The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-22
a GUARANTEES


There has been coed ceai Of adverse
eernnSns over the ordinance which has
passed tire common council. snd which
A. new awaiting the signature OF she
usxor. providing for the establishment Of
. free naraes place. tn which farm prod
zee OF AM kinds ear be displayed for sale
So tar frosn the rneasare having been
designed 10 hamper The farmers. or TO
throw trade which should 60 &c the home
producer 70 The dealer IN foreign products,
tse objects zrs precisely the opposite. Tho
sesEnplsins has been for come years that
Static does ret sfrera . good market for
house products: that when a farmer brings
his produce into town he is unable 10 sell
IL. because farm produce shipped in from
abroad has giatsed the market. and THAI
the dealers hers do not care To handle
home produce. preferring 10 trade abroad.
This local dealers have 10 some sigh;
extent admitted this Impeachment paint
tag ont. however. that their action Is not
caused by ally hostility to local products,
buf because the foreign produce comes
h. ~ regular intervals. In proper pack
stirred for their uses. The home supply is
Intermittent. sometimes coming In large
quantities. and al other times there being
none In sight. There Is no system by
which the local produce can be secured
al regular Intervals. and IN accordance
with the market demands. except by max
ting separats arrangement. with each par
ticalAr farmer
The object % establishing regular
market and market day Is not specifically
to prevent the farmers from peddiinr
their produce from house 10 house. The
uumSsr who DO this In very small. The
real oh1ec, il TO bring The farmer and the
consumer into closer relations, and pri-
snarsiy TO not only make a market here
Ter ali farm produce o. local pro-
auctlon. but TO encourage In 10
cal consumers the disposition 10 pat
ronize home industry. and 10 afford them
aetisr opportunity to do 80. II is q
measure designed purely In the interests
~ the farmers themselves
TX there should be. as proposed, a rexu-
lar market place. devoted exclusively 70
the sale Of home products. aud a regular
market day. when 1t would be certain
i0t such produce would DO exposed fer
sale very large number OF people would
make their purchases a. that time and
pace. The same people today trade al
most exclusively With local dealers or
psedlers. WHO do moi handle local pro-
enee. bat bay their supplies In foreign
markets.
2ae ordinance may nos be sn ideal onr.
II may contain asfects which a TRIAL vim
point out. The main theory, however. -
"a set the market established. and ,hus
erAns iae consumers and producers
or Tia county closer together ANY
selects which appear can readily
hs femeaisG by further legislation. The
ely council Is a continuous body. and
ga doctor It's laws Up on very short
ssotsce. II tasy prove inadequate 10 mse,
ia requirements
FheFe should not Be TOO much haste IN
eendemniag TIE proposed measure. in aA-
Fance o. q trial one hing saou,a "a
earno IN naiad. whieh "a. that she perrne.
neat prosperity 81 th.s wAoss community
CITY ana eeansy. depends 70 very lara
extent upon fostering haus industry OF
every description. and 40 better method
81 doing tats sapnars thRn by putting
Articles q acme Production On sale BY
themselves a. such places and in such
snannes thai the vogls-s@ buyer can rest
assured ,hat ne Is receiving the aarnestse
not sae Imported article. Tsss IL what
ths market IS designed - effect