Warning on health menace from immature Florida oranges
Florida state chemist R E Rose issues a cautions circular to food officials and the public about health risks from immature colored oranges. The alert follows Florida Grower reports that coloring rooms are being installed in Citrus Exchange packing houses, alarming officials that green fruit could enter markets and harm consumers.
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Florida Citrus Exchange Packing
R. E.oer
Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
R. Ey. Rose
Department of Agriculture of
Florida Grower
Florida Citrus Exchange
Roseisaa
Food and Drug Control
U. S. Food Inspection
Exchange
Charles C. Ross
Exchange Supply Company
Winter Garden
Earl Hunter
H. W. Phelps
Bradentown
R. E B. Rose
Valencia
Pblic
End of Dallas Fruit and Vegetable Company Ends
Dallas records show the Dallas Fruit and Vegetable Company closed last April after four months with rent paid and no reopening. Private sale of trucks and fixtures occurred, and a Tecneal Company moved into the Cadiz Street property. Manager Fred Adams says all debts will be paid in full, though details and totals remain unclear. Hassell and Adams dispute ownership and asset transfers.
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Dallas
Dallas Fruit and Vegetable Company
Cadiz Street
Witt Meda
Iy Nara
Fred
C. Adamé
Tueaday
Jess Hassell
Dallas Baseball Club
Fred Adams
Hassell
Fred C. Adams
Shortage of Express Refrigerator Equipment Raises Complaint
Chicago Sept 1 The American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Assoc asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate the shortage of express refrigerator equipment owned by the American Railway Express Company. Shippers have filed numerous complaints and replies from the company show no imminent relief.
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Chicago
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
Associa Lion
Interstate Commerce”Commission
American Railway Express Company
Express Company
Barrelled Apples Moving in Eastern Sections
New York dispatch reports heavier apple arrivals from surrounding districts with top prices for fancy fruit around 4.60 dollars. Gravensteins Wolfe Rivers Northwestern Greenin and Wealthies lead, with medium to good stock from 83 cents to 4 dollars. Alexanders fetch about 5 dollars per box. Basket sales mostly 5 to 1.25 per basket.
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New’ York
Wolfe Rivers
Greenin
Alexanders
Lake Keuka District Grapes Show No Sales In Trade
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to Lake Keuka District grapes with unclear trade terms. The readable fragments mention no sales occurring and imply a local market status in the Keuka area during the period.
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Lake Keuka
Been
Euka
Ani
Arkansas Fruit Waste Faces High Express Rates
A Missouri fruit grower urges Arkansas and Missouri growers to unite against prohibitive express rates for fruit shipments. He cites losses from high costs, including a carload freight of 449 baskets charged at 229.50, and notes waste of peaches, apples, and berries in Boone County due to express charges. He seeks data collection and support from readers to press the Interstate Commerce Commission for relief.
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St. Louis
Parker
Boone County
Arkansas
W. D.gibson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boone ‘County
Harrison
Ark
Capps
Chicago
Ill
Missouri
Capps Fruit Growers’ Association
Orville Farquharson
Express
McGill Firm Details Stock Capital and Share Value
J H McGill connected woods company shows capital stock of 50 dollars divided into shares of 100 dollars each. The fragment indicates a capitalization plan or share structure for the company.
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J. H. McGill
Woods Company
Savannah Concern Questions Use of The Packer as Reference
In New York a Savannah based concern questions the Atlantic Produce Company and its reliability. The Packer is cited in reference inquiries, but the Savannah firm asserts it has no authority to use that name as a source.
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Savannah
New York
Packer
Atlantic Produce Company
Savannnah,Ga
Atlantic
Laurinburg Candy Kitchen Faces Florida Shipment Complaints
Florida shippers accuse Laurinburg Candy Kitchen of ordering fruits and vegetables and failing to pay. Repeats and wire orders precede billings, with amounts from 25 to 150 dollars. The concern signed invoices by Saleeby Kaleel and W B Shippers say returns occur in first shipment then repeat orders. The Packer has noted prior payment failures.
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Laurinburg
N. C
Laurinburg Candy Kitchen
Florida
Saleeby & Kaleel
W. B
Fruit and Vegetable Trade in Cincinnati Fight Express Monopoly
Trade groups in Cincinnati protest express rates harming business. Self appointed committees from Sixth Street Court Street Front and Sycamore districts opened action against the express monopoly, reciting grievances about unjust rates keeping a great volume of fruit and vegetable trade from reaching the city.
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Cincinnat
Cincinnati
Expresa
Court Street
Sycamore’ Streets
Express rate protest urged to Cincinnati firms
A group of Cincinnati fruit and vegetable shippers urges a reduction in express carrying charges. They claim current rates are excessive and hurt business, noting shipments to Cincinnati are down 15 percent. The petition cites interstate hearings and seeks lower rates aligned with other services.
Wilkinson Produce Co. News On Local Business Move
Wilkinson Produce Co. and Frice Co. face business difficulties with shipments owed and ceasing operations. The record notes unpaid debts and a settlement among parties as the Wilkinson entity deals with its closing and the restructuring of obligations.
The Produce Packer and Market News Overview
The Packer edition highlights commercial fruit and vegetable production and marketing. A separate weekly newspaper The Produce Packer serves shippers and traders of eggs poultry butter hides wool and furs. Free sample copies offered upon request.
Western shippers get probity order on refrigerator cars
A hearing led the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue an emergency order to expedite perishable fruit and vegetable shipments. The order, effective September 1, directs Western lines to meet urgent car needs, suspend some normal routing rules, and prioritize refrigerator cars for California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Colorado shippers, with ongoing considerations by the commission.
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Interstate Commerce
Commission
California
Colorado
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Joint Council
Mississippi
Foint Council
Aston
French
National League of Commission “Merchants
United States
American Railway Association
Car Service Division
Interstate _ Commerce Commission
Doling
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Iso
Prbanela Felesise
Shipners
San Francisco
G.H. Hecke
California State Department of Agriculture
California’ Fruit Growers’ Texchange
The
California: Fruit Exchange
Sun’ Maid Raisin
Peach and Fig’ Growers’ Association
Prune and Apricot. Growers' Association
Almond and Walnut
Th Poultry. Producers’ Association
Appl e’Association
Condition of tomatoes sparks arbitration offer
Max Ginsburg of Des Moines says he offered to leave the payment of a car bought from Ungerleider & Son of Kansas City to an arbitration board after a government inspection found the car in bad condition. He reported the inspection results to the Kansas City firm and claimed the tomatoes were initially in good condition.
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Max Ginsburg
Des, Moines
I, Ungerfelder & Son
Kansas City
Board of Arbitration
Ginsburg
Ungerleider
Florida Grapefruit Moving From Lower East Coast
Jacksonville reports movement of 000 boxes of grapefruit from the Lower East Coast. Anticipated carload movement may start within days. Last season shipments began September 14, and in 1920 September 9. The season’s sailing appears about two weeks earlier this year.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fila
Lower East
Wine grape market shows advance in California this week
The California wine grape market advances as demand soars and prices rise. Brokers from Los Angeles report strong inquiry and limited railcars, with 40 percent of orders fulfilled on a Reedley line and Sacramento platforms stacked with grapes awaiting cars. Black grapes begin moving, with forecasts of $40.50 a ton and record prices as carriers lag.
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California
Los Angeles
Reedley
Igle
hada _trust
Southern’ Pacific
Santa Fe
Jis
Sacramento
Apples in Wenatchee Trade Fall to 1.25 A Box
In Wenatchee Washington on September 11 dealers report Winter Bananas offered at 1.25 a box, with some buyers paying more or less. The market is weak due to rail strike affecting movement, and the crop is short with much unsold. Great Northern officials say more cars and refrigerators are available to handle the crop, and optimistic dealers expect improved demand later in the season.
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Wenatchee
Jon
Hans
North
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St. Tonie
Laurinburg, N. C
Interstate, Commerce’ ‘Commission
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Frice & Co
Packer Ag
Wilkinson
Ne Co
Jared
Romls
California Fruit Distributors
California Vegetable Union
American Fruit Growers, Inc
Stewart Fruit Company
Advant
Stephe
Alter and
Treporines
State Departments of Agriculture
Fresno
Lodi
Touis
Jonathans
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