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Newspaper Page Text, jm "DM" i -Til l li'irnrfiiirntT- f HOME AND FARM MAGAZINK SECTION 11 Organization of the Public Market THE MOORE STUDIO KI.KS UllLDIMi, I'OHTI.WO ITISTIC rilOTOOnAIMIT AT MODKItATK ntlCKS. Copt of this advertlsemert presented at The Moor Studio will entitle the holder to apo dal reduction on all styles of work, together with Txtl phuto free of churn. "I wnnt to nee a I'honnirnipri In every Amc-rU-un home." Thunim A. F.JlMon. FREE TRIAL EDISON CONCERT OUTFIT rL, XT.is up! end id iilrununt In eqult-pcd with The Diamond Point Reproducer Mav l Tiad In ell tier Oak or Ma hoi; any cn. 17VJ-; with your ituik-e of Itl Hi tie Aniht'n.l 4inli)iiU' rt't-.triln; all rnt o I" It K K Tit I A L n o.inll.v prired at iS so, wlun ' 1 hU t. ketu It 1 A V II K P 1 I'ayt for It. Wriio for foUUr fully If ncrlMns '.hit and other vtutfitd; also Ka- vr 1 Ol.HiIvKU, ftit KKKK to any aittlrvH. Ei!er3 Talking Machine Co. Norlhur-I POISON IIMi i:iMn.,-lnier-ity M., Seattle, MuiJl. 1200 Acre Stock Ranch Located In the John Pay countrv Eastern Oregon. 500 acres splendid wheat land, llalance fine bunch gross land tuo1 6-room house, barn etc Ulif outside range. On countv road Lpho'Le ."",e- ,Ylce ' P" '" cash; balance to suit. 6 per cent, iwo vLO-acre homesteads can be taken adjoining. Write for our list of Kast eru Oregon stock and wheat ranches. Acme Realty Co. 30I l-.qiiJtnble fllilK., DRAG SAWS Port- mi I'M Vnur M-n..,l ...i.u ...... ?!""A'i haw: zmrzi ' l ' : " " ' ne man iif.n;'.far":?'!.;nry kind K,' VAItllV MOTOIl Vlltlv. -,: Seventh sr., l-orllnnil, it,. Seattle tn. n.r 7S Mnrlou Street, roe a Cull le..ri.tl,.ii Write t . BY R. W. GILL, Tt) HKGIN with, I wish to touch llltlo upon the first organization of a public market. Tho first thing la to secure a loratloti. We found it a difficult proposition In Portland and two or throe different effort to Install a public market hnd failed. Universal pes simism against organization of such nu Institution prevailed. Tho fact that peo ple could order over the telephone nnd net credit, led many farmers to liellevo that the public market would uot tea . BUCfess. In the face of this condition and In face of the fact that the comnilsslou mer chants and business men were opposed to give In. the sturtlnB of a public mar ket must bo done very wisely with con uhlcrable consideration and with a lot of preliminary work. It Is absolutely essen tial to have some newspaper that will back it up and keep U In tho eyes of tho public. Wo found that It was bettor to have one paper and stick to It rather than several papers. One that will back It up from start to finish Is necessary. I wish to put Bpeclti! stress on that one feature. Without tho interest of tho consumer you cannot have a public market. Kvery society and every business arganiautlou had It's committee. These committees be. Kim the active organization of the market. They selected speakers which were sent to every kind of meeting. On the day of the opening there was a large parade, which created great enthusiasm. Kverybody knew that tho market was go ing to open. l:iiiiiin;illiiK Middleman. The main Idea of the market Is that none but producers should be allowed to sell. Letting the middleman use the mar ket as a sales place should be eliminated. Agents, however, are permitted to sell for the producer. It is necessary that speak ers should be sent out among the farmers. An effort was made In that line utid special speakers were sent out which got them to sign up that they would bring in tlx lr stuff. When opening day came wo had worked up great enthusiasm and everybody realized that the market was going to iie opened. If you open the mar ket and have the producer there and not the consumer then the farmer Is going to ho disappointed nnd not come back. Therefore the opening day of the market Is very essential. We even bad people In Portland come along tho street and start arguments about prices being higher than In the grocery stores, etc. The harder they fought the public market tho more they advertised. If you start a public market lu your town and people knock. Just let them knork. The public market should be a pro ducers' market only as far as tho farmer Is concerned. We permit each farmer to actually employ an agent on a salary basis. It cannot be done on a commis sion basis. It U best to pay a salesman pretty well as good salesmen are scarce. An association especially should lie very careful to get a salesman that Is good. We permit associations to sell upon the public market. Tho association must bo comprised of actual producers. They must also give affidavit that members of their associations are arttial producers. Then they can count upon the market. Shipping ( roW In. We permit outside stuff to be shipped in and sold. The life of tho public mar ket lat year was maintained through that alone. The success of the public market would not otherwlsn have been fit great. Wo had stuff front Hood Klver, Salem, McMlnnville, etc., one mnn from Salem selling his whole currant crop. It is a noticeable feature now that the gro cerymen say the public inurket Is not af fecting them as they thought It would. It has created a large consumption of food. There were cases where men brought In as high as 100 dressed fowls and were sold out by 10 and 11 o'clock and really could not keep In touch with the consum er. We found an immense demand for dressed poultry, eggs, butter, cottage choose, etc. The fanners found they could get a higher price, and when one got a higher price they all came. The fanners were getting more for their prod uce than the grocerymen were. The pub lic knew they could get a fresh article. One of the propositions which is ex tremely difficult to handle and the solu tion of which lias never come about. It that of the rate problem. The Japanese were among lite first to get in line. This brought a great deal of criticism from the people. It was felt that it was not best to make any race line at all. A good deal of the criticism came from tho farm ers and consumers because the Japanese were allowed to sell upon the market. An open market Is really the only solu tion ot that problem. liiilca Necessary. We found It necessary to make rulings l hat every consumer who bought from the public market must have some guarantee to fiill back upon. All eggs, poultry, elc., had to bear the name and uddress of the producer. The same was true of butter We found also that It was necessary to make a rule that all scales had to face the consumer ami see t,nt a fair weight was given tliem. Wo found II was noces sary to see that farmers did Hot over feed their chickens just before taking to market. In every way wo had to conduct the public market tho sumo ns any, private business. A rulo was made In tho begin ning permlltlng housewives to bring rakes, pies, bread, etc., but ws soou found that we were coming up against another big proposition. Wo found that soma women who hnd nothing elso to do would turn to this resort nnd tho effect was that they were buying their Ingredleuls tbut went lull them until the baker and grocerymun hud a just complaint. A rulo was tnudo that Ingredients had to come from their own fruit, etc. Tho main idea of tho market was cen tralized lu giving the farmer himself tho first chance and best chunco to sell his produce. Anything else Rent in to utlHxo space was given second place. Wo found It necessary In some cases to give more than one stall to a farmer. If the farm er can produce enough In Ills line, It ho can como In every Saturday, hn will have a chance to build up belter trade both for himself and n better alignment for his consumer. When a farmer was per mitted to tnko a stall nnd pay for it In ndvnnce until the end ot the current month so that he could hold that place right along, It was necessary to make n rulo that he must use that stall regularly In order to hold It. Itegular Hours. Regular hours woro plven the farmer at the public market. A regulation was inndo that they could have 15 minutes nfter closing time to get rid of their stuff. They were required to keep their stall clean. It Is a good thing for tho farmer to hnvo to meet the people In a retail way. It gives him an education In sell ing, which Is also afforded by the com petition of these articles side by side. It became an advantage to the consumer because he could get tho better article at a prlco that was direct. Wo could see nt the close of the year that there was a vast difference In the quullty of the goods thnt were brought to the market and In tho wnv they were put up. Tho farmers are going to renllxe more and more tho vnlue of putting their goods up In an attractive way. There Is n de mand for different grades of stuff. Them aro noiiio that want the cheaper articles. In so mo cases the cheaper article will do Just as well. So the farmer found that ho could sell the cheaper grade of stuff that went to waste before. Tho hotel and restaurant trade became quite an Item. It gave the consumer a selection of goods that he did uot bnvn before. Tho consumer conies along not expecting to buy anything and goes away loaded with packages. The attractiveness of goods causes this. Don't put your public, market In a cov ered building. Criticism was made bo causo It. wus not In a building, hut it must be on the sired where people passing back and forth can como in contact with your market, (let it as centrally located as possible, where the people go. You may have to stand a Utile Inclement weather, but the Idea is to get It ren trally located. The publlr market will be patronl.ed by the wealthy people, as well as all other classes. Canada Considers Importing Linen-Makers From Hclniuin THE movement to bring expert linen makers from Ilelglum to Western Canadn, which raises an exceedingly good grade of flax, Is gaining big momentum and a llelglnn priest Is now on his way to Europe after eonfi-i t ing with the Canadian Northern Railway. The making of linen has been u Inrge und Important Industry In Ilelglum before the war, but now every factory is closed. A great many women, as well as men, were employed In tho industry and the Ilelglan priest intends to get In touch with tho large manufacturers to Induce them to movo their plants and bring as many of their old workmen as they ran to Western Canada. Two points on the Canadian Northern have been under conMdoratlou, both In Saskatchewan and both located In the heart of the finest flax country In the Do minion. There now Is n mill at Rnsetown Susk., which Is In the heart of the firavel burg district, well known for the quality and yieldn of flax. Tim Deep a Problem. The other day Representative A. W. I.arferly Hal figuring with a pencil on a piece of paper, "Well, it's too much for me," he re marked with a yawn after he bad been at his task some few minutes. "I never was much of n baud at figures, nnWiow." "What ate you trying to figure?" he was asked, "I was trylnn to estimate," replied Mr. Latferty, "how many fir trees must be cut down each yeur to make wood pulp to make white paper to make the pages of the Congressional Record thnt Jim Mann over yonder rovers with language " - Fred P. Kelly, in New York Sun pBl , HI HP : The HEART SL WHEAT A NVUOVM II II 14 tut' A T K icii t Mli:iu; i,- If your dealer dees nut handle, r, K.ii Monies for regular sue nxkui iy Parcel Post to MORGAN MILLING CO. (JOI.DIC.MtAl.K, WASH. r j.AtJAr S- Dled Thit Famous 40c COFFEE 5SJi Coffe5 lUl.1 1 FrrtKrunt, drlicluiM, ratiry. In. rertVi'dy t.intKd nnd Now H Vrl to vr.nr liornt iOMtlM!tl lOpomul cut, r orln ttj , . . Kuril) inonry ui dt-r or r)i"'k with or1r Cilia lit r Abanlnfly imrnn (rttl Manry llnrk tf I'rrrrrlljr HatUflrd. r"-nii nir ii m r i in ri Pout I'rlt a I.M It Will navn ou rmmfv. $3.40 commercial imDnrtinnU 1012 WEST ERN AVE ci SEATTLE.WASH. "I'm Bungalow Lonely for Ynn" The song that's giving them all tbl Hungaluw Bug. Ily tha wrltota of "llnnaynionn Trill Walla'1 and 'liungalow Town" ; ..iiiiiirie enieprinti aim working tr. INKS Uf llll,.klaal t..lk. II.... alun "I'-or Two" tent free wlih cvor; vwc? wi una sung. Prlca of song only Co cents. HUTCHINS BUILDING CO, lleary lllda. Seattle. UsO. A Ready Made Flower Garden Magnificent Ijirge flowered Pn! Plants, In hud and .bloom, all colon. !ITi cents per doxeii. Forget -Mo-N,.s, splendid clumpi. M cents per driven. Alaska Shasta. Daisies, pure, whlli. enermoua bloom, SO cents per dnaco, I'lg value, fresh dug, Immediate ro suits. 1'lrect to you. We pay parcel poll ehargt-M. OSCAR ROEHR PLANT & FLOWER COMPANY Mnndlntllle. W ashliialo. 5-1 si MS mHnarir: -r nun, ti iu ni"" rU A rS, tlOODPOUL TRf I l'ifUlf niafB'.lr OavniMl ipwUI tmf tR in1! I farming, with iw,, ui,t,n a an Mn-IUM I puu.tr. XU how t" tiV iJ t trn lft f r utt r 1 fr.,m f. r lisi tM-r- )w k p.tt; I fifluillriK r..l.r o( tifH t,i, Ul!lirill.W"l,u,"',S I KHORIWOOO FARM3 CO., 9nuituck. I . 1 ABarnitfl Collccllsn tl rLUIftrl ittui fOR I a CENT! 10 rhuW illlo, ilea net i., v lWm this mmi. r.Bir" ll C..I..MI l-..ri'T. ' KIimi li -, Cl"i.i ' n..ti,en ml, ;!' in. T.. io r...i"H "