Texas turkey dressing plants face 25 percent cut in crop
Dallas report notes turkey dressers prep for November 10 season while prices dip and demand may rise. Rail cars of last year’s stock linger in St Louis and Chicago as Texas producers fear funding blocks and reduced operations. Ailing finances threaten openings at Cuero, Gonzales, Yorktown, and Schulenburg plants with several outfits planning to dress this fall if support arrives.
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Dallas
Nces
Texas
St. Louis
Chicago
Buffalo
New York
Eft & Co
Texas Dressers
Storaze
Ose
Eame
Middle
South Texas
Hia Pacy
Umion
Hez
Emerson
Cuero
Cuero Packing Company
Mrein Brothers
Tex
C. P. Channer
Taylor Brokerage Comic
Alees
Taylor, Bartlett and
Ranger
Arkey
St Senwon
White Produce Campies Produce Company
Austin
Frank & J
New Orleans
Havanaba
Lampasas
Lind Ur
San Anno
Sweetwater
San Antonio
Ontario's Big Apple Crop Goes to Waste
Chester M. Martin of J. S. Lapbaum & Co reports Western Ontario farms face a surplus of apples. Hogs are fed in orchards and apples are given away free. Many are dried on farms and shipped via rail to centers, then sent abroad as patriotic aid for English and Belgian soldiers.
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Detroit
Mich
Chester M. Martin
J. 8
Lapbaum & Co
Ontario
Martin
England
Belgium
All Set for Poultrymen Convention in Chicago
Large attendance of dealers and shippers from all parts of the country is assured for the National Poultry Butter and Eggs Association meeting in Chicago Monday and Tuesday. The program includes executive committee meets, committee sessions, a joint session, and the president's address. Chas. Es McNeill is favored to be elected president, reflecting his long service as secretary and the association’s main driver. A strong East delegation arrives Sunday, with many members expected by Monday morning.
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Chicago
National Poultry, Butter and Eye Association
National Poultry, Butter and Pre Association
Chas. Es. McNeill
McNeill
Crystal Room
Hotel Sherman
West Room
Ho’ Sherman
Transportation Committee
Chautauqua Grape Market Confusion From Belt
Grapes show a large belt crop but market conditions remain puzzling with prices cited at 23 to 30 dollars per ton for Concords. Major buyer reports vary, small baskets fetch 12 to 13 cents, Keuka growers halt packing, and overall shipping districts across the Middle West await clearer signals.
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Westfield
Chautauqua and Erie Grape Company
Lake Keuka
Chautauqua Belt
Middle West
New York State
Government to wage fight on produce crooks in mails
Dallas headline reports a federal crackdown on crooked produce dealers who overquote and misuse the mails to obtain shipments. Arrests of Hub Produce and Grocery Company owners J. I. Aken and A. M. Cowarth follow, with bonds set at 1500 dollars. The article notes nationwide concern and says the government will act to curb such schemes in major markets.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Secret Service
Post Office
Indianapolis
Pallas Jong
Oklahoma
Aken
A. M. Cowarth
Hub Profuce and Grocery Company
Hub Produce and Grocery Company
J. R. Batten
Batten
Hub Company
Singer Bros and Neigeboren Egg Trade Bankruptcy
Petition filed against Singer Bros and Lena Neigeboren, butter and egg merchants at 162 Ade Street, leads to their bankruptcy. Creditors claim about 10,000 total liabilities. assignment to Bam Kanuik reported. meeting favors 25 percent cash and 10 percent notes settlement. Sam and David Singer linked to firm prior to Lena Neigeboren’s involvement.
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Singer Bros
Neigeboren
New York
Singer Bros. & Neigeboren
Ade Street
John K. Lasher
Tasher
Turkey reports and markets across the week
A glazed summary of regional poultry and produce news across Chicago Elgin Wisconsin Arkansas Kentucky Ohio and Boston markets. Indictments and exchanges feature amid price reports and commodity notes.
Turkey reports and fruit market notes across states
Florida news and editorials note crop reports for apples and potatoes with onions firm in price. Turkey and poultry reports cover Illinois Oklahoma Indiana Michigan Missouri Tennessee and the Dakotas. Apple show in San Francisco. Chicago markets for potatoes eggs butter and poultry are updated.
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Calhoun
Hogan
Michigan
Missouri
Teanessee
The
Dakotas
San Francisco
North Pacific
California Vegetable Shipments Rise With Season
Southern California shipped 4 534 cars of vegetables through October 31 with daily gains in mid October. Week totals show lifting shipments by about ten cars from the prior seven days, while northern California reports varied daily totals with several 90 car days and mid October spikes.
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California
Los Angeles
Gamble-Robinson Indicted Over False Freight Claims
Minneapolis report on a federal grand jury indictment of the Gamble-Robinson Company on five counts alleging misstatement of terms in freight claims for about 35 car lots of peaches shipped in 1912. The case involves alleged rebates and inflated invoicing tied to A R T rebates and peach shipments from Troup Texas. Trial likely next April amid noting prior related actions and government scrutiny of A R T claim practices.
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Gamble Robinson Company
Ba ‘ Jwally
Minneapolis
A.B. T
Gamble-Robinson Company
Posches
Troup Produce Company
Troup, Tex
Ecr
Inte Commerce Commission
Des Moines
St. Louis
St Louis
Packer
A R. T
Roy Campbell Indicted in Texas Produce Case
Grand Jury in Houston indicts Roy Campbell a well known Texas produce man on federal charges of under billing. No charge is brought against the railroad.
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Texas
Houston
Campbell denies under-billing charges in truck growers case
Roy Campbell writes from San Antonio on October 21 that his lawyers have reviewed the grand jury indictments and found the charges technical and unfounded. He asserts no compensation was received and that the Southern Texas Truck Growers Association directors were prominent in the industry. He vows to prove his innocence and that he acted to serve growers buyers and railroads.
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San Antonio
He Packer
IV Bey
Grand Jury
Southern Texas Truck Growers’ Association
Lexan
Roy Campbell
Indictments Charge Southern Texas Growers on Wader Billing
Federal grand jury returned 30 counts against the Southern Texas Truck Growers Association and manager Roy Campbell alleging wader billing on cabbage onion and other produce shipments. Campbell faces a 10 count indictment. The government says shipments were billed to agents at minimal weights to gain freight concessions and profits.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Texas Truck Growers’ Association
Roy Campbell
Campbell
South
Texas
San Benito
Grand Rapids
Mich
Fels Bros Indicted in Gasport Check Scandal
Julius Fels and his brother, Cleveland dealers who bought fruit in Gasport this summer, issued many bad checks and fled. Grand jury indicted them and warrants issued for their arrest. They reportedly fled to Cleveland and will be extradited to New York state. They previously failed in Cleveland owing traders $2000. Fruit obtained was shipped to New York and Pittsburgh.
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Ceveland
Gasport
Lockport
Julius Fels
Cleveland
Grandad
Fels Brothers
New York State
New York
Pittsburgh
Hickory Nute Wasted
Hickory nuts are scarce and wanted. They are quoted at $3 5.50 per bushel of 50 pounds. Chestnuts were in liberal supply this week and sold slowly. Northern stock brought $1.50 2.50 and southern $1 2 per bushel of 60 pounds.
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New York
New York Market Roundup Shows Dull Apple and Cabbage Trade
The page notes dull apple activity in New York with high estimates questioned, cabbage and eggs markets subdued, grapefruit prices down, and potatoes at lower levels. Evaporated fruit activity mentioned alongside broader market gossip across several cities.
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New York
Onion Market Slumps as Prices Stay Low in New York
New York reports persistent dull trading on onions with prices for Red and Yellow Globe in 100 pound bags at low levels. Much arrivals come from Orange County while Midwestern shippers abandon eastern markets. White onions in crates fetch about 1.50 for pickling. large celery supplies from western New York pressuring prices.
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New York
Orange County
Indictments Knocked Out In A. R. T. Case By Judge Dyer
In St Louis on Oct 23 Judge Dyer sustained demurrers in the A R T case, quashing indictments against Morris H Bierderman and Davidson Brothers. The ruling signaled potential unconstitutionality questions but did not fully decide them, as the pleadings failed to clearly establish agency between American Refrigerator Transit Company and the railroad. The carload peaches from Greenwood Arkansas to St Louis were involved in interstate commerce via St Louis Iron Mountain Southern Railway.
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Dyer
St. Louis
Morris H. Bierderman
Davidson Brothers
Des Moines
United States District
D. P. Dyer
United States Grand Jury
American Refrigerator Transit Company
New Jersey
Oes
Arkansas
Winter vegetables in good shape for New Orleans market
The winter crop of homegrown vegetables is in splendid shape in New Orleans and nearby despite warm weather. Curley parsley shallots beans okra and endive are in liberal supply with steady demand. Prices include 25c per dozen for parsley 20c for shallots 75c per hamper for green beans 1 for okra and 2.50 per barrel for endive. Some head lettuce is poor quality with limited near term movement expected.
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New Orleans
Apple Exports Nine-May: Week Ends With Decline and Prices
Apple exports for the week ending Saturday totaled 132,708 barrels, down from 167,872 a year earlier. New York shipped 57,471 barrels, Boston 24,210, Montreal 24,792, and Halifax 26,235. Hudon River Baldwins were cited at 2.25 to 2.75 dollars in Liverpool cables, with Kieffer pears at 3.75 to 4.25, and Glasgow reports showing strong demand for various varieties with prices ranging up to 5.25 dollars for Jonathans.
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New York
Boston
Montreal
Halifax
Liverpool
Hudson River Baldwins
Ganos
Ben Davis
Kieffer
Glasgow
Kings
Greenings
Virginia Baldwins
Jonathans
Lyon Brand Grapes From Hammondsport Shipments Rise
Miller-Cummings Company ships Lyon brand grapes from Hammondsport New York as the Lake Keuka packing house sends out several carloads daily. The first year’s shipments include pony baskets and daisy crates with ten baskets per crate. The crop is large and fruit quality high, reinforcing Lyon brand as a premier New York grape mark. Good sale of California oranges also reported with Valencia oranges auctioned for Duncan Campbell & Co at average prices of 3.41 for first grade and 3.21 for seconds per box.
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Miller-Cummings Company
Hammondsport
New York
Miller-Cum Nil Company
Lake Keuka
N.Y
Lyon Rand
Lyon
New York State
California
Oras
Robt. J. Cochran & Co
Duncan Campbell & Co
Would Oust the Exchange Files a Petition in Supreme Court
New York attorney general Parsons seeks to oust the New York Mercantile Exchange and cites a conspiracy with cold storage houses and the Producer's Price Current to restrain trade. The petition claims the exchange is a shell for bid dealers manipulating egg prices and would abolish the exchange to end the alleged manipulation. The filing accompanies summons for exchange officers and storage firms to produce books from 1909 to 1914 before Special Referee Edward R. O Malley.
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New York
Parsons
New York Mercantile Exchange
Edward R. O'Malley
Buffalo
Broadway
Franklin Kennedy
Henrys
Mercantile Exchange
Frank G. Urner
Price
W. B. Yearick
Greenwich Street
Armour & Co
O'Malley
Gammmons
Exchange
Whitman
John Doe
Urner Barry Company
Asaya
M4 Theble Packing Houses
Stoc Yards
Chicago
New Banana Deal Launched By Tropical Fruit Company
Salvator Di Giorgio and Rosario DiGiorgio announce severing ties with Atlantic Fruit entities and form the Tropical Fruit Company to import bananas with headquarters at 61 Broadway New York. Delaware incorporation papers show 1 million dollar capital. Salvator is president. Joseph DiGiorgio, visiting New York, says his vacation from the company began five months ago.
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Tropical Fruit Company
Salvator
Rosario di Giorgio
New York
Salvator di Giorgio
Rosario DiGiorgio
Joseph DiGiorgio
Atlantic Fruit Company
Atlantic Fruit Distributors
Broadway
Delaware
Salvatore di Giorgio
Packer
Giorgio
Orange Market Strong Valencia Demand Rises in New York
New York orange market shows resilience amid heavy California receipts and war-time demand. Valencia offerings reach record levels with fancy stock up to 5.10 and general ranges 3.50 to 4.50. good fruit 3.40 to 3.50, standards 2.50 to 3.50. Lemons likewise firm with first choice 2.30 to 2.50, nine choice 2.32 to 3.00, and Majori notes up to 5.50. Port imports reveal 12,000 boxes unsold, 13,000 arriving, 6,000 afloat for New Orleans, and a grape importer dead.
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New York
Sicily
New Orleans
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Kentucky
Henry Brownell
Washington Court House
Ohio
American Poultry Association
Dulles
Fels Brow
Elgin
Wisconsin
Florida News
Turkey
Illinoia
Indiana
W. H. Tompkins
Louisville
Fornia
Tober
MAG
Ocber
Fels Bros
Almeria
Miastasippi
Virginia
Kansas City
Concord
Jac Stich
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Morris Biederman
Davidson Bros
Apple
Lyon Brand Grapes
Parsg3
Supreme Court
Orange Market
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