The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-27
ASTORIA NEEDS A
CENTRAL MARKET
Scheme Advocated by Leading Citi-
zens as a Means Of Growth
Of the City.
BEST WAY TO UTILIZE ROADS
Make II An Inducement for the Far
mer TO Come 10 the City TO Trade.
Improve Roads and Our Money
win Circulate at Home.

To utilize the improved county roads
which Clatsop county has 50 long labor
ed to obtain. other steps must be taken
by Astorians. No one doubts the wis
dom and good business principles Of
building nrst class county roads, and
Clatsop county has only made begin
ming. but what has already been done
is appreciated by the farming communl-
~ In discussing the subject with an
Astorian reporter yesterday. Mr. c. s.
Wright said:
with all our railroad, manufactur-
Ing and shipping interests, both in ex-
istence and proposed. Astoria and Clat-
sop county have done pre-emlnently
ly the correct thing to build good coun-
try roads. A good beginning has been
made. but We must not stop here The
merchants and citizens OF Astoria gem
orally must offer some lnducement and
some advantage 10 the farmer which
VIII not only bring him to the city to
sell his produce. but will encourage him
TO raise larger crops. What We want
In this city is an open market place
with sheds and stalls where the farmer
can put up his team and feed and water
them and place his goods on sale once
a week, say Saturday morning. he
should be able TO oner. directly from
bis own wagon. the potatoes. butter,
eggs. cheese. meat, hay. wood. and IL
need be. droves OF horses and cattle for
sale to the public. In the height Of the
seasons, Astoria receives on every
steamer large consignments Of country
produce which raight just as well be
raised by our own people II they had
hny encouragement to do so. and decent
roads upon which to transport their
products to market and place 20 mar
ket their goods when they arrive in the
city Suppose We had a regular mar
iet day once a week In Astoria. and a
suitable place. say the court house /
square. which is used for no other pur- !
pose, in which the farmer can display /
MS wares, and place where he can
house his teams, what a tremedous I'm
,etus Il would give both to the busi-
less of the farmers and the merchants. l.
Given good roads and these other acces-
ories, and the farmer could dispose OF
III his products at less cost to the con-
umer and fair profits to himself. Our
money win stay at home. circulating
-mong the merchants of the city and
he farmer"
a letter was received yesterday dated
t San Luis obispo, California, written
y Mr., ]. a. Duffy, well known in this
ity, in which he states that that city
; the central market for the ranchers
md farmers for fifty miles around
bout the valley. and that they drive
lto town on market days with four
nd siX-horse teams, dispose Of their ,
roducts in the market place and that ,
dozen livery stables are supported
rom this source alone. one of the ,
lrgest storekeepers in Astoria said
cStcrday that he was very much in =,
lvor of the movement to establish a
larket here. 1T is a well known fact
nat in all Of the larger cities of the
ast, and in nearly every hamlet and
illage, such market places are COM
ION II is the place where the farmer
cts the highest prices for his products,
$ the whole population in measure,
re competitors for his goods. should .
lch n market place be established here >
would soon be found to be a blessing
, both farmer and citizen"