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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINK SECTION
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Organization of the Public Market
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Seattle tn. n.r 7S Mnrlou Street,
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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 "
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