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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1935
Page
2
Chicago reports A. G. Zulfer & Co. will offer a large tonnage of Idaho prunes. Charles A. Rogers, in Boise for the deal, will supervise all shipping as the season starts. Rogers has ten years of Idaho prune experience and heads the operation, with packing in half bushels, faced lugs, and suitcases.
Rogers manages the I C B orders for shipment from Boise Idaho while the Chicago office handles the rollers. The arrangement assigns different duties by location with Boise overseeing I C B shipments and Chicago taking charge of rollers.
Herbert A. Wieneke elected president of the Red River Valley Potato Shippers Association at the East Grand Forks meeting. He succeeds Andrew Robbie and has been Moorhead manager for Michael Swanson Brady Produce Co for about ten years. Other officers include Ole Flant vice president and D C Baldwin Elmer Osking Andrew Robbie John W Scott R L Douglass as directors.
A fierce midweek wind storm tore large quantities of pears and apples from trees in local orchards. Much fruit remaining on the trees was bruised and will only be fit for cider stock.
Andrew Milnar of Dingfelder & Balish Inc visits Chicago. Jack Driscoll of Driscoll Teaming Co wed recently and honeymooning in Michigan. Many executives, brokers, and representatives from fruit shipping firms, grocery outlets, and shipping houses travel between Chicago and markets in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, and Texas. reports mention exclusive agents, peach movement plans, and industry connections.
Chicago market notes moderate demand with ample volume though some quality varies. Beans and celery mixed quality. prices range from 50 cents to 2.75 per crate or bushel, with Michigan and Illinois stock prominent. Tomatoes firmer, peppers, lettuce, and sweet potatoes show varied movement and prices across regions.
Rosenthal and Stockfish Inc will be active in peach apple pear and grape deals in Michigan this year with offices at Benton Harbor and Lawrence during shipping season. They are exclusive sales reps of the Cooperative Association at Lawrence. Rosenthal will stay in Michigan to supervise packing and loading. They anticipate large tonnage of apples and peaches and 600000 to 700000 packages of grapes plus carrots and truck lots. Albertas move later this season due to unusually cold weather.
Chicago reports Mr. Briggs of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association says Senate Bill S-1629 broad defines private carriers to include itinerant merchants. The act, approved August 9, allows October 1 safety requirements for itinerant motor merchants, with commissions to set qualifications, hours, and equipment standards, including possible investigations and hearings.
Arrangements were completed for Michigan's second annual Potato Field Day on September 12 at the Lake City Potato Experiment Station. The program centers on new potato varieties, cultural methods, and improved harvesting, storing, and marketing. Demonstrations will cover tuber culture from plowing to cooking, with manufacturers showcasing potato machinery and Michigan State College departments offering expert explanations of varietal, fertilization, and irrigation experiments in a 40 acre test plot.
Jack Dunn of Weinberg and Gilbert returned to work after a vacation spent fishing and golfing. Sam Vitale of Detroit Tomato and Produce Co visited Cuba with Mrs. Vitale. Louis and Mrs Read vacationing in northern Canada. Harry S. Hall of Grand Trunk Railway Terminal and Cold Storage Co won the Labor Day float prize at Romeo Peach Carnival. Kirk Mitchell of Detroit Union Produce Terminal received a postcard from Morris Cohen of Harry Becker & Co visiting Europe, mailed from Russia.
Detroit Sept 6 A reception and dinner for Western Fruit Jobbers Association officers will be held Tuesday Sept 10 in the Crystal Ball Room at the Book Cadillac Hotel dinner served at 7 p m Ladies will attend committee chair Kirk F Mitchell says arrangements are aimed to be perfect Tickets are $2 and available from Abel Andrews Jack Dunn Herman Franzblau and Kirk F Mitchell
Utah onions are beginning to move in East Lake City as growers hold back onions for price. Early this week four or five cars had been shipped and the season is expected to yield 800 to 900 cars. The crop is mainly Spanish Valencia yellow and white varieties.
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