The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-22
FOR A PUBLIC MARKET,
The Merchants Association In.
tereSted in an Important
Project.
A Directory Prepared for the City Hall
The Membership Increasing
Rapidly.

The Merchants Association has taken
up matter of great Importance to the
general public of San Francisco, namely,
the establishment of public marker where
producers and consumers may meet and do
business without the expensive interven-
ton OF middlemen. Director NJ. Kohlberg
is particularly interested in the subject
and he spoke with great enthusiasm upon
the matter at the meeting OF the board of
directors yesterday.
He spoke of the crime of throwing hun
dreds of tons of fruit, potatoes and fish into
the bay, while thousands of poor people in
this City are suffering for the necessaries of
life, ali because a few commission mer-
chants are determined that the prices of
said articles of food shall not fall below a
certain figure. He said this wanton waste
falls with equal hardship upon the pro-
du Ger, who sees his labors for season cast
into the waves without his being able to
realize, in the case OF farm products, even
the cost of seed or harvesting. More than
that, he has to pay the transportation COM
panies for carrying the stuff to the City,
when it could be better disposed of for
fertlliZing purposes.
BY the establishment of one or more
markets under the uperintendency of city
officials the producer and consumer could
come together and each be greatly bene-
flied.
The free market system has proved sue
cessful in Eastern cities and even in Oak
land. A few commission merchants might
suffer, but the public would DC benefited.
The question was referred to the stand
ing committee upon trade and finance, OF
which Mr.. kohlberg is the chairman, with
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submit facts and suggestions relating to
the same at the next regular meeting of
the board
After the matter was disposed of it was
suggested by mir. Freud that several such
free markets could be established in sew
eral parts of the City where they would be
the most patronized.
The membership of the Merchants As
ISOLATION increased with jump yesterday
by the election of thirty-six applicants as
members. This makes the present regular
mem bership of the association 278, show
ing an increase since June l of seventy
eight new members. Further applications
for membership have been promised so
that the mum Der of regular mem bers of the
association will exceed 300 before the end
of this month. The new members are:
The Bank OF California by William Alvord,
PRESIDENT; San Francisco Savings Union, by
Lowell White, cashier; Donohoe-k Kelly Banking
Company, by Howard Ravens, president; Saw
ings and Loan Society, E. H. Rollins & Sons,
Pacific, Surety Company, James D. Phelan,
Colonel Z. A. Denicke, Al Hayman & Co.,
Devany, Hopkins & Co., Hooker e. Co., San
Francisco Shoe House, Roth, Blum Co.,
Charles G. Sparrowe, Rosenthal, FEEDER e. Co.,
John C. Spencer, the Wonder; Nat. Raphael
& Co., Otto Muser Leo E. Alexander & Bro;
Ernest Mccullough, Charles A. Zinkand,
George f. Roberts, Chester F. Wright, Herbert
L. Law, II. o. Brewer d Co., C. NJ. Christoffer
d Co., Johnson & Emigh, Magner Bros.
Consulting Engineer Mccullough pre-
sented plans for the proposed directory
for the new City Hall. 1t was decided by
the board to submit these plans to the
Board of City Hail Commissioners and re-
quest them to have the same put in tho
new City Hall. BY means of this direc-
tory any person having occasion to visit
the City Hall will be enabled to find with
out any difficulty or delay the exact loca-
ton sought.
A communication was received from the
State Development Committee requesting
assistance from the association in the
work now being done by that committee
at the Atlanta Exposition. The board de-
cided to contribute $50 toward the work.