New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-28
FARMERS WILL MAKE 4 KICK.
THEY OBJECT TO AN INCREASE OF RENT
AIS BY THE HARLEM MARKET co.
EXPENSES ALREADy HEAVY ENOUGH. SAY THE
PRODUCERS VIGOROUS PROTEST To

EXPENSES ALREADY HEAVY ENOUGH. SAY THE
PRODUCES A VIGOROUS PROTEST To
BE MADE BY THE WAGON MEN.
Bitter COMPLAINT l. made b. farmers and garden
ers against he Harlem Market Company dimi;ed'
because thai corporate has issued notice that on
and aftel next Monday the daily market Zee 'or
wagons viii be increased fourfold The following
notice was displayed the outer door OF the com
pany's office at Flrst-Ive. ana One-hunirelah"-
second-s' yesterday:
on anu ancr Monday. Marcn T. lss', me nar an
fee vii De f,i eacn gardener wagon % cents shn
for each farmer wagon 81 .; for corner S'a"h -
SUM, Mt men will he employed by the MaIket
Company az carriers to assist farmers and garden,
ers and to nllniain order. Each e'npoSe VIII
be desip ated Win badge and number ,,,.
BY orQer OF he Board OF Directors OF the Harlem
iN'"'' LIOiIS VON BERNCTH. President.
The Harlem Market Company dimlted, was In
corn,rsei some four or five years ago. with capital
stock o. SJO,Gc Soon a:tcrward the company nc
quired extensive property consisting OF hahe
land wnch had then Just been filed IN ana ~nch
ex;eoiei from cumberland second to one
hun -thiri-st., ana from a polrt hity-iVe
feet inside of the bulkhcad line. on the East River
to I1i-gt-aye q distance OF about l.O~ feet pom
f. there are thirty -fou: buildings. most OF when are
Of brick one OF Two stories in hegh'. though some
are OF wood.
Thesc STRUCTURES are occupied By dealers In farm
and garden products, etc. VINO pay the co"PaH!
good rentals. The radical advance on the rate OF
marie, fees was necessary. ii was said because the
c,moauy's expenses were heavy. Better accommo-
dalton and plenty Of help, however. would be given
10 tae farmers and gardeners. who would thereby
be greatly benefited $780,, .. ..,,,, ,,.,r
A group Of Long Island farmers. WIN theI
xaeor, IN the market plaza. had no hesitation In
EXPRESSING their yieys with emphatic oral punctu-
sflors. One 81 them, who acted AZ Spokesman for
ths group. said we. think tina, any increase on
The S-esent market fee woud be an imposition
The faie is already high enough md az mpcn as
we can AFFORD TO pay. Our e.Ienres are htaVy.
EverT lime a farmer comes 10 Ner-York with n
load of vegetables on two-horse wagon ms ex-
nense, amount to fully 81 HIS fefriage alone
amounts to 81 2 the loadcd wagons costing % rents
coming ana 80 cents returning Then there II 1000
for man ano beast. al stabiins for the horses ne,
eidce nav for helpers. and expenses making totai
that knocks a nve-dolsr bill all 10 pieces.
"Thc Harlem Market Company II altogether 700
praapiug and IL 1t don't look sharp i viii XIII the
Goose tnai lays the golden egg That egg must
70 a bigger one than outsiders are aware We have
made no kick against the present rates, but we
shall kick harder than Kentucky mules asainst
the proposed increase. ..... ,......,. l.,
"snch Zig increase as the company demands =
like blood money ana we don't intend TO submit
TO 81, h corporate greed andseXiortion