Only Produce
A new firm identified as J. B., Adams & Co. opens at 836 North Alabama with a cash buyer stance for country produce. Their circulars claim no commissions, offer to pay express charges, and ship checks after inspection, but lack verifiable references and list no individual names. The operators are described as strangers and unknown locally.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. B., Adams & Co
North Alabama Street
Continental Nationalbank
Indianapoli
Mulhall Released From Leavenworth Prison
Kansas City reports James T. Mulhall, the noted produce crook tied to the Nicollet Creamery case, has been freed from Leavenworth federal pen. No word on his location. The note warns shippers to be cautious as Mulhall may resume old tactics in the fall poultry, egg, and butter trade. Also from New Orleans market news: potatoes steady to up, onions weak, cabbage prices and stocks heavy with unsatisfactory market conditions, sweet potatoes shipping slowly amid large receipts.
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Lafean
Chicago
Abula
Miiw
Colorado
Apple News
Kansas City
New Mexico
Puque
J. E. Humphrey
South Bend
Ind
Wisconsin
Louisville
J. T. Mulhall
Indianapolis
Canon City
Col
Tampico
Mexico
Morrill
Nissen
Newton
Kes
Yakima Valley
Washington
St. Louisa
Eges
van Wert
Raceland
James T. Mulhalls
Leavenworth
Kas
Nicollet Creamery Co
Minneapolis
Mulhall
Potato crop quality and prices in Greeley district
In Greeley Colorado on October 21 potato growers report crop quality well below par, dealers confirm declines with no price change at 65 cents per cwt. Cabbage meanwhile rises to 45 cents per cwt as stem rot and insect damage ravage more than 60 percent of the crop.
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Greeley
Col
Greeley District
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