Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1933)
PXflE TWO MEDFOItD MAIL TRIBUXE, MEDFQRD, OREGOX, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1933 TEST SHIPMENT OF PEARS By SEA TOLD BY NORMS Costs and Better Condi tion of Fruit Major Objec tives in Experiment. Med ford Also appreciated the co-operation of Rood River In helping make tih ahlpment of peara by boat possible. Mr. Henry Hartman observed the loading and unloading of thla ahlp ment of peara and a, complete re port will be made later. This report will help Iron out some of the diffi culties experienced this season. These difficulties are all minor snd can easily be corrected another year. The cold storage plants, steamship lines and railroads can ceartalnly all be Reduction in Transportation tton to bring this cargo through I in such gooa conaiuon. Handled Caefully It takes about two and a half days to load the boat at Portland. The fruit was handled very "carefully and well stowed. More air space was al lowed this year between the top boxes and the celling. The B. S. Atenas was a sister ship of the one used by Hood River last year, but the ar rangement for air delivery to the holds was greatly Improved It takes approximately three weeks to make the trip from Portland to New York. Two weeks of this time Is consumed between Portland and the Pacific entrance to the Panama canal. Sea and air temperatures rise very rapidly soon after leaving Port land and for a period of two weeks are quite high. Cold storage falclll ties on the boat were ample to hold the fruit at the required temperature. The S. 8. Atenas, carrying a per Uthable cargo, was allowed to pass through the canal at night. The or dinary passenger and freight ships are not allowed to do this. The ship arrived at New York November 13 and waa unloaded Immediately. No Change Been The fruit showed no noticeable change In condition between Port land and New York, and, aside from the portion directly next to the cold air inlets which was frosted, arrived In excellent condition. The stevedor ing at New York was not all that could be desired, but thla possibly can be remedied to some extent In the future. The pears were taken out of the hold in slings and placed on electric trucks which hauled them a very short distance to P. P. B. cars. These cars were switched to the cold storage plant. The fruit was placed In cold storage and .held there until wanted for the conditioning room. The cold storage plant operated a conditioning room wrehe the tem perature was held at 63 degrees with high humidity. As soon as the pears had the proper color and ripeness: they were loaded In freight cars for transportation across the river to New York for auction. We are certainly all well aware that the Bosc market has been poor this year but It has been a lot better than last year. The NRA has ap patently improved the buying power very little as yet. More Activity Now However, there seems to be more buyers and more activity on the auc tion now than at this time last year. It is necessary only to look at the prices which other fruits such as orsnges, grspes, grapefruit, etc., are being sold for to appreciate that Boao are not doing so badly and are more than holding their own. Bosc have consistently been outselling the northwest Anjous this year In the months of November and December. This Is certainly not a Christmas present to the fruit growers of Med ford, for the buyers of our pears are not built that way. It is apparent that someone wants these pears and they must be making a profit on them ore they would not be wilting to pay a premium for Medford Bosc over northwest Bosc or Anjous, Good Market Looms The future should hold a good market for good Bosc. The fault Is our own If we do not have the Inter est and Intelligence to take advan tage of It. The conscientious work of Henry Hartman and the Bosc pear committee Is bringing results. The future, in spite ot the present mar ket level, does not look black for Bosc. Well ripened Bosc move freely in the fruit stands and people like them. I wish that all shippers and growers could have an opportunity to talk with some of the retailers and consumers of Boso In New York. Lnte HurveM. Ilelpi Harvesting the crop somewhat later than usual to allow mora color, and stiu not late enough to bring on core rot, has made a lot of friends for the Boao. Most of the distribu tors .have co-operated In an effort to place the fruit on the market In the right condition. The co-operation hsa not been 100 per cent and there Is some room for Improvement. There Is, naturally, a limited market for some green Bosc, as a few of the retnllers sre equipped to ripen their own fruit. Warmer temperutures In lat September and October will take care of the rest of the reullers up to the cooler weather. During the cooler weather, it Is of vitsl Impor tance that the pears reach the con sumer In such a condition that he rsn est and enjoy them. We have made many friends this year and undoubtedly improved our position over the past season. The way Bosc were placed on the market In New York In 1033. both In regard to quantity and condition, waa de plorable. It was noticeable as the cold season came on In New York that chain store buyers, for example. wno are large purchasers of Bosc pears, were beginning to pass them up and buy Anjous. Tie renton was larpely because most of the Boc sold last year during thla cold period were green. Poor Fruit lliinrtlrap Kach sale of these poorly condi tioned Boso not only throttled any possible future sales for last year out naa Deen reacting against us this year. We are merely paying this year for some of the sins of last (By n.rtit. K. Norrls) The 8. S. Atenas salted down the Columbia river the evening of Octo ber 34, from Portland, Ore., with t ahlpload of pears. She carried nearly Bt.000 boxes ior tne new xora mar ket. Approximately two-thirds of these pears were grown at Medford and the balance came from Hood River. This was Med lord's first experience In shipping pears lnterooastal, al though Hood River shipped one full boatload In 1033. The results of the Hood River shipment last year were fairly satisfactory and encour aged Medford to attempt the same thing this season. General Interest There are several reasons for our interest in water transportation of pears as against rati shipment. Two of the principal reasons are (1) re duction in transportation costs and. (3) the possibility of placing our pears on the market In better con dition. It Is difficult to arrive at the exact saving In cost of transportation by boat. There Is a material saving If . water shipped fruit Is competing with fruit shipped by rail under full re fregeratlon. There Is proportionately less saving If the fruit travels by rail under Initial ice with one re lclng. Some of our peara traveled ; to New York by rail thia year with-j out any Ice at all. Under this last method of handling, the saving In cost of movement by ship over rait transportation amounted to very little. Storage An Item Length of storage affects cost of handling to New York. The flat rate per box charged by the ship Included the three weeks storage en route, On the whole, actual saving In water shipment this season amounted to possibly but a few cents. However, Viere seems to be no question but that ocean rates can be materially reduced when the shipping compa nies can be assured of a steady flow tf fruit tntercoastal. Possibly the more Important of the two main factors stated above Is the matter of condition. This la especially true of Bosc. It is very well estab lished that Bosc must be condi tioned before placing them on the market during the colder weather of November and December, The pres ent market polnta Vila out very clear ly. Temperatures vary considerably between different cars In rail trans portation and, more particularly be tween the top and , bottom of the same car. Uniformity Difficult Very often a car of Boso shipped j overland will show enough difference between top and bottom to make It extremely difficult to condition with any kind of uniformity. The weather between Medford and New York can change rapidly during the several days It takes a car to travel thla distance. Unless the shipper has the powers of a crystal gazer he must depend largely upon luck to get these cars through to New York In the proper condition. Under certain weather conditions It may be advisable to ship the fruit by the northern route without any Ice at all. It Is pos sible for cars to go the southern route at times. By this method, however, Initial ice Is more often necessary, or even relclng. A car may arrive In excellent condition w.hen shipped by one of these meth ods, and another car shipped a day or two later in the same way might arrive too ripe or too green. Weather Features When the weather Is reasonably warm at New York, cars will ripen to aome extent on the track. Dtirlng the cooler weather It Is next to Im possible to ripen the fruit In the csr on track. Demurrage costs money and expense attached to un loading, ripening and reloading In dividual cars not connected with storage la often prohibitive. It is essential, therefore, that we develop a more dependable method of plac ing our Boso on the market. This season It wss thought that Bosc could be parked and shipped wlthoxit toe by the new overnight service to Portland, for Immediate storage. When the proper quantity was accumulated, a ship could be loaded for New York. Ships should , maintain in their .holds a more unl- j form temperature than In a car. The fruit was to b placed In storage at j New York and brought out into the room for conditioning as the market demanded. It was felt that by so handling the fruit would be quite uniform. Idea Proves Out That this line of thought was qu'.t correct has been well demonstrated tbla year. The fruit was -handled as outlined and has gone over the autclon In a very pleasing may. It is unfortunate that a smsil per cent of the fruit was frosted on the boat, but this percentage Is far less than ; Is normally experienced In shipping I fruit overland by rail during the months of November and December. It Is estimated that the fruit frosted j The 'rult stands are always loaded amounted to but 14 or a per cent I w"h many varieties of excellent to us that It Is possible to handle Boso In such a manner as to place them on the market in the condi tion which we want them. Shipping overland by rail early in the sesson la fairly satisfactory. The tempera tures on arrival are high enough to allow ripening by holding the cars on track until satisfactory. This Is especially true In October and even early November, when a portion of Vie fruit la shipped the southern route where it partially ripens on the wsy to market. After mid-season It Is both economical and practical to ship Boso by boat for atorage and conditioning In New York. Livestock PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. ST. (API CATTLE: 178; calvea 10; ateady, un changed. HOOS: 100; iteady to atrong, un changed. SHEEP: 10; ateady, unchanged. Portland Produce PORTLAND, Dec. 37. (Jp) BUT TER Prints, extras, 31c; standards, 30o lb. BUTTBRPAT Portland delivery: A grade, 17-1 8c lb.; farmer's door de livery, 14' 16c lb.; sweet cream, 5c higher. EGOS Pacific Poultry Producers' selling price: Fresh extra specials, 34c; extras, 32c: standards, 30c; me dium. 18c dozen. Buying price by wholesalers: Fresh extras, 16c dor.; firsts, 21c; mediums, lie don.; under grade, 11c; pullets, 11c dozen. Cheese, milk, country meats, mo- j hair, cases ra bark, hops, live poultry,! onions, potatoes, wool and hay, un-1 changed. Portland Wheat TO PROCURE TAGS Sale of 1934 auto licenses continued brisk today at the sheriff's office. For the convenience of autolsta the sheriff's office is being kept open during the noon hour this week. All are urged to get their new tags before the end of the week, when a rush of lute comers Is expected. Autolste without new licenses after January 1 are liable to arrest, and it is said there will be no period of grace. Residents of Oregon with new California plates are also subject to the same rules. The difference in cost between the two fees Is 3. Purchase of the auto In California Is no grounds. The state police announce a round-up of citizens who annually make a practice of buying Catlfornta licenses, or none at all. There are several of the latter class In the far corners of the county, it Is alleged who confine their driving to their own territory snd do most of their motor ing at night and on Sunday. Several have been "spotted" the police ctalm. PORTLAND, Dec. 37. pj-Wheat: Open. High. Low. Close. May 72 75 72 75 Dec. 60 78 69 78 Cash: Big Bend bluestem Dark hard winter, 13 pet Soft white Western white Hard winter Northern spring Western red Oats: No. 2 white i .. 22.S0 Corn: No. 3 E. yellow 3300 Mlllrun standsrd 14.00 Today's csr receipts: Wheat 106; barley 1; flour 11; corn 6. Chicago Wheat CHICAGO, Dec. 27. Wheat: Open. High. Low. Close, Dec 81 83 81 Va May .... 8374-84 88 83 July .... 83 85 82 83 H M-!4 85 K of the shipment. Without a doubt this injury can be completely eliminated another season by having - more adequate equipment to record temperatures en rout-. The tempera t urea en route were never rxtremely low snd showed very little variation. Most of th chilled fruit thawed out with no ap parent injury. shippers Co-operate One very Important point whlrii certainly should not be overlooked Is the fsct that Medford shlpers havw gotten togther for the first time and co-operated In a movement of this kind. Co-operation of thla sort is essential to the welfare of the Bosc Industry at Medford. The give-and-take and get-together spirit has been very fine 'this year. It Is the one thing which can pull our Bosc pears out of the red Into profit. fruit. A pear customer lost to this competition la difficult to win back again. Wall St. Report John D. Buckley died at his home. two miles south of Ruch Tuesday evening after a brief Illness from a heart attack. He was a native son of Jackson county, born on the Buck ley ranch August 28, 1873, where he spent all of his life. He was the oldest son of Mr. snd- Mrs. James Buckley, now deceased, early pioneers of this county. Mr. Buckley leaves a host of friends besides his brothers and sisters, James Buckley, David Buckley and George Buckley, Miss Rose and Kate Buckley, all of Ruch, Oregon. Funeral services will be held at the Sscred Heart Catholic church, Medford, Friday at 9:30 a. m.. Rev. Father Wm. J. Meagher officiating. Interment in Jacksonville cemetery. Perl Funeral Home In charge of the arrangement. UNCHANGED FOR DAY WASHINGTON. Dec. 37 (AP) The government gold price waa unchang ed today at 434.08 an ounce. It waa the seventh repetition of thla quotation for newly-mined do- mcatlc metal. Bar sold In London waa worth 33.52 on the baala of aterllns onen- f lng at as.H',4 to the pound. Stork Sale Averagea. (Copyright, 1833, Standard Statistics Co.) December 27 80 30 30 0 India. BR'a Ufa Total Today 89.1 41.1 3.3 71.1 Prer. day 88.1 41.0 . OKI 78.0 Week ago. 87.4 41.1 83.3 78.0 Year ago 49.7 34.8 87.7 83 5 3 Yra. ago....ll5.0 89.7 150 3 1113 Bond Sale Areragea. (Copyright, 1933, Standard Statatlca Co.) December 37: 30 IM'la Today . 71.1 Prev. day - 71.4 Week ago.. 71.3 Year ago 81,8 3 Yra. ago... 89.9 30 30 80 BR'a Uta Total 733 78.0 73.4 73 8 78.0 73 3 73.1 78.7 73.3 87.0 81.0 888 100.8 97.3 94 8 NEW YORK, Dec. 37. (AP) The general run of atocka, led by the utllt tlea, puahed upward today despite a large volume of year-end tax selling. Although gains were moderate In most Instances, and a few soft spots were evident, expanded offerlnge usually were absorbed without much difficulty. The close waa ateady to firm. Tranafera approximated 3,100. 000 eharea. ' Todaya closing prices for 33 se lected atocka follow: Al. Chem. As Dye ... 143i Am. Can ........ 97'i Am & rn. Pow. 7i A. T. T 107 Anaconda P. Atch. T. ft 8. Bendlx Avla. Beth. Steel California Pack'g. Caterpillar Tract. . Chryaler Coml, Solv. ... Curtlss-Wrlght DuPont Gen. Foods ... Int. Harvest w Oen. Mot. I. T. T Johns-Man. .... Monty .Ward North Amer Penn.y (J. C.) Phillip ret . Rsdlo Sou. Pac. 8td. Brands I3S 84 , IS. , 801, 18', 34 , 83, . ae ; - 3'i 93 3', BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Oerald Lane U of this city, daughter weighing five j g. fvui.ua. iu uuucta, a tne vommunuy hospital, Tuesday. December 36. Snn Francisco Fruit SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 37. (AP) State market newa service: APPLES: Loose Sebastopol. Wegen er, 85-90. Rome BO-1.00. Greenings 85-90: packed boxes Washington Ore gon epltzenburg 1.90-3.15, fancy 1.65- foi 1.75. Delicious xt 3.00-2.15. some b utpgqn newioT.'ne XI 3.00- 3.10, few 335. fancy 1.85-1.75. PEARS: Oregon D'AnJoua 3.15-3 35 per box extra fancy, fancy mostlv 3.00, choice 1.83-1.75. Watsonvlllo Winter Nella 1.65-1.76. Placer county Bosc 1.40-1.50 per lug. j Export Wheat. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27. (P) I The Emergency Export corporation to day offered 78 cents a bushel for soft ! white wheat for foreign shipment, j silver. NEW YORK, Dec. 37. () Bur sliver !4 higher at 43;. .. P. S. Train lilts Slide. THE DALLES, Ore., Dec. 37. ( AP) The engine and one car of Spo kane. Portland and Seattle mixed train were derailed by a landslide one mile south of Maupln before dawn today. No one was Injured. The engine waa reported badly damaged: The track will be blocked until tomorrow. St. oil Cal . St. oil N. J. ... Trana. Amer. Union Carb. ..... Unit. Aircraft 13, 14! IZZZZ Ijjtj 38 48 ' 30'. This year's experience has proved U. 8. Steel 48i ill ri X ALAINE'S Permanent Ware Specialists AN .MIVNIMVrp of HINOl T;T SOFT MSTIIOIS WAVES Finger Waves BOo unci 75c Vie Guarantee Our Avert 113 Ka.t Main. Thane 1.118 ELKS ANNUAL New Year's Eve Party ELKS TEMPLE SUNDAY, Dec. 31st For Elks and Invited Quest Entertainment Slarla at II Dancing from 13 In 3 Monday Morning 1P34 MEMBERSHIPS are nu avnltahle SWEM'S BOOK CLUB You will always find new and In teretCIng books to read here no matter what your tate may he. Subscribe Now For a Year's Membership kandSETTErVALUES iwr li""- tesnPErto'aA' H?1 II I ZJ k 1 fill I SOMETHING SiAYED j I OS EYECTTHifK) TOMATOES Day brand, solid pack, No. 2 can 3 - 35C PEAS Sunset brand No. 2 can 3cans29c PINEAPPLE Del Monte crushed No. 1 special can 2cans19c Savings for Thursday, Friday and Saturday Dec. 28th, 29th and 30th CORN Country Kist Golden Bantam No. 2 can cans 29 Salt Honey Mustard Peanut Butter Swansdown Max-l-mum Slmker 2-lb. Tube Golden Bee. 12 ok. Comb Best Foodi S oz. Jar Mux-l-mum. Fresh Ground Cake Flour For Cake Snccetta 2 tor 15c m combs 25c Each 9c ib. 10c n 29c Candy Almondf Walnuts Fancy Quality Hard Mix Larze Size Oregon Grown Soft Shell Pound 10c pounds 25c Pound 19c Bulk Items of Quality and Savings Raisins 4lbs 23c Soda -.h 2lbs13c Macaroni de 3lbs19c Beans , 4lbB'19c Prunes " 3lbs19c Chocolate rr-" Poundl9c Milk Corn Meal Soap Pop Corn Max-l-mum TaU Can Yellow or White Sunny Monday Wash Day Favorite xj cam 19c 8-ID. bag .2 1 C ot. Can Guaranteed Bar2c Each 5 C FLOUR SAVINGS Pride of the West 49 pound sack $1.35 2 it... 19c Blue Seal Guaranteed Hard Wheat 49 -pound sack $1.83 Flaked Hominy Try this In Casaerole FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES POTATOES APPLES ! fl U. S. No. 2s Fine for Baking 50 lb. bag . . . 49C Box 59c CABBAGE SQUASH Solid Heads . Good Cookers Pound J lC Pound ..... 1 C HAMS Swift's Premium, Cudahys Puritan and Morrells Pride Pound 1 7V2C Pork Chops Loin and Rib Cuts Each 2C a ay -JJ PICNICS or HAM ENDS Sugar Cured Pound j QC Boiling Meat Prime Steer Beef Pound 7!2C FREE DELIVERY Orders of S3.00 or Over 1 0A.M. and 4 P.M. uiMainii inn nil 1 11 11 1 ii am ... . 1 1 1 1 '! Jl'.y y.wjyyiiiiaai j ycv y