The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-25
MARKET SHORT on TRUCK.
rfices and Quality of Things for the
Market Basket.


ne savannah market keeps up its US
uai activity. but It is not due to a plentiful
supply Of vegetables and the other nro-
DUCTS Of the season. The people are hust-
ing Tor what is there, which does not
consist, however, of the kind of things rs
ualiy to be found at this season.
Inc lack of a bountiful truck crop is
uue 10 unfavorable conditions, chief among
"hich is want of rain. While there are
Tunes that the truck farmers have graft
iSils yie-ds, The crops are failures at 9TH
ers' or the growth is stinted SO that the
products are not attractive and salable.
Many have been lead to believe that sue
cessful truck farming will not be an as
sured success from year to year until the
farmers join in scheme of irrigation.
thereby protecting their crops against the
drought. No one has suggested q plan for
accomplishing an undertaking of this kind,
but IL is believed as the necessity for it
becomes more and more appreciated. pfanA
VIII De suggested that viii meet the ap-
proval Of truck farmers in the sections 10
oe penehtted. The successful irrigation OF
thefe Is no doubt of It's being within easy
range OF possibility. The conditions control
the cost, which is less where natural ad-
Vantages are more favorable
TRIP through the market is all the
evidence needed to show that the sur
rounding fields have suffered a severe
drought. 1t is said the shortage Is an
other case Of the long pole getting the
persimmon," however, as farmers are
SHINING
er prices prevail. 1t stands to reason
that things which cannot be shipped must
be disposed of at the local market. where
the vegetables offered are or all grades
ana varieties. Nothing seems to be more
plentiful present than large, bulky Gu
cumoers, which went freely yesterday at
III cents dozen. There was a limited
supply or tomatoes at IS cents a quart
put they were not the finest quality Nice
okra was to be had al all stands at Is
cents quart. Well beached squash
were not in very great demand at Is
cents a dozen, though there are few
sweeter vegetables. The average price of
cabbage was 10 cents a head. Snap beans
We're 10 cents quart, and pineapples
were on all stands at Is cents each. Water
melons and cantaloupes sold at all prices
berrles show the effects OF the drought
Esg-plants sold for from 10 to 20 cents
each, according to size There is a good
zeal or this plant sold IN the market
nousekeepers evidently approaching that
there are few things that furnish a more
desirable dish when properly prepared
The price of poultry holds firm. there
oelng but slight changes from week to
week. The best of broilers could be had
anywhere from S5 to 60 cents a pair, ac-
eording to the size and condition. Dress
ed hens sold lively for as and IS cents.
The vegetable buyers of Savannah are
numerous, and those who sell truck from
mouse 10 house are quite as successful
as the established dealers. That there Is
a good thing for hustlers in this line was
SHOWN the other day when man appear
ell early in the afternoon at one of the
commission houses, having sold out his
stock which consisted of huckleberries
canteloupes and pine apples. IF that
man sold all he bought from us to-day he
made IS profit" said the proprietor The
man heard the remark and said he had
sold out. He has a horse and wagon 10
Keep, but it was stated his profits never
amount to less than S. or Sc day.
Not every huckster we sell has the
same success explained the merchant.
The profits the IS man make represents
twenty-four hours unab ated hustling. He
doesn't miss a house, and after months
of hard work, he has built up a small
trade the same as he would have done
at a store. His customers know when to
look for him, and the judgment he uses
in buying enables him to sell at sadsfac-
tory prices. The lazy fellows cannot make
mucsl, and the reason of it, particularly
among the colored vendors, is that they
stop too soon. When they take in enough
TO amount 10 a dollars profit they quit
for the day, and eat all the stock that re-
mains With the IS man this is not the
case He sells out, and then deploreS his
misfortune in doing So"