The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-12
VALUE OF GOOD ROADs.
They Aid the Market 0ardenors-0G
ting stun to Market.

They Aid the Market 0ardensrs-0et-
ting stuff to Market.
TACOMA. Feb. 11.-[Special.] ABE Gross
today reviewed his experiences with and
observations Of good roads in Europe. He
said:
Good roads make towns. Three years ago
spent three months with brother of mine In Q
town OF about 10000 In Western Prussia. There,
~ in other places, two days Of each week are set
aside for market days. and farmers come In
from radius OF from FIVE to twenty i've miles.
Good macadamized roads enable them to start
early and come to market sell their produce
and return by evening. Good roads are inii-
rectly the life Of = town OF from 1000 to 5000
and $1,000 Inhabitants In such districts to
which refer In such towns the days that are
not market days are quiet; market days are
about equal to our holidaya Everybody is sure
of getting fresh vegetables. eggs, butter, or
what-not. twice . week. After selling their
truck the farmers buy whatever they need and
business lively. and business makes the town.
OF the construction and maintenance Of
the roads, Mr.. Gross said:
The government has the work done BY con-
tract In payment for this and for making re-
pairs an insignificant toll il collected. The
roads make fine drivea. aud the many trees along
them make the scene beautiful The problem
Of marketing farm produce 10 solved pretty
much by providing gocd roads.
Editor Boothroyd. Of the Northwest
horticultural, has been looking up the
matter Of marketing farm truck. He said
today:
Speaking from the commission mans stand
point. the trouble existing here 10 . Lace Of
management, or rather concentration Of the
marketable product. Some time ago the local
Yanchers here, because said ranchers. by selling
their products entered into competition with
the commission men. I know OF cases where
cabbage has rotted on Henderson bay aud
hereabout, while commission men were filling
orders for an inferior article in California.
And still there II Q reason for this aside from
the question Of good roads, viz: Commission
men must have the available marketable sup
ply. and concentrated or "ounched," - il were,
30 that they can rely on getting what they
want At present the product 10 scattered and
NO commission man can tell whether he can get
what he wants. Therefore, provided the COM
missi on men are favorabiy inclined toward the
yAucher, the question II, how can the product Be
placed % that the commission mans order can
BE- flied promptly and with . reasonable degree
Of certainty? The market question IL much
letter managed NJ Seatti . than here. One req
son II because ranchsn can command better
prices at Seattle than ~ Tacoma This con-
dition of things, II 10 said, results from the hos
tility Of commission men toward peddiinR
yAnehefs-
Mr.. Booshroyd does not doubt bat that
IL tine farmers could place their product in
. compact form. so that the commission
men could get at il. there would be no
trouble at all to sell il. He argues that
Western Washington needs farm gardens.
ana 10 get more Of them some system of
marketing the product must be devised.
This would benefit the producer no moro
than the consumer. who always pays .
premium on fresh garden truck-indeed
under late and no doubt prevailing con-
ditions, he pays, unwiiiing!y, premium
On stale imported truck