The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-17
FAR MERS WANT
A CITY MARKET
Merchants Determined 10 Establish a
General Exchange Place.
AN IMPORTANT MOVE FOR ALL
City and Country Unitcd--l3uslnes En-.
largcd In All DlrcctlOns-lncentlye
70 Home Production

The farmers OF Clatsop county want
market In Astoria. The merchants Of
the city have determined that they
shall have H. II viii be located In a
central and convenient place. and Il
will afford the farmer not only n place
In which, 10 sell his produce. cattle, or
horses. but accommodations for his
teams on market days II needs no
logical discourse 10 demonstrate the
usefulness and necessity OF such an In
stitution In this city. II Is plain 10
everyone that all interests will be con-
served 10y the establishment Of mar
ket place. The open market II an old
fashioned institution. but is not yet out
Of date nor has IL phssed Its usefulness
even In the thickly settled Eastern
states In the West the conditions are
particularly favorable TO general mar
kct places. and In Astoria and clatsop
county the circumstances peculiarly call
for such an institution.
In a number OF business houses yes
terday afternoon. the subject OF a gem
eral markt was discussed. There seem
ed 10 be but one opinion. A market
place must be provided In Astoria. The
only question of difference was as 20
the better location Some contended
that the courthouse square. all things
considered. would be the best place TO
establish the market, at least for the
present. There is enough unused space
In the courthouse yard to afford the
necessary accommodations. and the To-
cation is all that could be desired, There
were others who thought that the mar
ket should be established on the lot on
18th street between Commercial and
Exchange, Here tho farmer would be
"a little nearer 10 the principal business
houses and nearer 10 the main road out
of town. This location might also be
made permanent and become a solid
Institution Of the city.
\ market place not only Is benefit
directly tp the farmer but cannot fail
10 benefit every merchant In the city
Here the merchant can have his stand
for displaying attractive goods; the
butcher, the baker. green grocer, and
the restaurant man all have their
stalls, and the farmer has his own
little place of business where he can
sell his goods to best advantage Co first |
hands, II he has horses or cattle. suit |
able yards are provided where sales
,an be conducted and the farmer be- |
comes business man. He is a part of |
the community, takes pride in all OF |
Is interests, and knows that he has a
hand In shaping its prosperity. He is
given an incentive TO increase his busi-
ness because he can find a ready mar
set for his produce at profitable llg- |
lres, What the middle man may lose
ly being deprived OF the handling Of |
'ertGln classes OF produce, he viii more
han make up In the increased pur-
'hases made by the farmers from their
Profits, and market day becomes gem
raj assembly day upon which both
itizens and farmers meet together and
upply their necessities at the general
Gathering place In the numbers which
urn out there Is alone n profit to the
merchants Even when the careful
lousekeeper comes down town with
Ter basket she will spend more money
n a market place where all kinds OF
oods are displayed than she would I
nder ordinary circumstances
1t would seem that the business men
Astoria could not father a business {
nterprise more to their own interests I
nd the good Of the county than the es- '
lblishment Of a market place In the /
ity, following SO closely upon the heels q
extended road improvements. 1