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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
2
Cobden Illinois reports indicate a potentially fair to good sweet potato harvest with quality improving despite dry conditions. Estimates range up to 200 bushels per acre in well cultivated fields, and prices near 3 dollars per barrel for good stock, with 40 to 1 at digging time for stored stock.
Indianapolis firm Gee Hitz & Co announces efforts to secure incoming supplies of apples potatoes cabbage onions and other fruits and vegetables. They report buyers ready to absorb a heavy trade through the season. Chicago trade notes indicate Peters Bros Co received its first car of California apples and expects more shipments from the West and Northwest as the season progresses.
Good outlet invites Northwestern apple shippers to store fruit and wait for optimal market spots. Promises storage, sale when owners elect, and regular updates on market conditions. Duplicate salesman tickets protect sellers. writers urge prompt contact to reserve storage space.
San Francisco traders report butter in good shape early in the week with firm prices and strong demand. Extra grades slip after a brief advance, while storage stock moves off street and cheese trading grows as activity shifts to storage goods and undergrades. Poultry remains firm though some lines soften, and potatoes, onions, and citrus show mixed movement with ample supplies and modest price changes.
Northwest market conditions are unsettled as heavy apple arrivals dampen demand. Reports from Minneapolis note scarce high quality fruit, weak interest from country buyers, and frost fears needed to revive activity. Butter and eggs show price shifts while potato trade remains cautious with producers hopeful for better conditions.
Redlands Cal Sept 25 The annual report of the Mutual Orange Distributors shows shipments of 1 700 cars of citrus fruit an increase of 500 cars from the prior year General manager A Gregory cites an average net return of 1 80 per box across oranges lemons and grapefruit The group includes Redlands Mutual Orange Co Rialto Orange Co Myrn Mawr Fruit Growers Assn Colton Orange Growers Assn Highland Fruit Growers Assn East Highlands Citrus Assn Highgrove Orange Grower Isn Henry Waller & Sons Whi Buxton is president
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