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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1934
Page
9
Florida growers and shippers face increased foreign competition as Cuba and Mexico costs surpass Florida in fresh vegetables. The 1930 tariff, intended to level costs, failed to curb imports, with volume actually rising after enactment.
Northern markets see heavy homegrown eggplant and pepper supply with prices dropping to 25 to 50 cents per bushel. If weather stays mild demand may lag until November, while a October breeze or a freeze could raise prices by wiping out supply.
California orange growers warn they will wage a bitter price fight with Florida if the state rejects a national citrus proration plan. A California delegation spoke at a California Fruit Growers Exchange session, naming a committee to keep California oranges in Atlantic seaboard markets if Florida declines to join the plan.
Industry leaders hail the Bureau of Crop Estimates work as the state’s most accurate citrus projection. Under S R Newell, Forrest C Graves oversees the Florida effort funded by FERA, with similar estimates in California Texas and Arizona to set prorates and certificates if the marketing agreement is adopted.
Governor Sholtz warns Florida dairymen beef cattle producers and poultrymen about screw worm attacks, stressing federal aid from Agriculture after FERA funding disputes. The piece explains the life cycle of screw worms, the danger to humans and animals, and outlines the citrus crop survey's aims and methods.
H. T. Bennett announces the fifth annual Florida Agricultural Tariff association meeting to be held Thursday September 27 1934 in West Palm Beach at the Hotel Monterey. Officers will be elected and plans formed to maintain tariff protection against foreign imports of fresh vegetables. The session opens at 10 a m with overnight accommodations offered at reduced rates.
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