The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23
VEGETABLES TO SPARE.
Displayed in Market in Great Alum
dance and Brought Small Prices.

uuHce anu drought Small Prices.
The stalls of the dealers in vegetables
in the market were piled high yesterday
with their wares. Not many Of these
were of the first quality, hut everything
Of this character that the housewife needs
10 supply her table was cheap and abund-
ant
Tomatoes were a drug on the market
and were going at the stalls at cents a
quart. The day before they had been sell
ing at twice this price and were not easy
to obtain in sufficient abundance to fill
the demand. Yesterday they came in with
a rush and the gardeners who had been
holding back their product to supply the
Saturday and Sunday trade were grew
ously disappointed at the prices they OBJ
tanned.
Forced reductions do not come in the
local market as a general thing until late
Saturday night. The prospect then Of
carrying pershable stuff over Sunday
causes prices to fall considerably. though
II is for supplies which have been picked
over during the day, and, therefore, less
desirable. When 10 o'clock approaches job
lots are offered by all dealers. who are
anxious to dispose of things for cost
Green corn of very fair quality was sell
ing at htteen cents per dozen ears and
canteloupes a five cents a piece Egg
plants were 10 be had for nickle and bell
peppers, when stuffed with shrimp the
beloved of the epicuTe, went begging at
five cents a quart. Other vegetables sold
at the same approximate prices and there
was an oyerpowering profusion of them
all.
New potatoes were about the only one Of
the vegetables that are largely used that
brought anything Ike a good price. These
were selling al from 20 to So cents peek.
according to quality and size They were
not in the same abund nee that character
lied The other veg5 tar les AMI wen of any
thing approaching first quality brought
good prices, and were in strong demand
with the army of shopping house wives
that thrunged the market.
Mr.. Ambrose Ehrlich who keeps in close
touch with the markets and the best meth
DDS to adopt in uphOldiug prices said yes
terday he thought local shippers would be
considerably aided in their efforts TO in
troduce things which have been coming
all along from other sections by an un-
derstanding with the outsiders, as to the
markets each are to supply This is not
the case now, of course. and the result is
the market is frequently gluUed, much to
the damage of all shippers. THIS Cutting
at lines, he says, has the erect of dis
couraging the local growing of vegetables.
If an understanding could be reached
as to the points of shipment said MIR.
Enrich, Il think local growers would be
benefited, and the industry greatly en-
couraged. An agreement of This kind,
however is not among the early possibii-
ties. An idea of how fore sn shippers
would be benefited, that is, those outside
the Savannah territory, was recently
shown by the returns a local house was
forced TO make on a car Of melons shipped
TO Savannah. When the car arrived The
market was giutted, which resulted in UNI
satisfactory prices beng offered. The
shipper was wired of an offer of so much
a car. less the freight. This was not sat
isfactory to him, however and he request
ed that the car be forwarded TO another
MARKET
That the waste lands around Savannah
are adapted to the growth of vegetables
and other crops is shown in the supplies
that are now being offered in the mar
ket," he said. 1T IS my understanding
that large per cent. of our vegetables
are home grown. l see no reason why
the entire market should not be supplied
by farmers living within a radius of fifty
or seVenty-fve miles of Savannah, and
believe this would be the case were il
not for occasional Cutting caused by for
egn shipments This has the effect of les
SEEMING the demand, and consequently caus-
ing a slump in prices. The growers seem
to have q timidity in competing with for
egn markets. which will have to be over
come before they can command the local
field. But | believe the prospect of this
is approaching gradually"