The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-27
MARKETS..
How to Regulate Them.

How to Regulate Them.
The Patent Office r port for 1870 has an IN
teres,ing article on the market systems OF the
country, with their usages and abuses, which
il would be well for our city authorities to
study As the book is rot within reach OF all
our readers We copy entire that portion reia-
| ting to the Philadelphia markets, said to be
the best in the world.
! Philadelphia has for generations been noted
/ for the excellence OF its market system.
/ There is law in force providing that yegeta-
| bles, provisions or fruits, exposed fer sale
shall not have been previously purchased
within the limits of the city. When the city
erects a market-house one-half Of the bui ding
IT mains free for the use Of the country people
attending the market; and no fees, tolls or
perquisi.es are 70 be exacted from them for
the use thereof Persons who send or carry
the produce of their farms to market may
sell beet. mutton etc, slaughtered on their
.arnls. and persons so selling such meats, etc,
are not liable TO any fine for selling in less
quantities than one quarter; provided that
farmers using the stalls i'll the lnarket-house
tcr sach purposes shall pay rent OF compen-
-a,ion for each stall not exceeding twenty dol
iars per annurn.
The Select and Common Council annually
elect commissi ,ner OF market-houses. No
person is allowed to SELL or expose for sale
elsewhere within the market limits than in the
stands retially provided therefor, any fruits,
vegetables, or other provisions except fresh
i-h, meal. or four which have been before
purchased within the city Of Philadelphia. No
person exercising the trade Of a butcher is !
permitted to occupy stand or station with |
ont the market-houses free of rent: and no |
person is allowed to offer for sale any veal !
beef lamb, etc, unless the same is the pro- |
iuce Of his or her own farm, upon any OF the |
streets authorized for the stands for market
wagons. under penalty of twenty dollars
The stalls and stands within the pubic
market houses and places fer the use Of
which rcrt may be lawfully charged, are
et annually. No person is allowed to use
>teelyaras or spring balances within the mar
Net horses. No person, except farmers bring
ing the produce of their farm, to market, is
allowed to sell or expose for sale any tutch-
rrs meat il any streets or other highways of
the city south Of Lehigh Avenue, east of the
River schUs kill. or north of Morris Point, in
any carl, wagon, etc., nor carry ABOUT the
same for sale.
By the Philadelphia system the greatest
care is taken to prevent speculation i'll what is
eaten Gardeners are protected and middle
men, or hucksters. have little chance to real
'ze fortunes. The Phihdelphians are the true
Patrons of Husbandry, as they bring the pro-
iucer and consumer face to face.
Now contrast this admirable liberal system
with eur own abominable monopoly The
rity for dollars and cents has tor many years
deprived our citizens Of their selection Of
What they are 10 eat Farmers are prohibited
rom selling except in the public markets.
There they are not met by the consumers,
but come face to face with the marchand
or hucksters who buy the truck tor one
ourth its value. then speculate on it, and
when it reaches the consumer the freshness is
gone, making it an unwhoesome food to ett
Okra OF gumbo has been sold i'll the mar
>ets this season by the farmers at five cents
'er bucket; green corn seventy-fye cents per
hundred. tomatoe fifteen to twenty-five cents
'er basket; elephants five cents per dozen, l
other vegetables in proportion Now, we t
uggest that market men have permission to q
AIRY their truck to private houses, and let the
'eneit Of low prices be with our own citizens
no arc the consumers