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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1913
Page
1
An article from Merceugs Texas denounces A Wetzels scheme to sell Bermuda onions directly to consumers. It details failed expectations, losses, and expenses across the Salm Gardens Farmers Association and Wetzel operations, highlighting poor market timing and misread prices in 1913.
A detailed critique contrasts Mr. Wetzel’s onion marketing plan with Rio Grande & Coast Association methods. It tallies Wetzel’s 36-car handling costs, demurrage, expenses, and commissions, totaling 4689.57 for 36 cars, versus the association’s average net of 167 per car for Mercedes onions and 35.65 per car for Wetzel’s, arguing the latter undercuts growers. It notes perishability, detention charges, and the broader impact on growers’ returns and marketing viability.
Kansas City reports a marked shift with creamery extras up to 27 cents and seconds near 22 and a half as packing stock remains firm. National Warehouse Association notes butter holdings at 64,541,000 pounds in 43 houses as of Sept 1, up from 55,195,000 a year ago, driven by depleted local pastures and reliance on eastern markets for supplies.
Readable fragments describe potato market activity with firm prices and high arrivals. Butter prices in Elgin advance sharply amid scarce creamery stock and reduced receipts, while Chicago market shows mixed futures and slower demand.
Chicago reports heat curtails demand for live poultry with price cuts across chickens and turkeys. Weekly receipts shrink as fowls die in transit, ample market supply and rising or steady offers persist despite lighter activity. Spring chickens drop to 16 cents. young turkeys to 18 cents. fowls and other fowl varieties priced per dozen.
New York butter market reports steady receipts and strong demand for fancy June extras while storage stocks show gradual declines. August warehouse holdings in New York and Jersey City hover near 215 000 tubs with private freezers hard to assess. Rail deliveries remain irregular as vacation traffic ties up freight and holiday Monday reduced arrivals.
Chicago September 5 butter market remained firm with a tendency toward higher prices after last week’s advances. Receipts shrank while fancy butter remained scarce and trade was only moderately active at high prices. Local demand absorbed extras, others met with fair call, and dealers expect reduced consumption ahead. Some trade in storage stock occurred but movement remained limited.
Kansas City dispatch notes The Packer Week story has stirred trade interest while Produce Reporter Co prepares a formal reply. Telegraphed exchanges show both sides seeking equal publicity with promises of full statements in upcoming issues.
Demand remains fair and prices steady for apples from the belt. Complaints cite small size as a prevalent issue. Barrel stock from Iowa Missouri and Nebraska ranges from Maiden to Wolf Rivers and Wealthies, with prices up to 4.25 per barrel for fancy grades, while northern Dutchess fetches 3 to 3.35 and southern Jonathans 1 to 1.50 per bushel box.
Michigan grapes moved well this week with good supply and attractive quality. The first car of Concords arrived from Lawton Michigan, sold at 2 cents per basket. Champions brought 14 to 14 1/2 cents, Moore's Early 17 to 18 cents, and Delaware varieties from Michigan fetched 10 to 12 1/2 cents for 3 pound baskets.
Nashville Tenn September 5 The case of B B Bond indicted years ago for defrauding a local bank and eastern produce dealers by bogus bills of lading for eggs is set for trial in the criminal court September 24 Bond has previously escaped trial on the ground of unsound mind The amount involved is about 10000 dollars
Receipts of potatoes in Cincinnati show no material price change despite quality differences with prices around 80 to 85 cents for Bessey and eastern stock, Michigan 70 cents, Minnesota 63 cents. Sweet potatoes rule lower with Virginian about 2.65 per barrel, Alabama about 70 per hamper. Oak Harbor reports heavy Elberta peach movement from northern Ohijo district with major loading stations Gypsum and Danbury, Osbury. harvest to continue a week to ten days as big packing houses operate day and night and cars move nationwide.
Thieves entered A Goss & Co at 114 Independence Avenue last night and fled with 10 cases of April storage eggs valued by the firm at about seven dollars.
New York state cabbage yields are shrinking due to drought with July to early September weather driving prices up. Farmers report loads at New York points ranging from 23 to 25 dollars per ton, Virginia farmers up to 20 dollars, and Long Island stock selling at eight dollars per hundred heads. Brokers struggle to secure supply as demand remains strong and northern crop prospects uncertain. Northern growers are advised to wait a few weeks to assess the late crop.
North bound Naw valley and Orrick tubers still arrive in farmer wagons while northern and western potatoes begin to show up. Red River Ohio s bring 66 to 66¢ per bushel, Colorado 68 to 72¢. Virginia stock in barrels 3.30 to 3.40, Alabama 9 to 11.5 a hamper. Native stock varies, onions steady, cabbage firm, Iowa stock at 47 a ton bulk.
The Cincinnati apple market firmed across Ohio Valley markets this week as receipts eased. New stock from New York Michigan and Wisconsin plus small lots from Indiana and Ohio pushed prices. Wealthy apples at 3.60 a barrel and Winesap and other variety bids supported by broad demand.
Cincinnati September 5 John J Murphy of the Bell Telephone Co observed the Cunningham versus Zimmerman libel trial. A bill of 69 12 for June and part of July services is shown against Cunningham Co the firm run by John D Cunningham. Suit to recover was filed August 26 in Judge Bell s court but the defendant was not found in Hamilton county. A new writ was issued and served on Cunningham this week.
Chicago reports mixed melon prices with Rocky Ford cantaloupes soft and uneven, fetching around 1.25 per crate when fresh and 0.75 to 0.80 for pink meats. Ohio and Indiana onions show brisk moving, yellow and white varieties near 1.05 per bushel, with southern reds and yellows in demand. market activity remains lively though some lots arrive heated or soft.
Page 20 announces Hood River Oregon Apple Growers Association materials and methods. The text hints at distribution improvements and behind the scenes efforts. References a Pinot arrival in Texas and a “trump car system” under study.
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